Electricity News 2008

January 2008 News Story Index

• • State proposes to take control of home temps
• • Candidate wants coal-fired plant rejected
• • Chicago utility eyes smart grid
• • Clarington picked for incinerator
• • Let the wind blow free, not for profit
• • Coal plant would be environmental boon
• • Coal shortage leads to shutdowns in China's power grid
• • Mercury plunges; power consumption soars
• • EMCOR's Canadian subsidiary receives nuclear refurbishment contract
• • Faithful customer considers mailing 'underhanded'
• • Power customers find it doesnÂ’t pay to switch
• • Environmentalists sue DOE
• • Drought could force nuclear plant shutdowns
• • Duke criticized for drought protocol
• • Duke installs smart meters
• • Duke Energy may lower Lake Norman water level
• • ERCOT eyes 3 billion in transmission line projects
• • Developer signs 30 MW of wind deals in Ontario
• • Egypt takes offers for nuclear project
• • Electrovaya launches low-speed car
• • China to produce and sell FuhrlanderÂ’s giant wind turbine
• • Energy Department pulls support for FutureGen
• • GEUS exploring use of solar energy
• • GE Unit boosts 2010 renewable energy investing target
• • Raft River construction completed
• • EPCOR, Pattison Outdoor Advertising give green light to billboards
• • Gadgets to go green at Electronics Show
• • A green future may take green
• • 100 hear utility outline its plans
• • Change more than bulbs, says Gore
• • Time to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions
• • Green grocer: Stew Leonard's reaps reward
• • Big energy savings dwell here
• • Hydro One provides update on storm impact
• • Did Hydro-Québec miscalculate?
• • Idaho Power forms citizens' committee
• • Incinerator approved but opposition burns
• • India hasnÂ’t given up on U.S. nuclear deal
• • Iraqi power production wonÂ’t improve until 2011
• • Japanese make major power play
• • KEPCO looks to be tops in Asia
• • Power cuts leave Kabul in the dark
• • LED global market should keep getting brighter and brighter
• • Toronto condo first residential building to use LEDs primarily
• • Bill would study adding nuclear power to state's mix
• • Drought and high power costs
• • Breakthrough beefs up magnets for electric cars
• • Manitoba Hydro, Minnesota Power propose supply deal
• • Bluefield mayor upset over the high cost of utilities
• • Monitoring tools help cut home energy use
• • 60 electric car chargers go in
• • Ontario getting more from wind, but still relies on nuclear
• • Native groups want a piece of energy pie
• • New gas-fired plant set to turn on in June
• • San Diego Navy Office goes to Sweden for wind power
• • GM forms new engineering group for electric and hybrid vehicles
• • CEO named for Texas' largest electric provider
• • Law sets new mandatory power, lighting efficiency standards
• • China to publish energy efficiency standards on small HEA
• • No more free hookups for new homes
• • Regulator was just doing her job
• • Nuclear body to boost tracking of devices
• • Quebec and Ontario work together on power
• • Energy Optimizer Program continues success
• • Overruns hit power overhaul
• • PEI grid hit by ice storm
• • PNNL project gives consumers a say in saving energy
• • Wind-turbine paperwork bewilders permit applicants
• • Attorneys general oppose coal plant
• • Picket outside Lakefront Utilities in Cobourg
• • Automakers roll out plug-in concepts
• • Spacewalk fixes power system
• • Redford taking on Texas coal-fired power plants
• • Remembering the Great Ice Storm
• • Renewables are coming, but sticker shock likely
• • Rules for renewable energy to take shape
• • Gaining power from the sun
• • South Carolina puts nuclear reactors on hold
• • The search for the 100mpg car
• • Senate may strip consumer breaks in clean-energy bill
• • Solar energy takes road to profitability
• • Solar-energy sector seems primed to grow
• • South Africa's power outages attract independent solutions
• • One million lose power in California storm
• • Black and Veatch releases utility industry survey
• • Tantalus smart meter helps consumers cut costs
• • Plans for new Texas nuclear power plants advance
• • More hydropower plants sought
• • Thurmont considers eco-friendly power plant
• • Gas plant developers fight TrAIL power transmission
• • Ocean waves could generate power
• • Cameco gets go ahead for UF6 plant clean up
• • New UK nuclear plants approved
• • UK commitment to nuclear questioned
• • Rocky Mountain Power resists pollution-reduction targets
• • Veridian fundraising campaign sets a new record
• • Nuclear watchdog rips Tories
• • Wind farms hit opposition: Foes target clearing of forests
• • Ontario approves Great Lakes wind power
• • Winds too fickle at Boston City Hall
• • EA report on Zircatec fuel plan recommended for acceptance
• • Wind turbine bid challenges zoning
• • 2007 a challenging year
• • AECL waits for Britain to go nuclear
• • AECL agrees on nuclear study in China
• • AEP looking for FERC rate for PATH
• • AMSC receives orders for Canada, China
• • ATCO to build Alberta transmission line
• • Albertans fighting nuclear plant bring in expert
• • Allegheny Energy settles Merrill Lynch litigation
• • Outrage prompts Allegheny Power to pledge refunds
• • 27,000 solar panels yield enough energy for 500 homes
• • Isotope production at risk, auditor finds
• • Power authority sues city of Raton
• • BC Transmission Corp plans massive system upgrades
• • The promise of microbial fuel cell technology
• • Seeing the light
• • Brown ready to usher in new atomic age
• • Unit 3 to be down for some time
• • Company plans to burn waste coal
• • Algonquin buying power in bulk to save money
• • Government fires head of nuclear safety commission
• • Toronto residents risk losing their Hydro investment, CUPE says
• • GM to unveil crossover Cadillac

February 2008 News Story Index

• • AEP CEO sees crisis without more coal plants
• • NRC certification of AREVAÂ’s EPR design moves ahead
• • AREVA achieves carbon neutrality in 2007
• • Alberta group to push for CO2 sequestration
• • Abengoa Solar to build the worldÂ’s largest plant
• • B.C. in new push to woo Asia
• • Bank of America to treat CO2 as liability
• • Nuclear, coal energy renewable?
• • BCÂ’s Bioenergy Strategy advances innovation
• • Harvesting human power
• • TransAlta announces Blue Trail wind power project
• • Bruce nuclear revamp over budget
• • Nuclear, coal and science get boost in Bush budget
• • CMAJ article blames isotope crisis on supplier
• • CaliforniaÂ’s energy may be Wyoming-made
• • Cheap uranium equity valuations could lead to acquisition
• • Canadians not buying into green technologies
• • OPA CEO Carr stepping down
• • NSC and AECL to conduct joint review of NRU reactor events
• • Conditions not ripe for China to raise standards
• • China snow crisis shows vulnerability
• • Drawing coal's battle lines
• • Comments wanted on coal combustion byproducts
• • Two area lakes integral to power generating idea
• • Construction begins on massive solar farm
• • Town asked to invest in power
• • Court ruling on mercury shakes up coal plants
• • 'Demand fee' may seem unfair, but it's PUC-approved
• • Power plant deregulation is faulted
• • Deregulation will lead to savings, says official
• • Duke Energy to sell carbon offsets
• • Biofuel doubts hit Dutch renewable energy output
• • ERCOT considers request to raise rates
• • Capturing an elusive gas
• • Innovative electric motor may be perpetual
• • End to hydro rate subsidy urged
• • Energy demand will lead to inflation: expert
• • Environmentalists target four-dozen coal plants
• • Blumenthal vows to fight FERC
• • 27 arrested in protest against FPL plant
• • Microfiber fabric generates power
• • Folsom looks at 'green power' incentives
• • Fire touches off power outage across Florida
• • Last county affected by snowstorms reconnects to grid
• • ENMAX gets green light for major generation projects
• • Bills would put Kansans at risk and boost C02, says Governor
• • Governor seeks power plant rules
• • CanadaÂ’s potential for renewable generation
• • Greek opposition asks for details on PPC energy deal
• • Green Energy industry shines in California
• • Turning greenhouse gas into gasoline
• • Americans go green at home but not at work
• • Thirst for green energy has its cost
• • REC Solar unveils HawaiiÂ’s largest solar power system
• • Regulatory board begins hearings on coal-burning facility
• • Invention may help clean up coal plants
• • Isotope crisis overblown, MDs say
• • Medical isotope power struggle deepens
• • Isotope supplier disputes OttawaÂ’s version of events
• • NECA names new Executive Director
• • State line big factor in coal plant proposals
• • Know your choices for energy suppliers
• • Carbon capture CanadaÂ’s best hope to meet Kyoto targets
• • L.A.'s wind farm to generate energy for 56,000 homes
• • Regulatory obstacles to smart grids prevent reliable power
• • Team aims for super charge from solar energy
• • MCD to generate power from garbage
• • Offering green power to event planners
• • Second nuclear reactor in New Brunswick could affect Mainers
• • Electrium offers March break activities
• • Atlantic region ponders uranium comeback
• • McCain supports an energy tax
• • Scientists measure what it takes to push an atom
• • Measuring all those Wii devices
• • MidAmerican activates 142 Iowa wind turbines
• • State sets lofty goal for wind energy
• • Co-ops take action on climate
• • U.S. nuclear plants to get more Russian uranium
• • State brainstorms renewable energy proposals
• • Mozambique steps up energy development
• • NERC commends IESO's compliance with reliability
• • Monopoly feared in wind generation
• • Will electricity supplant natural gas?
• • IAEA: no major damage to quake-hit plant
• • Coal's future not in Carolinas
• • Nuclear plant safety checks system under fire
• • Fired watchdog appeals to court
• • Oceans eyed as new energy source
• • Utilities, S.C. officials debate giving consumers energy credits
• • McGuinty says no to carbon tax
• • Ontario puts condition on doing business with AECL
• • Tories, NDP blast Bruce cost overruns
• • Industries to face 1,400MW power shortage by 2010
• • People are powerless without power
• • OPG Pickering 8 reactor shut for work
• • A stake in IndiaÂ’s new economy
• • Power crisis halts South African mines for a second day
• • Power-line tie-downs a fire hazard?
• • Ontario municipalities prepare for changes to pricing
• • Is private money ready to go nuclear?
• • Question of utility profits is contentious
• • Hearing on Wise plant draws 350
• • Engineering professors aim to protect worldÂ’s grid
• • Silver-bullet go-green solutions do more harm than good
• • Regulators request renewables study
• • Pleasanton to offer eco-friendly energy plan
• • Progress looks to build new transmission lines
• • Russia warns Iran on missiles, uranium enrichment
• • Saskatchewan optimistic about clean coal
• • Small steps towards big savings
• • Millions begin Chinese holiday without power
• • First phase of largest higher education solar power project completed
• • Reservoir to receive solar panels
• • Power woes may haunt suburbs this summer
• • Farming the sun in the Great White North
• • Solar company Suniva gets 50 million in funding
• • Untrue allegations in CMAJ article: supplier
• • TTC rolls out hybrid buses
• • Tampa Electric invests in peaking power units
• • Texas may have second chance for FutureGen funds
• • Trilliant validates ZigBee device interoperability testing
• • New Zealand needs turbines
• • The high price of burying lines
• • Utilities switch to NG, prices expected to rise
• • Utilities rated well by business customers
• • Loss of wind causes Texas power grid emergency
• • Wind farm pumps up power firmÂ’s profits
• • Wind farm lines stir up discussion
• • Shock horror for would-be power cable thief

