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Walgreens and NRG Energy to install eVgo Freedom electric vehicle charging stations at 18 locations in Dallas(18/04/2011)
Walgreens is working with NRG Energy to install eVgo sm Freedom electric vehicle charging stations at 18 locations across the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It plans to install at least 30 charging stations at public parking facilities, other retailers and workplaces throughout the area by Labor Day. The charging stations will be conveniently located along major freeways, near retail districts and in multi-family communities. Walgreens is the large... [more]
NRG Energy acquires Green Mountain to complement its solar and wind portfolio(08/11/2010)
NRG Energy, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Green Mountain Energy Company for $350 million in cash. By combining with NRG, Green Mountain will be able to expand the scope of its green products and services and accelerate the pace of its expansion into attractive markets and market segments. Green Mountain will be run as a standalone business within NRG and will maintain its commitment to customers to make a difference for the environment... [more]
NRG Energy to acquire Green Mountain Energy(25/09/2010)
NRG Energy, Inc. has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Green Mountain Energy Company, the retail provider of clean energy products and services, for $350 million in cash. Green Mountain will be run as a standalone business within NRG. This acquisition, with an anticipated annual EBITDA contribution of $70 million, is immediately accretive to EBITDA and free cash flow. NRG anticipates funding the transaction with cash on hand upon tra... [more]
NRG Energy to purchase South Trent wind farm in Texas(05/03/2010)
NRG Energy, Inc. has signed a binding letter of intent to purchase the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. Upon successful conclusion of the acquisition, South Trent will become the fourth plant in NRG’s onshore wind portfolio. The 101 megawatt (MW) wind farm, which came online in January 2009, consists of 44 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines capable, at maximum capacity, of powering more than 80,000 homes. AEP Energy Partners, Inc. has ... [more]
Langford Wind Power Project expands NRG Energy renewable portfolio(15/12/2009)
The Langford Wind Power Project is a 150 megawatt (MW) wind farm 25 miles south of San Angelo, Texas. NRG Energy, Inc. has announced it has begun commercial operations at the Langford wind farm. NRG subsidiary, Padoma Wind Power, developed the project that is capable of powering more than 100,000 Texas homes with emission-free electricity. The project’s 100 General Electric 1.5 MW turbine generators are expected to generate more than 525,00... [more]
NRG Energy evaluate conditions for growing switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum as renewable biomass fuels(30/09/2009)
The U.S. Department of Energy has identified switchgrass as an ideal dedicated energy crop. As a perennial, once established, switchgrass requires little or no tilling and minimal nitrogen fertilizer and other crop inputs. It can grow over nine feet high with deep roots that can sequester carbon in the root biomass instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. Similarly, fast-growing high-biomass (non-grain) sorghum hybrids can reach 20 feet tall,... [more]
eSolar, NRG and El Paso Electric are helping make New Mexico's renewable energy potential a reality(13/07/2009)
El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of a 92 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power plant to be developed in southern New Mexico by NRG Energy and eSolar. This project is part of NRG and eSolar’s recently announced plans to develop up to 500 MW of solar thermal power in California and across the Southwestern United States. The plant is expected to be the first commercial-scale solar thermal project in N... [more]
NRG Energy completes construction of Elbow Creek Wind Project in Texas(18/02/2009)
NRG Energy's first wind project, the 150-MW Sherbino I Wind Farm in Pecos County, Texas, came online in October 2008. Sherbino I is a 50-50 joint venture with BP Wind Energy North America Inc. NRG Energy, Inc. has announced the completion of construction on its second wind farm, the 122-megawatt (MW) Elbow Creek Wind Project in Howard County near Big Spring, Texas. The wind farm was developed by NRG subsidiary Padoma Wind Power LLC and is bein... [more]
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