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Tenaska and Soltage have purchased a portfolio of distributed solar generation on the east coast of the United States. It is the two companies' first joint portfolio-level acquisition.

This week, SunEdison has driven a barrage of M&A and project finance activity involving more than 1.1 GW of wind assets across the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

First Solar has started construction on the 22 MW first phase of its Barilla solar project in Pecos County, Texas.

Canadian Solar is providing modules for the 10 MW Silvercreek solar project in Elgin County, Ontario, that is slated to be operational in July.

Elementa Group has arranged a 20-year power agreement with the Ontario Power Authority for its 10 MW waste-to-energy project in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

The Quebec Office of Public Hearings on the Environment has determined that Invenergy does not need a public hearing over the C$69 million ($61.9 million), 21 MW des Moulins 2 wind project.

Republican Congressman Walter Jones has entered the discussions over Torch Renewable Energy’s proposed Mill Pond wind project near Newport, N.C.

Oil and gas giant BP is bullish on the role coal will play in meeting global energy demand.

Power companies such as the Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative and Dominion Virginia Power are asking residents to get prepared, with snow expected to cause havoc with the power supply as the precipitation turns to ice.

US Capital Partners has launched a project financing program for clean energy projects under 20 MW.

Brayton Point Energy, the owner of New England’s largest coal-fired facility will decide next week whether to delay its closing—slated for 2017—now that ISO New England has designated the plant as a “must run” facility.

Xcel Energy has closed the Monticello nuclear plant for several days as workers repair a leaking heat exchanger on the reactor’s coolant system.

The U.S. Army has scheduled two community meetings in Mililani and Wahiawa, Hawaii, next month to gather public comment on a proposed 50 MW biofuels project planned for Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu.

A wind turbine at NextEra Energy Resources’ Mill Run Energy Center in Pennsylvania has fallen over.

Wind generation in Ontario more than doubled between 2009 and 2013 going from 2.3 TWh to 5.2 TWh, according to the Independent Electricity System Operator.

The city of Edmonton, Alberta, is switching from Capital Power to Enmax as its power supplier.

A Colorado Senate committee is proposing rollbacks to the state’s renewable energy mandate, citing concerns that the additional renewable generation is rapidly increasing power prices in the state.

Basin Electric Power CEO Andy Serri has resigned and Paul Sukut, cfo, has been named interim ceo.

Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are questioning PJM’s decision that two coal-fired plants being taken offline by FirstEnergy would have no impact on reliability after the recent cold weather, when consumers were asked to conserve power.

Tokyo Electric Power and other Japanese generators and gas companies are uniting to buy liquefied natural gas.

Indiana state Sen. Jim Merritt is introducing a bill that would allow utilities to build nuclear generation and pass construction costs along to ratepayers.

Invenergy and the U.S. Department of Defense have reached an agreement about wind turbine placement at the Pantego project near the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.

PwC US has appointed Michael Casey Herman as its U.S. power and utilities leader, Timothy Schutt U.S. power and utilities advisory leader and Robin Miller U.S power and utilities tax leader.

The Maine Public Services Commission is holding a meeting Tuesday to hear an offshore wind proposal from the Maine Aqua Ventus, a consortium comprised of Emera, Cianbro and Maine Prime Technologies that aims to sell 12 MW at $0.23 per kWh.

Ameren Missouri is developing a 5.7 MW solar project on a site next to a substation in O’Fallon, Mo.

Alliant Energy is planning to spend about $17 million this year to reduce mercury emissions from its Burlington coal-fired facility in Burlington, Iowa.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad will lead a group of senior state officials from Iowa and the Midwest to organize and host a public hearing allowing citizens outside of Washington, D.C., the opportunity to testify about the importance of renewable portfolio standards.

A proposed 78-mile, high-voltage transmission line that would run through Otsego and Delaware Counties, N.Y., is generating concern from some local officials.

Of the 365 solar applications filed with the U.S. federal government since 2009, just 20 projects are on track to be built, with industry analysts identifying difficulties in lining up financing as one of the prime reasons.

Fishermen's Energy, a developer based in Cape May, N.J., is awaiting word from state regulators about the future of New Jersey's first offshore wind farm.

Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin utility and its co-owner utility partners have received final regulatory approval to upgrade the coal pulverizers and steam turbines at the 1.1 GW Columbia Energy Center in Dekorra, Wis.

Developer IMG Midstream wants to use local gas to produce electricity that would be sold to the grid and local utilities by building small-scale gas-fired projects in Pennsylvania.