March 2008 News Story Index

• • Allen bill seeks electricity agency
• • New coal plants without CO2 controls may be blocked
• • Money troubles stall green town project
• • For Manila and Bangkok, itÂ’s not a kilowatt contest
• • Boulder to become first Smart Grid City
• • Brazil moves to dam principal Amazon tributary
• • Bruce 5 reactor back
• • Alberta may join nuclear-power club
• • The road to deregulation is growing bumpy
• • ACR-1000 Reactor takes next step in UK
• • Canada leads world in lights-out campaign
• • Canada needs to shrink productivity gap: OECD
• • OttawaÂ’s carbon plan jumps gun
• • Large-scale CO2 storage study launched
• • Report foresees carbon tax on polluting countries
• • China to invest more than 70 billion to upgrade infrastructure
• • China's Central Grid output jumps 30 per cent in February
• • Movies theatres to power down for Earth Hour
• • Clean-coal tax credits going to federal court
• • Clean energy revenue expected to triple in 10 years
• • Loans program for coal plants suspended
• • Ontario catches break on coal plants
• • Future of coal power under fire
• • Turning roofs into solar power plants
• • Changes in wind turbine law being considered
• • Copenhagen eyes a clean, green future
• • National Interest Transmission Corridor Designations stay: DOE
• • Casey energizing opposition to transmission line plan
• • Coal-fired power projects feeling the heat
• • Some utility customers get the green rate
• • Why daylight saving time is bad for the environment
• • Duke Energy insured against drought
• • ENMAX acquires more renewable energy
• • EPB workers installing fiber-optic lines
• • Lights-out movement gathers momentum
• • "Earth Hour" goes global
• • Southern California Edison breaks ground on wind farm
• • Pilot project will see energy-efficient bulbs in streetlights
• • Emirates starts work on zero-carbon city
• • Employer to provide PPE for free: OSHA
• • The great bulb debate
• • EuropeÂ’s next green thing: Ocean power
• • FERC approves plan to limit MMU's authority
• • MMC Energy asks FERC to intervene
• • FPL to build solar thermal plant in California
• • Fears that giant Collider may create a black hole
• • Ottawa helps to purchase TTC hybrid buses
• • GE to unveil plans for West Texas wind farm
• • Being down in the dumps can pay dividends
• • Chinese, German firms building solar cell plant
• • EU tells Greece to open up lignite access
• • Tough new green plan targets oil sands
• • HTC offers a clean coal solution
• • Homebuyers take a shine to solar power
• • Huge nuclear plant in the works
• • Hybrid volt drainage to be studied
• • Hydro asked to hold off on Telecom sale
• • Writeoff wonÂ’t impact customers, Hydro says
• • IEEE approves new standard, makes revisions
• • IESO outlook remains positive
• • IESO wants grid to smarten up
• • Power outages disrupt life in India
• • Industrial boilers benefit from demand for process heat energy
• • Irish utility launches renewables drive
• • Japan announces coal plant in China
• • LEDs help restaurant, hospitality industry save
• • Leading the way in sustainable energy
• • Lessons from GermanyÂ’s energy renaissance
• • Living off the grid for over a decade
• • Big manufacturers give Sierra Club a reality check
• • Turning the sunÂ’s glare into watts
• • Mitsubishi tests all-electric car
• • When water and water mix
• • More challenges to Cliffside expansion
• • Wind turbines encountering NIMBY neighbours
• • Nanticoke promoted as nuclear power site
• • NPPD deal to energize wind farm
• • 'Net metering' rule ups solar incentives
• • Government to propose CO2 rules this spring
• • New Energy Star criteria for washing machines, CFLs
• • New hydro station on Trent-Severn Waterway
• • New turbine powers up Alberta
• • New Shepard Energy Centre to bolster grid
• • Texas won't face crisis after all, ERCOT says
• • U.S., Canada to mandate use of carbon capture
• • Oilsands emissions could triple under Conservative plan
• • Green Island Energy partners with Covanta
• • Nuclear plans at a crossroads
• • Ontario invites four companies to bid on reactors
• • Ontario steps up fight against toxic emissions
• • Huge solar panel manufacturing plant coming to California
• • Oregon goes green with new generation unit additions
• • OLED no replacement for LCD: Merck
• • Iraq still plagued by outages
• • Proposal could calm storm over wind farm
• • Sacramento plant could burn toxic trash
• • Plant would run only when demand is greatest
• • EPRI joins Ford-SCE analysis of plug-in hybrids on grid
• • Wood-burning plant embroiled in politics
• • Africa: Powering the continent with nuclear energy
• • Power line hearing draws ample opposition
• • Hydro-Quebec looks to expand into New York
• • Reactor contract details on way
• • Carbon capture and storage: a reality check
• • Residents want idyllic setting – not hydro project
• • Romanians ponder price of French technology
• • SAS looking at sun power for Cary headquarters
• • SELC says emission figures are being shuffled
• • Initiative Ads aim to spark grid improvement
• • Coal plant project has uncertain future
• • Schneider contributes to IEEE/NFPA arc flash initiative
• • Sharp to invest in new solar cell plant
• • Siemens CEO says to restructure abroad
• • SmartWall creates a house without wires
• • Hazardous waste site may house solar energy farm
• • StatesÂ’ battle over energy amid policy gridlock
• • CEC, SMUD make investment on backup peak power
• • Utilities hunt energy for the future
• • How to ease load at growing data centers
• • Tax breaks turn solar power into cold cash
• • Toronto approves green fleet, green power
• • Toronto hits energy target
• • Greener buildings called quick climate change fix
• • TransCanada eyes Alberta hydro project
• • Nuclear reactors' cost: 17 billion
• • Transmission line hearing generates praise, concerns
• • Utilities try to nab the best and brightest
• • Vietnam's power building surge pressures coal imports
• • Wal-Mart 'Green Store' Cuts Energy
• • Wesleyville site not in running for reactor
• • Wind farms could drive bird species to extinction: conservationists
• • Regulations crafted for wind-power turbines
• • Winter Games to source clean power from BC Hydro
• • Plant planned for Wise hits snag
• • ZENN cars stalled in Canada
• • Canada a leader in worldwide Earth Hour event
• • ENMAX Opens New Shepard Energy Centre
• • B&B negotiates Canada wind farm
• • National Grid plc Eyes Canada-U.S. Route
• • Ottawa's power use dropped 4% during Earth Hour
• • TransAlta Says Nation Should Join in Carbon Trading
• • TransCanada eyes C$5 billion Alberta hydro project
• • New Trent-Severn Hydroelectric Station Approved
• • AESO receives international recognition for wind integration
• • Aclara system chosen for Smart Meter AMI program
• • Residents to get a look at polygeneration plant
• • DEP delays action on plant's fish kills
• • Power industry faces revamp
• • Alberta approves new federal emission rules
• • Alstom to supply equipment to Uganda
• • Army to turn trash into power
• • James Arnett named Hydro One chair
• • National ban on new plants without controls proposed

April 2008 News Story Index

• • AECL focuses its energies to win domestic market
• • AMSC to supply turbine components to Sinovel Wind
• • Agency may cause glitch in power plan
• • Intel rolls out atom-sized chips
• • Australia begins trials of underground carbon storage
• • Putting B.C.'s bioenergy potential into action over a decade
• • B.C. shuts door on uranium projects
• • Spain nuclear watchdog sees more safety after leak
• • Xcel Energy and Boulder are transforming the industry
• • Bullfrog, Sky Generation to develop wind farm
• • Bullfrog leaps into Ontario
• • Bush urges halt of CO2 emission growth by 2025
• • CBC Radio Areva report erroneous
• • California losing steam in wind production
• • Canada slow to turn to offshore wind
• • TransAlta, Alstom to develop carbon capture and storage
• • Development of advanced carbon capture proceeds
• • Price on carbon will determine coal's future
• • WWF blasts windfalls for EU coal-burners
• • Clean energy policy creating demand
• • Coal can be green
• • Coal plant must now secure permits
• • Coal plant plan stokes cost questions
• • China facing coal shortage
• • Dell to run headquarters with renewable power
• • Dominion to develop wind farm in central Illinois
• • People urged to chip in for power project
• • PJM warns FERC against tweaking RPM
• • Eaton contributes to Arc Flash Research Project
• • Mortgages can be green too, banks say
• • Eskom seeking superior coal
• • State urged to create power authority
• • What's true, false about coal
• • Third turbine for farm brings smiles
• • Zapped rat causes Stockholm power outage
• • Hard to predict how regulations will affect energy costs
• • Santa Clara Fire Station powers up with green energy
• • WorldÂ’s first transmission voltage superconductor cable energized
• • Governor backs controversial power project
• • Green Mountain Energy high on Earth Day
• • Future green workplaces will become energy producers
• • Lower power rates elude manufacturers
• • GE debuts hybrid dump truck
• • Plug-in hybrids gain momentum
• • IAEA to probe Syria atomic plant report
• • World Bank's India coal plant draws ire
• • India's power and energy sectors receive a giant boost
• • Canada invests in carbon capture and storage in Nova Scotia
• • Proposed link for northeast renewable projects
• • Making solar competitive at the wholesale level
• • Manitoba's Kyoto bill will be a first in Canada
• • Many challenges ahead for Toronto Hydro CEO
• • Ontario saves 900 MW during Earth Hour
• • Where global warming is boosting power
• • Motor and generator producers urged to boost productivity
• • Putting the sun on the payroll
• • B&B negotiates Manitoba wind farm
• • Constellation NewEnergy announces demand response offerings for Ontario
• • West Texas wind power lines priced near 6 billion
• • Talks on nuclear power revived in Washington
• • Wiring regulations go global
• • PV Powered to Receive Oregon Solar Pioneer Award
• • Protesters arrested at Duke Energy's Cliffside plant
• • Quebec's power generation future looks green and clean
• • Islamist hoped to strike nuclear plants
• • Some state renewable standards 'unachievable'
• • Women are “greener” than men
• • Energy gobbler to become lean and green
• • Road to cheap electric cars will be bumpy
• • SMUD opens solar-powered fueling station
• • Electrical safety during a flood
• • Sales team suspended for dodgy practices
• • Saudi oil minister slams biofuels, favors solar
• • Hydro work to begin in August
• • Southern utilities apply for new nuclear licenses
• • PDA-friendly standards now at your fingertips
• • DOE, TVA increase cooperation on nuclear fuel cycle data
• • TVA presenting plan for comments
• • Tesla Motors sues designer on competing green car
• • Texas oil man bets on wind
• • Consider costs of mandating solar thermal energy
• • California approves Think Tank on global warming
• • Smooth the path to deregulation
• • Toshiba finalizing deals to build 4 U.S. reactors
• • TransCanada to buy National Grid plant
• • Colorado-Wyoming Intertie project announced
• • Floating turbines may join NorwayÂ’s offshore rigs
• • A case of turning 'swords into ploughshares'
• • Utility defends transmission line at hearings
• • PG&E pays for power loss
• • VRB Power Systems to help modernize the grid
• • Power plant faces millions in extra costs, time in court
• • Wind power experts say Texas grid needs work
• • NYISO wind forecasts to help green the grid
• • Wind power is not a panacea
• • Power struggle: wind versus sun hotly debated
• • Workers beat Hydro One again

