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22 May 2013
UK utility SSE reported pre-tax profits of £1.4bn for the 12 months to the end of March, an increase of 5.6 per cent against the previous year.
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22 May 2013
Wind turbine maker Gamesa will cut its headcount by 394 as it closes two Spanish production plants and restructures a third.
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21 May 2013
A123 Systems, which previously received a $249m Department of Energy (DOE) grant, has been given final approval for its reorganisation plant by a Delaware bankruptcy judge.
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21 May 2013
Scottish technology start-up Linknode has created an augmented 3D reality app that will allow wind farm developers to see an animated vision of their project while standing on the proposed site.
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21 May 2013
The UK’s Carbon Trust has unveiled a research project designed to cut the cost of offshore wind power by increasing the energy yields from Round 3 wind farms.
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21 May 2013
ScottishPower Renewables-owned Pelamis has completed the first year of testing of its P2 wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
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21 May 2013
Chilean renewable energy developer Ecopower has filed for permits to develop a $250m wind farm in the country’s Los Lagos region.
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21 May 2013
Developer of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi Eco City Vehicles has seen its revenues increase by 38 per cent to £30.5m.
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21 May 2013
Environmental consultancy Atmos Consulting has submitted a planning application for a 49MW wind farm at Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, on behalf of Falck Renewables Wind and RDC Partners.
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21 May 2013
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk said in a Twitter post that the company will repay its government loan this week with its Supercharger announcement pushed back.
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21 May 2013
Singapore’s Sembcorp has commissioned the $1bn Salalah Independent Water and Power Plant in Oman yesterday marking an increase in bilateral trade between the two countries.
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21 May 2013
A court has dismissed a $40m case brought by LDK Solar against Canadian Solar over wafer supply contracts in 2007.
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20 May 2013
UK telecoms giant BT will source 100 per cent of its annual £256m electricity spend in the UK from renewable energy through an agreement signed with RWE npower.
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20 May 2013
NTE Hybrid, the hybrid renewable energy technology joint venture between NTE Energy and Energy Investors Funds (EIF), has secured its second set of patents.
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20 May 2013
As rumours abound that a number of Indian green businesses are considering an East Asia listing, the fortunes of listed cleantech businesses in the region tell a mixed fortune as to the success of being on the public market.
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20 May 2013
The first Desertec concept solar power plant, the largest yet to be built in North Africa, has begun construction in Morocco, in a welcome boost to the initiative after a series of setbacks hampered its efforts last year.
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20 May 2013
Dong Energy’s Anholt Offshore wind farm had its 111th turbine installed yesterday, completing the turbine construction phase of the project.
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20 May 2013
Gamesa has confirmed reports that the company now meets Brazil’s local content requirements for the wind sector that were put in place four months ago.
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17 May 2013
The first of 160 turbines has been installed at the North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables.
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17 May 2013
UK solar company PV Crystalox has released its interim statement, saying it expects wafer shipments of 75MW to 85MW for the first half of 2013.
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