PennEnergy's Daily Power Update 6/9

Energy Insights Fatal blast devastates Kosovo A coal-fired power plant Reports have come in of three fatalities and over 13 injured in suspected gas explosion at the lignite coal-fired Kosovo A power plant …more>> Alliant begins construction on 650 MW combined cycle power plant Alliant Energy's Iowa utility cleared to begin construction of 650 megawatt, combined-cycle natural gas-fueled Marshalltown Generating Station …more>> Terra-Gen to sell 947 MW Alta Wind portfolio to NRG Yield Terra-Gen Power has signed a purchase and sale agreement with NRG Yield for the sale of its 947 megawatt Alta Wind I-V, X & XI, and Realty projects …more>> EBRD provides loan for 84 MW wind power farm in Romania The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to provide Romania with a loan worth €57 million (US$78 million) to fund a new 84 MW wind power project …more>> Smart Grid: Alstom to help manage New York City's electricity demand Alstom to deliver Demand Response Management System (DRMS) to Con Edison which provides electric service to 3.3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County …more>> Enerkem launches full-scale waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility New Enerkem plant is among the world's first commercial facilities to be built for the production of renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels …more>> KDC starts commercial operations on 9.95 MW solar project in New Jersey New 9.95-megawatt KDC project is one of the largest of its kind for a non-utility company on the U.S. East Coast and one of the largest solar panel installations for the pharmaceutical industry globally …more>> Wind Power: AMSC wins $40MM follow-on order from Inox AMSC has received a $40 million order for wind turbine electrical control systems (ECS) from Inox Wind Limited …more>> ReneSola supplies solar modules to projects in Germany and US ReneSola supplies Virtus II solar modules to renewable energy projects in Germany and the US …more>>