Juhl Wind Inc., an established leader in community-based wind power development and management, specializing on wind farm projects throughout the United States and Canada, recently announced that the company has secured a 20-year, 19.8 MW power purchase agreement between Adams Wind Generations, LLC and Xcel Energy. Located in Meeker County in West Central Minnesota, the Adams Wind Generations project will utilize 12 large wind turbines at an estimated cost of approximately $46 million.

Juhl Wind Inc. has been assisting local owners with the project development since the spring of 2008 and also spearheaded the team to win a competitive request-for-proposal issued by Xcel Energy. Serving as the project’s developer and contractor, Juhl is forecasting that the Adams Wind Farm will commence initial operations in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Dan Juhl, CEO of Juhl Wind, Inc., stated, “The establishment of the Adams Wind Farm project continues to reinforce our belief

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April 24, 2009 ndash; Analyst Notes ndash; Cowenrsquo;s Robert Stone commented on SunPowerrsquo;s (Nasdaq:SPWRA) results for the Q1, noting that the quarter is likely ldquo;the troughrdquo; for the company. He maintains an OUTPERFORM Rating on the stock, seeing a strong second half on identified commercial/utility projects with potential upside in the residential/components business. He sees an upside of 50% vs. the market in 12 months. Financial Results The company reported a 21% Y/Y decline in Q1 revenues to $214 million, with Tom Werner commenting that this was ldquo;the most challenging quarterrdquo; hersquo;s seen since the company went public back in 2005. The companyrsquo;s GM came in at 22.3%$ and a net loss of $4.7 million, or $0.06 per share, compared to net income of $11.9 million for the same period last year. Expectations were for earnings of $0.02 per share. Management forecast revenue in a range of $1.3 billion to $1.7 ...

IDC reported this week that companies are becoming increasingly focused on their Green IT initiatives. In its most recent survey amongst 1,500 C-level business and technology executives across 10 industrial countries:nbsp;middot; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Energy costs continue to be the most pressing factor driving green IT adoption, with 71% of respondents saying this is their highest priority;nbsp;middot; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Amongst U.S. respondents, 77% identified energy as the most important factor behind green adoption of their companies;nbsp;middot; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Amongst European respondents, 74% identified energy concerns as the number 1 driver of green initiatives.nbsp;The bottom line is that companies are focused on cost savings associated with reducing power consumption, which will continue to drive their plans to invest in energy efficiency.nbsp;The greatest potential for energy savings worldwide is with buildings, which consume 40% of global energy and are responsible for about the same percent of CO2 ...

Colorado’s largest power utility, Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL), will launch one of the biggest energy-conservation efforts in the nation, costing well over $1 billion in the next 12 years — by order of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

The CPUC, which regulates Xcel, announced its decision recently, outlining goals for the utility’s energy-efficiency programs between now and 2020. The decision is part of a multi-pronged case before the CPUC called the Colorado Resource Plan, which will decide the source of energy for most Coloradans in the next several years. Xcel serves power and natural gas to about 70 percent of Colorado’s population.

The CPUC ruled that Xcel should cut a rising percentage of its annual electricity sales to retail customers, with a goal of cutting 1.2 percent of annual sales in 2020, and eliminate between 886 megawatts and 994 megawatts of demand in that time. That’s triple the cuts currently achieved

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The 2008 Democratic and Republican national conventions will be powered with clean, renewable wind and solar energy, Xcel Energy announced today.