Press Releases
Constellation NewEnergy Signs Agreement to Supply Goodwill Industries Headquarters With Wind Energy
Constellation Energy announced today that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., has entered into a two-year green electricity purchase agreement with Goodwill Industries International. Constellation NewEnergy will supply Goodwill Industries International’s headquarter location in Rockville, Md. with renewable energy certificates (RECs) sourced from wind renewable resources to offset 100-percent of its energy use. The effort is… Read more »
Xcel Energy Releases Promising Results from Wind-to-Battery Project
Xcel Energy today released preliminary results from its wind-to-battery storage project in Minnesota, and the bottom line is — the technology works. Integrating variable wind and solar power production with the needs of the power grid is an ongoing issue for the utility industry. In October 2008, Xcel Energy began testing a one-megawatt battery-storage technology… Read more »
SunPower Completes Largest Solar Power Tracking System in Australia
SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced it has completed a 505-kilowatt solar power installation for Horizon Power, a government-owned utility providing power to remote and regional communities and resource operations in Western Australia. The ground-mounted SunPower T20 Tracker installation is located on two… Read more »
Sempra Energy Reports Higher Second-Quarter 2010 Earnings
Company to Begin Share Repurchase in Third Quarter Sempra Energy today reported second-quarter 2010 earnings of $222 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, up from earnings of $198 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, in 2009. Second-quarter 2009 earnings included a charge of $64 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for an asset write-off at… Read more »
Solar Energy Initiatives Launches New Corporate Website
New Website Is www.solarenergy-us.com Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, today announced the launch of their new corporate website and social media presence at www.solarenergy-us.com. “The launch of the new www.solarenergy-us.com web site is the final step in the Company’s multi-phase brand recognition strategy,” said Mr. David… Read more »
OG&E’s ‘Crossroads’ Wind Farm Gains Regulatory Approval
OG&E announced today that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a settlement agreement reached by all the parties to the company’s application to build and operate a new wind farm in northwestern Oklahoma. Known as “Crossroads,” the wind farm is expected to come online in the second half of 2011. “This is a good outcome… Read more »
John McLane Joins GCube Insurance Services as Senior Vice President
GCube Insurance Services, Inc., the leading global insurer of renewable energy technologies announced today that John McLane has joined the company as Senior Vice President. Mr. McLane will be responsible for growing GCube’s renewable energy business held by utilities and independent power producers. With over 30 years in the industry, John has worked on all… Read more »
SANYO Completes New Factory for Li-ion Batteries for Eco-friendly Vehicles
Expanding battery production capacity to meet the growing global demand for eco-friendly vehicles SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. a world leader of rechargeable battery technologies, is pleased to announce the completion of SANYO’s new factory for the lithium-ion batteries for eco-friendly vehicles in its Kasai Plant (Kasai city, Hyogo prefecture, Japan.) Given the growing public concern… Read more »
SGS to Showcase its Wind Energy Services at the Husum Wind Energy Trade Fair 2010 in Husum, Germany
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is one of the exhibitors at the Husum Wind Energy 2010 Trade Fair in Husum, Germany. The services offered by SGS Global Competence Center Renewable Energy will be presented throughout the exhibition at stand no. 3A09 in sector A of hall 3. — The Husum… Read more »
State Regulators Approve TEP’s New Bright Tucson Community Solar Program
TUCSON, The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has approved Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP’s) plan to provide customers with an affordable way to meet their electric needs with locally generated solar power. By the end of this year, participants in TEP’s Bright Tucson Community Solar Program will be able to purchase shares of solar energy for as… Read more »
