MidAmerican Energy is the operator of a 1600 megawatt four unit coal-fired power plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa, commonly known as Walter Scott, Jr.
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Operator Warwick Energy says the closest turbine will be about 7km from the southern tip of Walney Island.
But he is the biggest shareholder in pipeline operator Spectra Energy.
He insisted that British Energy, the languishing nuclear operator, should be allowed to fail, although he lost that particular battle.
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Alpha Natural Resources bought the operator, Massey Energy, after the disaster.
Also on Wednesday, the watchdog decided to freeze further steps to bring the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor online, criticizing the Japan Atomic Energy Agency its operator for a series of significant safety lapses.
In an interview last week, though, Lewis Hay, chief executive of NextEra Energy, the biggest solar operator in the U.S., said he has higher hopes for PV because panel prices are dropping so fast.
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The In Amenas field is operated as a joint-venture between Algeria's Sonatrach, Norwegian operator Statoil and UK energy giant BP.
Investors in the so-called public-private partnership include Russian Railways, national power utility Unified Energy System and state-controlled pipeline operator Transneft.
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Meanwhile Clean Energy has teamed up with truck stop operator Pilot-Flying J to build a border-to-border network (to include these GE Micro LNG plants) by the end of 2013.
The New York Independent System Operator has defined short-term energy storage devices like flywheels and batteries as frequency regulators, allowing them to participate in regulated markets.
Mr McCarthy enjoyed a reputation as a tough operator during his four years as head of energy watchdog Ofgem.
In August, the New England Independent System Operator (ISO-NE) asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to penalize businesses and other ratepayers for producing clean electricity during periods of peak demand or high congestion.
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The deal, which will create the largest operator of natural-gas pipelines and fourth-largest energy company in the U.S., spurred relatively heavy trading in El Paso options on Monday.
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At the same time, consumers got an extra bill to support wind farms that, because of the inconstancy of the wind, operate at 25% of their capacity (figure from the British Wind Energy Association) or 8% (according to E.on, a large operator of UK wind farms).
Nathaniel Bullard of Bloomberg New Energy Finance has been looking at photovoltaic projects registered with California ISO, the state's grid operator, since 2007.
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