Europe
28 May 2009
The Energy Technologies Institute has developed the Energy Systems Model to help identify those technologies capable of having the greatest impact for 2050.
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28 May 2009
Carbon capture and storage energy security in Europe, liberalisation of energy markets and offshore wind were the key points of the EC-Norway energy dialogue between Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Terje Riis-Johansen.
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28 May 2009
Oerlikon Systems, an industrial group specialising in plant engineering, has demonstrated its new production solution for the manufacturing of crystalline solar cells.
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28 May 2009
The Scottish Government has underlined its commitment to delivering a greener Government, with the publication of its Carbon Management Plan.
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28 May 2009
Californian solar photovoltaic company Signet Solar and Italian based wind producer Moncada Energy Group have signed an agreement for Signet to supply a minimum of 7.7MWp of its thin film solar modules before the close of 2009 and a continued supply in 2010 and beyond.
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28 May 2009
IBM, an international computer technology company, is making $3bn available to finance IT initiatives in key economic stimulus projects in Europe and Asia-Pacific through its lending and leasing business segment, IBM Global Financing.
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28 May 2009
The German city of Lünen is building a dedicated biogas network, powered by agricultural waste, offering an alternative to oil, coal and Russian gas.
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28 May 2009
Advanced Plasma Power, a UK waste-to-energy company, has entered into a partnership with Leveraged Green Energy, a private equity fund focused on investing in renewable energy assets, to spread APP's Gasplasma technology across international markets.
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28 May 2009
Belgian private equity firm Gimv invests €1.5m in the first financing round of Belgian cleantech company NovoPolymers, alongside venture capital firm Capricorn Venture Partners. Gimv and Capricorn both acted as co-lead investors in a total financing round of €3m.
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27 May 2009
Neste Oil, a refining and marketing company, has laid the foundation stones for its renewable diesel plant in the Port of Rotterdam, Holland.
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27 May 2009
Wind turbine supplier REpower Systems has signed an agreement with a consortium of banks led by Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort - a brand of Commerzbank - Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs, HSH Nordbank, and The Royal Bank of Scotland for a syndicated loan of €600m.
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27 May 2009
Infrastructure, finance and media giant GE invested $1.4bn in cleaner technology research and development in 2008, up from $750m in 2005. The company has also reduced its own greenhouse gas intensity, and is making progress against its other goals for revenue growth, water and technology innovation, according to a statement.
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27 May 2009
Lidl, a European food supermarket, is pursuing its focus on solar technology under the slogan ‘Auf dem Weg nach Morgen' (on the route to tomorrow) with the conclusion of a framework agreement for the installation and maintenance of solar systems.
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27 May 2009
Dutch energy company Eneco will go ahead and build the Enecogen gas fired power plant Enecogen in the Rotterdam port area in collaboration with DONG Energy.
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27 May 2009
Solar photovoltaic company Tigo Energy has closed its second round of venture funding. The $10m round was led by Israel Cleantech Ventures, and joined by existing investors Matrix Partners, OVP and Clal Energy.
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26 May 2009
GT Solar, a global provider of specialised equipment and technology for the solar power industry, today announced that it has received final acceptance for the design, installation and commissioning of the first integrated photovoltaic solar wafer and cell turnkey fabrication line in Greece.
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26 May 2009
RUSNANO, the supervisory council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, has given the corporation's involvement in a solar module project the go-ahead.
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26 May 2009
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, has been awarded a contract to supply high purity gases to an Italian thin-film solar module manufacturing plant.
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26 May 2009
Solar power harvesting start-up SolarEdge Technologies, an innovative solar power harvesting start-up, today announced the appointment of Zvi Lando to the position of vice president of global sales. In this capacity, Lando will direct worldwide sales efforts for the company, according to a statement.
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26 May 2009
Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of photovoltaic systems for commercial rooftops, has signed a new long-term sales contract with solar integrator EBITSCHenergietechnik, based in Zapfendorf, Germany. The contract, worth up to $115m, extends through 2013 and brings Solyndra's contractual backlog to approximately $1.8bn, according to the company.
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