llowing the promising results from a test facility, Bogense District Heating of Denmark has invested in an 8 MW biomass plant supplied by Dall Energy.

Pratt & Whitney Power Systems company Turboden is to supply a 5 MWe geothermal Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbogenerator unit to the German utility SWM – Stadtwerke München – for use in its district heating network.

A bi-partisan Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act has been introduced, which would offer incentives to increase the use of district energy and CHP systems to heat and cool buildings throughout the US, reports the International District Energy Association.

The first pilot district cooling system in Denmark has been inaugurated as a first step towards a carbon dioxide-neutral cooling system to supply the businesses of Copenhagen, reports Copenhagen Energy.

The UK Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) has expanded its remit with a rebranding of its activities under a ‘bringing energy together’ strapline. The association now covers ‘sustainable energy services’ and ‘district heating and cooling’ in addition to CHP.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 97 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plant units were performing in the two highest categories.

Analysis shows average wind speeds over parts of the UK during the past year have been at or close to historical lows. Conversely, a number of factors in the U.S. caused noticeably intensified domestic wind speeds across much of the Western U.S. compared to the first quarter of 2010.

Spanish company Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has secured a contract for two electricity power lines, each 220 km of length in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, as well as two substations associated with the 750 MW La Yesca hydroelectric plant.

The Chilean minister of Energy, Ricardo Raineri has been quoted as saying by El Mercurio that his government's energy policy will seek to secure around 20 per cent of the country’s power production from renewable energy sources by 2020.

Several global firms proposed investment projects in the electricity sector in the war-torn Iraqi city of Basra including Germany's Siemens.