Northland Power has added Sean Durfy to its executive team as president and chief development officer.

The record for peak winter electricity use in the PJM Interconnection was broken twice on Tuesday as a result of the polar vortex.

Black Hills Power is clsoing down three coal-fired plants rather than add emission upgrades.

Imperial Irrigation District is evaluating Salton Sea’s geothermal and solar potential under the Salton Sea Restoration and Renewables Initiative.

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Dan Lipschultz, an attorney with Moss & Barnett, to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release Dec. 8 new standards for carbon dioxide limits on coal- and gas-fired plants.

Ormat Technologies has completed the Don A. Campbell geothermal facility in Mineral County, Nev.

During Monday morning’s energy emergency alert 2 in ERCOT, the grid operator was forced to import just under 1 GW from other regions as capacity was stretched.

Leidos’ 37.5 MW Plainfield biomass facility in Plainfield, Conn., has commenced commercial operation.

Officials at the PJM Interconnection called for all electric generation to be available to meet rising demand Monday night and Tuesday as frigid temperatures grip the region.

ERCOT put an emergency alert of level 2 into effect this morning as power reserves fell below 1,750 MW as cold weather grips the state.

Allco Finance, a solar developer with plans to develop 80 MW solar projects in Connecticut, is suing the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection over power purchase agreements it signed with a 250 MW wind project in Maine and a 20 MW solar project in Connecticut.

First Solar’s 300 MW Topaz solar facility in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., is now online and the company expects the 550 MW Desert Sunlight project in Riverside County to hit 300 MW online within a month.

Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a letter of intent with Zilkha Biomass Energy as the utility considers using biomass pellets in steam boilers in its Waiau and Kahe facilities.

Mitsui & Co. has bought into the 160 MW Santo Domingo wind project in Oaxaca, Mexico, owned by EDF EN Mexico.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is expected to rule in the coming weeks about whether Idaho Power Co. must buy power from three 20 MW solar projects totaling $180 million in southern Idaho.

A group of conservative leaders and activists in Michigan have formed an initiative, Michigan Conservative Energy Forum, to support increasing the state’s renewable power over the next 20 years.

TransCanada is buying the 10 MW Mississippi Mills solar facility in Ontario from Canadian Solar.

Northeast Utilities’ Northern Pass transmission line project, which is slated to bring hydro power from Canada into New England, has cleared one of its first major hurdles Tuesday.

Geronimo Energy’s proposed Aurora solar project with sites in Stearns and Benton counties, Minn., got a boost Tuesday when an administrative law judge recommended it to Xcel Energy.

Decreasing demand for electricity has forced the Tennessee Valley Authority to reorganize itself and is a key concern for the company as it updates its long-range energy resource strategy.

Arizona Public Service has completed its purchase of Southern California Edison’s ownership in Units 4 and 5 of the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington, N.M.

PSEG Long Island is closely monitoring the track of the first snowstorm of 2014 and is making emergency preparations should the storm bring heavy snow and gusty winds to its service territory.

A committee appointed by the Bristol Board of Selectmen will determine whether the town in Maine has any say over a proposed offshore wind project 2.5 miles off the coast.

RGS Energy, the commercial and utility division of Real Goods Solar, has joined forces with Green Lantern Capital to co-develop seven solar projects totaling 4.5 MW in Vermont.

Officials at Longview Power, the 700 MW coal-fired facility in West Virginia, are seeking an extension of its sole right to file a bankruptcy exit plan as they continue to spar with contractors over who is responsible for the operational problems that have dogged the $2 billion facility.

Carteret County in North Carolina has two public meetings scheduled in early January that will advance discussions of regulations for locating wind turbines in the county.

People’s Power and Gas, a retail company that services 5,700 customers in New Hampshire, has been denied access to the New England grid and, now, utility Public Service of New Hampshire is taking over the accounts.

The City of Urbana, Ohio, has decided not to challenge Everpower’s Buckeye wind project in Champaign County.

Dominion has brought online its 14.9 MW Dominion fuel cell facility in Bridgeport, Conn., and a roughly 5 MW Millstone solar facility in Somers, Conn.

EDP Renewables has signed a framework agreement with Gamesa Technology Corp. for up to 225 wind turbines through 2016.

Vestas Wind Systems will supply turbines to 220 MW of projects in Texas being developed by EDF’s renewables unit in the U.S.

Vestas Wind Systems will supply turbines to 220 MW of projects in Texas being developed by EDF’s renewables unit in the U.S.

