Cogeneration & On-site Power Production: News covering distrubuted power generation including combined heat and power or cogeneration technologies; combined chill, heat and power

Third US wholefoods store to use fuel cell energy (Feb 1, 2010)

Whole Foods Market has chosen to power a third store, located in San Jose, California, US, with on-site fuel cell power from UTC Power. The other stores to install a ‘PureCell’ system from the company are in Dedham, Massachusetts and Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Service agreement for GE turbines in Thailand (Feb 1, 2010)

Thailand’s largest chemical producer, PTT Chemical Public Company Limited, has signed a service agreement with GE to help ensure the long-term reliability of nine GE gas turbines at PTT Chemical’s site in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, Thailand.

UK households to get cash back for low-carbon on-site power (Feb 1, 2010)

UK households and communities who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines or solar panels will from April be entitled to claim payments for the low-carbon electricity they produce.

300 MW cogen project for gas plant in Mexico (Jan 27, 2010)
Gas turbine technology from GE is to be used to convert a conventional power plant into the first large-scale cogeneration plant in Mexico, in support of the Mexican government's initiative to promote cogeneration as a key step in improving the efficiency of the country's energy infrastructure.

Fuel cell domestic CHP unit moves into Europe (Jan 27, 2010)
UK-based Ceramic Fuel Cells has sold its first BlueGen domestic-scale, fuel cell-based CHP units in Europe, to German utility EWE, which has ordered three units, for delivery in Q2 and Q3 this year.

Sierra Geothermal Awarded Position in the 2010 TSX Venture 50 (Feb 5, 2010)
The TSX Venture Exchange today announced that Sierra Geothermal Power Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SRA) ("SGP") has been named as one of the TSX Venture 50, a ranking of strong performers listed on TSX Venture Exchange.

Markets recover on credit, jobs data (Feb 5, 2010)
U.S. markets, buoyed by consumer credit data, recovered Friday and the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 points.

GOP lawmakers seek to suspend Calif. climate law (Feb 5, 2010)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Republican lawmakers in California are circulating a ballot initiative backed by business interests that would suspend California's landmark law to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a signature policy of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure.

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. named as part of 2010 TSX Venture 50 (Feb 5, 2010)
TSX Venture Exchange today announced that Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX.V: NGP, OTCBB: NGLPF) has been named as one of the TSX Venture 50, a ranking of strong performers listed on TSX Venture Exchange.

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