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24 March 2009
A pair of electricity-producing stacks built for the US Department of Energy by Versa Power Systems, a developer of solid oxide fuel cells, have surpassed 5,000 hours of continuous operation, the company said.
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24 March 2009
Texan alternative energy company Gulf Alternative Energy Corporation has changed its named from Gulf Ethanol Corp.
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24 March 2009
First Solar, a US photovoltaic solar company, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, an electric power supplier in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.
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24 March 2009
SC Landfill Energy, made up of equity partners Marina Energy and DCO Energy, will sell the electricity of its 2MW landfill gas-to-electric facility to Salem County Improvement Authority in a newly-signed 20-year agreement.
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24 March 2009
Brown Advisory, an independent investment firm with offices in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., London and Boston, has agreed to acquire Winslow Management Company, an investment firm focusing on green technology.
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24 March 2009
Northeast Biofuels has received the go-ahead from the Bankruptcy Court to conduct an auction for the sale of its assets, following a voluntary petition filed in January of this year.
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24 March 2009
Greg Nelson of the US Office of Public Liaison has reiterated President Obama's vision of a clean energy future for the US. Nelson said the budget would help pave the way to give businesses the tools and stability they to prosper in the growing green economy.
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24 March 2009
South Carolina's bioenergy researchers have teamed up to study how the US state's agricultural resources can be used to tackle the nation's dependency on fossil fuels.
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24 March 2009
Plans to connect vast amounts of future UK offshore wind energy to the national grid were firmed up, with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem announcing a new regulatory framework to connect offshore renewable projects to the onshore grid.
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24 March 2009
Pelamis Wave Power, a Scottish manufacturer of hydro power, offered an update on its Portuguese Agucadoura Wave Farm project having been commissioned during the summer and autumn of 2008.
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24 March 2009
Asset management firm Robeco and TEDA International, a newly established company from Tianjin Investment Holding, which is mandated to hold all the financial assets under the Tianjin Government, have set up a joint venture. Robeco TEDA Investment Management Company will launch a new vehicle, the Robeco TEDA Sustainable Private Equity Fund.
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24 March 2009
Polaris Geothermal has finalised the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement of up to CAN$2m in units. Each unit is worth CAN$0.45 and consists of a common share and on common share purchase warrant.
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23 March 2009
Sencera, a photovoltaic modules manufacturer, has received $5.2m funding after successfully placing single-junction silicon solar cells with an initial 8.7 per cent sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency under standard test conditions.
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23 March 2009
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced plans to accelerate the development of a smarter grid for the country's electric transmission system.
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23 March 2009
Global energy company Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has finalised the $320m acquisition of a 50 per cent equity stake in the existing Caribbean portfolio of Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese trading company.
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23 March 2009
Linde North America, a member of the engineering company The Linde Group, has unveiled a new technology to fuel hydrogen vehicles.
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23 March 2009
Americas Waste to Energy Corp will deploy the first Biosphere Gasification System in Georgia, US in an agreement with Toombs County board of commissioners.
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23 March 2009
Global management consulting firm Accenture has formed the Accenture Intelligent City Network designed to bring together city authorities and utilities who are committed to deploying smart electric grids.
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23 March 2009
National Semiconductor Corp, a provider of energy-efficient analogue, has acquired US-based Act Solar, Inc., a solar energy company. No financial terms were disclosed.
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23 March 2009
China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions, a solar solutions distributor, has appointed Veronica Jing Chen as CFO with immediate effect.
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