Alstom has inked two contracts valued at $546.74 million to supply wind turbines to Brazilian company Queiroz Galvão.

The Argentine government has said it would terminate concessions to Edesur and Edenor, unless the utilities serving Buenos Aires resolve power outages.

Mexico is set to quadruple its photovoltaic installations to 240 MW from 60 MW in 2014, according to GTM Research.

Analysts are expecting data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration to show that there was a record 260 billion cubic feet of natural gas withdrawn from storage last week.

After taking control of Entergy Corp.’s southern transmission system, MISO will manage the largest electricity network in the U.S.

Chinese photovoltaic panel provider ET Solar Group Corp. is planning to sell and install up to 85 MW of equipment next year in Chile.

EDF Renewable Energy has closed its purchase of the 5.8 MW Lancaster solar project near Billerica, Mass., from Urban Green Technologies.

Pacific Gas & Electric has launched a request for offers for 1,500 GWh of renewable capacity and renewable energy credits from projects that come online in 2020 or later.

Nodin Kitagan, a partnership between BluEarth Renewables and Batchewana First Nation, has received approval from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for a 58 MW wind project in Algoma.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. has received all approvals from federal and Massachusetts agencies to buy New England Gas for $74 million.

Banco do Brasil has authorized the sale of a 19% stake in generator Itapebi Geracao de Energia to generator and distributor Neoenergia.

First Wind has agreed to sell 75% of the output from its Hancock wind project in Ellsworth, Mass., to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. under a 25-year, fixed-price contract.

The Logansport, Ind., City Council has extended negotiations between the mayor and developer Pyrolyzer regarding a proposed 150 MW waste-fired project.

Botanists have found that roughly 2,500 crucifixion thorn shrubs grow downhill from Solar Reserve’s site for its proposed 150 MW Rice project in California.

West Virginia’s Public Service Commission has approved American Electric Power's plan to transfer ownership of the John Amos coal-fired plant to Appalachian Power.

Consumers Energy has agreed to buy power from 31 solar projects bid into its Experimental Advanced Renewable Program.

Golden Valley Electric Association of Fairbanks has closed its purchase of the $300 million, 50 MW Healy clean coal-fired project from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.

Massachusetts’ North Shore could see controlled black-outs if FootPrint Power does not re-develop a shuttered coal-fired plant to gas-fired, according to the New England-ISO.

PJM has approved a $1.2 billion transmission investment designed to resolve short-circuit concerns in northern New Jersey.

Spanish developer Grupo T-Solar has brought online its El Centro photovoltaic solar facility in Imperial Valley, Calif.

The board of directors of UNS Energy Corp. has unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement with Fortis, Canada's largest investor-owned gas and electric distribution utility.

Duke Energy’s new 625 MW L.V. Sutton combined-cycle natural gas facility has begun delivering power to customers in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Mississippi regulators have rejected Entergy Corp.’s proposal to transfer its 15,000 miles of transmission assets to ITC Holdings Corp. under a two-year-old deal that has already faced scrutiny and setbacks.

Ontario Power Generation fired its cfo and two v.p.s following a report from the Ontario Auditor-General that contends the utility potentially compromised nuclear safety and drove up power prices throuh nepotism, high labor costs and a generous pension.

Kentucky Power is planning to convert the 278 MW Unit 1 at its Big Sandy coal-fired plant to a gas-fired facility in a project that is not to exceed $60 million.

Nicholas Akins, president and ceo of American Electric Power, has been elected chairman of the board by the company’s Board of Directors.

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board has selected Leidos to provide project management, design engineering and construction of a 345 kilovolt double-circuit transmission line.

After seven years with Duluth, Minn.-based Allete, Steve DeVinck will become chief financial officer in March.

Newfoundland and Labrador premier Kathy Dunderdale will announce financing details today for the Muskrat Falls hydro project.

First Wind has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement for 25% of the generation from its 54 MW Hancock Wind project near Ellsworth, Maine.

NRG Energy is planning to retire two coal-fired plants, Chalk Point and Dickerson that total 1.2 GW, in Maryland in May 2017.

First Wind has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement for 25% of its 54 MW Hancock wind project near Ellsworth, Maine, with Burlington Electric Department.

A 31 MW biomass project proposed in Anderson, Calif., by Sierra Pacific Industries will undergo a judge-ordered review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

RES Canada will construct a pair of 10 MW solar projects, Newboro I and Newboro IV, in Ontario for SunEdison.

Georgia Power completed another major milestone in the construction of Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 with the placement of the CA-04 module in the Unit 3 nuclear island.