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Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holding Forms Renewables Unit
MidAmerican Energy Holding Company, the Midwestern utility subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, announced today it will form a branch dedicated exclusively to the development of renewable energy. The renewables platform will, unlike four of MidAmerican’s five other highly regulated platforms (two utilities and two gas pipelines), offer MidAmerican the opportunity it has only had [...]
What Are Romney and Gingrich’s Plans for Energy in the US?
Although the GOP presidential primary race remains fluid, the front-runners are now Newt Gingrich, fresh from a victory in South Carolina, and Mitt Romney, the second-place finisher in Iowa and South Carolina and first-place finisher in New Hampshire. Barring a brokered convention, one of these gentlemen will likely be the GOP candidate with a chance [...]
California Valley Solar Ranch: NRG Energy and Bechtel Navigating Compliance and Community
NRG Energy’s Randy Hickok built combined-cycle thermal plants until, after well over a decade of fossil plant construction, he decided the solar industry was the real deal. As NRG Energy’s Vice President of Asset Management, Hickok is overseeing the construction of California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR). The 250-megawatt project, which will be one of the [...]
The International Energy Agency Releases Its World Energy Outlook
This is more like 100 stats of the day. The International Energy Agency just released its World Energy Outlook, which addresses the 25-year outlook of such things as Russia's energy future, the role of coal in economic growth, fossil fuel subsidies and the progress of renewable energy. Here's one doozy of a stat: "As each [...]
The International Energy Agency Releases Its World Energy Outlook
This is more like 100 stats of the day. The International Energy Agency just released its World Energy Outlook, which addresses the 25-year outlook of such things as Russia's energy future, the role of coal in economic growth, fossil fuel subsidies and the progress of renewable energy. Here's one doozy of a stat: "As each [...]
Energy Innovations Puts CPV Atop a Carport
DALLAS — Reporting from the Solar Power International tradeshow. Energy Innovations is still figuring out where high-concentration photovoltaics can work effectively in a world where the price of crystalline silicon modules continues to plunge. I passed by their booth today and spent a few minutes speaking to the firm's CEO, Joseph Budano. The firm still [...]
Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, Energy Storage, Smart Grid, New Nuclear
Abound Solar, a manufacturer of CdTe photovoltaic modules and beneficiary of $ 400 million in DOE loans, has appointed Craig Witsoe President & CEO, replacing Tom Tiller, who will become Board Chairman. Tiller leaves because of "unexpected issues in our family." Witsoe comes to Abound after three years as CEO of Lineage Power, now GE [...]
Imperial Solar Energy Center Using PV and CPV
GTM Research's Utility PV Market Tracker keeps tabs on all 500 plus utility scale solar projects in the United States, including Tenaska Solar Ventures Imperial Solar Energy Center. Last week, Tenaska Solar Ventures selected First Solar as the technology provider and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor for the Imperial Solar Energy Center South. The [...]
Stirling Energy Systems, Dish-Engine Solar Maker Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Stirling Energy Systems (SES) of Scottsdale, Arizona, a system manufacturer of dish-engine solar plants has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy according to an article in Renewable Energy World. Our calls to the company have not yet been returned, the firm's website is offline. This event should come as little surprise to followers of the Stirling/Tessera [...]
Top 10 Reasons Why Renewable Energy Wins
By now the financial, political, and emotional fallout from the recent Solyndra bankruptcy filing is running at full tilt. Print, online, and social media channels are filled with the appropriate questions about what happened — who’s responsible, who’s accountable, and who’s going to pay for it? Incumbent energy providers, including coal and oil, along with [...]
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