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Energy Savings Income Fund Introduces Green Energy Option

on 03 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Energy Savings Income Fund, a Toronto-based marketer of deregulated natural gas and electricity, has announced the availability of its new Green Energy Option, a package [read more]

HS Wind Energy Wins NRG Symphonie NOW System

on 03 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

International investment firm HS Wind Energy has won a 60-meter calibrated NRG Symphonie NOW System from Hinesburg, Vt.-based NRG Systems Inc. in a contest at [read more]

Maxwell Technologies Obtains Patent License For Turbine Ultracapacitors

on 03 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Maxwell Technologies Inc., a San Diego-headquartered developer of energy storage and power delivery solutions, has obtained a non-exclusive worldwide license from Enercon GmbH of Aurich, [read more]

Sempra Generation Signs Contract With Southern California Edison

on 03 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra Energy, has signed a 20-year agreement to provide Southern California Edison (SCE) with up to 250 MW [read more]

Delaware Governor Signs SEU Bill

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, D-Del., has signed Senate Bill 18, which creates a sustainable energy utility (SEU), a public/private partnership that will use public funding [read more]

Alstom Purchases Spanish Turbine Manufacturer Ecotecnia

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

France's Alstom is stepping into wind power generation with its agreement to buy Spanish wind turbine company Ecotecnia for 350 million euros. Ecotecnia, a Barcelona-headquartered [read more]

Vestas Receives Turbine Orders From BP, Wisconsin Power

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Vestas, a Denmark-headquartered wind turbine manufacturer, has received an order for 182 units of the V82-1.65 MW wind turbine from Houston-based BP Alternative Energy North [read more]

SCE Applies For Final Phases Of Tehachapi Project

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Southern California Edison (SCE) has applied to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the U.S. Forest Service for authorization to construct segments four through [read more]

Esurance To Offset Carbon Emissions At Live Earth Concert

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Esurance, an online auto insurance provider and subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., has announced its plans to offset the carbon dioxide emissions of [read more]

Xcel Energy Seeks Ownership Of A 100 MW Wind Farm

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy has asked Minnesota regulators for permission to build and own a 100 MW wind farm near Austin, Minn. The proposed Grand [read more]

Suzlon Adds 300 MW To Contract With PPM Energy

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suzlon Energy A/S of Denmark, has extended its contract with PPM Energy, a division of Spain-headquartered Iberdrola, [read more]

NVision Releases Turbine Blade-Scanning Technology

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Southlake, Texas-headquartered NVision Inc. has introduced the MAXOS optical scanning system. Compared to a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), MAXOS can reduce the amount of time [read more]

Maine Wind Power Task Force Members Named

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

According to the office of Gov. John Baldacci, D-Maine, the 16 members of the Maine Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Development in Maine have [read more]

MN Governor Appoints Seven Members To NextGen Energy Board

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., has selected his appointments to the NextGen Energy Board. This new board, proposed by Pawlenty as part of his Next Generation [read more]

U.S. Futures Exchange Introduces Wind Power Futures Contracts

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Chicago-based U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) will begin listing futures contracts on NORDIX Financial Wind Indexes that measure deviations from average wind speeds used in wind [read more]