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guess that's part of the news I got sent today.
Welcome to PEi Digest. It would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall at the climate change meeting this week between top world business leaders and prominent politicians. These included British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Virgin boss Richard Branson, Google founder Sergey Brin and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The event was hosted by BP, no doubt as part of its strategy to be seen, not as an old-fashioned oil company, but rather as a developer of clean sustainable fuels. Did anyone, I wonder, ask Arnie if he was still driving his massive gas-guzzling Hummer? Was Branson reminded of his various self-indulgent world record attempts that must have burnt up much fossil fuel? The answer is - probably not. In any event, if the initiative raises awareness and helps to change policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, then it will have been worthwhile. I guess any fly on the wall would have stood little chance anyway with The Terminator present. PEi Digest will be taking a summer break, but rest assured, “I'll be back!”
Nigel Blackaby, On-Line Editor, PEi magazine
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Fuel shortage forces closure of Ratnagiri
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CHP plant in UK to expand
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GCC electricity grid in five years
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BP hosts Blair and Schwarzenegger climate change meeting
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Nuclear power parts manufacturing to restart in US
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Mirant secures power contract with PG&E
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Alstom wins fourth Spanish CCGT from Gas Natural
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Report outlines trends in power equipment servicing
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Excelsior's IGCC project moves ahead
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BC Hydro awards energy contracts
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PG&E adds more geothermal energy to electric mix
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PacifiCorp purchases Leaning Juniper 1 Wind Project
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US breaks weekly demand record for electricity
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ABB Q2 profits rise
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Siemens extends I&C deal with Doosan
Fuel shortage forces closure of Ratnagiri
2 August 2006 - Power production at India's Ratnagiri Gas & Power plant, formerly Dabhol Power, stopped in early, the Indian federal power minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, told India's upper house of Parliament.
CHP plant in UK to expand
2 August 2006 - Permission has been granted for the ConocoPhillips combined heat and power station plant at Immingham North Lincolnshire in the UK to increase capacity.
GCC electricity grid in five years
2 August 2006 - The electricity grid which will connect the six GCC states is expected to be completed by 2010, according to a report by the GCC Interconnection Authority.
BP hosts Blair and Schwarzenegger climate change meeting
1 August 2004 - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined a select group of prominent CEOs and business leaders from leading California and international companies at a roundtable discussion at Pebble Beach, California to share ideas on how business and government can work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Nuclear power parts manufacturing to restart in US
1 August 2006 - UniStar Nuclear, the jointly developed enterprise of Constellation Energy and AREVA, today announced that AREVA NP Inc. and BWX Technologies, Inc, a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., have signed an agreement that will re-establish commercial nuclear power plant component manufacturing in the United States and will support the UniStar business model and future fleet of nuclear power plants in North America.
Mirant secures power contract with PG&E
1 August 2006 - Mirant Corporation announced today that it has signed two contracts with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to provide electricity from its natural gas fired Pittsburg and Contra Costa power plants located near San Francisco, California.
Alstom wins fourth Spanish CCGT from Gas Natural
31 July 2006 - Alstom has won contracts worth more than €300m ($382m) with Spanish utility Gas Natural to build, operate and maintain a 400 MW combined cycle power plant in Malaga, Spain.
Report outlines trends in power equipment servicing
31 July 2006 - Services markets in the power generation equipment sectors across Europe are contributing to increased growth potential for turbine manufacturers, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The report sees the growing services markets, particularly in the gas turbines arena, as offering enhanced scope to service providers, as profit margins continue to outpace those in the new equipment business.
Excelsior's IGCC project moves ahead
31 July 2006 -- Excelsior Energy Inc. has filed applications for required preconstruction permits with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) and other state agencies for the first two phases of the Mesaba Energy Project, a 1212 MW integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) electric power generating station, which will be located on the Iron Range of northeastern Minnesota.
BC Hydro awards energy contracts
28 July 2006 - BC Hydro announced yesterday the results of the 2006 Open Call for Power, awarding 38 contracts to independent power producers throughout the province with the majority going to new hydro projects. According to BC Hydro, the projects will help to meet growing demand for electricity in the region by adding more than 7000 GWh per year to BC Hydro's system.
PG&E adds more geothermal energy to electric mix
28 July 2006 - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced it has entered into contracts with IAE Truckhaven I, LLC and Northwest Geothermal Company to purchase up to a total of 169 MW of renewable geothermal energy resources to help meet its customers' future electricity needs.
PacifiCorp purchases Leaning Juniper 1 Wind Project
28 July 2006 - PacifiCorp has purchased from PPM Energy the Leaning Juniper 1 wind energy generation facility, located about three miles southwest of Arlington, Oregon, US. When completed in August 2006, the Leaning Juniper 1 facility will have a generating capability of 100.5 MW, which will become part of the resource mix used to supply electricity to PacifiCorp's 1.6 million customers in six Western states.
US breaks weekly demand record for electricity
27 July 2006 - US demand for electricity reached an all-time record last week amid a national heat wave as US utilities delivered 96 314 GWh of electricity for the week ending July 22, surpassing by more than 1 per cent last year's record of 95 259 GWh (set during the week ending July 23, 2005), according to the Edison Electric Institute's weekly survey of electric demand.
