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New Mexico Governor Signs Two Renewable Energy Bills

on 06 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., signed Senate Bill 418 (S.B.418) and House Bill 188 (H.B.188) on March 5 to increase the use of renewable energy in [read more]

APS Issues RFP For Renewable Energy Projects

on 06 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Arizona Public Service (APS), a Phoenix-headquartered utility and subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp., has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for near- and long-term [read more]

New Investment Bank Will Focus On Renewable Energy Market

on 06 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Jacob & Co. Securities Inc., a new, independent investment bank that provides underwriting and financial advisory services to companies in the renewable power and infrastructure [read more]

Vestas To Supply Wind Turbines For Tehachapi Project

on 06 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Vestas, a wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Denmark, has received an order from Alite Wind LLC, part of the Allco Wind Energy group, for 24 [read more]

Trinity Industries Elects Adams As Board Member

on 06 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Trinity Industries Inc., a Dallas-based wind tower manufacturer through its energy equipment group, has elected John L. Adams a member of its board of directors.According [read more]

Suzlon Receives BaFin Approval For REpower Takeover Offer

on 05 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has approved Suzlon's offer to acquire REpower Systems AG, a Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer. Suzlon offered to purchase [read more]

TXU's Credit Rating Lowered

on 05 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has lowered its corporate credit rating on Dallas-based TXU Corp. to BB from BBB-.According to the rating agency, the [read more]

Partnership Formed To Build Proposed Transmission Line

on 05 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Allegheny Energy Inc., a Greensburg, Pa.-headquartered investor-owned electric utility, has contracted with Kenny Construction Co. to provide construction management and other services for a proposed [read more]

Northern Power Introduces Wind Power Converter

on 05 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Waitsfield, Vt.-headquartered Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp., has introduced the FlexPhase, a new wind turbine power converter that was selected by [read more]

Seminole Electric Coop Issues Renewable Energy RFP

on 02 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Tampa, Fla.-headquartered Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc., a wholesale energy supplier, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking renewable capacity and energy produced in Florida.According [read more]

SCE's Tehachapi Transmission Project Receives Another Approval

on 02 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved Southern California Edison's (SCE) application to build segment one of the Tehachapi renewable transmission project.When all phases [read more]

ETT Proposes Texas Transmission Project

on 02 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT), a proposed joint venture between subsidiaries of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., has filed a transmission proposal [read more]

MPS And CMP Study Potential For New Maine Transmission Line

on 02 Mar 2007 by AER Staff

Maine Public Service (MPS) and Central Maine Power (CMP) have agreed to study the feasibility of a new power transmission line that would directly connect [read more]

The Futures Channel Releases Wind Farm Documentary

on 01 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

In its latest micro-documentary, "Wind Farming," The Futures Channel takes students behind the scenes with engineers at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in New York.The [read more]

AMSC's D-VAR System Will Connect Texas Wind Farm To The Grid

on 01 Mar 2007 by NAW Staff

Westborough, Mass.-based American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), a provider of power electronic systems, has received an order for its D-VAR voltage regulation systems for a Texas [read more]