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| PA Plans to Expand Green Power Purchases |  |
| Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell announced that he has directed the state`s Department of General Services to increase the commonwealth`s purchases of renewable energy to 50% of the state`s electricity needs from the current level of 30%. To achieve the 50% target, the state would need to purchase more than 500 million kWh of renewable energy annually. Pennsylvania is currently the largest state purchaser of green power. The Governor also set a goal of reducing energy consumption in state buildings by 10% by 2010 in addition to the 10% reduction in energy usage achieved in 2006. ... |
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| Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects | |
| The freeze has caused widespread concern in the industry, forcing fledgling solar companies to wait just as demand for alternative energy is accelerating.
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| Crist urges creation of new fuels; FPL reveals solar energy plant plans | |
| Evoking John F. Kennedy`s call to put a man on the moon, Gov. Charlie Crist exhorted Floridians Wednesday to `launch America into the coming green technology business boom` by developing alternative and renewable energy sources and ending the state`s addiction to foreign oil.`The entrepreneurial spirit is embedded in Florida`s DNA. In the past, it has produced in us the talent, the desire and the resolve to make spaceflight a part of everyday life,` Crist said in opening remarks to the state`s second summit on global climate change. |
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| Duke Energy buys Catamount Energy for $240 million | |
| Duke Energy today announced it`s bought privately held Catamount Energy to bolster its wind energy generation capability. |
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| Duke Energy Acquires Catamount Energy | |
| Duke Energy has announced that it has acquired Catamount Energy Corporation from funds affiliated with Diamond Castle Holdings LLC. This transaction will significantly increase Duke Energy`s wind energy operations. The transaction is valued at approximately US $240 million plus assumed debt. |
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| REpower Signs 48-MW Turbine Deal | |
| REpower North (China) Co. Ltd has received an order for 24 wind turbines from Guangdong Baolihua New Energy Stock Co. Ltd, an energy and property company based in Guangzhou, China. REpower North will deliver type MM82 turbines, each with rated power of 2 megawatts (MW), in summer 2009 for a wind farm on the coast of Guangdong Province, 2,000 kilometers southeast of Beijing. |
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| Vestas Receives Large Order In Spain | |
| Vestas has received an order for a total of 61 wind turbines for four projects in Spain. The order includes 49 units of Vestas` V90 1.8-megawatt (MW) wind turbine and 12 units of the V90 2-MW turbine for a total combined capacity of 112 MW. |
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| US Rep. Inslee Introduces Renewable Energy Pricing Legislation | |
| U.S. Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) on Wednesday tackled head-on the question of whether Congress can mandate electricity prices with the introduction of legislation that would set "feed-in" tariffs to motivate the development and purchase of more renewable sources of electric power. |
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| US Halts Applications For Solar Energy Projects | |
| Dekortage writes "The US Bureau of Land Management, overwhelmed by applications for large-scale solar energy plants, has declared a two-year freeze on applications for new projects until it completes an extensive environmental impact study. The study will produce `a single set of environmental criteria to weigh future solar proposals, which will ultimately speed the application process.` The freeze means that current applications will continue to be processed — plants producing enough electricity for 20 million average American homes — but no new applications will be accepted until the study is complete. Solar power companies are worried that this will harm the industry just as it is poised for explosive growth. Some note that gas and oil projects are booming in the southwestern states most favorable to solar development. Another threat looming over the solar industry is that federal tax credits must be renewed in Congress, else they will expire this year."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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