May 2008 News Story Index

• • Eskom selects Black & Veatch for South African plant
• • Bullfrog Power making a mark
• • Bureaucrats against electric cars, and progress
• • Bush says Congress stands in way of cheaper energy
• • CanadaÂ’s biggest CO2 emitter invests in wind power
• • California asks FERC to weigh in on power line
• • California jump-starts the plug-in race
• • Power system to meet California summer demand-study
• • Uranium producer warns of lake pollution
• • Problems plague Canada's emissions trading plans
• • Canada faces Kyoto probe over greenhouse gases
• • Canada an energy superpower
• • Canadian consumers rank second-last in green survey
• • Canadian Utilities Limited announces new Deputy Chairman
• • Twins killed after using candles during blackout
• • Burying CO2 vital in climate battle: IEA
• • Human carbon emissions make oceans corrosive
• • Kyoto carbon trade hits 1 million tonnes a day
• • China to upgrade Hunan power grid
• • China adds 3,304 megawatts of wind power
• • China might give hybrids a big push
• • China eliminates 4,700 megawatts of small thermal power
• • China restores power to most regions
• • Nuclear plants eyed for damage
• • Clean-up slows down at Britain's obsolete reactors
• • Coal users trying to redirect Congress on global warming
• • Power companies could get CO2 credits worth billions
• • Cottagers look to go it alone for power
• • Global warming or not, coal will remain king
• • Carbon tax plan risky, Dion warned
• • Lexington's double poles get undivided attention
• • Duke Energy earnings jump 30 percent
• • Duke to invest 100 million in solar
• • Siemens ex-CEO put duty first
• • Emissions action likely to drive up prices
• • Empty Florida homes slice Progress' income
• • Duke raises cost estimate for Indiana coal project
• • Natural gas, deregulation blamed for high prices
• • FERC proposes reliability standards, adopts penalty policy
• • FERC again says no to Dillsboro dam bid
• • FPL to modernize power plants
• • Carbon caps would aid FPL
• • Some farmers call land offer 'an insult'
• • Bill calls for federal oversight of TVA
• • EIB finances new submarine HV link to Sardinia
• • First-quarter lighting data appears dim
• • Grocers stocking up on power
• • Nuclear plans still on, Progress Energy CEO says
• • Fox News mounts "assault" on GE
• • France leading in worldwide nuclear development
• • Two hospital power plant projects will burn clean
• • G8 Greenhouse gases down in 2006
• • General Electric looks to sell appliance unit: report
• • GE Energy contracted for support projects in Saudi Arabia
• • German industry chief lauds coal, nuclear power
• • New ways to bury greenhouse gas
• • Governors commit to energy efficiency, clean generation
• • Guimond named CEO of CEA
• • Two B.C. Hydro employees die in chopper crash
• • The hybrid effect on power distribution
• • Station near earthquake's epicenter back online
• • Indian power sector focuses on rural projects
• • Indian heavy electrical giants set to grow
• • Where the growth is: Infrastructure
• • Italy plans to resume building atomic plants
• • West Fraser, EPCOR explore biomass power opportunity
• • Juneau forced to cope with sudden energy shortage
• • KEMA Innovation Director to advise DOE on Smart Grid
• • Energy debate not likely over
• • Put Telecom to work for Toronto: experts and CUPE
• • LEDs designed to replace fluorescent tubes
• • Testing lab prepares utilities for the future
• • Learning and earning
• • Dion may champion carbon tax
• • Hydro One searches for Most Valuable Power$aver
• • Budget, schedule trouble kills reactor project
• • MIT building low-cost solar concentrator
• • Carbon tax: a one-size-fits-all solution?
• • KidsÂ’ Corner resources make conservation fun
• • Manhole explosions close Harvard Square
• • Solar roof planned for Markham Wal-Mart
• • Mass Megawatt wins Army wind-power deal
• • Hinduja Group invests heavily in India's power sector
• • Allegheny Power recognizes National Electric Safety Month
• • McGuinty at odds with Dion over carbon tax
• • 'Missing link' memristor created: Rewrite the textbooks?
• • Men found with explosives at nuclear plant
• • Obama TV ad features miner praising his work on coal issues
• • Former ambassador sees NAFTA trouble
• • Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency
• • Nat Semi plans big push into solar energy
• • National Grid launches new brand campaign
• • Natural gas-fired generation still needed: utility CEOs
• • New rules jeopardize wind, solar projects
• • Progress Energy plans paths for new lines
• • Nuclear energy heats up presidential race
• • Nuclear industry footprint expanding
• • Nuclear revival bumps against atrophy
• • OSHA finds Salem plant failed to protect men who died
• • Ohio enacts tough renewable law
• • Beijing Olympics "basically" carbon neutral
• • Only funding needed to electrify railways
• • Historic sit-down for Ontario, Quebec
• • Ontario gets sunstruck
• • Coal plants ordered to reduce emissions
• • Orrin Hatch helps break ground for geothermal project
• • Plattsburgh to move ahead with efficiency initiatives
• • Power failure kills woman in iron lung
• • Westar, ETA form Prairie Wind Transmission
• • Ironwood State Prison activates solar power plant
• • Programs filed to reduce and shift peak demand
• • Power potpourri helps Puget Energy profit
• • Quebec spurs rush in wind power
• • Way clear to help poor pay heat bills
• • Renault to invest up to 1 billion in electric car
• • U.S. renewable energy could quadruple in 10 years
• • Report says wind can power 20 per cent of U.S.
• • Astoria opposes new power plant
• • Rural residents want wind turbines
• • Russia, U.S. sign civilian nuclear pact
• • Rusty Williams elected UTC chairman of the board
• • Safety concerns raised about Pickering B plant
• • Scientists develop new type of memory circuit
• • Greenhouse gas emissions decrease for second year
• • Senator delivers seven steps at ORNL
• • Ontario can shave peak demand
• • Should farmers go electric to irrigate?
• • Pioneers show Americans how to live off-grid
• • ORNL part of project to help power developing nations
• • MillÂ’s power going green
• • ‘SmartÂ’ power meters are the future
• • Alternative solar products cut power bills
• • Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart
• • Solar firms team up on recycling to beat regulators
• • Denton couple's solar panels power home, city grid
• • Southern California faces summer power challenge: NERC
• • Suzlon to double China capacity, may trim REpower stake
• • TTC's hybrids not saving projected fuel amounts
• • Critics say TVA bid process was flawed
• • TVA plans to cap emissions, looks to nuclear
• • State's energy appetite sizable
• • Pilot tests explores potential of smarter grids
• • OpenHydro first to generate power to UK grid
• • The time is right for Zenn cars
• • It's time we started warming to geothermal
• • Toyota building plant for ‘greenÂ’ batteries
• • Turning streetlight grids into a communications network
• • Ukraine considers using Canadian nuclear technology
• • Constellation Energy steps up for United Way
• • Upfront costs remain biggest hurdle for solar
• • Impending “Perfect Storm” demands smart grids
• • VW, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery
• • S.C. nuclear facility would draw water from Broad River
• • Quietly, wind farms spread footprint in U.S.
• • Wind glitch causes city to miss first green goal
• • NStar to offer wind energy - for a price
• • Queen goes green with wind turbine
• • Wisconsin energy outlook bright
• • Generators kick out as Zambia looks for upgrade
• • AECL aborts reactor development
• • AIS commended for Demand Response participation
• • African mobile phone firms mull solar for base stations
• • Alberta claims 'real reductions' in carbon
• • Alcoa Electrical and Electronic Solutions announce closings
• • Alstom awarded contract for Drax biomass co-firing technology
• • Astralux educates clients on solar-energy systems
• • Audi to offer electric cars in 5-10 years
• • Echos of Hydro One
• • BC Transmission chooses 3M conductor
• • Bad gauge measured water level too high
• • Study shows biggest polluters east of Mississippi

June 2008 News Story Index

• • Ohio firm plans hydro plant in Maryland
• • IBM partners with industry to set efficiency agenda
• • Trillions needed to cut emissions: IEA
• • IESO releases 18-month outlook
• • Ice Storage system saves school $85,000
• • Idomo magnate on energy conservation crusade
• • Exploring a smarter grid for Illinois
• • India's cogeneration potential is massive
• • Indian reactors drive global demand for uranium
• • India focuses on renewables
• • Timminco may be for real
• • Japan to promote solar power for households
• • Jordan eager for first nuclear power plant
• • How to kick the carbon habit?
• • Kodiak utility expands wind power plan
• • Lack of new power lines threatens renewable growth
• • A greener glow for computers
• • Nuclear sector an explosive mess
• • McCain calls for 45 new nuclear reactors
• • McCain plugs into electric cars
• • Hot air: spending billions on windfarms
• • With vast reserves, Montana eyes coal expansion
• • Water discharge permit for TVA reactor lapses
• • NDRC to raise power price, but cap coal
• • NERC submits first set of violation notices
• • Phase 2 biomass testing at Nanticoke begins
• • CANDUÂ’s natural uranium a strong selling point
• • ComEd customers can enroll in new energy efficiency programs
• • Rates on the rock rise on Canada Day
• • Power bills soaring? Turn off the Playstation
• • New kits turn any car into a plug-in hybrid
• • Darlington has edge for new nuclear plant
• • New president named for Cummins Power Generation
• • A spark for clean energy
• • Nova Scotia could lead the green way
• • 25 years of nuclear tilting
• • OEB amends licences to limit coal generation
• • Oak Bay nears electric-car nirvana
• • Legislation shows obstacles to capping gases
• • Ontario, Quebec cosy up to one another
• • Ontario asks 3 vendors to submit nuclear proposals
• • Ontario has cut power usage 4.6 per cent
• • Ontario looks to lead nuclear renaissance
• • Time for Green Act in Ontario?
• • Summer starts with a scorcher, power outages
• • PG&E adds to renewable portfolio
• • U.S. utility keen on B.C. power
• • Driving for 4 dollars a week
• • Pakistan puts clocks forward to save power
• • Power outages anger, frustrate Pakistanis
• • Province gives cold shoulder to saving program
• • Teachers buy into Chilean utility
• • Pepco Energy saves Feds $46 million
• • Photovoltaic farming is growing
• • Mayor seeks energy efficiency expert
• • Chilean plant to use coal
• • Councillors to see what future holds for Plasco
• • Energy hikes hit poor the hardest
• • Harper touts nukes as global warming solution
• • Carbon tax scheme slammed
• • Baird dismisses Ontario-Quebec carbon trading plan
• • CFL industry launches quality identification plan
• • Quebec approves low-speed electric cars
• • Quebec tests electric cars
• • Quebec should be wary of ZENN initiative
• • Rapid Texas wind growth a warning to power market
• • Power line behind failure
• • Reliant Energy invests in emission controls
• • Utility finds foes to renewable energy line plan
• • Renters are wary of meters
• • Rule book needed for carbon capture and storage
• • Saskatchewan nuclear feasibility study begins
• • Carbon-capping climate Senate bill dies
• • Advocates say sick nuclear workers need support
• • Siemens buys Spanish switches supplier
• • Solar home project captures Energy-TV award
• • U.S. freezes solar energy projects
• • Geothermal-rich SE Asia struggles to tap earth's power
• • Illinois asks FERC to reopen Edison Mission inquiry
• • Pennsylvania looks at cap rates
• • Solar could provide 10% of generation by 2025 - study
• • Supermarket chain slashes costs with new lighting
• • ‘Super-ministryÂ’ to run infrastructure and nuclear energy
• • Switchgrass good option for power generation
• • TVA energy plan pays off
• • TVA may be looking for supplemental power
• • TVA returning to energy efficiency roots
• • Power price spikes in Texas undergo scrutiny
• • Thar project taps into Pakistan's major coal resource
• • The brains of BC Transmission
• • Three companies to build peaking plants
• • Wisconsin regulators approve tighter mercury limits
• • Time to focus on electric cars
• • Vital power route faces many hurdles
• • Voters won't like hearing what new reactors cost
• • Two reactors going to Darlington
• • Improving green power generation
• • Nuclear power among options for UN greenhouse cuts
• • Four-in-One ‘Universal Wind TurbineÂ’ in development
• • Undersea cable project delayed
• • Potshots damage utility equipment
• • Utility may face scrutiny over response to outages
• • Authority reaps windfall selling low-cost power
• • Shutoffs of utilities up dramatically from 2007
• • Verizon earns Energy Star Award for fuel cell project
• • Hydro One closer to realizing vision of smart grid
• • GMÂ’s Volt on track for 2010
• • WPL to reduce carbon footprint
• • Wal-Mart Canada turns down lights to save energy
• • Westinghouse Electric kindles job opportunities
• • Will County plan latest victim of critics of pollution
• • Wind Energy ready to answer BC Hydro's call for power
• • Wind power a dilemma for Ontario
• • Gust of energy needed to procure wind power jobs
• • U.S. wind sector urges tax credit, power line work
• • Energy department creates wind-turbine research group
• • Wyoming wind creating jobs
• • Woodbine to rein in power consumption
• • U.S. not seen on board for 2050 emissions cut
• • Would we dam the St. Lawrence today?
• • APS offers rebates for energy efficiency
• • Abu Dhabi to invest in thin-film photovoltaic technology
• • Alstom to supply Exelon with retrofit equipment
• • NJ weighs alternative energy bill for farms
• • America looks to solar as power costs soar
• • Second Texas plant to convert animal waste into fuel
• • Canada optimistic on anti-emission law impact
• • San Antonio Spurs' arena to be powered by wind
• • Areva builds out in Brazil
• • Areva nuclear reactor moves ahead in U.S.
• • Areva plans to build worldÂ’s largest uranium mine
• • Wind farm plans given green light
• • Arizona asked to void renewable energy rule
• • Atlantic City plans largest solar roof
• • Planning for the plug-in car
• • Just where will BC HydroÂ’s power come from?
• • Grid hotspot set to expand
• • B.C. firm hopes to harness California wind
• • Ballard supplying fuel cells in Bella Coola
• • Basin project to capture C02 pegged at $300 million
• • Battle brewing over proposed power plant
• • Home energy consumption tapering in Bay Area
• • Big businesses seek out solar as sector heats up
• • PPL, Met-Ed show big jumps in electric shut-offs
• • Show Me Energy to use biomass pellets for generation
• • Britain sets out to find deep nuclear waste site
• • Group decries utility regulatorsÂ’ cap on rates
• • California unveils ambitious climate plan
• • Cameco reaches agreement on uranium deal
• • Can ConEd avoid blackouts this summer?
• • Canada, U.S. increasingly at odds over pollution issues
• • Carbon tax would raise bills – except in Quebec
• • China pushes 750-kilovolt grid to promote nationwide connection
• • China shuts down two 100MW coal plants
• • Chinese power shortage to surpass 2,000 MW
• • China's generation output increases 13.7%
• • Clean-coal dream remains elusive for west
• • Duke retires four coal plants, builds two gas plants
• • Sector leaders commit to Ontario Smart Grid Forum
• • Con Edison talks continue past deadline
• • Wind Power 2008 highlights renewable-energy jobs
• • Consumer needs to weigh in on electric cars
• • National conventions to be powered by wind, sun
• • DOE to withdraw from FutureGen partnership
• • DTE looks to Fermi 2 design
• • Dominion unveils energy conservation plan
• • Duke CEO has many shades of green
• • Duke has right to cut trees on private property
• • Duke Energy moving on solar plant
• • Maximum controls to be used at Cliffside
• • Canada's green energy patch: Eastern Ontario
• • Winning formula exists for sustainable mobility
• • TeenÂ’s unicycle a sensation
• • Worker dies after touching HV line
• • FPL customers not getting money's worth from green program
• • First thermal hybrid center among FPLÂ’s plans
• • Family targets a 10 percent reduction in power
• • Farmers want to grow power
• • Opposition mounts to clean air change affecting parks
• • Electric cars will need a lot more power
• • What is the best light bulb for me?
• • Utilities scramble as flooding delays coal supply
• • Duke Energy: 'Water and power do not mix'
• • Ontario pioneers fluorescent recycling
• • Ford says government help needed to develop plug-ins
• • GE Infrastructure sees 10 to 15 percent growth
• • Iraq signs contract with GE
• • Gas power plant feels the heat
• • 135,000 without power; generators in demand
• • Geothermal energy on the rise
• • Ontario eyed for wind turbine factory
• • Germany, France prevent breakup of energy giants
• • Greenest restaurant in Canada
• • Green groups push for billsÂ’ passage
• • TDÂ’s green machines will be truly green
• • Power grid bottleneck stalls Maine project
• • Grid reconstruction scheme finalized for quake area
• • Grids to hold for summer, power prices to spike
• • Grids anticipate no power problems amid heat wave
• • Significant group incentives to go solar
• • Heat wave has plans to stay awhile
• • How one man turned his back on gas
• • Testing of schools conducted near hydro corridor
• • High temperatures lowering lake levels
• • Duke Energy tree chopping draws ire
• • Honda introduces zero emissions cars
• • Hybrid trucks drawing attention
• • Hybrid truck technology lagging

