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Headwaters Incorporated Enters into Contract to Manage Coal Ash at Major New Power Plant in Virginia

 

Feb. 22, 2011 (Business Wire) -- HEADWATERS INCORPORATED (NYSE: HW) today announced that coal ash produced at the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center will be managed by a subsidiary of Headwaters Incorporated. Headwaters is America's largest manager and marketer of coal combustion products – under a long-term contract recently signed with the plant owner, Dominion Virginia Power.
 
The 585-megawatt power plant is currently under construction in Wise County, Virginia, with commercial operations scheduled for summer 2012. Virginia City will be one of the cleanest power stations of its kind. The circulating fluidized bed unit will use run-of-mine coal, waste coal and up to 20 percent biomass for its fuel.
 
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Department of Energy Awards $338 Million to Accelerate Domestic Geothermal Energy
Innovative geothermal projects are funded in support of project deployment, technology development, and data collection

October 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $338 million in Recovery Act funding for the exploration and development of new geothermal fields and research into advanced geothermal technologies.  These grants will support 123 projects in 39 states, with recipients including private industry, academic institutions, tribal entities, local governments, and DOE’s National Laboratories.  The grants will be matched more than one-for-one with an additional $353 million in private and non-Federal cost-share funds.

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Mammoth Pacific Geothermal Power Plant Honored with Environmental Award from State of California  (NYSE: ORA)

Reno, NV - Aug., 20--Mammoth Pacific geothermal power plant, operated and partially-owned by Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), received the California Department of Conservations's Outstanding Lease Maintenance Award for its ongoing commitment to enviromental safety and outstanding lease maintenace.
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