Electricity News 2011
January 2011 News Story Index
- ABB acquires Obvient Strategies
- ABB enters EV infrastructure market in U.S.
- ABB software managing ERCOT wholesale market
- AECL suppliers concerned about future
- All 58 French reactors up and running
- Amazon river power dam approved
- Austerity pulling the plug on green subsidies
- BC Hydro agrees to compensate St'át'imc
- BC Hydro makes business case for digital power meters
- BYD ready for U.S. market with e6 in 2012
- Belarus and Russia to sign nuclear agreement
- Biggest UK solar park gets thumbs up
- Businesses invited to participate in EV trial
- Brazilian utility uses 3M ACCR technology
- CEZ loses carbon credits in cyber attack
- Canada not invited to tour Iranian nuke sites
- Canada watching U.S. emission efforts
- Can wind energy survive without tax dollars?
- Charlotte airport solar project receives go ahead
- China has highest wind power capacity
- China invests in ultra-high-voltage transmission
- China^^s nuclear fuel reprocessing technology set for 2021
- China readies 20 million EV spots for 2020
- China reveals 2015 energy plans
- Chinas power consumption increases in 2010
- Chinese spending spree in U.S. could include power plants
- Chinese company, First Solar partner on plant
- Uranium market soars from Chinese demand
- Chinese power sector booming
- Clean Air violations cost utility $163 million
- Coal goes toe-to-toe with renewables in Philadelphia
- Coal loophole may block SEC revenue
- Committee hears from Montana electricity companies
- Condenser leaks reduce power at reactor
- Conservation group sues over solar plant
- Constellation Energy sells Texas NG plant
- Consumers hoard light bulbs before ban
- Italy may have referendum on nuclear
- DC power gaining wider acceptance
- Debate over financial risks for Georgia nuclear plant
- “Dirty” energy giants embracing renewables
- Downed power line kills three
- Do you know the differences in bulbs?
- Duke bids $13.7 billion for Progress
- Duke-Progress eager to exploit nuclear power
- EPA to delay biomass permit requirements
- S-PRO tests well to control harmonic oscillations
- EU to surpass 20 per cent renewable goal
- Egypt to study windfarm performance
- Elster, Tropos help with Naperville smart grid
- Emails reveal DukeÂ’s rising worries
- Enel building wind farm in Italy
- Energy storage will play a vital role
- Evergreen Solar to close plant cutting 800 jobs
- FERC approves BostonGen sale
- Florida customers question their high rates
- Florida mayor touts renewable job projects
- Fossil fuels outpace green energy
- France invests billions in offshore wind
- France plans underwater nuclear reactor
- GE, Plutonic buy into Ontario solar projects
- GE plugs into Ontario solar market
- Advanced GE turbines destined for 3 French sites
- GE unit invests in wind farm
- GM invests in wireless charging startup
- GM withdraws DOE loan application
- Georgia Power president defends rate hike
- Georgia Power raises rates
- Green power growing at different rates
- Green study denied on Heartland lines
- Hydro rates hurting business, family budgets
- Hydro key to cutting emissions
- India spurs solar development
- TVA admonished over high rates
- Innocent ratepayers caught in grow-op war
- Is a solar trade war about to flare?
- Israel looking to clean technologies
- Italy to reach 2020 solar target this year
- Japan still buying Ukraine carbon permits
- Japan scheme barely helps renewable power in 2010
- KUB looks at peak power demand
- City moves to bury utility lines
- Knoxville tests new EV chargers
- Kyocera to supply solar cells for Thai project
- Lack of transmission lines restricts wind power
- Lansing looks to issue bonds for new plant
- Legal challenge may stall wind projects
- Lower power bill for poor urged
- Manitoba Hydro looks for rate hike
- Manitoba wind farm begins making power
- GermanyÂ’s massive windfarm on schedule
- NB Power asks consumers to cut usage
- Utility identifies likely buyers of EVs
- NIPSCO settles with EPA
- Customers to pay for power back-up centre
- National GridÂ’s mantra: Regulation
- New ESLs have long life, high sticker price
- New PSC to tackle FPL issues
- New light bulb standards now in effect
- New material makes electricity from waste heat
- REC upbeat on solar market
- Nova Scotia power rates rise
- Nuclear policy will boost uranium industry
- NuclearÂ’s ambitions may go up in smoke
- Nuclear station sluggish to restart after earthquake
- OCEB rebate coming to Veridian customers
- OLG Slots at Woodbine goes green
- Obama energy plan a boon for clean power
- Obama sets 2035 clean energy target
- Ohio Edison closes coal-fired plant
- Oil-soaked booms to be turned into Volts
- Ontarians footing energy bill for export deals
- Ontario clean energy benefit now in effect
- Ontario opposition would scrap FIT
- Ontario renewables fuelling job creation
- OntarioÂ’s new dilemma: Too much power
- Bell data centre will be “off grid”
