Navy China Lake solar system begins operations

SunPower Corp. on October 19 announced the signing of the United States Navy largest solar plant, a 13.78-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) power solar system at naval air weapons station China Lake, California. The power plant is the first project of the federal employment agency financed by solar power purchase agreement 20 years. The plant developed and operated by SunPower Corp., the equivalent of more than 30% of the annual energy load China Lake's contribution to the reduction of costs by an estimated $13 generate millions in the next 20 years.

The 20 year old makes contract none requires capital or maintenance in advance commitments from the Navy, corresponds to traditional project financing conditions for solar power plants and allows the Navy power up to 30% lower than the rate by shorter available secure 10-year power purchase agreement.

SunPower has installed until today more than 50 megawatts (MW) of solar power stations at State institutions. The systems delivered by the company to the Navy and the air force alone to generate enough electricity makes approximately 9,000 apartments. According to estimates of the US Environmental Protection Agency reduced the Navy and air force systems emits the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere almost 732.000 tons in the next 20 years. See the press release of SunPower.

China Lake has four geothermal power plants, which produce up to 270 MW of electricity or for Approximiately 378,000 households with electricity. The site has been in continuous operation since 1987, and was the marine first website, thermal energy to tap. For the China Lake natural resources Web page.

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Repsol begins development of Perla field, Venezuela

Repsol Chairman, Antonio Brufau, Eni Chairman, Paolo Scaroni, and the Venezuelan Minister of Popular Power for Oil and Mining Rafael Ramirez signed the natural gas supply agreement for the Perla field development.

The Perla super-giant field, which contains over 16.3 trillion cubic feet of gas in place, equivalent to approximately 3 billion barrels of oil, was discovered by Repsol and Eni in 2009 in the Cardon IV block, and is located 50 miles offshore in shallow water of the Gulf of Venezuela.

Since the discovery, a total of five gas wells have been drilled, which will now be put into production using offshore platforms and underwater connections which will carry the gas onshore, where it will be processed and sent through the Venezuelan distribution network.

The project will be developed in phases, with the first phase entailing an estimated investment of $1.5 billion, including the exploration and evaluation phase in which 300 million cubic feet/day of gas is expected to be produced. In the next two phases, production is set to rise fourfold to 1.2 billion cubic feet/day, which will be maintained until the end of the contract in 2036.

The supply contract, signed until 2036, with a mutual commitment to supply and purchase over 8 TCF of natural gas, will be one of the supply sources for the domestic gas demand in Venezuela, which is expected to grow along with industrial, petrochemical and power generation consumption in the coming years. Given its large size, the field also offers new opportunities for natural gas exports, which Repsol and Eni will analyze with PDVSA and the Ministry of Popular Power for Oil and Mining.

The license for the Cardon IV block was awarded to Repsol and Eni at 50% each. Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, will participate with a 35% share in the development of the project, with Repsol and Eni's shares at 32.5% each.

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SPI solar begins construction of the 8 megawatt utility scale development in Palm Springs, California

ROSEVILLE, Kalifornien-(BUSINESS WIRE) - SPI solar ("SPI") (OTCBB: SOPW) a leading developer of ("PV") solar energy photovoltaic systems today announced that it entered into an EPC contract with North Palm Springs investments, LLC and is building on a 8-megawatt DC-utility-scale development is located in nearby Palm Springs, California has begun. A power purchase agreement ("PPA") with Southern California Edison ("SCE") makes the exclusive buyer SCE the current through the SPI system for a period of 20 years. During this term SPI monitoring services offer PowerView monitoring system monitoring and optimal system performance and maximum power generation on the company's own solar.

"We are very pleased to have this project." "SCE is partner a great to work with and our largest utility-scale project, and our biggest project with SCE is to this day," said Steve Kircher, CEO for SPI. "Utility-scale projects as well as an increasing number of distributed generation track projects in the United States we are," added Mr Kircher. "This week we are the Intersolar North America Conference in San Francisco, where we will meet with several perspectives to develop strategic partnerships with us like the we recently, announced with KDC solar visited." We are excited about our pipeline development and "Mr. KIRCHER Castle the possibilities that it represents for our company."

