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11 June 2010

Acciona appoints Miriam González Durantez as director, gets financial backing for Mexico wind farm

Just a day after announcing that the wife of UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Miriam González Durantez, will become a non-executive director, Spanish renewable energy company Acciona said ten financial entities have signed financing agreements for its Eurus windpark in Mexico.

11 June 2010

US business leaders call for government cleantech investment to jump to $16bn

US political and corporate heavyweights including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt have formed an alliance to lobby government into investing more than $16bn a year of clean energy innovation.

10 June 2010

KEMA appoints new supervisory board members

KEMA, a global authority in energy consulting and testing and certification, has appointed three new members to its supervisory board.

10 June 2010

Offshore engineering specialists SeaRoc adds renewable industry experts

Renewable industry experts Eric Briar and Toby Mead, both former members of environmental advisers Metoc, are set to join UK marine and offshore engineering specialists SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group.

8 June 2010

Cleantech project developer Clenergen reshuffles with new CEO

Clean technology project developer Clenergen's board of directors has approved three changes to the company's management team which will take immediate effect.

7 June 2010

Climate Change Capital appoints Stephen Lilley to oversee European renewable energy infrastructure team

Climate Change Capital (CCC), the environmental investment manager and advisory group, has set up a new European renewable energy infrastructure asset management team and has appointed Stephen Lilley to head it up.

2 June 2010

Hydratight appoints Juergen Schimohr to promote wind technology range

International bolting and joint-integrity service Hydratight has appointed Juergen Schimohr as its account manager, who will be responsible for promoting the company's wind product range.

2 June 2010

Private equity firm Ventizz expands partner team with promotion

German private equity firm Ventizz Capital Partners, which has a portfolio encompassing clean technology, has expanded its team of partners with the promotion of Björn Söndgerath as a fourth member.

2 June 2010

Ocean Power Technologies appoints Brian Posner as CFO

Publicly-listed wave-energy producer and developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has appointed former CFO of global manufacturer Power Medical Interventions and certified public accountant, Brian M Posner, as its new CFO.

2 June 2010

Solar Trust of America names John Clapp as CFO

Solar Trust of America, an integrated industrial solar solutions company, has appointed John Clapp as chief financial officer, effective immediately.

1 June 2010

Hydrogen battery developer ERRA hires former US Air Force general as COO to ‘break the grip of big oil’

Hydrogen battery producer Environmental, Revolutionary, Reliable; A Clean Alternative to Fuel Dependence (ERRA), based in San Antonio, Texas, has appointed former US Air Force three-star General Robert R Dierker as its first COO.

28 May 2010

Michael Rucker appointed CEO of juwi’s US wind division

Renewable energy project developer juwi Group has named Michael Rucker as CEO of its US wind division and has appointed Dr Frank Finzel to the executive team of its wind subsidiary.

27 May 2010

GWEC elects Dr Klaus Rave as chairman to replace outgoing Arthouros Zervos

Dr Klaus Rave has been elected as chairman of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) for a two-year term, replacing Arthouros Zervos who had been chairman since 2006.

27 May 2010

The Coakley Group appoints management team to oversee £22.5m eco-park

The Coakley Group, the Glasgow-based company behind a £22.5m biogas, waste management and renewable energy facility being constructed next to Scotland's M74 motorway, has appointed a new management team to oversee its development.

26 May 2010

Solar Frontier hires industry veteran to push European expansion

Tokyo-headquartered Showa Shell subsidiary, Solar Frontier, has hired energy veteran Wolfgang W Lange as its new European managing director to push its expansion in the continent forward.

26 May 2010

Future Capital Partners adds new business development manager to target Scotland and Northern Ireland

Future Capital Partners (FCP), a UK-based alternative investor with £6bn under management, has hired former Scottish Widows account manager, Alan Cross, as business development manager to develop the firm's relationships with intermediaries in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

25 May 2010

Geothermal developer Vulcan Power appoints new CFO and vice president of development

US-based geothermal energy project developer Vulcan Power Company has strengthened its executive team with two new key appointments, including naming Richard Atkinson its new CFO and Joseph Lessard as its new senior vice president of development.

25 May 2010

Professor Fred Schubert joins Magnolia Solar’s technical advisory board

Professor Fred Schubert, Wellfleet senior constellation professor of physics at the Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York, US, has joined Magnolia Solar's technical advisory board.

25 May 2010

Former UK PM Tony Blair becomes senior adviser to cleantech venture firm Khosla Ventures

Clean technology-focused Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures has hired former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as a senior adviser.

24 May 2010

Acciona Windpower furthers international expansion with new US CEO Joseph Baker

Former ABB executive and power technology expert Joseph Baker has become the new CEO of global wind turbine generator manufacturer ACCIONA Windpower.

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