- Ottawa wants reactor commitment from Ontario
- PEI gets $1.2 million in turbine compensation
- PEI power surge causes damage
- Cooper helps PSE&G with demand response
- Palisades nuclear still fixing power problem
- Pengze nuclear steam turbine contract awarded
- Buy American solar panels, Pentagon urges
- Regulators hold hearing on PATH line
- Regulators wonÂ’t delay power line proceedings
- Renewables could supply 99.5 of power by 2050
- Rising hydro output may hurt wind farms
- Romanian nuclear project hit by departures
- Carbon capture project leaking, say neighbours
- SSE projects unaffected by supplier collapse
- Sailmaker looks to generate current
- Samsung energy contract details remain secret
- San Diego gets more solar power
- Saudis look to nuclear for local power demand
- Scotland approves 99 MW windfarm
- No new U.S. coal plants started in 2010
- Shear Wind eager to expand in the Maritimes
- Siemens chooses UK site for turbine plant
- Siemens steps in to save Clyde windfarm
- Sierra Club sues over Calico solar plant
- Sinovel to raise $1.4 billion in Shanghai IPOs
- Solar plant scheduled to begin generating power
- Solar packs a powerful punch
- Solar pitting green versus green
- Solar power payments slow to appear
- Solar roads could end winter hazards
- 2011 another tough year for solar stocks
- South Korea pumps up renewable energy
- Strike 3 for Texas versus the EPA
- Swiss plan two new nuclear plants
- TECO to work on transmission lines
- TVA rates to drop 1.5 per cent
- Texas again attempts to block EPA rules
- Texas defies the EPA, approves plant
- Texas wind expands to 7.8 per cent
- Think small with the YikeBike
- Trilliant set to implement BWPÂ’s smart network
- Tunisia increases gas to meet power demand
- Turbine flicker upsetting neighbours
- Turbine to power Gloversville water plant
- Turkey to build first nuclear power station with Russia
- Turning waste coke oven gas into power
- UKÂ’s first commercial solar farm approved
- U.S. and Chinese companies deepen ties on energy policies
- US gives four biofuel companies $650 million in loan aid
- U.S. gives loan guarantee for largest solar plant
- U.S. looks to OPG for helium 3 from tritium
- 2011 uniform transmission rates announced: OEB
- Utility confident of plant despite fire
- Utility skeptical about wind powerÂ’s potential
- Utility sues railroad claiming monopoly abuse
- Veridian raises over $35,000 for United Way
- Future of Vermont Yankee looks bleak
- VermontÂ’s utilities ink 26-year deal
- WMECo to develop 4.2 MW solar facility in Massachusetts
- U.S., GM sign battery licensing agreement
- Will Canada play energy card in a U.S.-China world?
- Wind industry holds breath over case
- Windsor turbine plant deal finalized
- Wireless device promotes energy savings
- Work on thermal plant expansion begins
- Work starts on Asia's largest solar park
- Electricity from hog waste
- Gym burns calories into electricity
- New electricity meters stir fears
- Can new reactor improve sunlight fuel production efficiency?
- Ontario's Energy Minister defends low-priced power exports
- Solar-powered 'smart' roads could zap snow, ice
February 2011 News Story Index
- 40 clean energy jobs come to Satcon Power
- ABB completes acquisition of Baldor
- Abitibi hydro assets sold to unnamed buyer
- Alberta's largest windfarm moves toward construction
- A signal to conserve: rising rates
- Wind farm to change ownership
- California electricity surcharge program criticized
- Keep renewable incentives: Canadian Solar
- Carbon emissions improve in GTA
- Celestica to create 300 solar panel jobs
- China plans to spend big on nuclear power
- ChinaÂ’s power investment almost $107 billion
- Clean energy becomes goal to improve reliability
- Clean energy still has a long way to go
- Clean energy talks to possibly resume in U.S. senate
- Clear air rules to create jobs: report
- Climate, habits affect EV battery life
- Companies see dollars in consumer electricity usage
- Conergy records first net profit in 5 years
- Bullfrog powering DadÂ’s Cookies
- Doubts hit Ontario's green energy plan
- EDF finds another flaw in reactors
- EPA scales back emission rules
- EU not increasing carbon cuts to 30
- Electric heat moves peak power to January
- European renewable firms see a green dawn
- Families burdened by rising power costs
- Finavera, GE to partner on wind farm
- Fluor developing master plan for solar park
- Food banks denied break on power bills
- Forests opened for windfarm development
- GE looks to taller tower technology
- Greece plans world's largest solar power park
- Green energy gets blame for high electricity bills
- Is green power building ChinaÂ’s red power?
- Green power storage size to triple by 2030
- Gulf coast wind farms are blossoming
- HV power lines delayed due to court ruling
- Hawaii PUC approves 51 MW wind project
- Higher costs coming, says ProgressÂ’ CEO
- How one man stopped Toronto Hydro
- How secure is the smart grid?