July 2008 News Story Index

• • Power outage sends Vancouver into chaos
• • PG&E looks to enhance efficiency
• • PPL announces support for Solar Scholars program
• • PSE&G files for modest rate increase
• • Utility customers to benefit from tax law changes
• • PSE ranks as national solar leader
• • New investors will help PSE meet regionÂ’s needs
• • PG&E to purchase power from Oregon wind farm
• • Conference panelists see car battery breakthrough
• • Partnership to explore offshore wind-hydrokinetic power
• • Energy use cools as program heats up
• • Billionaire sees answer to energy crisis in the wind
• • Pima's solar power could double
• • Company offers plug-in solution for vehicles
• • Portugal, Renault/Nissan set electric cars pact
• • New York Power Authority chairman steps down
• • Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers
• • Progress Energy may trim jobs in Florida
• • New Brunswick stalled on electric cars
• • Regulators say yes to purchase of Aquila
• • Rain seen diluting Chile wholesale electric prices
• • The rallying cry for electric fuel
• • Power rates could surge
• • A non-partisan approach to renewable energy
• • Deregulation has failed in lowering prices
• • Report slams AECL and nuclear regulator
• • Britain must set deadline to close dirty power plants
• • Residents flee after power vault explodes
• • Arguments erupt as utilities cut residential trees
• • 'Green' jobs expand worker retraining
• • Mounting energy bills boost green home market
• • FEMA gives RECs $52 million
• • SCE operating normally following quake
• • Capture cooler air for less
• • Energy saving tips for businesses
• • Scrubber construction program completed
• • Fire knocks out apartment power
• • Should NASCAR start an electric car division?
• • Siemens cuts 16,750 jobs amid downturn
• • Siemens unit head sees slower growth in coming year
• • Smartcool's energy reduction technology completes testing
• • Solar CEOs gather for conference and exposition
• • U.S. solar energy industry blasts government move
• • Solar cars race to promote renewable technologies
• • Solar power companies look abroad
• • Environmental, economic benefits of solar energy
• • Maryland grants for solar installations tapped out
• • U.S. lifts moratorium on new solar projects
• • Solar panels get a makeover
• • Solar rally far off as subsidy fears mount
• • Toyota to add solar panels to some Prius hybrids
• • Solar thermal plant buoys investors
• • North Carolina scuffles with TVA over testimony
• • CNSC, AECL comment on "Lessons Learned" review
• • Students develop arc protection device
• • Study assesses risk and hazards in older homes
• • Explosion at hydro substation cuts power to Kamloops
• • Substorm study could help protect grids
• • Traveling the world in a solar car
• • TVAÂ’s CEO says trust the agency
• • TVA manager: Utility a leader in cutting emissions
• • Congressman calls for refunds from co-ops
• • Aclara TWACS chosen by Idaho Power for AMI
• • Ontario extends PST break for ‘greenÂ’ appliances
• • Liberia cancels tax breaks for biomass firm
• • Technical schools receive Fluke test equipment
• • Texas approves massive new wind project
• • Devices allow remote Internet control over home a/c
• • Get smart with your energy
• • Time for an east-west power corridor
• • Time to encourage biomass growth
• • Being “Green” means saving money
• • Toronto Hydro introduces PowerShift
• • Transmission process needs to be cleaned up
• • Trina to supply cells for solar-powered plane
• • Turning dirty garbage into clean fuel
• • UK moves three steps closer to green goals
• • Utilities seek tax breaks for wind development
• • ABB to supply electrical systems for Delhi airport
• • Utilities say grid can handle hybrids
• • AECL sued for $1.6 billion
• • Utilities ordered to restructure charges
• • ASE to manage, operate NREL
• • Local utilities want to “Empower Your Shower”
• • Infrastructure needs billions to avoid burnout
• • Overbilling CL&P owes city over $380,000
• • Alberta unveils $4 billion climate plan
• • WCI eyes carbon cap and trade system for 2012
• • AlcanÂ’s mega savings on megawatts
• • Waste coal plant on hold because of economy
• • Allegheny, Alliance rewrite coal deal
• • Putting a light on bulbs
• • Ameren applies to build new nuclear plant
• • Consumer use of plug-in hybrids years away
• • Areva forges Russian alliance in nuclear production
• • Small communities howl over wind turbines
• • Austin Energy to double output of alternative energy
• • Integrys opens Wisconsin coal plant
• • BC Hydro electricity system is ‘maxed outÂ’
• • A perfect storm coming for the future workforce
• • A gamble that failed miserably
• • Duke starts work on coal-to-gas plant
• • IABC benefits from consumer demand for batteries
• • Xcel offers rebates to solar energy users
• • Biggest U.S. photovoltaic power plant announced
• • SaddamÂ’s uranium arrives in Canada
• • Australian company to install tidal power generators
• • Arizona renewable energy alternative operating
• • Blackout serves as wake-up call before Olympics
• • Big charges should mean stable power
• • Blu Power fifth retail marketer to quit ERCOT
• • Boralex acquires rights for Ontario wind project
• • Brazil revives nuclear power plant
• • Stone Brewing Company goes solar
• • Britain gets first taste of big tidal power
• • Couple hopes to beat utilities at their own game
• • Britons take a shine to energy conservation
• • Making megawatts out of garbage
• • SCE customers install more than 1 million CFLs
• • OBIEC receives approval from CSA
• • California power grid cleared for renewable power
• • California grid urges conservation amid heat and fires
• • California utilities lead in solar energy
• • Ottawa's nuclear vision assailed
• • Canadian Hydro appoints new Chief Operating Officer
• • SolarÂ’s future looking brighter
• • Carbon capture can break the old energy equation
• • CO2 capture project begins in Beijing
• • Rule drafted for carbon trapping
• • Cheap B.C. power a birthright? Don't count on it
• • Checks ordered on all nuclear sites after leak
• • CNNC develops nuclear power station simulator
• • SO2 emissions down 9.1% in China's power sector
• • Chrysler aims to have electric cars in three to five years
• • CleanTech Biofuels to produce renewable power
• • Clean-coal technology was pricey, unproven
• • Canada boosts 19 clean technology projects
• • Closing coal plant cuts child development problems
• • CoaLogix managing over 10,000 MW of NOx reduction
• • China's power shortage reaches 14 gigawatts
• • More federal coal eyed by energy companies
• • Fluor Corp. and E.ON Energie AG join forces on CO2 capture
• • ConEdison, union have tentative contract
• • U.S. Constellation unit works to tame wind power
• • Construction of turbine components facility starts in Liaoning
• • Cooper Bussmann contributes to arc flash research project
• • Living off the grid like camping at home
• • Georgia court cites carbon in coal-plant ruling
• • Weak grid hampers Chinese wind integration
• • Darlington plant bidders get extension
• • Deregulation jolts Texas power bills
• • NUDC, PJM join forces to increase diversity inclusion
• • DoE is pessimistic about LED lighting
• • Doctors urge action on isotope production
• • Dolly does damage to Texas grid
• • Dominican power companies to break up distributors
• • Dominion Virginia Power selects Elster for demonstration
• • Duke, NC GreenPower launch offset program
• • Duke Energy defends practices in hearing
• • Duke employees take time to volunteer
• • NCUC approves Duke Energy's gas plants
• • Duke Energy makes progress following Indiana storm
• • Regulators consider DukeÂ’s “Save-a-Watt” plan
• • Duke Energy Ohio issues request for new supplies
• • Duke changes tree-trimming policies
• • EDF battles to keep its nuclear secrets
• • EDF to develop pilot tidal power project
• • Electrically stimulating brain helps depression
• • Minnesota man helps design alternative vehicles
• • Electro-fishing stuns fish for study
• • Finding and fixing power hogs
• • Bill renewing clean energy credits falls short
• • Nuclear operator seeks to end revenue deal with state
• • Entergy to spin off nuclear plants into independent company
• • Exelon seeks carbon output cuts
• • FERC approves settlement agreement for TrAIL
• • FERC to decide Mooresville, Duke water battle
• • Ottawa announces $9.2M for Alberta wind energy project
• • Why few Canadians know joys of electric cars
• • Few volunteering to cut emissions: U.S. watchdog
• • First coal-to-liquids plant to be built in West Virginia
• • Construction of floating power station on hold
• • B.C. grower is going geothermal
• • Dismiss remaining charges, asks former Westar CEO, strategy officer
• • France to build second EPR power plant
• • Fuel cell cars at least 15 years away at best
• • Report endorses fusion project work
• • G8 papers over differences on emissions
• • G8 nations to push nuclear energy
• • GE Energy bags $500 million deal in UAE
• • GE, Abu Dhabi fund strike global partnership
• • GE, Grupo Corporativo Landon invest in Spanish company
• • GE to spin off consumer unit
• • GEÂ’s turbine technology selected for plant expansion
• • GM, utilities join to study electric car impact
• • GM, utilities to announce vehicle network
• • GM Volt ready for September?
• • GT Solar hopes sun will come out this week
• • Gas power plant planned for Mississauga
• • Generator fumes kill 17 at Nigeria prayer meeting
• • Geothermal ^^not getting any love^^
• • Geothermal power plant coming to Iron County
• • Germans warm to nuclear energy: poll
• • Leader at E.ON urges Germany to keep nuclear plants
• • China set for additional 1,650MW of wind power
• • Gore wants carbon-free power by 2018
• • Governments, utility heads seek energy solutions
• • Greenpeace crashes coal meeting using phony front
• • Hadron Collider closer to going online
• • Have power prices hit a peak?
• • HelioVolt, NREL win R&D 100 Award
• • Helix Electric completes project for new UNLV Greenspun College
• • Heritage goes green with charming results
• • IAEA to meet with India on nuclear deal
• • IEC welcomes Algeria and Qatar as members
• • Indian companies scouting for overseas coal acquisitions
• • India aims for 20,000 nuclear megawatts by 2020
• • Indian grid plagued by power crisis
• • India's first national spot power exchange goes live
• • India targets 10,500 megawatts of wind power
• • Danger from poor electrical work in Iraq
• • Iowa's governor to study Utah's 4-day work week
• • Wind power super-grid plans
• • Italy rejoins the nuclear club
• • Japan promotes its energy-frugal ways
• • DTE Energy helps Kresge Foundation go green
• • Fans of LEDs say this bulbÂ’s time has come
• • Landowners upset over power line
• • Coal carves a place in energy future
• • Nuclear energy: what we can learn from other nations
• • Lithium batteries key for plug-in cars
• • Canadians show little interest in Smart Meters
• • ATC transmission upgrades shows savings
• • Lakeview^^s win is another^^s loss
• • Finding new ways to cool
• • Low-voltage electrical reconditioning standards introduced
• • Schneider Power announces CEO
• • New window opens on solar energy
• • A back-end solution to an energy crisis
• • Same wires, more power
• • Solving superconductivity
• • Mass Megawatts opens facility in Pennsylvania
• • Power on with an eye to the future
• • Washington smart metering/demand response pilot begins
• • New microgrid network proposed
• • Wind facilities reach million megawatt-hour milestone
• • Shepherd's hook needs backup device, ministry orders
• • Missing radioactive part found
• • Utility worker attacked by mob
• • Monticello nuclear plant ready to move spent fuel
• • Small businesses go solar
• • Two 700-megawatt units begin operation at Three Gorges
• • Officials mull alternative-energy regulations
• • Science museum plans to harness the wind
• • NERC to improve protection response to critical infrastructure
• • National Grid seeks hike
• • Two wind companies under investigation
• • Utilities look to the sun
• • New nanorods hold great promise
• • Largest combined-cycle power plant running in Beijing
• • New uranium leak found at Areva factory
• • Nissan to test electric cars in Tennessee
• • Amtrak: No cause yet for power dip
• • No cash for blacked-out businesses: BC Hydro
• • Wind power company makes pitch for Ocean City
• • Oncor files to help build renewable energy superhighway
• • Ontario studying electric vehicles

