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8 February 2012
centrotherm has been selected as the provider for the engineering and technology concept for a large-scale polysilicon project in Saudi Arabia by IDEA Polysilicon Company.
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8 February 2012
A Middle Eastern investment firm will reportedly look to source Chinese fuel cell and water treatment deals over the coming months.
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8 February 2012
US utility FirstEnergy will close three coal-fired power plants in West Virginia due to the recently finalised US Environmental Protection Agency Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.
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8 February 2012
An investment firm has been launched to source cleantech deals and facilitate access to the Middle Eastern markets.
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8 February 2012
Utility-scale commercial renewable projects are providing lower internal rates of return than smaller developments, according to one European cleantech investor.
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8 February 2012
A taskforce comprising of Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate, environmental regulators and renewable energy developers has published a blueprint to streamline the construction of offshore generation systems.
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8 February 2012
European photovoltaic manufacturing can survive in the face of competition from Asia because of its higher technical quality, according to the vice president of SolarWorld.
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8 February 2012
A major India-based finance house is reportedly planning to double its investment into renewable energy projects over the next year.
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8 February 2012
US power conversion specialist Satcon has formed a partnership with China’s Great Wall Computer Company to supply inverters to the Chinese solar market.
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8 February 2012
Newly-appointed UK Energy Minister Edward Davey has created a new team within the Department of Energy and Climate Change dedicated to energy efficiency.
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8 February 2012
Roger Stroud, executive chairman of Australian biofuel developer Algae.Tec has been appointed as a member of the advisory board for the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute at Curtin University in Perth.
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8 February 2012
Hawaii-based solar company the Hoku Corporation has secured an extension of the maturity date on two loans worth $50m provided by China’s Tianwei New Energy Holdings.
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8 February 2012
A new fund launched in the UK aims to offer both investment and access to the industry for cleantech innovators.
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8 February 2012
US car rental giant Hertz has unveiled a programme called Living Journey designed to make the company more sustainable and reduce its environmental impact.
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8 February 2012
US solar company Bella Energy has completed installation of a 1.65MW photovoltaic array on the roof of the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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8 February 2012
Danish wind energy company Vestas recorded revenue of €5.8bn in 2011, significantly below the original forecast of €7bn and less than preliminary figures released in January, causing CFO and deputy CEO Henrik Nørremark to resign.
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8 February 2012
A corporate investment group has launched a new, mid-market private equity fund with $500m of committed capital, which will include energy services within its focus.
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8 February 2012
A US start-up has told NewNet that it will look to secure strategic investment from either the cleantech private equity sector or a corporate partner.
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7 February 2012
German company SolarWorld has now purchased 95 per cent of shares in Solarparc and will look to integrate the company into the SolarWorld group.
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7 February 2012
UK cleantech company Eco Environments has partnered with Hugh Baird College in Liverpool to open a renewable energy training facility.
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