- Huge air pollution fines for biomass plants
- IEEE publishes final BPL standard
- IEEE standard improves smart grid reliability
- Japan plans new renewable tariffs
- KEPCO investing over $7 billion in smart grid
- Kenya to add a million power consumers by 2013
- Lease debate heats up for Four Corners plant in Arizona
- Maritimes ponders single operator for region
- Maryland's reliability standards become law
- Mexico supplies electricity to Texas
- Minister elated by possible AECL deal
- Misleading electric ads make case for reregulation
- NAPC releases smart grid, DR case study
- New thermal technologies come online
- Niagara power project celebrates 50 years
- Niagara Tunnel nearly complete
- Nova Scotia Energuide rebates could end
- Premier urges Ottawa to back hydro project
- Nuclear receives key senate support
- OEB ruling “a scam”: opposition parties
- Ontario approves 40 renewable energy projects
- Ontario approves 40 clean energy projects
- Ontario lifts deferral on offshore wind projects
- Ontario may revisit offshore turbines
- Ontario paying the price for “rush to green”
- Ontario to explain soaring energy costs
- Opponents square off over coal plant
- Opposition to energy projects hurting jobs
- PEI power cable vital: minister
- Peak OÂ’Clock tracks peak power usage
- Pets threatened by hidden power hazards
- Phantom power costs consumers hundreds
- Regulators to review El Paso outages
- Republicans bash EPA over GHG rules
- Review of Nunavut utility urged
- Billionaire looks to work with Hydro-Quebec
- Schneider participates in Bahamian windfarms
- Should tenants pay utilities separately?
- Solar earnings show demand fears overblown
- Solar farm opponents unhappy with forum
- Solar plant opens for business at a university
- Solar projects to reinforce Moroccan grid
- CoalÂ’s hidden costs $345 billion: study
- Texas senate to investigate outages
- Texas to probe rolling blackouts
- The rush for carbon-capture funding
- Turkey wants 20 reactors by 2030
- Turning sewage into renewable energy
- U.S. to fast-track offshore wind
- Utility bankrolls efficiencies
- Washington announces offshore wind initiatives
- Washington challenged on nuclear waste storage
- Flip-flop on wind outrages industry
- Woman accused of stealing electricity
- Two Portuguese windfarms commissioned
March 2011 News Story Index
- 16 electrocuted in carnival accident
- ABB tapped for Nebraska smart grid
- AEP to withdraw from PATH project
- AMSC lands another wind deal in China
- Activists urge a halt to new nuclear
- Alberta power prices surging
- Alcoa says contested dams generated profit
- Alstom opens disconnect switch facility
- Alstom wins nuclear equipment contracts in China
- A new weapon to fight fires
- Another explosion spikes radiation levels
- Artificial leaf creates power from sun
- AuditorÂ’s review sought for Toronto Hydro
- BC Hydro rate hike suspended
- Battery in a drum rolled out
- Biomass plant to open in 2013
- Biomass project cleanest cogen in Canada
- Bridgeport coal plant denies “dirty” claims
- Cameco offers help to TEPCO
- Canadian Solar to build in Thunder Bay
- Canadian nuclear girds for change
- Canadian nuclear industry under scrutiny
- Canadian reactors to review safety plans
- Can geothermal help Japan in crisis?
- Carbon capture projects up despite costs
- Cause of transformer fire unknown
- Charest mocks calls to mothball reactor
- Charge for nuclear plants pondered
- Charlottetown chooses Bullfrog Power
- Chernobyl disaster persists today
- China freezes nuclear approval process
- China seen as next potential nuclear meltdown
- China taps Honeywell to develop smart grid
- Churchill hydro project touted for “greenness”
- Cities want producers to dispose of bulbs
- Clean energy plan may go before public
- Coda aims to sell 50,000 EVs by 2015
- Common EU plug standard necessary for EVs
- Constellation donates to Red Cross Japan relief
- Court upholds current wind turbine setbacks
- Customers wonÂ’t pay blackout costs
- DRCC now ADS to reflect smart grid focus
- Darken the skyline for Earth Hour
- Darlington hearings will continue
- Deal would provide N.Y. with N.J. power
- Coal plant looks to biomass for greener future
- EPA proposes new emission standards
- EV charging station operational in Barrie
- EVs donÂ’t make sense in Canada
- Eagle Plains study to get $300,000
- Election deals another blow to AECL
- Emails may suggest improper contact: Duke CEO
- Employee dies in coal plant explosion
- Enel presses ahead with nuclear plans
- Energy corridor pushing TVA projects
- Energy debate comes down to jobs
- Energy department selling surplus uranium
- European solar market facing tough times
- European solar power shines brightest
- Europe mulls nuclear-free future
- Evacuation ordered after grey smoke emitted
- Evacuation plan dismissed by Indian Point
- Evergreen posts loss after plant closure
- Examining the dynamics of a partial meltdown
- Experts deny Russia’s “safe” nuclear claims
- FPL unveils hybrid solar energy center
- First Nations powered by solar
- France urges world review of nuclear
- Fuel pool cooling in progress at Fukushima
- Fuel pools ready for emergencies: NRC chair
- Fuel rods fully exposed in Japanese reactor
- Fuel rods likely melting in Japanese reactors
- Fuel storage, safety had vexed stricken plant
- GE to host EV experience tour
- GE turns to Ontario for Smart Grid centre
- Gadgets spike Yukon energy use
- Germany looks to expand power grid
- Germany shutting down pre-1980 reactors
- Great Falls to leave co-op building plant
- Green group wants everyone to “come clean”
- Green industry says it can fill nuclear gaps
- Greenpeace disrupts Darlington hearing
- Grid capacity places delay on projects
- Helicopters dumping seawater onto nuclear rods
- How Canada generates power today
- How GE learned to think small
- Is Ontario ready for a meltdown?
