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29 April 2009
Ukraine has signed in a law entitled "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Electrical Power Engineering' to Stimulate Use of Alternative Sources of Ukraine" which calls for the country to stimulate the use of alternative energy sources.
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28 April 2009
Growth-oriented private equity firm Sverica International has closed its third private equity fund, Sverica International III. The lower-middle market focused investment firm initially targeted $250m and the final closing of SI III brings Sverica's total assets under management to over $425m.
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28 April 2009
Renewable energy company Finavera Renewables Inc. has closed the $500,000 non-brokered private placement.
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28 April 2009
Speaking at the National Academy of Sciences, US President Barack Obama pledged to increase investment in scientific research and innovation.
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27 April 2009
Global renewable energy company Clearview Acquisitions has changed its name to Helix Wind Corporation following an affirmative vote by stockholders. The name reflects the company's acquisition of Helix Wind Inc. in February of this year.
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27 April 2009
Green Star Alternative Energy has taken its first steps with private Serbian wind research company Vintim to build a 60MW wind project with the potential to explore further developments.
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27 April 2009
New York Power Authority CEO Richard Kessel has launched a public-private initiative for the development of wind power projects in the New York State area.
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27 April 2009
The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has made a $25m commitment to Asia Environmental Partners, a $250m equity fund focusing on renewable energy and environmental investments.
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27 April 2009
Long Island Power Authority and New York-based electric utility Consolidated Edison have launched a ‘wind collaborative' to advance their offshore wind farm project.
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24 April 2009
US President Barack Obama has announced that the US Department of the Interior has finalised a framework for renewable energy production on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The framework establishes a programme to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way for orderly, safe, and environmentally responsible renewable energy development activities, such as the siting and construction of off-shore wind farms, on the OCS.
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24 April 2009
Energy and environmental engineering company RMT has completed the engineering and construction of the Fowler Ridge I Wind Farm, a 400MW facility owned by BP Wind Energy and Dominion Resources, Inc. The facility is located in Benton County, about 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis, US.
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24 April 2009
UK renewables industry leaders welcomed Alistair Darling's Budget announcement of a package of measures to build a low carbon economy and further decarbonise electricity generation. The proposals include a potential £525m of new money through a review of the support mechanism for offshore wind.
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24 April 2009
A-Power Energy Generation Systems, a provider of distributed power generation systems in China has signed contracts with the subsidiaries of Anhui Wenergy, to build two biomass micro-grid electricity-generation systems in Anhui Province, for $75.3m (RMB516m).
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24 April 2009
US Congress should enact a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) this year in order to help fuel the growth of America's clean energy economy, Jim Robo, president and COO of energy company FPL Group, told Congress.
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23 April 2009
The EBRD has signed a €29m loan agreement with Megawatt Baltica to support a 50MW wind farm project in Poland which is due come online at the end of this year.
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23 April 2009
T Boone Pickens offered his measured support for President Obama recent speech on the US' plans for a green economy.
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23 April 2009
First Wind, an independent North American wind energy developer, has obtained a $376m financing for its 203.5MW Milford Wind Corridor Phase I project in the US, in Milford, Utah.
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22 April 2009
First Wind, a US wind power developer, has received approval from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for its 60MW Rollins Wind project in Maine, US following a permit application filed in October 2008.
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22 April 2009
In today's budget address, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced measures to support the UK's burgeoning green economy. These included £1bn in support of the fight against climate change and a commitment for the UK to cut CO2 emissions by 34 per cent by 2020.
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22 April 2009
Cascade Technologies, a gas analyser developer, will pursue projects in renewable energy, in particular solar, wind and geothermal opportunities.
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