Archive for April, 2011
4 April 2011
Solar manufacturer LDK Solar has launched a new solar cell manufacturing base in China’s Anhui Province that looks set to boost its production after it achieved record revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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4 April 2011
Korean automaker Hyundai Motors, the world’s fifth largest car maker, looks set to launch a mass produced hybrid electric version of its Sonata sedan in 2013, according to reports.
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4 April 2011
Dominion Virginia Power, a US-based producer and transporter of energy, said it will convert three Virginia power stations from using coal to biomass, generating up to $350m for the local economy over the next 30 years.
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4 April 2011
Europe-based energy and environmental technology group Opcon has secured a SEK250m ($39.48m) equity line of credit with GEM Investment Advisors and GEM Global Yield Fund to accelerate the international expansion of its renewable energy business.
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4 April 2011
Small-scale wind turbine manufacturer Endurance Wind Power won sales orders totaling $5m last week, the highest yet record by the company, with 50 units ordered in the first quarter.
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4 April 2011
Carnegie Wave Energy, an Australian wave energy developer, has completed successful onshore testing of its CETO pump and hydraulic module for the Garden Island commercial scale demonstration.
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4 April 2011
Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors received a fillip on Thursday after pugnacious Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas issued a fifty page document saying Tesla had the potential to become America’s ‘fourth automaker’, challenging GM, Chrysler and Ford.
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1 April 2011
Industrial waste-to-energy solution provider China Recycling Energy had a fruitful year in 2010, clearing its guidance range and increasing its revenues 70 per cent year-on-year to a record $75.61m.
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1 April 2011
Danish utility Dong Energy is to carry out a design review of Vestas’ 7MW next generation offshore wind turbine.
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1 April 2011
A US Air Force flight powered by camelina-based biofuel produced by Sustainable Oils has broken the sound barrier.
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1 April 2011
Energy efficiency and energy storage were high on the investment agenda this week, with Siemens equipping its green and energy efficiency lighting subsidiary Osram with new leadership to guide it through its imminent public listing.
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1 April 2011
Swedish renewable energy company Arise Windpower has increased its share capital through exercising 45,500 warrants.
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1 April 2011
The clean energy industry has remained resilient during the economic crisis, with $243bn in new capital invested in the sector in 2010, a 30 per cent increase on 2009, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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1 April 2011
One year on from the introduction of the UK feed-in tariffs aimed at stimulating small-scale renewable energy technologies, there is still heavy demand being witnessed in the solar industry, despite the scale-back of the incentive scheme.
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1 April 2011
Electric vehicle start-up Tesla Motors saw its share price jump by 17 per cent yesterday after investment bank Morgan Stanley released an analyst note making bold predictions that the company could become a major player in the auto market.
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1 April 2011
Global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has closed its eighth global fund at $1.6bn, which will invest in high growth companies in multiple industries including cleantech.
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1 April 2011
The search for organisations and consortia capable of designing and demonstrating low-cost commercial scale tidal stream energy converter arrays by the Energy Technologies Institute has begun.
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1 April 2011
Australian solar company Sunengy’s new tie-up with India’s integrated private power utility Tata Power will enable it to build a pilot plant for its floating liquid solar technology in India by the end of the year.
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1 April 2011
Wind power accounted for 24 per cent more of the UK’s energy supply in the fourth quarter of 2010 than the equivalent period of 2009, according to the latest statistics from RenewableUK.
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1 April 2011
US-based solar manufacturer Ascent Solar CEO Farhad Moghadam has stepped down, with the company saying it will switch its strategy to focus on emerging markets.
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