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TXU Plans to Increase Nuclear Power

September 3, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

TXU plans to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 for construction and operating licenses for two to six GW of new nuclear-fueled power generation capacity at one to three sites. The company announced that it wants to bring the new capacity on line between 2015 and ... Read more »

AES Breaks Ground on Buffalo Gap 2

September 2, 2006November 11, 2006 by Sarah Roberts

AES has begun construction of a 233 MW wind project near Abilene, Texas, and has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with Texas retail electric provider Direct Energy. The AES project, Buffalo Gap 2, is an expansion of the company’s 121 MW Buffalo Gap wind farm which began operations near ... Read more »

Ersol Inks $128 Million PowerLight Deal

September 1, 2006October 29, 2022 by Sarah Roberts

ErSol Solar Energy AG has closed its first U.S. deal, signing a five-year contract to deliver solar cells to California’s PowerLight Corporation. The total volume of the new contract amounts to approximately $128.4 million. Earlier this week, ErSol signed a major polysilicon contract with Wacker Chemie AG. ErSol says that ... Read more »

Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%

September 1, 2006November 11, 2006 by Sarah Roberts

Pennsylvania’s state government will double the amount of electricity it consumes from renewable energy sources to 20 percent. “It makes Pennsylvania by far and away the largest state in terms of purchasing megawatts from green electricity,” said Pennsylvania’s Governor Rendell, according to the Philadelphia Inquierer. “It will also make us ... Read more »

Sharp: Solar Costs Down 50% by 2010

August 31, 2006May 8, 2007 by Sarah Roberts

The president of solar cell manufacturer Sharp Corp., predicts that the cost of generating solar power will drop 50 percent by 2010. Most industry experts say that the cost of producing solar power, currently about $0.50 per kilowatt hour, will fall by about five percent per year. “By 2020 we ... Read more »

Huaneng Plans $31 Billion to Double Generation

August 31, 2006May 8, 2007 by Sarah Roberts

China’s biggest electricity producer, state-owned Huaneng Group, will spend up to $31.25 billion by 2010 to more than double its generation capacity. Most will go to coal power stations, but new hydro and wind plants will also be built. The investment will add a combined capacity of 50 GW, China ... Read more »

Chevron to Open Energy Tech Centers in Aberdeen, Perth

August 30, 2006May 8, 2007 by Sarah Roberts

Chevron Corporation is opening energy technology centers in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Perth, Australia. The new Chevron centers are expected to open in early 2007. Approximately 100 techies will be employed at each site. The facilities will complement existing major technology centers operated in California and Texas – those centers provide ... Read more »

ErSol Solar, Wacker Chemie Sign Major Silicon Supply Contract

August 30, 2006May 8, 2007 by Sarah Roberts

ErSol Solar Energy AG has signed a polysilicon contract with Wacker Chemie AG, the world’s second-largest provider of polysilicon for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industry. The contract begins in 2009 and will give ErSol an additional production output of approximately 100 MWp over six years. “Our success in securing this ... Read more »

Hoku to Build Solar Plant in Idaho

August 30, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

Hoku Scientific has selected Idaho as the location for its solar module and polysilicon production facilities. Earlier this year, Hoku Scientific announced its plans to enter the solar and polysilicon businesses by manufacturing up to 30 megawatts of solar modules and up to 1,500 metric tons of polysilicon per year. ... Read more »

VRB Power Sells 12MWH Storage System to Sorne Hill

August 30, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

VRB Power Systems is selling a 1.5 MW x 8 hour (12 MWH) VRB energy storage system to Tapbury Management, which oversees Sorne Hill Windfarm. The total contract value for VRB Power is approximately $6.3 million. Donegal, Ireland’s Sorne Hill is a recently commissioned 32MW windfarm. The new storage system ... Read more »

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Agrees 25% Water Cut with EPA

July 23, 2005February 28, 2012 by Leon Walker

The Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport has agreed to reduce energy use by ten percent and water use by 25 percent under the EPA’s Sustainability Partnership program. DFW has agreed to make the improvements during its $1.9 billion, seven-year renovation, the Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program (TRIP), the EPA said. ... Read more »

De Pue Rice Offsets 80% of Warehouse Electricity With Solar

June 10, 2004April 13, 2022 by Sarah Roberts

The De Pue Rice Warehouse is garnering about 80 percent of its electricity needs from a recently added solar array. The rice drying warehouse in Maxwell, Calif., has a five-acre ground-mount solar system with generating capacity of 1 megawatt. The facility uses Suntech solar panels with Sunseeker single axis trackers. ... Read more »

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