- Italy passes renewable energy legislation
- JA Solar, MEMC to build photovoltaic plant
- Japan restarting mothballed hydro
- Kansas coal plant targeted by Earthjustice
- Lawsuit challenges surcharge on ratepayers
- Limit OEBÂ’s ability to tax, says OEA
- Long-term green policies needed, say critics
- Low demand delays nuclear plant 5 years
- Lower Churchill Falls hearings to begin
- Magma Energy to buy Plutonic Power
- Major bioenergy projects slated for B.C.
- Manila facing possible peak brownouts
- Manitoba rate hike hearings continue
- WorldÂ’s largest tidal array project approved
- Meltdown threat forces re-examination of renewables
- A milestone for Demand Response
- Minor incident shuts down Slovene plant
- NEMA commends FERC on DR ruling
- N.L. hydro project help questioned
- NRC seeks input on new nuclear design
- NYISO, Québec to step up transactions
- New Brunswick energy sector in flux
- New cracks found in Crystal River plant
- New mercury rules would ban button batteries
- New world power is gas, not nuclear
- North Carolina a top solar state for 2010
- NorthWestern to have energy storage system
- Nuclear crisis a boost for renewables
- Nuclear industry sues DOE over waste fee
- Nuclear lobby faces toughest test yet
- Nuclear plant workers battle fire, radiation
- Nuclear power taking hits in Canada
- Nuclear safer than coal, says Chinese officials
- Nuclear U-turn “not rational”, says German official
- Nunavut power rates rising 19 percent
- OPG reminds everyone to be safe around water
- OPG workers receive pay bump
- Oklahoma coal plants told to “clean up”
- ItÂ’s lights out for old incandescents
- Online tool shows how to save energy
- Ontario closer to nuclear expansion
- Outage blamed on attempted copper theft
- PECO inspecting 39,000 poles
- PPL to buy UK power grid
- Pakistan to ramp up coal generation
- Philippines may become a solar hub
- For EV users, a way to share “juice”
- Pollution rules will create jobs: study
- Power outage schedule confusion reigns
- Power rates to continue decreasing
- Power sector is “hobbled”, says expert
- Premier-designate to take on BC Hydro
- Pressure to close Gentilly-2 plant applied
- Provinces continue to back nuclear power
- Radiation found in Tokyo tap water
- Radioactivity levels fall after radiation leak
- Reactor switches to backup after power blip
- Renewable energy wave coming to N. Ireland
- Republicans look to axe EPA emission rules
- Residents fight to keep street unlit
- Residents near nuclear plant evacuated
- Rolling blackouts follow cable shutdown
- Rosendin begins work on stadium retrofit
- Run on iodide pills for residents near reactors
- Senate plan allows rate raise for renewables
- Government turns out the lights in Seoul
- Shareholder sues Vestas in U.S.
- Sierra Club suing DOE over coal plant
- SolarWorld cashes in on nuclear fears
- Solar projects hinge on DOE loan guarantees
- Solar will make the grid harder to run
- South Africa looks to nuclear, green power
- Sri Lanka boosts generation by 11 per cent
- Stalled energy projects hurting job growth
- Stream Energy expands into Maryland market
- Studies show reactor victims will benefit
- Swiss suspend plans for new nuclear plants
- TECO may be target for merger
- TEPCO eyes $25 billion in emergency loans
- 4 of 6 reactors are write-offs – TEPCO
- TTC wiring at fault for electrocutions
- TVA calls for more nuclear, less coal
- TVA looks to renewable sources
- TVA reactors modified to avoid explosions
- TWACS deployments maintain momentum
- Target power grid hackers, urges expert
- Three Gorges Group expands installed capacity
- Toronto Hydro to launch CDM programs
- Toronto drops 115 MW at Earth Hour
- TransAlta adds new wind in Gaspe
- Transmission line will open up northwest
- $69 million wind farm opens near Moosomin
- Turning old tires into power
- Two nuclear workers in hospital
- UK solar incentive cap harming growth
- U.S. nuclear locations under review
- U.S. still committed to nuclear power
- U.S. solar grows, but still lags Europe
- U.S. utility future unclear with CO2 rules
- UTC President Bill Moroney to retire
- Vimpelcom owners tempted to reject Wind bid
- Vote to strip EPA of GHG regulatory powers
- Whistleblower sues California plant
- Wind delivering benefits to B.C.
