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Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is proposing the state expand a law that requires every utility to purchase 30% of its power from renewable projects by 2029.
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The presidents of Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service aim to wrap negotiations with Hydro-Quebec about extending power purchase agreements that expire in 2014.
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Alliant Energy is asking the Iowa Utilities Board for a rate increase to pay for wind and transmission investments.
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A-Power Energy Generation Systems is teaming up with the U.S. Renewable Energy Group and American Nevada Group to build a manufacturing plant in Nevada that would produce 1.1 GW of wind turbines annually.
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RWE is upgrading its Little Barford gas-fired plant in the U.K. to 700 MW from 680 MW.
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The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in favor of Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station coal-fired project.
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Independent power producers Calpine and NRG Energy are likely to outperform utilities as power demand recovers because they won’t be tied to regulated utility rates.
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NRG Energy received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to retrofit its WA Parish coal-fired plant near Houston, Texas, with a carbon capture system.
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Ontario is positioned to be a renewable energy hub with its feed-in tariffs attracting global attention.
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International Power is still open to a merger, possibly with GDF Suez, even after talks with GDF fell apart earlier this year.