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  1. Maine PUC approves Emera/Bangor Hydro merger agreement

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    Tue, 19 Dec 2000

    BANGOR, MAINE , Dec. 19, 2000 The merger of Bangor Hydro ..... earlier than expected Monday, when the Maine Public Utilities Commission approved the ..... Briggs, President of Bangor Hydro. " Maine PUC approval is necessary in order to achieve

  2. CCGTs bought

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    Mon, 21 Feb 2011

    Capital Power Corp. plans to spend $315 million to buy two combined-cycle power plants in Rhode Island and Maine totaling 549 MW in capacity. The price represents 40 percent of the plant’s replacement value. Capital Power will buy the

  1. New US/Canada transmission link proposed

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    Tue, 12 Jun 2001

    Brunswick to the US border near Woodland, Maine . The estimated cost of the project is ..... would run from Woodland to Orrington, Maine . Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, which serves the central and eastern Maine region, is concurrently seeking state

  2. Brascan Corp. to buy Great Northern's hydro plants

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    Mon, 15 Oct 2001

    generating and transmission system in northern Maine for $156.5 million. Brascan said the ..... Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Maine . As well, the Toronto company said the ..... Northern's rights of way in northern Maine which extend to the Quebec border. Brascan

  3. USA

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    Mon, 1 Mar 1999

    USA Independent power company, Calpine Corp. has announced plans to build, own and operate a 540 MW gas fired plant in Westbrook, Maine . Startup is slated for November 2000.

  4. New England renewable power to benefit from new rules

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    Mon, 23 Jan 2012

    tough to build. New England's best winds are in some of its most isolated areas, such as off the coasts and in northern Maine . So potential wind farms there can't reach population centers without miles of high-voltage transmission lines that will

  5. GE clinches first service contract for whole turbine fleet

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    Fri, 9 Sep 2011

    an entire turbine fleet. The eight-year deal covers Boston-based First Wind’s eight sites across the US, including Maine , Utah and Hawaii, and provides operations, parts and on-site support including a comprehensive maintenance package. Michael

  6. Orkney tidal power: A hotbed on the seabed

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    Sat, 1 Jan 2011

    Strøm is looking particularly closely at harnessing the tides of Canada’s Bay of Fundy, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian eastern provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Last year, Hammerfest Strøm executives met officials

  7. COMPANIES

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    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    of Aberdeen-headquartered energy services company Senergy, has completed the acquisition of SGC Engineering LLC (SGC). Maine -based SGC will become a subsidiary of Senergy’s newly established US-based company, Senergy Alternative Energy Incorporated

  8. AMERICAS

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    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    Power System has successfully generated grid-compatible power from tidal currents at its Cobscook Bay site off the cost of Maine , USA. The system’s core component, the proprietary turbine generator unit (TGU), has a maximum design capacity of