August 2008 News Story Index

• • Allegheny picks Fairmont for new transmission operations HQ
• • Dispute raises doubts over Amazon dams
• • U.S. in energy trouble but won't tap its own resources
• • Amherstburg approves $300 million solar park
• • Nervous analysts urged power plant settlement
• • Colin Andersen to head the Ontario Power Authority
• • 25th Three Gorges turbine comes online
• • IEEE approves arc flash hazard calculation amendment
• • Are solar stocks finally cheap enough?
• • BC Hydro expects rush for clean energy projects
• • Bangladesh evaluates coal-fired plants
• • Black Hills to build 350 MW plant soon
• • Brazil forges ahead with new nuclear plant
• • Putting some wind beneath our energy wings
• • Brookfield Renewable moves control center to Marlborough
• • SCE signs on for more than 900 MWs of wind energy
• • California utility mainstreams solar photovoltaic power
• • Can Canada be carbon-free in 10 years?
• • Are we facing a dim future?
• • Canada to beat U.S. to carbon storage
• • If Denmark can go green, Canada can too
• • Sunrise Solar initiates carbon offset program
• • Giant retailers turning to solar
• • Chance of another blackout is small
• • Another round of price increases in China
• • China moves to ensure steady power supply
• • China raises nuclear power target to 5% by 2020
• • Cogen plant runs on chicken manure
• • San Francisco to vote on clean energy charter
• • Coal an important ingredient in Canada's energy mix
• • Coal prices hammer Chinese power giants
• • King Coal returns
• • Composite Technology inks turbine deal in Canada
• • Energy conservation still an issue after blackout
• • Copper thefts rising across nation
• • DTE Energy to launch advanced metering program
• • Teck-Cominco deal says coal is the future
• • Delays in offshore wind turbine project criticized
• • Do-It-Yourself electric cars
• • Duke Energy accused of using illegal workers
• • Duke wants OK for temporary cooling setup
• • Duke pursues compromise on Save-A-Watt
• • Duke Energy to turn Durham landfill gas into power
• • Dutch utilities offer rare buying opportunity
• • EDSA software selected for FAA facilities
• • ENMAX registers clean power projects with BC Hydro
• • EPCOR, Siemens strive for near-zero emission coal
• • EU to link carbon markets by December
• • Tapping earth energy to fuel CanadaÂ’s future
• • Power utility cuts water utility a break
• • Canada approves electric truck in controlled areas
• • Contractor electrocuted at Whiteface ski area
• • Endesa the new utility power in Ireland
• • TVA energy audit may open eyes
• • Variable-speed escalators off to a shaky start
• • Areva moving ahead on construction plans
• • Exelon now selling Green-e Energy Certified RECs
• • Underground FEMA fuel tanks could leak
• • Federal investigators probe high power costs
• • Cameco takes hit as uranium sales fall
• • Fill up is free if you drive a hybrid
• • Finnish minister calls for more nuclear power
• • Areva reactor project given all-clear
• • Fire shuts down Spanish nuclear plant
• • Material bends, stretches and conducts power
• • Burning wood debris for generation
• • France reaffirms faith in nuclear power
• • Rising fuel costs zapping power utility
• • GE, Acciona open $381 million wind farm in the Dakotas
• • GE exits Canadian mortgage business
• • GM pins its future on the Volt
• • Efficiency focus of GRE plant
• • Payback time for going all green unclear
• • Governors unite for climate change
• • Granholm moderates DNC energy town hall meeting
• • Green Mountain Energy tops in customer satisfaction
• • Oregon creates hot jobs in green energy
• • Epcor unveils plans for green power plant
• • Green investment fund first of its kind
• • Grid in better shape than five years ago
• • Power grid still vulnerable
• • Gross to lead ABBÂ’s Power Systems Division in North America
• • Small, transportable nuclear power reactor
• • HV insulator coating helps wind power flow
• • Date set for operation of Hadron Collider
• • Residents install 166 kilowatts of solar panels in 8 weeks
• • Houston power prices higher than Dallas
• • Largest Canadian private sector hydroelectric investment ever
• • Looking for solar gold at the Games
• • Hydro Ottawa achieves Smart Meter milestone
• • Hydrologists meddle with water retention
• • Is IKEA going solar?
• • Iberdrola planning large pumped-storage plant
• • Taking green buildings from concept to reality
• • MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company holds top three
• • European insurance law changes threaten nuclear build
• • Blumenthal wants meters re-examined
• • Schumer demanding investigation into energy charges
• • Japanese work on solar-powered ship
• • Jordan to buy French nuclear reactor
• • Keeping the lights on in New York
• • African sun now powers study time
• • ENMAX learns to operate in a deregulated world
• • Lessons didn't stick for utilities after outages in 2003
• • Lightning strikes leave a lasting impression
• • Colorado eyes Wyoming wind power
• • OPG sends message of safety for long weekend
• • Livestock manure a lost source of energy
• • Hydroelectric power a boon for Marana
• • Two large solar plants planned in California
• • $2 billion in upgrades proposed
• • Mayor cools to urban wind power plan
• • Men electrocuted fixing tire
• • Missing wind turbine may not have been stolen
• • Mitsubishi to support Brunei solar project
• • Mitsubishi to build new battery plant
• • Kansas firm to test LaPorte County wind
• • North Dakota candidate pushes for wind power goal
• • Bill supporting residential turbines in NH passes
• • ConEd Solutions contracted by NYPA
• • National Grid fails key standards
• • BLM gives initial OK to transmission line route
• • New IEEE standards for power & energy substations coming
• • Nissan moves into high gear on hybrids
• • Nissan shows test models of electric car
• • North Face building solar power system in Visalia
• • OEB posts regulated price plan variance settlement factor
• • OMERS buys stake in Texas T&D system
• • OPG's long-term corporate credit rating increased to A-
• • Obstacles to our power supply
• • Off-grid life can be comfortable
• • U.S. gives Olympic Village gold for going green
• • Ontario has extra energy this summer
• • Competition begins for 500 megawatts of renewable projects
• • Ontario gets an A for efficiency
• • Oregon proposes sharp emission cuts for coal-fired unit
• • Apartment complex owners could be charged in death
• • Wind turbines returned to work
• • Licensing offer draws few takers
• • PG&E renewable power bids see lots of solar
• • PNM Resources scales back Texas operations
• • PPL offers incentive for companies to build ‘greenÂ’
• • PSE adds turbines at Hopkins Ridge wind facility
• • Peruvian company to build $240 million wind farm
• • Pickens' energy plan isn't powered by details
• • Power, we have - infrastructure, not so much
• • Software predicts power output for wind
• • Oregon regulators approve public solar deals
• • Placing your home computer on an energy diet
• • Quebec to retrofit Gentilly-2 plant
• • Raw materials will determine vehicle electrification
• • Tokyo to get car recharging sites
• • ND regulators say electric price spike unavoidable
• • Remembering the blackout of 2003
• • Wind energy pushes grid to the limits
• • Brookland residents ask for underground utility lines
• • How do you replace the retiring experts?
• • Reunion island aims to be zero CO2
• • Ryerson, Hydro One recharge supply of power engineers
• • SEPDI wins 3 overseas contracts
• • Saudi Arabia to double generation by 2020
• • Must Smart Meters wait for the Smart Grid?
• • Solar power giant embraces Quebec
• • Scientists make solar power advance
• • Solar showcased at Democratic Convention
• • System to use sun to power up
• • South Carolina refuses to block nuclear plant
• • Spain seeks big fines over nuclear plant leak
• • Strategy needed to get wave energy rolling
• • Sunrise Solar dispels solar myths
• • FPL Sunshine Energy Program report released
• • TBM Consulting Group launches “Lean Energy Practice”
• • TVA to give contractors $42M in bonuses, fees
• • TVA wants permits back for partially built plant
• • TVA may raise base rates
• • TVA looks to expand base of power production
• • Taser bets on new products as stun gun sales slacken
• • Tata BP Solar targets $1 billion turnover by 2012
• • Residents band together to fight wind turbines
• • Texas urged to stay with deregulated power market
• • Tire-to-energy plant a hot issue in Erie
• • University of Toledo to test solar panels
• • Toronto Hydro Telecom sale is official
• • CFL recycle program gets green light
• • Trees blocking transmission lines means a million dollar fine
• • Wind turbines stir up health scare
• • Turkey agrees to supply Georgia power
• • Two TVA plants taken offline
• • A mighty wind – the governmentÂ’s plans for wind farms
• • Suppliers say U.S. risks losing electric car race
• • Utilities a boon to First Solar, but is it enough?
• • PG&E, Edison to test Mitsubishi cars for U.S. market
• • Utilities trim trees or risk big fines
• • Utility rates surging nationwide
• • Utility expenses have raised alarms
• • Tampa Electric offers tips for storm readiness
• • Villagers refuse to move for Sudanese dam
• • More than 33,000 buyers ready for GM Volt
• • Ward resigns from NYISO Board
• • Westar rate hearing dates draw criticism
• • Whitewater Valley will make grid smarter with Tantalus
• • China crosses fingers that TVs will stay on
• • Wind blows less when wind power is needed most
• • Wind farm proposed for Huron-Manistee
• • Wind farms proving deadly to bats
• • Subsidies for wind power blow over
• • Wireless power transfer pursued
• • Utilities agree to $105 million settlement
• • Xcel ditches coal plants to go solar
• • Zenn and the art of small, electric vehicles
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• • 3M ACCR again used to boost capacity
• • AECL and SNC-Lavalin sign MOU with Jordan
• • AECL, SNC-Lavalin ask for billions for new reactors
• • AECL future hinges on Ontario deal
• • AECL rapped for touting Candu design
• • Chalk River can meet possible isotope shortfall: AECL
• • AEP coal-plant construction faces new hurdles
• • AMMP welcomes Lutron as a new founding member
• • APS seeks renewable power from distributed systems
• • Thomas Ahearn: the Canadian Thomas Edison

