Electric Power

Mitsubishi Electric 3MW Solar Panels to Power Italy's Coop Logistic Center

Solar Energy News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

TOKYO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today the completion of a 2,906-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic (PV) installation for Coop's new CNNA-Prato logistic center in Prato, Italy. Of the 15,710 lead-free solder PV modules used for the 2,906kW system, 15,650 modules (2,895kW) have been installed on the warehouse roof, covering a surface of 21,000 square meters,...

• Mitsubishi Electric 3MW Solar Panels to Power Italy's Coop Logistic Center - Business Wire

American Electric Power Company (AEP) 11/19/09 PriceWatch Alert With Support Around $31.34

MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

American Electric Power Company (NYSE: AEP) closed yesterday at $31.66. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $24.00 and 52-week high of $34.34. American Electric Power stock has been showing support around 31.34 and resistance in the 32.18 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives AEP a positive 4 STAR (out of 5) buy rating. AEP appears on the Investors Observer Hedged...

NERC accredits first solar powered IPP

turenchi (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

………….issues two other new power generation licenses Wedotebary Nigeria limited, a wholly indigenous company, has emerged the first solar powered Independent Power Plant (IPP) to be licensed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for an off grid generation of five m

Duke energy boss on nuclear energy and jobs

NEW PAPYRUS (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

In the November 20 Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital blog , Duke Energy boss, Jim Rogers argues that nuclear power will probably replace coal in the long run in the US by 2050. Additionally, he argues that nuclear power creates more jobs than wind and solar and at a higher level of pay: "In an operation of a nuclear plant, there [are] .64 jobs per megawatt. The wind business–and...

salutin: the abu ghraib effect with the imprint of a maple leaf

we move to canada (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Bravo Rick Salutin! Our own little Abu Ghraib? The nauseating component in current claims and reactions about Canada's role in turning Afghan detainees over for torture does not lie in the betrayal of some mythic Canadian role as an idealistic actor on the world stage – as opposition questions implied in the House of Commons yesterday. We have always played an ambiguous, often duplicitous, role...

SmartMeters to get expedited independent testing

Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago

The state Public Utilities Commission voted Friday to expedite the hiring of a contractor to provide independent testing of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s SmartMeters, the electrical meters that have prompted complaints recently in Bakersfield and elsewhere about unusually high power bills. The unanimous vote allows the commission to move forward quickly with its plan to back up PG&E's internal...

Southern California Edison Provides $250,000 Grant to Promote STEM Learning at THINK Together After-School Programs

Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

THINK Together, a nonprofit leader providing out-of-school learning programs, has received a $250,000 grant from Southern California Edison intended to support a new STEM learning/robotics program across four Southern California counties. SANTA ANA, CA, November 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- THINK Together, California's largest non-profit provider of after-school and other academically focused learning...

Grid Enabled Vehicles – I Told You So! | Alternative Energy Stocks

Web Wonderings (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Grid Enabled Vehicles – I Told You So! | Alternative Energy Stocks : "On Monday of this week the Electrification Coalition, a newly organized industrial lobby that styles itself as a 'nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, environmental,...

ICT for a low carbon economy : Smart Electricity Distribution Networks

Docuticker (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

ICT for a low carbon economy : Smart Electricity Distribution Networks Source: European Commission Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media From the Executive Summary: In order to put ICT at the core of the energy networks, it is recommended: To invest in ICT studies, business cases, surveys, and best practices, considering success stories per country/region. To invest in automated...

AEP adding customers in Louisiana

The Business First of Columbus (Free subscription) | yesterday

American Electric Power Company Inc.’s southwestern U.S. subsidiary is looking to add 30,000 customers through the acquisition of a utility cooperative’s assets. (AEP)

Storing Renewable Energy in Boxes of Air

MATTER MAGAZINE (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Susan Kraemer Storage is needed to harvest the full yield available from intermittent sources of energy like wind and solar. One of the options is compressed-air storage; till now only possible in underground caverns. But SustainX Energy Solutions; a Dartmouth College start-up that got $4 million in VC funding from Polaris Venture Partners and Rockport Capital this year is working on compressing...

Con Ed: Slow and Steady Wins the Dividend Race

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dobromir Stoyanov submits: Consolidated Edison, Inc. ( ED ), through its subsidiaries, provides electric, gas and steam utility services in the United States. It provides electric service to approximately 3.3 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, as well as steam service to office buildings, apartment houses and hospitals...

• Consolidated Edison (ED) Dividend Stock Analysis - Dividend Growth Investor

The Darker Side of SmartMeters

California Energy Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

As if PG&E didn't have enough problems with SmartMeters ... David Baker's article in today's San Francicso Chronicle reveals yet another nasty feature to the new technology: they allow PG&E to shut off power to a home remotely. No sending out a technician, just flip a switch. So, in these "brother, can you spare a dime" days, it's a lot easier to cut off someone's electricity for...

Ohioans to pay more for Duke’s smart grid

The Charlotte Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Duke Energy Corp. has signed a settlement to recoup costs for “smart grid” upgrades that would raise residential electric and natural gas rates in Ohio, according to the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. (DUK)

5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: NRG Energy

Fool.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Market-trouncing returns could be written in these five stars.

NIKON EN-EL11 ENEL11 camera battery and EN-EL11 charger for Nikon COOLPIX S550

jessica221 | 21/07/2009

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Doing Business in Turkey

kellya | 02/12/2008

The best prospects for American exporters in Turkey include wind mills, boilers, SCADA systems for electricity distribution lines, small hydro power plants, geothermal and solar applications, combined cycle power plants, hydrogen generation pilot facilities, and services of supply and installation of power transformers. Turkey`s surrounding countries hold almost seventy-three percent of the world`s