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27 July 2010
Energy regulator Ofgem will implement new controls to drive forward the UK smart grid and encourage the £32bn of investment needed in the next ten years to support the move towards a low-carbon network.
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27 July 2010
Marrying low-cost Chinese manufacturing and US technological expertise, innovative solar technology developer Innovalight has signed a research and production deal with Chinese solar module manufacturer Yingli Green Energy.
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26 July 2010
Wind and wave energy company Finavera Renewables has entered into a $7.5m project development partnership with GE Energy for a number of its Canadian wind projects.
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26 July 2010
European renewable energy company 9REN Group has completed a €80m financing package for 22MW of solar projects in Italy with a syndicate of three banks
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26 July 2010
Chinese biofuel producer Zhuhai Oil New Energy Science and Technology has recently increased plant production to 60 metric tons per hour, according to Pink Sheet-listed biotechnology company Biomagnetics, which agreed to acquire it last week.
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26 July 2010
The US subsidiary of global renewable power company Iberdrola Renovables has become the recipient of the largest ever US clean energy grant, receiving $170m in stimulus funds for the start-up of the Cayuga Ridge wind farm.
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26 July 2010
Boeing has unveiled its ecoDemonstrator programme for accelerating environmental technologies, which will focus on the areas of fuel efficiency, noise reduction and operational efficiency, speeding up time-to-market for next generation systems.
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26 July 2010
Canadian Solar, which last month came under fire from the Securities Exchange Commission for allegedly overstating its earnings and concealing information about its business operations, has announced that it is opening an Italian sales office in Rome.
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26 July 2010
Employees at a hydroelectric plant being built in the southern Amazon region of Brazil have been held hostage by indigenous protesters, according to reports.
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26 July 2010
The US state of Nevada is on track to become the world's top geothermal energy producer as it will have an economic output of $22.5bn over the next 30 years, according to the Geothermal Energy Association.
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26 July 2010
A US energy bill set to be introduced this week is likely to avoid climate change measures previously viewed as key by the Democrats to ensure a bill is passed before the summer recess.
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26 July 2010
German renewable energy project developer juwi Group is to move its wind energy headquarters in the US to the same location as its solar panel division.
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26 July 2010
New legislation in the US state of New York has been passed that specifically exempts flywheel-based energy storage facilities of less than 80MW from New York Public Service Commission jurisdiction.
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26 July 2010
UK recycling, waste management and energy recovery company Cory Environmental’s former director for the Riverside Resource Recovery project, Peter Gerstrom, has become its new CEO following Malcolm Ward’s departure.
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26 July 2010
ITT Water & Wastewater has secured a £1.5m direct pump maintenance contract with Yorkshire Water in the UK.
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26 July 2010
Former Vestas employees have set up a new wind turbine business on the Isle of Wight called Sureblades, a year after Vestas closed its wind turbine factory on the island.
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26 July 2010
Under newly-unveiled guidelines, Indian ministers have designated NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, the power trading arm of state-owned power company NTPC, to select projects to produce 1GW of capacity in the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.
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26 July 2010
Highlands and Islands Enterprise-backed engineering company Calder Engineering has diversified into the offshore wind industry.
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26 July 2010
Global solar module producer Solon and venture capital-backed Australian solar start-up Bright Generation have partnered to integrate Solon Black solar modules into Bright Generation’s combined photovoltaic and thermal solar systems.
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26 July 2010
Ministers in Scotland are in talks with the UK government to determine how to make The Crown Estate ensure that Scotland benefits fully from its natural resources.
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