- Wind farm receives DOE loan guarantee
- Wind-powered egg farm draws attention
- Work on Carter Lake plant to start in fall
- Work on Fresno solar projects begins
- Yukon encourages green energy generation
April 2011 News Story Index
- ABB breaks ground on new HV cable factory
- A dumb way to introduce smart metering
- Alstom signs coal power deal in China
- A million without power following aftershock
- Offer for wind power called “too low”
- A new spin on energy storage
- Annual fee for EVs mulled
- Automation & Power World attendance breaks record
- BC Hydro off-book millions questioned
- B.C. Liberals rule out rate hike
- B.C. energy minister to rein in hydro rates
- BPA wants to pull plug on turbines
- Beacon Power moves ahead on second plant
- Big wind gets support from environmental group
- BrightSource receives $1.6 billion guarantee
- Bulgaria cools renewable project development
- Bulgaria, Areva to cooperate on nuclear
- California/Canadian carbon market to start small
- California tosses out solar lawsuit
- California utilities get green mandate
- Cape Wind project to start this fall
- Carbon emissions to peak in China by 2030
- China encouraging high-tech reactors
- China expects rapid rise in energy demand
- China looks to slow wind power rush
- Clean-air pact cost to TVA debated
- Coal plant closer to 2025 shutdown target
- Renewable standards called unconstitutional
- Commission urges ban of baseboard heaters
- Con Ed’s vision of a nuclear future – circa 1962
- Cruise ships to “plug in” at port
- Darlington nuclear looks ahead
- Delays sought for new U.S. nuclear builds
- Desertec looks for stability in North Africa
- Dominion studying offshore wind power line
- Dominion to switch 3 plants to biomass
- Duke, American Transmission create DATC
- Duke deploys storage technology for wind farm
- EIA report says coal to remain dominant fuel
- EPRI publishes EV consumer guide
- EVs likely to spark new “smart grid”
- 8 arrested at anti-nuclear protests
- Elevated radiation levels in Ontario
- Elster to spearhead AMI in Mexico City
- Elster to take lead on KCBPU smart grid
- Emergency Preparedness Week starts May 1
- FPL recognized for customer service
- Far North mulls nuclear power option
- Fate of old coal plants hinge on clean tech
- First ultra-supercritical unit goes online
- Florida rejects renewable energy plan again
- The Fukushima effect on Canadian nuclear
- GEÂ’s Immelt defends nuclear safety record
- GE looks to build massive solar plant
- GE profit surges 80 per cent
- German emissions rise with nuclear u-turn
- Germany debates dumping nuclear power
- Google to buy more wind from NextEra
- Green energy complex to cost $7 billion
- Grid is smarter – but is it tougher?
- Harper pledges $6.2 billion for Lower Churchill
- HelioVolt in acquisition talks
- Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy looks for closer ties
- House votes to bar EPA from GHG regulation
- How to “oil-proof” Canada’s mass transit
- Hydro-Québec honoured for wind integration
- IEEE, SAE to collaborate on EV standards
- Illegal grow-ops use 1 per cent of total power
- Infrastructure needs $15 billion annually: study
- Innergex buys solar project in Ontario
- Iraqi power plant to be doubled in size
- Italian solar incentives coming
- Italy considering solar capacity cap
- Italy extends solar incentives into August
- Japan crisis on par with Chernobyl
- Japanese firms examine power-saving plans
- KEPCO sees nuclear setback after crisis
- KUB looks for cause of outage
- Know how to plug in your EV
- Lack of data heightens nuclear crisis
- Law not followed for coal plant: judge
- “Make the Switch” on Earth Day
- Liberals would help pay Point Lepreau overruns
- Long outages pose risk to U.S. reactors
- Low-level radiation to be released into ocean
- Lumberton coal plant to be retired early
- Maintenance on Ex turbine begins
- Medvedev looking for new nuclear rules
- NLB calls for an end to artificial lighting
- N.L. to cut home heating costs
- NRC a policeman or salesman?
