Chase Energy Canada Limited

At the official dedication of the Caribou Wind Park in Bathurst, NB—the first of its kind in the province—Member of Parliament, Tilly O’Neill-Gordon announced a federal investment of up to $28.6 million in wind energy projects. The investment will be distributed over the next ten years through the ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program…Tenaska has chosen Fluor Corporation’s Econamine FG Plus carbon capture technology for use in its proposed Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center, being developed near Sweetwater. Trailblazer will be a pioneering 600-megawatt (net) electricity generating plant fueled by pulverized coal and is expected to be among the first full-scale commercial power plants in the nation, and the first in Texas, to capture 85 to 90 percent of the carbon dioxide byproduct, sending it via pipeline to the Permian Basin to be used in enhanced oil recovery. Based on the projected rate of capture, the plant will emit significantly less CO2 than an equivalent capacity natural gas-fueled plant…Pacific Blue Energy Corp. plans to build a 150-megawatt solar power system in Gila Bend, Arizona. The town of Gila Bend – a burg located about 55 miles southwest of Phoenix – is helping expedite the permitting procedure.