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17 May 2012
African Development Bank (ADB) has approved $436m worth of financing for a power project in Morocco and two other investments in Africa.
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17 May 2012
The installation of underwater turbine in Orkney, Scotland has been successfully completed and is currently providing homes and businesses on the island of Eday with electricity.
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17 May 2012
Biofuels company KiOR has seen its Nasdaq-listed stock upgraded to a ‘buy’ rating from investment bank Citigroup, as its facility under construction in Columbus steams ahead.
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17 May 2012
India-based conglomerate Welspun has won two tenders to build photovoltaic plants in Madhya Pradesh, with a combined capacity of 125MW.
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17 May 2012
Italian EPC contractor Protesa has completed installation of a 1MW photovoltaic plant in the province of Bologna.
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17 May 2012
Scottish companies Burcote Wind and Wind Towers have signed an agreement securing Burcote’s billion-pound development plans to support jobs and manufacturing in the region.
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17 May 2012
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Vallley energy investor, has made an undisclosed investment into US distributed energy business Gen110.
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17 May 2012
UK cleantech company Anesco has commenced work on the construction of a 5MW photovoltaic plant in New Forest, South East England.
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17 May 2012
US metering specialist Cyan Holdings has won its largest ever order with a $1m deal from an unnamed business in India.
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17 May 2012
US community-focussed renewable developer Juhl Wind made a net loss of $414,000 in the first quarter, compared to a $2.8m profit in the same period last year.
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17 May 2012
US renewable component supplier Satcon has been contracted by Western Wind and Lord Electric to supply power conversion equipment for a 30MW solar farm in Puerto Rico.
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17 May 2012
Pairan, a solar company that uses the tagline ‘Made in Germany’ has become the latest specialist in the country to begin insolvency proceedings.
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17 May 2012
Through 2011 and to date in 2012, the energy services sector has seen a heightened level of M&A activity, with a number of independent service providers being acquired by large global companies.
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17 May 2012
Rich countries must do more in providing equity finance and technology to the developing world, it has been stated at the UNFCCC conference in Bonn.
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17 May 2012
German Chancellor, Angel Merkel, has fired her environment minister after he led her party to a regional election defeat.
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17 May 2012
UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) added 570MW of additional renewable energy capacity over the financial year ending 31 March.
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17 May 2012
Water treatment solutions and technology specialist Desalitech has secured an equity investment by Liberation Capital.
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16 May 2012
US electric transport specialist the Balqon Corporation has been contracted to retrofit six electric-powered yard tractors at the port of Los Angeles, in a deal worth $650,000.
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16 May 2012
One of the main challenges currently facing the emerging energy storage industry is finding the right technology that can be successfully adaptaed to a range of product.
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16 May 2012
The uptick in price volatility of the world’s major resources creates opportunity to invest in alternatives to traditional resources and in technologies that maximise the potential of those we are extracting, an industry expert has said.
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