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CPV Renewable Energy Company Closes Financing For 165 MW Wind Farm In Kansas

By Joseph Baker on January 11, 2012

Competitive Power Ventures Holdings, LLC (CPV) has announced its renewables division, CPV Renewable Energy Company, has closed construction financing on its latest wind project in Kansas.

Semprius Achieves 41 Percent Efficiency

By Jeanne Roberts on December 16, 2011

Tags: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Siemens AG, USD, Department of Energy (DOE), DOE Loan Guarantee, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Semprius Inc., solar cell efficiency, SunShot Initiative, electronics, energy, GaAs, manufacturing, North Carolina, printing, semiconductor, semiconductors, Stanford University, U.S. Department of Energy

On December 14, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, announced that it had confirmed an efficiency rating greater than 41 percent for solar cells made by Durham, North Carolina-based Semprius.

First Wind Bringing More Wind Energy To Hawaii

By Joseph Baker on October 19, 2011

Boston-based wind energy developer First Wind has selected Siemens AG to provide wind turbines for its latest wind project in Hawaii.

Duke Energy Selects Turbine Suppliers For 402 MW Texas Wind Farm

By Joseph Baker on October 18, 2011

Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) has selected two wind turbine manufacturers to provide turbines for its latest wind farm development in Southern

Pattern Energy to Bring Commercial Wind Energy to Puerto Rico

By Joseph Baker on October 13, 2011

Pattern Energy Group LP has set another wind energy precedent with its announcement that it has secured financing for a 75 MW wind farm in Puerto Rico.

Pattern Energy and Samsung to Create 600 Ontario Green Jobs

By Shannon Roxborough on September 27, 2011

Pattern Energy Group LP and Samsung Renewable Energy have inked a supply contract with Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) that will create as many as 600 new jobs at the Ontario plants operated by the German turbine maker and CS Wind, which builds wind towers, the companies announced Monday.

ACEEE Offers Energy Efficiency Finance 101 Lessons

By Jeanne Roberts on August 19, 2011

Tags: Ameresco Inc., Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Infrastructure Group, Honeywell International Co., Johnson Controls Inc., Johnson Controls Inc. Corp, Shaw Group, Siemens AG, Standard Poor, Ameresco, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Argonne National Laboratory, Community Development Corporation (CDC), Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE), energy efficiency, energy efficiency financing, Energy Service Agreement (ESA), Energy Service Company (ESCO), Honeywell International Co., Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., pay as you save (PAYS), Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Property Assessed Clean Energy Finance (PACE), Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Shaw Group, Siemens AG, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), American Council, banking, energy, finance, Joel Freehling, Joel Freeling, Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

Those looking to finance energy efficiency improvements, but uncertain which programs offer the best opportunity, could do no better than reading Joel Freehling’s white paper published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic prosperity, energy security and environmental protection.

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Siemens Gas Turbines to Power PacifiCorp’s Utah 637 MW Plant

By Terry McDonald on June 23, 2011

Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Hill Engineers Inc., MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, PacificCorp, PacifiCorp, Siemens AG, Berkshire Hathaway, CH2M Hill, MidAmerican, PacifiCorp, Siemens, California, Finance, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Warren Buffett, Washington, Wyoming

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) said this week its U.S. division Siemens Energy will supply power equipment and long-term service to PacifiCorp’s proposed 637-megawatt (MW) Lake Side 2 combined-cycle gas-fired power plant at Vineyard, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

German-Italian Consortium Building New Power Link Between NYC and New Jersey

By Terry McDonald on May 26, 2011

Tags: Hudson Transmission Partners LLC, Powerbridge LLC, Prysmian SpA, Siemens AG, The Prysmian US, Italy, USD, Powerbridge, Prysmian, Siemens, Connecticut, electricity, fiber optic, Finance, New Jersey, New York, optical fiber, Smart Grid, South Carolina

A consortium of Siemens Energy, a division of German-based Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), and Prysmian Cables & Systems, a division of Italy-based Prysmian SpA (Milan: PRY.MI), has won a $400 million turnkey contract to design, supply and install a HVDC (high-voltage direct-current) link to connect the power supply networks of New Jersey and New York, the companies announced today. Construction has begun and the link is scheduled to come on line in the summer of 2013.

E•BOOM CAPITAL: Siemens says Rail Shipment Reduces Carbon Footprint by 80%

By Terry McDonald on May 5, 2011

Tags: Puget, Puget Energy, Puget Holding LLC, Puget Holdings, Siemens, Siemens AG, Siemens USA, USD, Puget Sound Energy, Siemens, electricity, Iowa, Kansas, manufacturing, Taft-Hartley

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) said today it is shipping 22 wind turbine nacelles and hubs manufactured at its Hutchinson, Kansas, plant to a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) wind farm in Washington state by rail -- which will reduce the carbon footprint of the transport by 80% compared with shipping the huge 87-metric-ton components by truck.