- NS Power prepares for rate hike
- NYISO identifies future energy challenges
- National Grid asked to review storm costs
- New York power bills rise 12 per cent
- New energy crisis, new investments
- New hysteria surrounds nuclear power
- No-go zone declared near nuclear plant
- Noranda fighting rate increases
- Nova Scotia aims for 40 renewable
- Nuclear industry faces trillion-dollar question
- Nuclear lobby blasts renewable power
- OMERS walks away from AECL talks
- Offshore wind to boom in next 6 years
- Ontarians paying others to use their power
- Doctors and nurses back wind, solar power
- Ontario power prices go below zero
- Ontario rates to begin rising in May
- Opposition to smart grid short sighted
- OttawaÂ’s double standard on energy
- Outside experts help with reactor crisis
- Peak coal may be coming
- Power Grid bidding on Nigerian, Kenyan contracts
- Power authority slips away on Navajo Nation
- Power bill scam promises “help”
- Power plant built at John Wayne Airport
- Power plants see a shift to natural gas
- Power surge blows meters off homes
- Quebec champions EVs
- Radiation cleanup questions raised
- Regulators urge dismissal of PATH line
- Regulatory clarity for utilities elusive
- Renewable energy a long-term effort: Google
- Restart problems in Leaf EV reported
- Rhode Island power bills drop 16.5 per cent
- Saskatchewan approves carbon capture
- Seco Tools adds solar to save
- Senate rejects measure to curb EPA
- Shed costs to develop wind: SeaEnergy
- Should Florida utilities monopolize solar?
- Smart grids proliferate worldwide
- Solar companies take a shine to Windsor
- Solar job market offers bright future
- Solar panels described as “eyesores”
- Solar plane prepares for international flight
- Solution to stricken reactors still coming
- SpainÂ’s watchdog halts solar subsidies
- Spring break for power consumers
- Storm affects 175,000 Hydro One customers
- Substation death not workplace-related
- Economy minister against new nuclear
- TEPCO hopeful for quick cold shutdown
- TVA board looks to move away from coal
- TVA invests billions to settle EPA claims
- Taking solar storage to an industrial level
- TalkingPlug takes connection to a new level
- Tax plan could shut nuclear plant: lawmakers
- Ted Craver Jr. named new EPRI board chair
- Texas shows the way for wind power
- The culmination of the "Boone Pickens Bill"
- The “push” to legalize solar cars in Ontario
- Third cable critical for PEI: candidate
- Toronto Hydro project studies EV potential
- Total looks for majority stake in SunPower
- Turbine not spinning during high winds
- U.S. falls behind China in wind power
- U.S. on track for one million EVs: DOE
- University looks for TVA discount
- Utilities overpower the little guy
- Utility workers killed at power plant
- Vermont Yankee contract rejected by co-op
- Vestas in talks over Belgian wind park
- Vogtle nuclear project on track: Southern
- Electricians help Habitat for Humanity
- Officials doubt nuclear safety plans: watchdog
- Ways to save on your power bill
- Who gains if Indian Point closes down?
- Wind plans generate disagreement
- Winter outages show system working: NRG
- Work on Pinnacle Wind Farm begins
- AECL stands by Candu safety record
May 2011 News Story Index
- ABB wins $20 million HVDC refurbishment order
- AEP civil suits draw closer to trial date
- A new spin on turbine technology
- Another reactor, another problem
- Anti-turbine group ponders future role
- Australia ponders a nuclear future
- B.C. undeterred by rising dam costs
- Beware “free energy audit” pitches
- Big Becky to break through Friday 13
- Billions needed for infrastructure
- Brazil angered by continued dam protest
- Cape Wind attempt for loan on hold
- China doubles 2020 solar target
- Chinese companies lose on thermal power
- Clean energy initiative for poor proposed
- Coalition looks to electrify GO Transit
- Turning off streetlights to save money
- Company accused of offering fake audits
- Constellation Energy to work with Belectric
- Contractor counters Atlas suit
- Customers cash in on ConEd incentives
- Destroying sewage while producing power
- Disaster plan problems found at U.S. plants
- Dominion pushed to take lead in offshore wind
- EDF remains committed to nuclear
- EU energy chief sees deal in days
- EVs face ban from NCC pathways
- Early closures could mean power shortages
- FERC, NERC combine on outage inquiry
- First Solar faces new challenges
- First Solar plants near U.S. loan decision
- Former regulator to lead think tank
- France goes with EV garbage trucks
- Fusion receives major financial backing
- GM boosts Volt production
- Gamesa gets $2 billion order from Caparo
- Germany cuts red tape for offshore wind
- Google-backed power line clears hurdle
- Government delays turning off incandescents
- Green energy can wean off subsidies gradually
- Green energy sector fears Hudak win
- Green energy sector not cheering Tory win
- Green tech bubble concerns grow
- How Toronto Hydro has powered a city
- HudakÂ’s Samsung promise could be costly
- Hudak to reveal plan for hydro bill relief
- Hudak vows to reduce HST from power bills
- IAEA to investigate Fukushima facility
- GEÂ’s Immelt regrets pumping green talk
- Italian solar capacity to reach 7,000 MW
- ItronÂ’s future tied to smart grid success
- Japan closes Hamaoka nuclear plant
- Japan’s “myth of safety” with nuclear power
- Japan halts 3 reactors after quake threat
- Japan vows to stabilize stricken plant
- Judge denies restraining order in SME case
- KCP&L granted almost 21 rate hike
- Lameque wind farm up and running
- Major offshore wind contract on horizon
- Governor to sign waste-to-energy bill
- Mild winter drops TVA power demand
- Minister defends green energy plan
- Missouri fails to reach deal on nuclear plant
- Neighbourhood fights underground transformers
- Network of nuclear waste sites proposed
- New Darlington units needed: Ministry
- New Jersey welcomes offshore wind projects
- North Carolina approves Iberdrola wind farm
- Northern premiers look for green funds
- Nova Scotia looks for rate stabilization
- Nuclear rods likely melted: TEPCO
- Nuclear waste storage a top issue for NRC
- Ohio to build first offshore wind farm
- Ontario Tories will scrap green deals
- Ontario offshore wind stuck in neutral
- PG&E to replace faulty smart meters
- PaperPhone would use less power
- Pilgrim power station failure probed
- Plan to ship generators placed on hold
- Plant shutdown costs $62 million
- Point Lepreau undergoes safety upgrades
- Protesters arrested at power plant
- RWE clinches nuclear plant settlement
- Reactor failings offer a lesson for U.S.
