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First Solar has started construction on the 22 MW first phase of its Barilla solar project in Pecos County, Texas.

Canadian Solar is providing modules for the 10 MW Silvercreek solar project in Elgin County, Ontario, that is slated to be operational in July.

Elementa Group has arranged a 20-year power agreement with the Ontario Power Authority for its 10 MW waste-to-energy project in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

The Quebec Office of Public Hearings on the Environment has determined that Invenergy does not need a public hearing over the C$69 million ($61.9 million), 21 MW des Moulins 2 wind project.

Brayton Point Energy, the owner of New England’s largest coal-fired facility will decide next week whether to delay its closing—slated for 2017—now that ISO New England has designated the plant as a “must run” facility.

Xcel Energy has closed the Monticello nuclear plant for several days as workers repair a leaking heat exchanger on the reactor’s coolant system.

The U.S. Army has scheduled two community meetings in Mililani and Wahiawa, Hawaii, next month to gather public comment on a proposed 50 MW biofuels project planned for Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu.

A wind turbine at NextEra Energy Resources’ Mill Run Energy Center in Pennsylvania has fallen over.

Wind generation in Ontario more than doubled between 2009 and 2013 going from 2.3 TWh to 5.2 TWh, according to the Independent Electricity System Operator.

The city of Edmonton, Alberta, is switching from Capital Power to Enmax as its power supplier.

A Colorado Senate committee is proposing rollbacks to the state’s renewable energy mandate, citing concerns that the additional renewable generation is rapidly increasing power prices in the state.

Basin Electric Power CEO Andy Serri has resigned and Paul Sukut, cfo, has been named interim ceo.

PwC US has appointed Michael Casey Herman as its U.S. power and utilities leader, Timothy Schutt U.S. power and utilities advisory leader and Robin Miller U.S power and utilities tax leader.

The Maine Public Services Commission is holding a meeting Tuesday to hear an offshore wind proposal from the Maine Aqua Ventus, a consortium comprised of Emera, Cianbro and Maine Prime Technologies that aims to sell 12 MW at $0.23 per kWh.

Ameren Missouri is developing a 5.7 MW solar project on a site next to a substation in O’Fallon, Mo.

Alliant Energy is planning to spend about $17 million this year to reduce mercury emissions from its Burlington coal-fired facility in Burlington, Iowa.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad will lead a group of senior state officials from Iowa and the Midwest to organize and host a public hearing allowing citizens outside of Washington, D.C., the opportunity to testify about the importance of renewable portfolio standards.

A proposed 78-mile, high-voltage transmission line that would run through Otsego and Delaware Counties, N.Y., is generating concern from some local officials.

Of the 365 solar applications filed with the U.S. federal government since 2009, just 20 projects are on track to be built, with industry analysts identifying difficulties in lining up financing as one of the prime reasons.

Fishermen's Energy, a developer based in Cape May, N.J., is awaiting word from state regulators about the future of New Jersey's first offshore wind farm.

Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin utility and its co-owner utility partners have received final regulatory approval to upgrade the coal pulverizers and steam turbines at the 1.1 GW Columbia Energy Center in Dekorra, Wis.

Developer IMG Midstream wants to use local gas to produce electricity that would be sold to the grid and local utilities by building small-scale gas-fired projects in Pennsylvania.

Northland Power has added Sean Durfy to its executive team as president and chief development officer.

The record for peak winter electricity use in the PJM Interconnection was broken twice on Tuesday as a result of the polar vortex.

Black Hills Power is clsoing down three coal-fired plants rather than add emission upgrades.

Imperial Irrigation District is evaluating Salton Sea’s geothermal and solar potential under the Salton Sea Restoration and Renewables Initiative.

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Dan Lipschultz, an attorney with Moss & Barnett, to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release Dec. 8 new standards for carbon dioxide limits on coal- and gas-fired plants.

Ormat Technologies has completed the Don A. Campbell geothermal facility in Mineral County, Nev.

During Monday morning’s energy emergency alert 2 in ERCOT, the grid operator was forced to import just under 1 GW from other regions as capacity was stretched.