The Palm Springs development use about 33,880 solar modules on a single Tracker System a total of 36.5 hectares on two separate parcels of LDK for SPI made. The SPI-single-tracking systems can the array, the strings of the panels to follow the course of the Sun, maintaining an optimal angle relative to the position of the Sun from sunrise to sunset and hence to the increase in the power production capabilities of the system to mechanically. SPI includes innovative and environmentally friendly installation practices in his design process as a result minimal disturbance of native conditions. (Video installation by the SPI Tracker systems can be found under: http://www.spisolar.com/Page.aspx?)(Page 44)

If you have finished, created the system a estimated 8,000 kilowatt hours electricity in the first year, to remove the equivalent 10,912 miles of cars with the highway and opposing 6 tons of CO2 from the environment operated.

About solar power, Inc. (OTCBB: SOPW):

(SPI) is a vertically integrated photovoltaic solar developer solar power, Inc. offers an own brand for high-quality, low-cost distributed generation and utility-scale solar energy development of building services. By the company close relationship with LDK Solar expands SPI the range of the vertical integration of Silicon system. Project development offers from project funding and temporary asset management, SPI turnkey world-class photovoltaic solar energy facilities for their business, Government and utility customers. For more information, please visit: www.spisolar.com.

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Bidding begins for wind sites

Vineyarders lays claim generation, the game on a Web site for future wind energy as starts the bidding process for wind power leases over a wide swathe of federal waters south of the island.

At a meeting last night the vineyard makes, the cooperative established were stable, renewable electricity for the island informed ensure members about the attributes of the different possible pages. You can vote now about a week of your preferred site.

The cooperative must in its bid before the end of the month, the time limit imposed by the federal Bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement of interest.

A request for interest (RFI) was on Dec. 29, the first step in what is anticipated, a three year process leading leasing some 3000 square miles of federal waters in an arc from Rhode Iceland to South vineyard and Nantucket and Cape Cod almost for wind turbines-granted.

"What we do a location marker on the map, is putting", said Weinberg power President Richard Andre.

"We make no commitment to develop everything but we have the property that have claimed." "Otherwise if day goes by that someone could have said it."

The members is through an interactive map of Tyler Studds, includes some 50 overlays developed for vineyard power, supports decision. The card can appear also by the public at the Weinberg power's Web site.

So people can see where the areas for wind development provided simultaneously with lobster Habitat or whale Habitat, for example.

And that Mr Andre said, will be important co op members.

"Many developers, commercial developers, just economic viability a special situation, look at will", he said. "We are looking at the economics of course, but we are that our members on our community settings, presets are layering." Surveys of our members have shown us, impact on fauna and flora is very important to you, impact on commercial fishing is very important, visuals - the turbines of the Bank look - are very important. "So, now we are at a point where we can say, certain sites more sense than others."

After decided a preferred site, but remain included "Many other bridges cross" and many variables.

Much depends on the level of support of Islanders. To your destination, economically viable, island-based power generation to stabilize electricity prices by 2015 and then cut you must reach the cooperative is a strong majority of Islanders.

So far it has a membership of just over 1000, a number of Mr Andre called "fantastic." attracted

"We have a pretty big goal, but we are very comfortable with where we are," he said.

Other decisions nor size include the potential wind farm and vineyard makes a developer would be in its own right or in partnership. "" We have always said, our members of choices: whether we own partner with a developer now above, or partner with a developer later, "said Mr Andre."None of this has changed. Much is still to be decided. "All our members on now will decide, is an application for a site where the future could be."

But the RFI date of February 28 is a milestone, makes not only for vineyard, but also for the State and federal agencies seeking interest to the construction of wind farms determine the developer.

If there is enough interest, it is a competitive tendering process; If not, the Bureau of energy management with a noncompetitive continues process.

Next Thursday two information sessions are officials from the State Executive Office of energy and Environmental Affairs and federal Bureau of ocean energy management, regulation and enforcement, together with the coast guard at the Oak Bluffs public library hold.

Topics focus the first, from 3 pm, on commercial fishing, with the Dukes County fishermen's Association.

The second, 5 p.m. will be for those with other concerns.

"Sessions serve the public officials, the fishing industry, residents and others with information about the RFI process to date and next steps", said a State press release announcing the forums.

Public comments can be submitted until Jan. 28 of the Federal Agency.

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