September 2008 News Story Index

• • Power needs to rise after 2013
• • Pakistan to add more than 5,000 MW by June 2010
• • Paraguay looks to renegotiate Brazil energy deal
• • Oregon gets filling stations for electric cars
• • Power from restless sea stirs the imagination
• • Ontario looks at $36 billion in industrial project work
• • Poweo's first combined-cycle power station nears completion
• • Power restored at ValeroÂ’s Houston-area refineries
• • Indonesia and China reform power sector
• • Power systems urged to go local
• • Site Controls help retailers respond proactively to hurricane
• • Utility sends 822 workers to Texas
• • Proposed power line generates opposition
• • Honda to unveil prototype hybrid at Paris auto show
• • Rapid expansion of hydro projects a concern in B.C.
• • Reliant generating station earns VPP STAR status
• • Burying CO2 would pay for itself by 2030: report
• • Utility towers protested in Santa Clarita
• • Retrofitting cars into plug-in hybrids
• • Square D/Schneider Electric ratifies new 3-year labor deal
• • Scientists say carbon dioxide emissions up 3%
• • Siemens wins T&D contract for Saudi Arabian mega-city
• • Smaller-scale reactors look at world markets
• • Providing muscle for the smart grid
• • Solar a natural fit for Calgary
• • Sunrise Solar introduces solar building brick
• • Ontario review a ray of sunshine to industry
• • Thieves sell stolen solar panels on Internet
• • Berkeley moves ahead with solar-financing program
• • Solar taxi continues its journey
• • Some Volt work headed to Oshawa: GM
• • Washington Legislature should fix renewable energy law
• • People near nuke plants donÂ’t mind new ones: study
• • Sunrise Solar negotiates for $30 million contract
• • Symbion Power awarded transmission project in Iraq
• • TVA plans to axe private security at nuclear plants
• • The social responsibility of coal
• • Solar stocks set to shine after Senate measure
• • Tesla Motors to build electric sedan in California
• • Wind power resurgent on Texas prairie
• • TechÂ’s holy grail: a better-built battery
• • Some 820,000 Texans still without power
• • Output from Three Gorges reaches record high
• • Tidal power projects move forward
• • Toronto enters into 20MW contract with Direct Energy
• • TransCanada buys New York generation station
• • Cleanfield turbine gets okay for testing
• • Turbine likely behind fire at Michigan nuclear plant
• • EntrepreneurÂ’s vision is up in the air
• • Ford factory processes paint fumes to generate power
• • Phoenix Suns go solar
• • U.S. technology to benefit India's push for clean energy
• • Will Congress extend solar and wind tax credits?
• • Utility to Utah: Raise rates or lose electricity
• • Utilities prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna
• • KUB satisfied with hybrid bucket truck
• • Indiana Michigan to monitor power usage
• • Vacation homes that are off the grid
• • Valleyview power plant opens a month ahead of schedule
• • Re-Volted by policy
• • Plasco to build waste conversion facility
• • UK gives go-ahead for waste-to-energy CHP plant
• • Welland chooses LED lighting for streetlight developments
• • AEP offers 'green' power option in West Virginia
• • What could have gone wrong at Constellation?
• • GM turns 100 - but is the future electric?
• • Electric cars: will they finally become marketable?
• • Wind farm in works for northwest Kansas
• • Wind power is blowing our way
• • The politics of wind power
• • Factory workers besiege company over power cuts
• • E.ON opens first two phases of world's largest windfarm
• • Monticello nuclear plant finishing up repairs
• • Xcel Energy, Attorney General resolve carbon disclosure issues
• • 4,000-MW Zhexi project to begin in 2010
• • Pasadena-based firm poised to harness the sun's power
• • Weather puts German offshore wind farm on hold
• • Crews from 31 states help restore power in Texas
• • ABB wins IED relays contract with TVA
• • AECL sitting on bomb-grade uranium
• • AEP wants to ask customers to chip in
• • Shanghai Electric, AREVA to develop HV transformers
• • ATC studies show need for $2.7 billion in upgrades
• • Accent Energy introduces CleanClimate power
• • Report calls for immediate action on Indian power deficit
• • Roger Alexander appointed VP of AREVA Canada
• • Allegheny Power begins AUI Projects
• • Plug-in power a key to cleaner air
• • Apple to replace iPhone 3G power adapters
• • SDTC calls for clean technology funding applications
• • Aspen wants all renewable power
• • Assessing the value of small wind turbines
• • Austin Energy launches smart grid deployment
• • Run-of-river facilities provide about 10% of B.C.Â’s power
• • Waterloo home to Canada's first green Bay store
• • Belgium buys HungaryÂ’s greenhouse emissions rights
• • Filling up at home is the goal
• • Indian nuclear sector looking for $27 billion investments
• • Ontario Blackout Day results are in
• • French utility to buy British Energy
• • Building green, building efficiently
• • Bulgaria begins construction of new nuclear plant
• • CSU says its wind farm could be running in 2010
• • California ISO will help track renewable energy
• • Canadian Hydro Developers a high-powered stock
• • Canadian mission on its way to South Africa
• • CO2 “scrubber” captures greenhouse gas
• • Power blackout hits Caracas
• • First U.S. carbon auction brings $39 million
• • Australia to set up carbon capture institute
• • Nation auctions carbon credits to curb global warming
• • Carbon tariffs pose risk of trade war, OECD told
• • Central planning approach likely to inflate rates
• • ChalcoÂ’s Xiao seeks coal, hydro assets to cut costs
• • China rapidly developing renewable energy
• • Chinese companies building hydropower projects in Nigeria and Kenya
• • Chrysler plans to sell electric car in 2010
• • Higher prices needed for cleaner power production
• • Clean-energy exports to China not affected by controls
• • ClimateSmart program receives approval for LEED points
• • Coal being burned more than ever before
• • Coal must be part of BWL plant discussion
• • Coal prices show signs of weakening
• • Coal's comeback comes with concerns, potential
• • Construction worker electrocuted in Ottawa County
• • New plants convert waste pipeline heat into clean power
• • Prairie Power embarks on 20-turbine wind farm project
• • Thieves risking lives for copper cables
• • Frostburg course teaches solar panel installation
• • Critics claim deception in California energy measures
• • Gateway Power Services offers relief from Ike
• • DPU, Duke Electricity deal faces hurdle
• • Detroit Edison files with NRC to build new nuke
• • UK coal station in doubt after court verdict
• • Idaho Power: Equipment failure led to wildfire
• • Utility moving forward on smart meters in Delaware
• • World demand driving mining resurgence
• • No coal for you!
• • The low-carbon diet
• • Dion commits $70 billion to infrastructure
• • Billions wasted when replacing failed motors
• • Duke Energy may up solar in 2009
• • Duke, Areva form Adage
• • Duke Energy expands wind business
• • Duke Energy Indiana brings in hundreds of line workers
• • EPCOR acquires Morris Cogeneration
• • EPRI updates intelligent grid report
• • Electric cars are suddenly sexy
• • How an eggbeater could power the future
• • The powerlessness of energy subsidies
• • Eskom working on two new pumped storage power projects
• • FPL moves ahead on energy-efficient projects
• • FPL Group lauded for quality of climate change disclosure
• • FPL wants 7 per cent increase
• • Farmers angry about proposed power line path
• • Farm plans to harness wind power
• • FedEx Freight Distribution Center now sun-powered
• • Former nuclear safety chief quits
• • GDF Suez to buy FirstLight Power
• • GE Energy to help Iberdrola Renovables meet new standards
• • GE restarts NJ power plant
• • GM unveils Volt
• • Go-ahead for 1,000 job plant given
• • Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants
• • Quest for renewables pits green vs. green
• • Standards for green building vary by organization
• • Greenpeace proposes giant North Sea wind grid
• • Greens going against grain with platform
• • GridPoint cements leadership position in Plug-In vehicle sector
• • Groups aim to stop TVA nuke plans
• • Gustav cuts power for more than a million
• • 500,000 Entergy customers still without power
• • HardFiber system replaces copper with fiber optic
• • Squabble causes rise in rates
• • To save money this winter, some switch to firewood
• • Comparing how power companies respond to crisis
• • Hydro One sends crews to Ohio after Ike
• • Hydro-Québec sends crews to Ohio
• • IEEE, IEC expand standards agreement
• • IESO praised for compliance with key reliability standards
• • IESO releases positive 18-month outlook
• • Deal to double wind power in the state
• • Pilot project uses smart meters to control costs
• • NIPSCO seeks 15 per cent rate hike
• • Replacing streetlights could save Port Hope big bucks
• • U.S.-Canadian group plans to curb emissions
• • Newfoundland says Innu deal to speed hydro plans
• • Integrated coal, power project for Shanxi province
• • Greener meters will cut bills by 500 euros
• • Japan Wind looks to triple market share
• • Jordan poised to enter nuclear age
• • Russia to build nuclear plant in Kaliningrad
• • Kansas utilities to cooperate on V-Plan project
• • Utility dispute with FEMA unresolved
• • Looking for ways to save as power costs climb
• • Kessel named to head New York Power Authority
• • New wind plan may appeal to ratepayers
• • Satcon to power largest rooftop photovoltaic array
• • LifeVillage demonstration project planned in Cote dÂ’Ivoire
• • Potential line upgrade for renewables to be evaluated
• • Lithuania eyes Areva, Candu, GE, Westinghouse for new nuclear
• • GMÂ’s Volt “ahead of schedule”
• • MEREGIO project uses Smart Grid technology to minimize emissions
• • Indian state of Maharashtra emerging as wind energy hub
• • Debut of carbon sequestration in Germany
• • First Marquiss wind turbines connected to grid
• • Tampa Electric seeks 22 per cent rate hike
• • Meetings set on power line upgrades
• • Metso supplies power boiler for green power production
• • Michigan residents pay more for renewables
• • MidAmerican Energy acquires Constellation
• • Carbon regulation could hit a million U.S. firms
• • Millions without power in Texas
• • Western Minnesota farm tries growing biomass
• • A feasible goal for renewable energy in Missouri
• • TVA may face debt cap
• • Lithium batteries for vehicles need “vast improvement”
• • NSTAR hits the road with Energy Trailer
• • NETA welcomes newest member
• • Clean energy gets a cash boost
• • New England, Canadian leaders talk power
• • RI awards offshore wind farm rights to NJ firm
• • OEB approves transmission line from Bruce to Milton
• • New reactors would have 'no significant environmental effects'
• • All-electric cars no magic bullet: scientist
• • Nuclear nod makes India a major world player
• • OPG and GM Canada to promote electric cars
• • Opposition blows against proposed wind farm
• • Oglethorpe Power to build biomass generation
• • Oncor wants you prepared for the worst
• • Fourth reactor plans go to NRC
• • PECO reminds customers to prepare for the cold
• • PSEG the 'Best Places to Launch a Career'

