Marubeni Acquires US Distributed Generation Facilities and Biomass Renewable Power Plant.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 14, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Marubeni announced August 11 that it has purchased distributed generation Distributed generation generates electricity from many small energy sources. It has also been called also called on-site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or facilities which provide energy services to end users at commercial buildings and industrial plants, and a biomass renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. power plant, from a US private equity fund and DG Energy Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a US energy project developer. The acquired facilities include a power, steam, and chilled water supply facility for a large shopping mall (Kings Plaza Project), a district chilled water supply facility (Portland District Cooling Project), a co-generation facility for a Japanese chemical company, and chilled water and central plant facilities for a university and movie studio (Kingston Project), and a biomass power plant providing renewable energy to a large California electric utility (Fairhaven Project). The facilities are located in California, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Jersey, Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. , Pennsylvania. The equivalent electric generating capacity of these facilities is approximately 45 MW. Marubeni has established the New Technology & Renewable Energy Department, aiming to explore and pursue energy efficiency and renewable energy business opportunities worldwide. It recognizes this present acquisition as an important opportunity to expand its business in the US and eventually in Japan and China as targeted regional markets. In the US, Marubeni plans to promote energy service to Japanese manufacturers having its facilities in the US. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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