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DTE Biomass Energy recently tarted operating the facility at the landfill, which is owned and operated by Republic Services of North Carolina. Landfill gas at the site is used to generate renewable energy which is subsequently sold to Duke Energy Progress. The Uwharrie facility will more than double DTE Biomass’ generation capacity in North Carolina, where it already operates six renewable energy projects.

The directors of Pelamis regret to announce that they have been unable to secure the additional funding required for further development of the company’s market-leading wave energy technology.¹ To that end, Blair Nimmo and Gary Fraser of KPMG have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Pelamis Wave Power, with the goal of assessing the options for securing the business and its employees.

The directors and employees of Pelamis stated that they are dedicated to the success of the revolutionary Pelamis wave technology, and that they remain committed to working with the joint administrators, the Scottish and UK Governments and any future partners to ensure its success.

Industry response to the news was swift and overwhelmingly supportive. “While this news is clearly concerning for the company and its employees, it shows both the challenging conditions in which this sector operates and the risks inherent in developing new technology,” said Lindsay Leask, senior policy manager at Scottish Renewables. “Pelamis Wave Power’s contribution to this emerging industry has helped cement Scotland’s position as a global leader, and it is important to remember that the prize from the eventual commercialisation of wave energy remains hugely significant. The contribution of Pelamis’ employees to the development of this technology has been immensely important, and it is to be hoped that a viable way forward can now be found for the business.”

A spokesperson for the Scottish Government called it a “sad day for Pelamis and an anxious time for employees and their families.” Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Government have been working closely with Pelamis Wave Power and its shareholders to try and find a way forward and help support the company in its current form. According to the spokesperson, the Scottish Government stands ready to engage with the company and has vowed to support affected employees through its initiative for responding to redundancy situations Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE).

Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), described the development as a “a big setback in the mission to learn how to harvest energy from the sea.” At the same time, he said the “prize” is still there. “The waves will keep pounding into the Orkney coastline, and the world is still using precious and irreplaceable fossil fuels at an increasing rate,” Kermode explained. “We know marine energy will have its day — it just looks a bit harder tonight.”

The Scottish Government spokesperson agreed, adding that the development demonstrates the challenges of early-stage technologies. Those challenges are magnified, the representative noted, when “blighted by the uncertainty facing the energy sector more widely,” particularly following reforms of the UK’s electricity market.

Despite the jolting news, industry observers believe wave power technology still has its merits. Gina Hanrahan, climate and energy policy officer at WWF Scotland, said marine renewables have the potential to play an important role in the country’s future electricity mix, helping to cut climate emissions and deliver investment and jobs around our coastline.

“Harnessing the power of the waves is a challenge we must rise to if we’re to wean ourselves off fossil fuels,” Hanrahan said. “With over 10 per cent of Europe’s wave power potential and some of the technology’s leading innovators and companies, Scotland is well placed to deliver wave power commercially in the coming years.”

1. Pelamis recently received a strong endorsement of this leading position from independent consultants following a series of due diligence exercises. This work included detailed assessments of the onward commercial viability of the technology and designs. The combination of more than 350 man-years of experience in the team, some 15,000 hours of real grid connected test data and intensive parallel RD work gives Pelamis a unique platform from which to develop and demonstrate the viability of its technology for commercial deployment at scale.

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Southwestern College and SunPower Corp. recently dedicated the installation of a 3.2 MW solar power system on the college’s Chula Vista, California, campus. Southwestern College estimates that the solar energy project — which is the largest single site of energy generation for an educational institution in San Diego Gas Electric’s service area — will help offset the college’s energy costs by approximately $600,000 annually.

The project cost $13 million and was funded by Proposition R, the general obligation bond passed by voters in 2008.

«It makes sense to use the clean, renewable resource of the sun to power our college sustainably,» said Dr. Melinda Nish, superintendent/president of Southwestern College. «We think this is an investment of Proposition R dollars that will continue to pay dividends for the college community for many years to come.»

The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), a national, nonprofit coalition of public agencies working together to advance clean energy, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards. This year’s winners, as chosen by an independent panel of five distinguished judges, ¹ are as follows:   

• The Alaska Energy Authority and the Kodiak Energy Association for Kodiak, Alaska: A 99% Renewable Energy Community
• The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the Connecticut Microgrid Program
• The Connecticut Green Bank for the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program
• The Energy Trust of Oregon for the City of Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant
• The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship Program
• The New Mexico Energy Conservation and Management Division for the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit
• The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for its CHP Acceleration Program
• The Sacramento Municipal Utility District for SMUD’s Community Renewable Energy Deployment Program

“These award winners illustrate the tremendous creativity and commitment being shown by state agencies across the country in implementing clean energy,” said Warren Leon, executive director of CESA. “With eight very different programs highlighting diverse technologies including solar PV, wind, energy storage, hydropower, anaerobic digesters, microgrids, and combined heat and power, the 2014 State Leadership in Clean Energy  award winners demonstrate that clean energy can create jobs, clean up the environment, and benefit local economies. These are programs to emulate.”

