company news
25 May 2012
The creation of marine energy parks is vital to the commercialisation of wave and tidal technologies, with early investment already starting to yield positive results.
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25 May 2012
The fast evolution of cloud-based technology is forcing IT giant Hewlett Packard to build new capacity to handle the reuse and recycling of its outdated hardware and told NewNet it is treating the process as a key part of its sustainability process.
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25 May 2012
Langlee Wave Power has launched its upgraded E1 Wave Energy Converter, reducing costs by 25 per cent.
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25 May 2012
French oil major Total and its solar cell subsidiary SunPower have commissioned a new photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing and assembly plant in the De Vernejoul industrial park in Porcelette, Eastern France.
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25 May 2012
US solar company Bella Energy has completed installation of a 1.65MW photovoltaic array on the roof of the Calvin L Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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25 May 2012
UK onshore wind developers are using the wrong arguments to try and convince local communities of the benefits of building facilities in their area, according to new research.
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24 May 2012
BBusiness conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra said that it will look to commission over 100MW of solar power projects across India over the next two to three years with partner Kiran Energy.
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24 May 2012
Implementing small scale energy efficiency measures can be more challenging than rolling out technology on a larger scale and companies within the sector are struggling to understand the needs and demands of homeowners, said energy management company Remake.
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24 May 2012
Solar project developer Recurrent Energy has brought three projects in the US state of California into commercial operation.
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24 May 2012
Siemens will recruit 160 new green apprentices to begin work at sites across the UK from September.
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24 May 2012
UK-based green energy company, Greenbuy Energy, is expanding into the agricultural sector securing its first contract to supply a farm with solar energy panels, in Sheffield.
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24 May 2012
UK-based Dawson Energy, part of the Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group, has completed work on Scottish & Southern Energy’s Griffin wind power project in Perthshire, UK leaving it valued at £1.5m.
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24 May 2012
Spanish construction company FCC has opened a new 50 MW solar thermal energy plant in the Alicante province.
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24 May 2012
Solar energy is set to benefit 10 million low-income people living in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean from commitments between Barefoot Power to the Business Call to Action (BCtA).
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24 May 2012
Goldman Sachs will pump $40bn into the renewable energy sector over the next decade to tap into what it sees as one of the biggest profit opportunities since the rise of the emergence of the emerging markets.
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24 May 2012
Oil giant BP will invest $400m in air pollution reduction equipment at its Whitting refinery in Indiana.
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24 May 2012
India’s environmental sector is an investment area shielded from macro-economics and ripe for development, according to Aloe Private Equity, which is an active investor in the market.
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24 May 2012
China-based solar company Trina Solar has reported a $29.8m net loss in the first quarter of 2012, leaving a 34.7 per cent drop in its gross profit.
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24 May 2012
The UK needs to do more to promote the positive economic impacts of the energy industry, according to Keith Anderson, chief corporate officer of Scottish Power.
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23 May 2012
United Technologies has hinted that it may sell its fuel cell business in the future as it edges closer to the review of its portfolio.
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