- Renewable energies to leap, costs fall
- Renewable winds blow in New Brunswick
- Repower to supply 40 turbines to EDF Energies
- SEC selects GE for plant upgrades
- SMA Solar defies market gloom
- SRP chooses Elster for meter data management
- SWEPCO pulls coal plant lawsuit
- Samsung deal vital to economy: Premier
- Senate to act on energy legislation now
- Siemens to open wind operations center
- Solar lights up rural Bangladesh
- Spain suspends solar plant subsidies
- Storms are costly, but burying cable costlier
- TEPCO establishes compensation plan
- TEPCO faces $25 billion in liabilities
- TVA reactor suffers cooling system shutdown
- Talks to begin on developing IPSP
- Teething problems plague Indian solar
- Testing tomorrowÂ’s grid today
- Texas regulators talk incentives
- The wind versus nuclear debate
- Too soon for EVs, says analyst
- Top court stops Enel coal conversion
- Tornadoes put nuclear plant out of service
- Toronto school roofs to go solar
- Toshiba looking more to renewables
- Toshiba to buy Landis+Gyr
- Transformer fire shuts down highway
- Transmission line costs worry business leaders
- UK watchdog gives nuclear green light
- U.S. reactors closer to construction
- Virginia regulators okay coal testing
- Washington wants rebate on EVs
- WikiLeaks reveal Alberta power plans
- WikiLeaks' revelations on PEI utility
- Windfarms designed to withstand tornadoes
- Wind turbines and bats donÂ’t mix
- Wisconsin debates Canadian renewable energy
- Wood biomass the next hot commodity
- YukonÂ’s energy plan gets mixed reviews
June 2011 News Story Index
- AEP Says Regulations Could Shut Down 5 plants, Cost 600 jobs
- Boralex and Temiscouata RCM Sign Wind Power Electricity Supply Agreement
- Canada's UN Climate Inventory Data Clashes with New Environment Canada Report
- Coal Companies Say Railroad Monopoly Is Driving Up Electric Bills Nationwide
- Some Coal Power Plants Produce More Than Fair Share of Mercury Emissions
- Heat-related demand on electricity causes Detroit power outages
- Electricity Prices Surge With Heat Wave
- Electricity prices: Emera-NSPI Monopoly is the Problem
- Horizon Utilities named Sustainability Company of the Year by the Canadian Electricity Association
- Singapore Signals Readiness to Sell More Electricity to Malaysia
- Manitoba Hydro Power Sales Trigger Development of New Hydro
- Mexico Prices Fall Most in Four Decades as Electricity, Food Lead Declines
- U.S. Nuclear Groups Set Post-Japan Study
- Electricity Exports Help Keep OntarioÂ’s Supply Strong
- PPL Plans New Data and Operations Center in Upper Macungie
- Russia Halves Electricity Supply to Belarus
- This Week's Solar Flare Illuminates the Grid's Vulnerability
- Tepco Shares Plunge 26 Before Rebounding
- Bulgaria Plans to Start Exporting Electricity to Turkey in July
- U.S. to Fund Geothermal Energy
July 2011 News Story Index
- Bangor Hydro Seek FERC Approval on Proposed Transmission Line
- Industry urges national framework for energy policy
- Canadian Electricity Association Releases Guidelines For Smart Grid Standards
- Climate Change Putting Electricity Generation At Risk
- Time is Running Out for Canada to Sell Hydro to U.S., Connecticut Governor Says
- Electricity Bills To Rocket By a Third Because of EU
- Gaz Métro Increases Footprint in Vermont
- OEB Announces Electricity Distribution Rates For Kenora Hydro
- Federal Coal Regulations Risk Being Tarnished
- Nuclear Safety Review: How US Plants Could Handle a Fukushima-type Event
- Ontario Says Green Plan Spurs $20 Billion in Investment
- Peco to Raise Electricity Supply Charge
- UK Electricity Bills Highest in Europe Because of Nuclear Focus
- Shumlin: Region Can Work With Canada on Renewable Energy
- Wind Power: Half Of EU Electricity By 2050?
