Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company, has purchased a 465-mile direct current transmission line from the Square Butte Electric Cooperative for approximately $70 million. The 250-kilovolt line purchased by Minnesota Power connects its Arrowhead Substation in Hermantown, Minnesota with Center, North Dakota.
An agreement was signed by Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics for the manufacture of triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic panels in Italy. Enel Green Power and Sharp had signed a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard in May 2008. STMicroelectronics has joined the partnership for the manufacture of photovoltaic panels. In addition to the manufacturing agreement, Enel Green Power and Sharp has signed another agreement to develop solar farms jointly.
Solar financing has been introduced in Colorado by Bella Energy, a Colorado-based solar integrator. Solar financing for faith communities and non-profits is now made available by Community Solar Partners, which is a solar financing program that took almost 3 years to be fully established. This program enables the faith communities and non-profits to make vital infrastructure investments while reducing the price of solar investments by about 30 percent. The 21-kW solar energy system that was recently completed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, of Denver, CO was the first project that was financed under this program.
Free Green Energy, LLC announced the engagement of Sologen Systems as the Project Manager for a large geopressure electrical generating project. A total of 200 geopressured wells will be developed in the first stage of this project and these wells will be developed in the states of Texas and Mississippi. Baseload electrical power of about 400 megawatts is expected to be generated by this project. The total cost of this entire project is to be approximately $280 million.
OriginOil announced that Riggs Eckelberry, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, will be addressing an audience of important industrial executives at the World Biofuels Congress in Amsterdam on March 16, 2010. OriginOil is the inventor of a technology to transform algae into a true competitor to petroleum as algae is considered as a reliable source of renewable energy.
Nova Scotia Power is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in 2010, which will help to boost the provincial economy. The company has spent approximately $150 million on capital projects in recent years. Nova Scotia Power has spent in excess of $270 million during the year 2009. The company has allocated more than $400 million for capital projects for the year 2010 and expects to invest significant amounts in Nova Scotia during the next few years.
Commercial Operation of the 1.8 megawatt (DC) Belle Mead Solar Project was announced by enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company. The solar system located on the grounds of Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead, New Jersey, is expected to supply 50 percent of the electrical needs of Carrier Clinic under a power purchase agreement for 25 years.
An order for 24 units of the V90-2.0 megawatt wind turbine was received by Vestas. The V90-2.0 megawatt wind turbines are to be installed in Huelva in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. A five-year service agreement, a VestasOnline Business SCADA solution, supply and installation are part of the project. Additional details with reference to the project and the customer are withheld at customer’s request.
Posty Cards, Inc., a manufacturer of personalized business greeting cards, has broken ground on a $6.4 million expansion/remodel that is being built to LEED v3 Gold green building standards. When the project is completed in July 2010, the new facility will feature a large solar photovoltaic array, solar heated water, high efficiency HVAC, natural lighting and automatic artificial lighting control systems, rain water reclamation for irrigation and waste management, and water efficient native plant landscaping.
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