1. CESA member organizations from across the US submitted nominations for the leadership awards. Entries were judged based on public benefits and results, cost effectiveness, leadership and innovation, and replicability. Winners were chosen by an independent panel of distinguished judges: Steve Lindenberg (senior advisor for renewable power at the US Department of Energy); Andrea Luecke (president and executive director of the Solar Foundation); former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter (Director of the Center for a New Energy Economy); Larry Sherwood (vice president and COO of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council); and Robert Thresher (research fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).

New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced $206 million in awards to four Upstate large-scale clean energy projects that will help the State create a more diverse renewable energy portfolio to address energy and environmental challenges. The awardees include: two large wind farms, one in Western New York and the other in the North County; a large new hydroelectric project in the Mohawk Valley; and a small hydroelectric upgrade to an existing dam in the Hudson Valley.

All four projects will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resiliency of New York’s energy infrastructure. «As New York continues to develop a world-class energy infrastructure, these new projects are reinforcing our commitment to providing clean energy to all New Yorkers,» Governor Cuomo said. «Through these and other innovative energy projects supported by the State, we are developing a more sustainable mechanism for delivering cleaner, more reliable and resilient energy and will keep us moving forward.”

Once operational, the four projects will add approximately 164 MW of new renewable capacity, which will provide about 450,000 megawatt-hours per year of clean renewable energy to New York – enough energy to supply more than 60,000 average-sized homes per year.

The four competitively-selected projects are as follows:

•  Arkwright Summit Wind Farm, 78 MW, Arkwright, Chautauqua County
•  Jericho Rise Wind Farm, 78 MW, Chateaugay, Franklin County
•  City of Watervliet Delta Hydroelectric Project, 8 MW, Rome, Oneida County
•  Village of Wappingers Falls Hydroelectric Project, 100 kilowatts, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County

The funding for these projects is provided in response to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s 9^th Main Tier solicitation, a Request for Proposal issued earlier this year, and is being allocated through the State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, a policy that promotes the development of new renewable energy resources in New York State. The solicitation provides greater long-term certainty to contractors through contract terms of up to 20 years, double the length of previous contracts.

«These clean-energy projects will bring more renewable energy to the state’s electric grid, helping to meet Governor Cuomo’s vision of a power delivery system in New York State that incorporates a greater amount of renewable energy,» said John B. Rhodes, president and CEO, NYSERDA. «These four new projects will provide the additional benefit of bringing economic opportunities to communities across the state.»

The weighted average award price for the 9^th Main Tier solicitation is $22.96 per megawatt-hour of production over the 20 year terms of the awarded contracts. This is approximately one third less than the average contract price for the previous solicitation, which was $34.95 per megawatt-hour of production for 10 year terms.

In total, NYSERDA’s nine Renewable Portfolio Standard Main Tier solicitations have funded 71 projects, generating more than 5 million megawatt-hours of renewable energy annually. NYSERDA will issue at least one more Main Tier solicitation under the Renewable Portfolio Standard in 2015.

For more information on the 9th Main Tier solicitation, visit: http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/main-tier.

SolarWorld has formalized Enphase as its supplier of microinverter systems for SolarWorld’s custom-engineered system solutions in the US market in an expanded partnership that covers both companies’ worldwide distribution networks.  The two companies also have agreed to engage in close collaboration in developing new solar technologies and products.

“The global partnership between SolarWorld and Enphase – two companies renowned for quality, reliability and technological advancement– is more than a supply agreement,” said Mukesh Dulani, US president of SolarWorld.  “It is a true collaboration between industry leaders that will expand global solar markets and spur development of new solar technologies.”

Jeff Loebbaka, Enphase’s senior vice president of global sales, marketing and support, concurred, adding: “Enphase has worked closely with SolarWorld for several years, and the companies have built a strong, growing business together in collaboration with SolarWorld’s extensive U.S. channels. This new agreement promises to open new regional market and product opportunities around the world for both companies.”

Trojan Battery, a leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, and its project partner, Team Sustain, were named winners of the Intersolar “Solar Projects in India” award (‘Solar Building, Industrial and Commercial Use’ category) during Intersolar India in Mumbai earlier this week.

1. A key component of the project is the use of Trojan’s Smart Carbon™ batteries to address Partial State of Charge (PSOC), a common issue in solar off-grid applications.

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