October 2008 News Story Index

• • California seeks energy savings as economy sours
• • CanWEA names Industry Leadership award winners
• • CanWEA trade show coming soon
• • World hit by high costs, Canada fares better than most
• • Is alternative energy out of juice in Canada?
• • 'Rewards for Recycling' to divert 90 truckloads of material from landfill
• • Canadian man claims solar-powered distance record
• • North Dakota PSC candidates support winter shutoff stoppage
• • “Carbon army” hopes to grab a slice of the cash
• • Carbon tax seen as best way to slow global warming
• • Carbon taxes will hurt poor the most, says civil rights activist
• • Electric car fueling stations planned
• • Chesapeake Energy CEO forced to sell company stock
• • China's hidden coal cost equal to 7% of GDP
• • China marks fifth anniversary of CANDU plant
• • China to set up 10 nuclear plants in Pakistan
• • Cash incentives for choosing green energy
• • Combining a wind farm and solar in Sicily
• • Buckypaper a strong composite that conducts like copper
• • Wind power blades energize composites manufacturing
• • Copper thefts may cost city $1 million
• • Court upholds state approval of coal gasification plant
• • DTE ups rewards for copper theft info
• • Dworshak Dam given 'potentially unsafe' rating
• • Solar-powered Day4 Energy sees a bright future
• • Concerns expressed about "Energy Summit" for Daniels
• • Special rate eyed for New Brunswick poor
• • Duke Energy Ohio reaches agreement on security plan
• • Duke draws $1 billion under its Master Credit Agreement
• • Duke unit sees little immediate impact from CAIR, CAMR rulings
• • Duke submits loan guarantee application for new nuclear units
• • Dynegy to disclose climate change risks
• • EDF exits competition for Constellation
• • EPA sets nuclear waste dump radiation standard
• • EU, Kyoto carbon link to cut climate costs
• • New England, eastern Canada consider power collaboration
• • Environment Department sues El Paso Electric
• • Energy crisis is coming
• • Big Bang collider glitch was a fault: CERN
• • Can ‘electric oystersÂ’ restore New YorkÂ’s waters?
• • Ely power plant moves closer to construction
• • Enbridge opens emissions-free plant
• • ItalyÂ’s Enel opens biggest wind farm in U.S.
• • Energy storage projects receive funding
• • Enviro group seeks federal help in coal project
• • Exelon bid for major Texas power producer NRG
• • Exelon protests proposed short-term reliability rules at NERC
• • U.S. to boost geothermal energy use on federal lands
• • ComEd asks customers to fight global warming one bulb at a time
• • FPL has Florida on path to a clean energy future
• • Florida PSC agrees to hike power rates for new nukes
• • Pierre Fortin to leave Canadian Hydropower Association
• • Fowler steps down at PGE
• • Lawsuit against Canada over Kyoto accord dismissed
• • Iraq signs $8 billion deals with Siemens and GE
• • GE expands manufacturing operations in Europe
• • GMP upgrading 80-year-old power station
• • Generating power from throwaway food
• • Give the green light to electric cars
• • Ritter, Xcel at odds over solar subsidy
• • Green credits potential boon for emissions markets
• • Greenpeace protests against UK coal plant
• • Up on the roof
• • HV power line gets nod of Virginia regulators
• • Harper hopes Green Shift will turn Liberal voters Tory blue
• • Great River Energy HQ awarded Platinum LEED certification
• • Constellation to build 300kW solar power system
• • Public hearing held on SCE&G rate hike request
• • Honda rolls out its own hybrid
• • Entergy: 2 storms cost at least $1 billion
• • Power restored after outages from wind storm
• • IAEA advises caution as new wave of nuclear projects takes off
• • India's renewable sector to attract investments of $4.3 billion
• • India shopping for coal mines in Appalachia
• • Infrastructure fix may be beyond Washington
• • Ithaca wants to be nationÂ’s first podcar city
• • KEMA launches retail clean energy markets service
• • Korea to invest $103 billion to develop alternative energy
• • LEDs are delightfully efficient
• • More than $5 billion released under LIHEAP
• • LS Power withdraws TransAlta takeover proposal
• • Wind farm proposed for lake
• • Lakeland to deploy more solar per customer than anyone else
• • Landis+Gyr unveils advanced metering contract with PG&E
• • Pepperidge Farm runs on nationÂ’s largest fuel cell
• • PSE&G president urges legislators to support investments
• • Limiting C02 emissions hurts poor most
• • Lobbyist spending in Kansas doubles amid coal fight
• • A long-range plan is needed now
• • 1,100 MW Michigan natural gas plant sold
• • Maine PUC fines utility
• • Scientists develop solar cells with a twist
• • Man converts gas pickup to run on batteries
• • Two endorsements of nuclear power, but details differ
• • California-Mexico border technology park gets green boost
• • MidAmerican, Constellation Energy file with FERC for merger approval
• • Power plant needed to meet energy demand
• • More Con Ed customers having power cut off
• • Mumbai faces power deficit and premium-cost imports
• • Museum features Kansas town that went green
• • National Wind announces formation of NECO Wind
• • New Illinois company hopes to offer cheaper power
• • NYISO readies the grid for more wind
• • Narrowbanding issue prompts many utilities to rebuild systems
• • Nations eye IndiaÂ’s vast nuclear market
• • Heating a home with a hairdryer
• • Wind farm in Lempster is nearly ready to go
• • Corzine wants to triple New Jersey power goals by 2020
• • Village Green Energy launches revolutionary carbon offset
• • Voith Siemens' opens new workshop in Shanghai
• • Study warns of serious blackout risk by 2009
• • Alert over after nitrogen leak at nuclear plant
• • North Carolina ranks low for energy efficiency
• • Hard Power versus Soft Power
• • Nuclear power may be in early stages of a revival
• • Nuclear power seen as a boon to oil and gas
• • Mohawks finalize settlement with OPG
• • Ocean Power Technologies wins $2 million award
• • Ontario asked to turn down power expansion
• • Ontario becomes wind power leader in Canada
• • Ontario to raise power rates by $2 monthly
• • Oregon governor pursues climate change package
• • PGE responds to OPUC order on Trojan costs
• • Maryland regulators press PJM interconnection on brownouts
• • PSE team wins “Recycle My Old Fridge” art contest
• • Palestinian Authority joins power pact
• • New partnership to advise government on nuclear industry
• • Pennsylvania gives green light to sell ZAP car
• • Pennsylvania law tries to cut power usage
• • BLM clears way for Milford wind corridor
• • Judge halts plant to turn New York cabs green
• • Polar Technology salutes Duquesne Light
• • PowerStream receives award of excellence for GIS use
• • BC Hydro announces Power Smart Forum 2008
• • No power for legal pot garden
• • Forget the pump and plug in
• • Energy programs receive first wave of CO2 money
• • Proposed agreement to limit Duke Energy rate increases
• • Funding questions linger as power plant breaks ground
• • ROR Power advances 16 hydroelectric projects
• • Tree Canada, BCTC battle Pine Beetle epidemic
• • Three-fourths of Americans support nuclear energy
• • Red tape halts $300 million wind farm
• • Reducing carbon emissions no easy task for Europe
• • Regulators challenge electric credit elimination
• • North Dakota regulators mull coal drying project
• • Renewable energy tops 10 percent of U.S. production
• • Canada lagging in wind power development
• • Fluorescent bulbs deliver mixed results
• • Residents get to sound off on NY power line plan
• • Nuclear costs pressuring the industry
• • Rural broadband – a chicken/egg question
• • Saint John Energy earns ESRI CanadaÂ’s Award of Excellence
• • Quebec utility customers wait to save
• • School will teach Afghans how to build power systems
• • Scottish Power plans worldÂ’s largest tidal farm
• • Tribes see profit in harnessing the wind for power
• • Shocker! Utility says six-figure bill was a mistake
• • Power Savings Blitz aimed at small business
• • Small firm has big ideas on green energy
• • Smart Strip eliminates vampire power
• • Smitherman wonÂ’t support Nanticoke plants
• • Solar deal to enrich firm with Schwarzenegger tie?
• • Knoxville roofs catch some rays
• • Is the sun setting on solar power in Spain?
• • Rates will drop for some customers
• • McCormick adds solar to its energy supply
• • Standard to unify powerline shot down in Madrid
• • 22,600 without power in eastern Ontario
• • Stricter installation standards urged
• • Study eases fear of wind farm threat to birds
• • Alaskan utility initiates study for energy storage system
• • Future green jobs expected to boom
• • SunWize completes 309 kW installation for the VA
• • Swedish nuclear plant posted cleaners as guards
• • Switchgrass to power Tennessee biofuels initiative
• • TVA sharing asset ownership
• • TVA urges conservation to limit rate impact
• • Energy efficiency school teaches children how to conserve
• • Toronto Hydro makes top 100 list
• • Toronto Zoo wants to run on animal waste
• • Sun rises on new energy deal
• • FERC conditionally grants incentives for New York transmission line
• • Man died when shocked by power line
• • Shortage of turbines puts brakes on wind power industry
• • All 73 turbines erected at Carleton wind farm
• • US Hybrid acquires Satcon Motor Division
• • Scientists make ultrathin superconducting films
• • Underground fire reported in downtown Baltimore
• • Two Midwest universities to be 100 per cent renewable powered
• • Canada's nuclear power play
• • PG&E, Edison among multi-million dollar ballot battlers
• • FPLÂ’s demand for deposits adds to debt woe
• • Audit: Juneau utility didn't overcharge consumers
• • SDG&E will shut off power lines to limit fire risk
• • BC Hydro still in dark about cause of blackout
• • WAPA to raise rates
• • Wal-Mart not sold on Duke solar plan
• • Wales rides a coal renaissance
• • Thurston County to reuse waste gas for heating
• • Will global money meltdown hurt clean energy development?
• • Wind development biggest challenge for the grid
• • Politicians, utilities line up to laud wind energy
• • Wind farm opponents turn up heat
• • Window closing on carbon-capture plan
• • Wind power closer to reality in northern B.C.
• • How prairie farmers got their second wind
• • Georgia Power announces wireless co-location on select towers
• • Wireless providers seek green back-up power
• • Battery-free, multi-detection wireless sensors developed
• • Wood as a power source may be making comeback
• • Xcel, Tri-State to team on building new transmission lines
• • Xcel uses wood chips for generation in Wisconsin
• • ZENN and the art of driving
• • Reviving the AC/DC debate
• • Ventyx to upgrade AEP with latest version of Asset Suite
• • Market restructuring report ‘constructiveÂ’ but ‘inconclusiveÂ’
• • ARCA opens recycling center in Illinois
• • AREVA EPR closer to construction in United States
• • U.S. adds wind energy to 400,000 homes
• • Alberta premier calls on counterparts for economic meeting
• • Alcoa shuts down smelter, blames utility costs
• • Queen Creek offers high-voltage-line route
• • OEB proposes code amendments to address farm stray voltage
• • Areva signs nuclear deals with China's CGNPC
• • The Athenian School shows solar smarts
• • Audit critical of Louisiana utility regulators
• • Avoiding a blackout
• • Keep the grid going and reap rewards
• • Solar battery recharging center creates carbon neutral farm
• • Bill proposed energy ratings when homes sold
• • New law extends tax incentives for biopower into 2011
• • UK aims to support small renewable power by 2010
• • Nanticoke eyed as site for nuclear plant
• • Building near North Dakota power plant catches fire
• • Build wind farms near land to cut costs: study
• • Shedding light on imperfect choices
• • Cylindrical cells give new meaning to solar sunroof
• • CTGPC signs first overseas hydropower project

November 2008 News Story Index

• • WAPA buying wind power from Basin
• • What exactly is clean coal?
• • Wineries turning pomace into power
• • ADA-ES begins work on development of clean coal technology
• • Company stops work on hydro project as staff mourn crash victims
• • Wind, solar bids surpass expectations
• • Zero-carbon community planned near Edmonton
• • Zero emission cars wonÂ’t be cheap
• • AECL, China to extend nuclear fuel resources
• • Virginia man electrocuted while repairing microwave
• • Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power grid
• • Alabama Power not cutting rates
• • Customers urged to control bills through budget billing, conservation
• • Nuclear recycling could be emerging technology in America
• • Utility seeks to block gas exports
• • Appalachian Power rate increase approved
• • Areva awarded uranium powder supply contract
• • Areva to double its work force
• • Areva T&D secures deal with India's SAIL
• • A dying industry turns to the Volt
• • BCTC invests $5.3 billion to power the province
• • Biofuels could increase environmental problems, gas prices
• • Biomass: the next hot commodity?
• • Boy shocked after man powers up campaign sign
• • Bridgewater signs on to streetlight replacement program
• • Great White Way goes green
• • CHA celebrates 10th anniversary
• • LoonieÂ’s pain is CamecoÂ’s gain
• • CanWEA says wind must play major role in nationÂ’s future
• • Canada to seek climate deal with Obama
• • The high cost of carbon capture
• • Carbon regulation could "cripple" Texas: Perry
• • First smart charging stations coming from Coulomb
• • China to add $8 Billion in grid investment for 2008-2009
• • China expanding nuclear to more than 70 GW by 2020
• • Coal gasification technology new to the U.S.
• • Coal industry ‘pensiveÂ’ about Obama
• • Coal-plant backers see new hope in a new president
• • Indiana coal-to-gas project bucks industry trend
• • Aeroplan, Direct Energy offers Canadians miles for power
• • Collider repairs at CERN to cost $25-million
• • Wisconsin commission rejects proposed coal power plant
• • Major companies call for Congress to act on climate change
• • Wheatland couple turns to wind for electrical needs
• • Credit crisis dims the lights for power industry
• • DOE to fund carbon capture project in Wyoming
• • DOE would expand nuclear dump in Nevada
• • Wind power: the ‘GreenÂ’ myth
• • Denham Capital invests in BioTherm Energy
• • Celebrity dentist who crashed moped gets $15M from ConEd
• • Power problem halts Denver airport shuttle train
• • Destroying oil as a strategic commodity
• • Dirty coal to remain worldÂ’s top power source
• • Canadian groups appeal dismissal of Kyoto suits
• • North Carolina, Duke Energy ask court to let EPA revise air rules
• • Duke generates unique wind partnership with Wal-Mart
• • Duke Energy rides winds of change in Wyoming
• • Duke sees rooftops as future power plants
• • Duke Energy signs contract with DOE
• • Duke launches Texas wind farm
• • EPA decision signals trouble for coal
• • EU energy chief backs $13 billion for carbon capture
• • EU seeks new gas and wind to boost energy security
• • Economic slump may limit moves on clean energy
• • Edison's great-great grandson helps light display
• • Grand Forks woman seriously hurt in fire
• • Automakers detail electric car plans at show
• • San Francisco unveils electric car station plan
• • Plant invests in state-of-the-art equipment
• • Markets are broken, Pennsylvania officials told
• • An electric vehicle revolution
• • Run cars on batteries, not natural gas
• • Electric vehicles need federal plug
• • More infrastructure needed for electric vehicles
• • EnergyConnect to work with DOD on demand response
• • Wyoming business leaders ponder energy future
• • FLIR Systems win awards for two thermal imaging cameras
• • FPL Energy's Gray County wind facility earns VPP Star status
• • Facing the realities of clean coal
• • Report touts northern coal gasification
• • China and Russia to build fast neutron reactor in China
• • Feds approve Constellation sale
• • FirstEnergy pledges support for efficiency, conservation
• • Fly ash class action settlement announced
• • Future Fuels creates Pennsylvania clean coal project
• • GE Energy ships 10,000th 1.5 MW wind turbine
• • Cranking the Volt to 100 mpg
• • Making hybrids even greener
• • NIMBY: Nukes In My Backyard
• • Governor: Oregon could be electric car leader
• • Great Lakes governors want carp barrier
• • Great Northern relies on “green” growing
• • The Green Grid expands global community
• • Green power needs reliable grid planning: NERC
• • More greenhouse growers turn to coal
• • Greenpeace urges South Africa to end dependence on coal
• • Greenpeace blockades aging Spanish nuclear plant
• • “Clean” energy promise a dirty lie
• • Greens spell progress “Recession”
• • Group calls for a shutdown of Pickering B
• • Guinness record holder driven by the sun
• • Nearly half of homeowners concerned about paying for heat
• • Heartbeats may power future pacemakers
• • DTE Energy helps families cope with heating costs
• • Group against Highwood plant challenges corps
• • Hospital probes power failure in wildfire
• • First shipment of Hurricane Ike wood goes to Twin Oaks plant
• • Hydro One crews return power to more than 130,000 customers
• • IBM to help build broadband network in power lines
• • IEA stokes doubts over worldÂ’s climate fight
• • Clean coal supporters applaud Illinois carbon storage legislation
• • India to import 100 million tons of coal by 2012
• • Investor says it never made deal with ZAP cars
• • Japan hits carbon dioxide record
• • Hydropower largely an untapped resource in Kentucky
• • Canada needs to kick its dirty oil habit
• • Los Angeles mayor pitches solar power plan
• • LG Electronics to invest in Korean solar cell lines
• • Largest solar power plant on the east coast completed
• • West Virginia approves Laurel Mountain wind project
• • Coating helps solar panels soak up more sun
• • Venerable lighthouse gets a new holiday look
• • Low energy costs key to States' success
• • Board approves time-of-use power rates
• • MEC cares about its ecological footprint
• • Grid operator seeks relief in Lehman case
• • P.E.I. man named wind energy pioneer
• • Manhole cover restraint system effective: EPRI
• • Hydro to build largest wind farm in Canada
• • Marin supervisors move forward with “clean energy” authority
• • Maritime Geothermal thrives on demand for green energy
• • Giant wind farms could steer storms
• • Leominster mayor tests power of $1 to help heat homes
• • Gary Meshberg elected president of LCA
• • Mississippi officials hold hearing on utility charges
• • More residents fall behind on electric bills
• • NaiKun proposes offshore wind farm
• • Fort Wayne holiday lights have gone green
• • AMD announces fast, energy-saving chip
• • New Zealand improves reliability with smart technology
• • Niles considers reviving dam to supply power
• • Desperately needed: nuclear energy employees
• • Extreme Makeover: Nuclear Power Plant Edition
• • Canada's nuclear workers support Nanticoke option
• • OMERS completes Oncor deal
• • Markets hit OPG investments hard
• • Octillion advances efforts to generate power from moving vehicles
• • Wind farm debate far from over
• • Offshore wind farm stirs up tempest
• • Oil billionaire delays wind farm plans
• • Hydro Ottawa issues one millionth bill using Smart Meter technology
• • Administration decides one nuclear dump is enough
• • Ontario delays deadline for final nuclear bids
• • Orecon to test wave-energy conversion buoy off English coast
• • PMLD replacing old wind turbines
• • Scientists say peridotite rock can soak up CO2
• • OEB says Pickering reactor costs are too high
• • Nuclear planning to the year 1,002,008
• • Plutonic Power, GE submit bids for hydroelectric projects
• • Polish firms to build $1.2 billion coal gasification project
• • Green prisons farm, recycle to save energy, money
• • Proposed Idaho nuclear plant suffers setback
• • RONA recognized as energy conservation leader
• • The green recreational vehicle
• • Cellphone industry eyes charger power savings
• • Recession casting a shadow on solar power
• • Recession spells cheap carbon credits
• • Record results for plug-in hybrid battery
• • Refrigerator roundup ropes its 100,000th fridge
• • North Dakota regulators may raise Otter Tail wind charge
• • Californians reject renewable power measure
• • Renewables to top gas as power source by 2015
• • Report calls for more energy champions
• • ESC report reveals looming worker shortage
• • Report shows renewables, conservation can meet baseload
• • Fall River Restaurant lauded for efficiency
• • Retailers invest in energy saving buildings
• • Russia and green energy: a long way to go
• • Russian power distributors face bankruptcy
• • BC Hydro “safety” searches viewed as creeping jackboots
• • Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama
• • Heat rebate figures confound senior
• • Peace River project shelved by Shell
• • Oahu homes to see small break in bills
• • Smart Energy Matrix flywheel system operating on grid
• • Forging ahead on Smart Meter deployment in Mississauga
• • Smart meters will help save money on hydro bills
• • Ohio couple awarded $54,000 in lawsuit against AEP
• • Big Island men create solar oven
• • Solar energy whiz kid shines brightly
• • Spain buys 6 million emissions rights from Hungary
• • Portable power: Tiny solar cells show promise
• • Square D lays off 31 workers
• • Squirrels blamed for Kansas State power outage
• • Squirrel puts out the lights in Richmond
• • India and Sri Lanka plan undersea power transmission project
• • A nice raise for CEO of TVA
• • PricewaterhouseCoopers warns of coming tax shifts to combat climate change
• • Singapore's Temasek cancels sale of power company
• • The 10 big energy myths
• • Let's use real energy numbers
• • Segway inventor touts island as an energy model
• • Commissioner says he's tired of Xcel's 'mess-ups'
• • Black coal turns “green” under TransAlta plan
• • Transformers market to exceed $36.7 billion by 2015
• • Transmission among key concerns in 10-year outlook
• • Turbulent time for wind development in New York
• • Wind power exposed
• • UK to lead on hybrid and electric cars
• • UN watchdog urges Spanish action on nuclear waste
• • Unruh elected to vice chair of IEEE Power Quality subcommittee
• • Utilities hunker down for tough year ahead
• • Utilities to test solar power at traditional plants
• • Vatican to go green with solar roof
• • Veridian proceeds with Ontario's largest "IntelliTEAM" project
• • Vietnam to build two nuclear power plants
• • Siemens, RWE Energy virtual power plant on line