August 2011 News Story Index
- Alberta Chips Turning Wood Waste Into Green Energy
- BC Hydro to add four new biomass facilities
- Canadian Power Brokers Look to Transmit Electricity Points South
- Ontario Electricity Distributor Addresses Copper Theft
- Dozens Of Coal Factories Forced To Shut Down In Response To Strict EPA Regulation
- Federal ruling boosts wind energy interests
- No Electricity Means Extra Money For Albertans
- GVK to commence hydro electric project in J&k this year
- International Power Canada Nears Construction of Vancouver Island Wind Farm
- Red-faced Iraq says it signed dodgy power deals
- Kansai Electric to restart 5 thermal power units next summer
- NDP Vows to Wean Ontario Off Nuclear Power
- NY system operator launches $74m smart-grid initiative
- Ontario gives electric cars an $80M plug
- Smart Grid Privacy And Security Risks Loom For Agencies
- Taylor Printing Group Signs Up For Green Natural Gas
- TEPCO to begin building cover over Fukushima reactor
- Vestas secures 190 MW wind energy contract for Canada
- Walmart Canada Invests $2 million in Renewable Energy
September 2011 News Story Index
- CEA Supports New ecoENERGY Efficiency Initiatives
- Dividend Ramp Up In Canadian Utilities
- U.S. DOE Electric Power Report for July 2011
- Egypt Selects GE Technology for $300 Million in Electricity Contracts
- On electricity, itÂ’s not all about HST in Ontario
- Electricity use to increase 53 percent, renewables to grow globally by 2035
- Electricity makes soil around grow ops dangerous ground
- Hot Rocks: Canada Sits Atop Massive Geothermal Resource
- Will Canada's Hydropower Boom Help Cool the Climate?
- Ontario Parties keep quiet on nuclear future
- Tepco WonÂ’t Increase Electricity 15 Per cent
- Proposed Vale plant could cut electricity costs in half
- Vermont Energy Plan Review: Hurry Up, Renewables!
- Virgina House Leader Calls for Electricity Rate Freeze
- Wind farm paid £1.2 million to produce no electricity
October 2011 News Story Index
- BC Hydro Welcomes Joint Review Panel Process for Site C
- British Gas and SSE end doorstep sales permanently
- California's Electric Policy is Not a Model for the United States
- ClarkÂ’s jobs plan needs huge power hike, BC Hydro says
- Direct Energy Enters Ameren Residential Electricity Market
- Distributed Energy Systems and Canada's Energy Future
- WorldÂ’s First Solar Plant To Generate Electricity Even At Night
- New Electricity Minister vows to elevate Iraq Electricity
- Ontario faces uncertain electricity future in election's wake
- Saint John Energy saves the day
- Smart grids Could Give South Africa Reliable Electricity
- 25 states urge court to make EPA delay power plant rule
- Are transmission lines holding America back?
- Ukraine ups electric power output 3.7 in Jan-Sept
- US power plants vulnerable to cyberattack
November 2011 News Story Index
- ATCO Releases 2010 Sustainability Report
- Electricity Demands Stressing Catawba River
- Electricity thefts surge in bad times
- The EPA would risk reliable electric power
- Nalcor resolute about Lower Churchill power plan
- Newfoundland island tests replacing diesel with renewable energy
- Obama admin circulated plan to revamp Energy Dept.
- October Snowstorm Could Lead to Higher Electricity Rates
- Consumers to face higher power prices
- Ottawa funds dam modernization project
- Turkey says Syria on "knife-edge," may cut power
- Anti-nuclear mood melts TepcoÂ’s hopes of normality
- NS: Tidal project forges ahead with new infrastructure
- Electrical safety ignorance 'puts millions at risk'
- Electric bills to increase across the US
December 2011 News Story Index
- America and Germany Getting Their Clean Energy Just Desserts
- Anger over electricity prices puts producers on edge
- Long-term National Infrastructure Plan Must Include Electricity and Address Regulatory Challenges
- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Could Cost $257 Billion
- 'Hundreds of thousands of jobs', clean power from fuel cells – Anglo
- Lepreau hearings focus on seismic safety
- Dalton McGuinty defends green energy pledge
- MIT Study: US Can Meet Power Grid Challenges of Future
- Nuclear plant work facing delays
- OBAMA ANNOUNCES NEARLY $4 BILLION INVESTMENT IN ENERGY UPGRADES
- Plans change for third power cable to mainland
- Power grid growing more vulnerable to cyber attacks, report finds
- Smart Grid: Dynamic Pricing and AMI For All by 2030?
- Toyota Hybrids Go From Strength to Strength as World No. 1: Cars
- TransAlta Corp. extends Genesee 3 power plant outage
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