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Several Japanese companies are involved in the launch of a demonstration study for the Albuquerque, Business District Smart Grid Demonstration Project in the US.
American gas utility Sempra Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is to join forces with BP Wind Energy NYSE: BP to develop the A uwahi Wind farm in Hawaii, US as part of an ongoing strategic partnership in wind generation development.
The US has voted to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese solar panels, with duties expected to range between 31 and 250 per cent.
A $5bn transmission line which is intended to send power from wind farms off the East Coast of the US has overcome a legislative obstacle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said.
Denmark has joined the Global Smart Grid Federation, an international group of technology associations.
Spanish wind power company Gamesa believes the US offshore wind power market is lagging behind the rest of the world.
Dow Inside alliance partners, Dow Electrical & Telecommunications (Dow E&T), and Nexans’ Energy Cable division in North America, have acheived CSA International certification for power cables manufactured by Nexans using Dow E&T’s advanced performance TR-XLPE, DOW ENDURANCE™ HFDC-4202.
The rising wave of opposition to the adoption of Smart Grid technology is having an adverse effect on the development in the industry across the US.
Siemens Energy has received a first order from North America for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine.
Enel Green Power S.p.A. (“EGP”), through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America Inc., has begun construction of a $126m geothermal plant located in Cove Fort in southern Utah (USA).
