North America

29 January 2010

Evergreen Energy increases public offering to $8.7m

NYSE-listed US energy efficiency company Evergreen Energy has entered into definitive agreements to increase its registered direct public offering by around $1.7m to $8.7m.

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29 January 2010

Energy efficiency company Fuel Tech secures $2.6m of emission control orders

NASDAQ-listed US emissions control technology developer Fuel Tech has received $2.6m in multiple air pollution control contracts.

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29 January 2010

ECD and Enfinity to develop 10MW of rooftop solar installations in Canada

NASDAQ-listed US solar integrator Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) and global solar developer Enfinity plan to co-develop a 10MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in Ontario, Canada.

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29 January 2010

Carmanah partners with JEC to distribute solar LEDs across Asia

Canadian solar LED developer Carmanah Technologies has entered into a distribution agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered engineering contractor Jardine Engineering (JEC), under which JEC will distribute Carmanah's solar LED lighting products throughout Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines and Thailand.

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29 January 2010

US DOE closes $1.4bn loan to Nissan to advance electric vehicles

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed its $1.4bn loan agreement with Nissan North America to refurbish its Smyrna, Tennessee, factory used to build advanced electric automobiles and an advanced battery manufacturing facility.

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29 January 2010

Wind turbine factory to drive an energy revolution in Wales, says BWEA

UK engineering firm Mabey Bridge has recently agreed to invest £38m in a Chepstow-based factory to build and paint wind turbine towers.

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28 January 2010

Amtech’s total fiscal 2010 solar orders surpass $70m

NASDAQ-listed global solar cell manufacturing equipment supplier Amtech Systems' solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, has received approximately $19m in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from new and existing customers in Asia.

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28 January 2010

Iberdrola sees huge growth in wind energy production

Global wind power company Iberdrola Renovables increased its electricity production by 26.4 per cent or 4,492 million KWh in 2009 to 21,490 million kWh.

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28 January 2010

Semprius and Siemens to develop plug-and-play solar systems

Semprius and Siemens Industry have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop and deploy plug-and-play demonstration systems based on Semprius' solar module arrays and Siemens' automation and control components.

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28 January 2010

Mercury Cable & Energy and Jordana Electric to market smart conductors in Mexico

California-based developer of high voltage composite reinforced conductors (HVCRC) for electrical transmission lines, Mercury Cable & Energy's operating subsidiary has engaged Jordana Electric to represent its HVCRC Smart Conductor product line in Mexico.

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28 January 2010

Constellation Energy appoints head for solar sales and green initiatives

NYSE-listed energy company Constellation Energy has appointed Michael D Smith to lead solar sales and green initiatives for the company's competitive retail energy businesses.

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28 January 2010

Obama proposes new climate bill and energy efficiency rebatesp

As part of his State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama announced plans to introduce a new climate bill and offer reimbursements to US citizens who make their homes more energy efficient in his vision for a clean energy economy.

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28 January 2010

Glendale biogas plant begins generating energy for Arizona, US utility APS

The 2.8MW Glendale biogas power plant located at the City of Glendale's municipal landfill is now on line. Owned and operated by Glendale Energy, an affiliate of Sexton Energy, the plant is sending all its energy to Arizona, US utility APS's customers.

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27 January 2010

BP Solar expands Jabil deal

BP Solar, the subsidiary of global energy conglomerate BP, has extended and expanded a deal it struck with global electronics company Jabil Circuit last October, according to reports.

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27 January 2010

US state of Iowa approves final $5.25m grant award for Poet ethanol plant

The US state of Iowa's Department of Economic Development has approved an agreement for the final $5.25m in financial assistance to US biofuel developer Poet to develop a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant that will produce ethanol from corn cobs.

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27 January 2010

Veolia Environmental Services appoints new senior vice president

US waste and environmental company Veolia Environmental Services North America (VESNA) has appointed Michael Slattery as its senior vice president and general counsel.

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27 January 2010

Energy efficiency company Evergreen Energy raises $7m through direct offering

NYSE-listed energy efficiency company Evergreen Energy has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors in a registered direct offering with gross proceeds of approximately $7m.

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27 January 2010

Joule Biotechnology appoints former Solazyme vice president to lead business development

US biotechnology company Joule has appointed Dr Troy Campione as senior vice president of corporate development.

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27 January 2010

Ciris closes financing round to develop coal to methane technology

US emerging energy production company Ciris Energy has closed a round of financing with Braemar Energy Ventures, Rho Ventures and General Electric Energy Financial Services, a subsidiary of global electric company NYSE-listed GE. The value of the financing was not disclosed.

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27 January 2010

US wind energy industry installs record energy capacity in 2009p

The US wind industry has broken previous records by installing nearly 10,000MW of new generating capacity in 2009 but still lags in manufacturing, according to the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) fourth quarter report.

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