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Larkfleet Group launches Lark Energy to provide affordable and sustainable heat and power
At a time of concern over climate change, volatile energy prices and uncertainty over future supply, Larkfleet Group has launched Lark Energy to provide affordable and sustainable heat and power to Larkfleet’s customers. Lark Energy will focus on developing cleaner, locally sourced energy for new and existing housing developments. This will include electricity and heat generated by the sun (photo-voltaic electricity and solar thermal), bioma... [more]
Cavico secures construction contract at the Hua Na Hydropower plant in Vietnam
Cavico Corp. has signed an additional construction contract at the Hua Na Hydropower plant with Lilama, a state-owned company owned and operated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction. The revenue for this additional contract is expected to be $11.9 million. Cavico signed the initial contract for $4.9 million with Lilama for construction work at this project in April 2009. According to the term of this new agreement, Cavico’s majority-owne... [more]
EBRD provides finance to rehabilitate the Enguri hydropower plant in Georgia
The Enguri hydropower plant (HPP), the largest hydropower plant in Georgia, and the EBRD-EIB Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF) are collaborating to promote clean power generation. Since the original commissioning of the Enguri HPP in 1980, the plant experienced serious difficulties in operation. Until recently four of its five generating units have been functioning at relatively low efficiency and under a regime of frequent emergency shut... [more]
Much work is needed to educate consumers about renewable energy economy
Much education is needed to enhance public knowledge, understanding and interest in various sources of electrical power, their associated benefits and risks and the value of becoming more energy efficient. According to the results from The Harris Poll®, only one in ten Americans (9%) are very knowledgeable about sources of electrical power, while half (50%) are fairly knowledgeable. Further, only one in five U.S. adults (21%) are very interes... [more]
See renewable energy in action at the Scottish Renewables Festival
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is set to play a major part in the first Scottish Renewables Festival, offering people in the region a unique opportunity to see renewable energy in action on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June 2009. A range of events are planned across the Highlands and Islands during the weekend, from a guided marine energy walk in Orkney, to a special screening of climate change film The Age of Stupid at Caithness Horizon... [more]
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Eastday-Drought threatens power in Yunnan (Eastday.com)
Parts of southwestern China may have to suspend power supplies after experts warned that the drought gripping the region was worsening and could affect Yunnan Province for up to a year.
Rebuffed On Coal-Fired Plans, Utility Turns To River For Power (Engineering News-Record)
The growing demand for renewable energy has pushed one big Ohio power provider to build five hydroelectric projects, worth $2 billion, on existing Ohio River valley dams.
Bakun uncertainty may impede Tenaga’s future power plans (The Borneo Post)
KUCHING: National power company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (Tenaga) may have to seek alternative sources if plans to tap on hydroelectric power from Bakun Dam into peninsular Malaysia fail to materialise.
The power & water crisis (Manila Bulletin)
The importance of electricity and water in a civilized society need not be explained, most of us are well aware of their importance. In fact, one of the parameters to measure whether the economy of a particular country is moving forward is the amount of electricity that it consumes. The importance of water not merely for human consumption but for industrial use is also admitted. Even the making ...
Mindanao power supply improves (Manila Bulletin)
BUTUAN CITY – Is Mindanao seeing light at the end of the tunnel? It is very possible after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said the power supply situation in Mindanao started to improve Friday. The latest power situation was an improvement from the previous supply deficits, which exceeded 700 megawatt (mW) over the last few weeks. In their update advisory, the NGCP said ...
Brookfield Renewable Power Fund Declares Cash Distribution for March 2010 (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
BRC.UN) - Brookfield Renewable Power Fund today declared a cash distribution of 10.833 cents per unit for the month of March 2010, payable by April 30, 2010 to unitholders of record on March 31, 2010.
3-way alliance forged for Angat power plant bid (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Infrastructure holding firm Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Ayala Corp. and the Lopezes' First Gen Corp. forged a formidable three-way alliance to bid for the 246-megawatt Angat hydroelectric power plant.
Plutonic powers lin (The Powell River Peak)
Plutonic Power Corporation’s transmission line from the East Toba River and Montrose Creek hydroelectric project is ready to be connected. The line will be energized this month with power purchased from BC Hydro to allow for commissioning and testing of electrical components.
Renewable power pledge means nothing without more work (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Legislators will tell you that they’ve made great progress during the past year in developing an energy policy for Alaska. What they haven’t done is make the difficult decisions required to make a...
Would N.B. pay more for power than Vermont? (Daily Gleaner)
Hydro-Quebec says it isn't selling electricity to Vermont for 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour.