December 2008 News Story Index

• • ABB wins order to expand LA grid capacity
• • AEP to pursue development of renewable transmission superhighway
• • AREVA wins contract for offshore UK wind farm project
• • Abitibi axes Newfloundland paper mill
• • Allegheny Power moves forward with Transmission HQ
• • Are pure electric vehicles the endgame?
• • Alstom to build carbon capture and storage pilot plant in Poland
• • Alternative Energy eyes push from Washington
• • Areva and EDF join forces for nuclear sector bids
• • B.C. police recall Tasers over voltage fears
• • BLM to study wind farm proposal near Virginia City
• • Making car batteries a national security issue
• • Billionaire pushes Phoenix to seek oil alternatives
• • 5-year-old boy fatally shocked in Mishawaka
• • Brazil and Russia consider deepening nuclear energy ties
• • Nuclear power has a bright future
• • AES subsidiary closes financing on Bulgarian wind farm
• • Business up for electric car conversions
• • CSA changes 2009 Canadian Electrical Code to align with American counterpart
• • Canada surpasses 2,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity
• • WeÂ’re (kind of) green
• • Carbon trade in U.N. climate spotlight
• • Chalk River reactor steps up isotope production
• • China to begin construction of several clean-energy projects
• • Durango pulls plug on green power to cut budget
• • Ohio's glass capital turns to solar to revive city
• • Zenn and the art of electric car maintenance
• • Anger erupts over conflicting coal bed decisions
• • Coal plant backers still fired up about prospects
• • Decision on Kansas coal plants upheld
• • Coal plant keeps air permit
• • Coal tops oilsands with greenhouse gas: scientist
• • CaGBC and BC Hydro collaborate on green building
• • IBM, Harvard want your PC for solar power study
• • Con Edison wants customers to lead the way on LED
• • Connecting electric vehicles to the grid intelligently
• • Ohio consumer group seeks power outage review
• • Power costs more in deregulated areas, study says
• • Court urged to side with power plants against fish
• • Crunch time for alternative-energy startups
• • DOE calls for bigger nuclear waste dump
• • Congressman seeks delay to Cape wind farm
• • Duke seeking major changes in regulations
• • Duke pushes Save-A-Watt decision
• • Duke Energy wants to rent rooftops
• • French power company in hunt for Constellation
• • EDF opens largest wind farm in France
• • EPA drops plans to change power plant rules
• • EPA eases rule on mountaintop coal mining debris
• • EPA ruling could speed up approval of coal plants
• • EPCOR powers up Edmonton's core
• • EPCOR submits bid for Quality Wind Project
• • EPRI to offer new renewable integration research programs
• • EPRI smart grid report released
• • EU charges power transformer cartel
• • EU agrees to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2012
• • Edison gets approval for solar plants
• • Mini E quietly hits the road in Beverly Hills
• • Man killed when short causes fire
• • Electric cars will not cure environmental woes
• • Energy goal a moving target for states
• • A cabinet pick from a bioenergy lab
• • FERC denies marketer's request to extend transmission service
• • FPL breaks ground on first hybrid solar plant
• • Wind for Schools gets more money
• • Wind farm to benefit from ecoENERGY program
• • SCE completes first commercial rooftop solar installations
• • 'Forgotten' lake shows South's stubborn drought
• • Fuel cell-powered devices getting closer
• • Columbia treaty may affect hydropower future
• • GE unit inks power deal with Iraq
• • GE unit forms venture with Canadian company
• • Geothermal founder files $50 million suit
• • Green technology at the L.A. show
• • Green energy our best shot
• • Greenpeace stages protest at Polish power plant
• • Increased solar activity will play havoc with grid
• • Hawaiian Electric selects FlexNet AMI after two years of testing
• • Big Island geothermal celebrates 15 years
• • Hawaii to become first state with electric car stations
• • High winds delay restoring northern Indiana power
• • Auburn homes to get power after a year in the dark
• • Homer Electric gets feasibility study permits
• • Hospitals relieved isotopes back in production
• • Fears fade on hybrid batteries
• • Hydrogen will kick in when turbines stop turning
• • Rivers looking attractive for energy
• • IBM broadband service to reach rural areas
• • ICP Solar to provide off-grid modules in Africa
• • IESO reports remain optimistic
• • Toronto unveils battery-powered Icecat
• • 600,000 without power after epic ice storm
• • Idaho energy czar aims to harness cow pie power
• • Bayh calls for "plug-in" autos
• • Energy combination under study
• • Startup wires parking lot for electric cars
• • Israel Electric cleaning up with tenders for scrubbers
• • Car technology race wide open: Japan execs
• • Jordan makes effort to maintain peaceful nuclear ambition
• • Key Kansas lawmakers upset over power line dispute
• • Kansas responds to Sunflower lawsuit
• • Kansas lawmakers plan to deal with coal plants again
• • Lab and 14 firms team up on lithium battery
• • Power sector faces labour shortage
• • Energy Secretary urges lighting upgrades
• • How often lightning can be lethal?
• • Locally made turbines create jobs
• • Mississauga to buy back 10 per cent of utility
• • Hydropower maintenance to exacerbate Pakistan power shortage
• • PSE and RES Americas to develop wind in Washington State
• • Sarnia-Lambton could become a green community
• • Renewable home energy
• • Cornucopia of energy options needed
• • Marines look to solar and biofuel power generation
• • Massachusetts ramping up renewable energy
• • Midwest gets set to go Green
• • Mississippi attorney general files lawsuit against Entergy
• • More California agricultural businesses go solar
• • Nevada signs energy-saving contract
• • Power line from Canada proposed
• • New chief of NYPA says grid needs an update
• • Newfoundland to expropriate some AbitibiBowater assets
• • Tour set of "green" forest office in Alamogordo
• • New rotor technology will save power for paper mill
• • New small-scale generator is developed
• • Transmission lines are vital
• • No injuries reported at Atikokan Generating Station
• • OEB proposes Distribution System Code amendments
• • OPG, Lac Seul First Nation form historic partnership
• • OPG makes case for rebuilding reactors
• • ORNL chief lauds Obama's DOE choice
• • Make turbines, not cars
• • Power customers get reprieve from increases
• • Application for Ohio River turbines met by objections
• • Ohio schools offering masters in renewable energy
• • Some see energy future in old mill dams
• • Fresh answers for reliability woes
• • Gazans learn to work around power outages
• • Thousands without power in Maritimes
• • Green government facility is Canada's solar project of the year
• • PJM planning major upgrades for grid
• • Pads radiate warmth
• • North Carolina building code panel to re-examine breaker rule
• • Pickens: Renewable energy sources a must for U.S.
• • Plan will help center cut costs, up efficiency
• • Coal-dependent Poland considers nuclear power alternative
• • PSO suspends power line burial
• • Portugal expands wind power
• • Power use drops in the United States
• • International pressure mounts on Australia to cut emissions
• • Pristine Power wins York Region contract
• • Minnesota professor works on hybrid hydraulic project
• • REpower installs prototype 3.XM wind turbine
• • Race to build deep-water wind farms is a long one
• • IBM telling clients that recession means reinvention
• • Demand strains grid
• • California regulators approve $1.9 billion power line
• • Making a street reconstruction a geothermal experiment
• • Revolving door generates power for café
• • Rhode Island reaches deal doubling methane power at landfill
• • Rivals continue fight over power lines
• • Rolls-Royce goes nuclear in the UK
• • Rural co-ops meet with FEMA to discuss winter damage
• • SMUD tests to make renewable power reliable
• • Scams crop up as thousands await power
• • Coal should be a warming concern: scientists
• • The wave of the future for a cleaner commute
• • Business, environmental groups oppose power plant
• • Entrepreneurs shine light on solar generators
• • We need to think small to save big
• • Solar car completes first ever round-world trip
• • Solar's future doesn't look quite so sunny
• • Solar power gaining ground on conventional energy
• • Up on the roof, new jobs in solar power
• • The latest from the shopping network: solar power
• • South Africa discards plan to build nuclear plant
• • Co-ops studying merger
• • Staying safe and warm in your PPE
• • Experts expect steady Wyoming coal production
• • Stimulus money better spent on transmission
• • Stimulus actions are economic bloodletting
• • Bruce Power completes Saskatchewan nuclear study
• • Hydro fire cuts East York power
• • Tennessee dam bursts, 12 homes damaged
• • TVA seeks 2,000 megawatts of clean energy
• • Despite rising costs, TVA says nuclear plants economical
• • Utilities take steps to minimize ice storm damage
• • Teacher builds own electric car
• • Thousands without power in northern Ontario
• • Toilet-maker pledges to repair smoking bidets
• • New Jersey nuclear plant shut down after problem
• • Turn motion of ocean into energy
• • Turning water into a revenue stream
• • 2020 renewables target stirs action in UK
• • Public has say on Virginia uranium study
• • Yellowstone utility sues over coal plant contract
• • Venture capital will steer to clean tech, smart metering
• • WAPA completes study on power combo
• • Westinghouse withdraws from Ontario reactor bidding
• • Trimming the tree, trimming the costs
• • Power portfolio needs to be widened
• • Hurdles are many to widespread EV usage
• • Will power grid stall plug-in cars?
• • Emerald Bowl to be entirely green
• • Defects at Iron Range wind farm being fixed
• • Wind is in need of a bailout
• • Financial meltdown slowing wind-power boom
• • SWEPCO plant work can go on during appeal
• • UN Chief says world needs a new green deal
• • Wyoming coal at bottom of 'value chain'
• • Xcel seeks increase in renewable-energy fee
• • Xcel proposes 13 percent drop in utility bills
• • Yellow plume from Portlands part of start up
• • The top 10 facts about zapping trash with plasma