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Ensign, Cantwell RE Bill Passes Senate
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Sens. John Ensign, R-N.V., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., have secured Senate passage of their Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act, which extends incentives to encourage renewable energy, expands energy efficiency in buildings, homes and appliances, and helps stimulate the economy."Today's 88-to-8 Senate floor vote on the Clean Energy Stimulus Act is [read more]
LUDECA Certifies Engineering Staff
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Greg Lee, senior vibration applications engineer at LUDECA, has received his level-two certification from Technical Associates. Lee, who has an industrial engineering background from Michigan State, has been working in the vibration field for more than 20 years. Lee and Trent Phillips, manager of the condition monitoring division, also [read more]
Eight States Split AEP Settlement Funds
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Maryland and seven other states will divide $24 million to be used for energy efficiency and air pollution reduction projects as a result of a federal Clean Air Act settlement with American Electric Power (AEP), according to Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler. Each state will establish [read more]
NCSG Acquires Mullen Crane
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NC Services Group (NCSG), the parent company of Northern Crane Services Inc., Trans Tech Contracting Inc. and A-1 Crane Services Inc., has acquired Mullen Crane & Transport Inc. Mullen Crane provides transport and heavy lift services to the energy, chemical and petrochemical industries. The company has extensive experience transporting [read more]
Dominion Plans 300 MW Wind Farm In Illinois
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Dominion Generation has announced plans to develop a 300 MW wind generation facility in central Illinois. Prairie Fork Wind Farm would feature 150 to 200 turbines constructed across approximately 25,000 acres in Christian and Montgomery counties, about 25 miles southeast of Springfield. "We recognize that clean energy sources such as [read more]
Companies Break Ground On Kansas Wind Farm
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Westar Energy, Horizon Wind Energy and The Empire District Electric Co. will break ground at the Meridian Way Wind Farm site in Cloud County, Kan. Meridian Way Wind Farm is a 201 MW project owned and operated by Horizon Wind Energy. Westar Energy will purchase 96 MW of energy produced [read more]
Clear Wind, Chermac Energy Partner On Wind Farms
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Clear Wind Renewable Power Inc. has executed a purchase agreement for four wind energy projects with a total planned capacity of 320 MW from Chermac Energy Corp., an Oklahoma-based independent energy company. The four wind projects are at various stages of development. "We have been looking to acquire wind projects [read more]
Maryland Set To Double Current RPS
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The Maryland General Assembly recently passed a package of energy bills supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md., that includes a provision to more than double the state's current renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The governor's office says adoption of the bills represents steps to promote renewable resources, reduce energy prices for [read more]
EER: Iberdrola Leads In Power Plant Ownership
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Spanish utility Iberdrola has taken the lead in wind power plant ownership, with 6.9 GW under net ownership, according to recently released global wind power rankings from Emerging Energy Research (EER), a research and advisory firm. EER's rankings show that Iberdrola added over 1.55 GW of new wind construction [read more]
Study May Produce Full-Scale Wind Turbine At High School
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The Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Warren County, Ind., has installed a 200-foot meteorological tower to collect and log wind data during the next 12 months at Seeger Memorial Jr.-Sr. High School (SMHS). After this initial collection period, a feasibility study will be conducted to determine the future possibility of [read more]
Bullfrog Providing Renewable Power To Cafe
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Calgary, Alberta-based Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery will power all its cafes with Alberta-made 100% wind power from Bullfrog Power. Under the agreement, Bullfrog will provide renewable power to Good Earth's 11 Calgary cafes, plus one each in Red Deer and Edmonton. "Taking this step allows us to increase awareness [read more]
Baseball Team Purchases Renewable Energy Certificates
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The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Tampa Bay Rays and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) have joined forces to support renewable energy use through the purchase of 646 BEF renewable energy certificates, or Green Tags, generated from wind energy. "It's important to us and to our fans that we are good stewards [read more]
Broadwind Energy Expands Wind Energy Service
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Energy Maintenance Service LLC (EMS), a Broadwind Energy Inc. company, has established a comprehensive wind energy maintenance and service center in Abilene, Texas. The Abilene center will be a regional operations and maintenance and training center. It will be located in a 300,000 square-foot building in northwest Abilene. The [read more]
WES Launches Service And Repair Operations
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Newly created Wind Energy Services Co. (WES), a subsidiary of Molded Fiber Glass Cos., has launched fiberglass reinforced plastic wind energy service and repair operations in Independence, Kan., and Sweetwater, Texas, respectively. Created in response to the industry's historic growth trend and the ensuing demand for responsive on-site engineering expertise [read more]
Dawes Earns Longevity Award
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Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Inc. will be awarded the 60-Year Longevity Award by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) at the association's annual conference in Bonita Springs, Fla. Dawes, based in Wisconsin since 1947, is one of the seven founding members of SC&RA. The forerunner of Dawes [read more]
Powdr Corp. Offsetting Electricity Use
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Park City, Utah-based Powdr Corp. has announced that it will offset 100% of the grid-supplied electricity consumed at its seven ski and snowboard resorts and one tubing park through the purchase of nearly 50 million kWh of renewable energy credits beginning in June. "We are passionate about the snowsports [read more]
Nova Scotia Power Signs PPA With Shear Wind
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Nova Scotia Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shear Wind Inc. for a 30-turbine, 60 MW wind farm in Pictou and Antigonish counties. "This project is part of Nova Scotia Power's commitment to cleaner and greener power generation," says Ralph Tedesco, president and CEO of Nova Scotia [read more]

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