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26 April 2013
Neste Oil will invest €42m on improving energy efficiency and operational reliability at its Porvoo, Sweden refinery.
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26 April 2013
Electric vehicle-maker Fisker looks set to become the next high-profile government backed cleantech failure after Solyndra, inevitably provoking a fresh round of criticism over US President Obama’s clean energy strategy and further denting green investor confidence.
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26 April 2013
Motor car giant Honda told NewNet it will continue to invest in alternative sources of energy as it aims to drastically cut emissions as its manufacturing plants after a subsidiary spends $50m on a Brazilian wind farm.
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26 April 2013
REpower, the German wind turbine arm of Indian group Suzlon, will cut 750 staff as it aims to streamline operations to cut costs by €100m.
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26 April 2013
Batteries that could make solar and wind energy major suppliers to the national grid have been developed by researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University.
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26 April 2013
An Airbus A320 owned by China Eastern Airlines has successfully carried out a flight powered by biofuel made of palm and recycled cooking oil produced by Sinopec.
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25 April 2013
The development of solar farms on agricultural land provides stability for farmers whilst also improving the amount of clean energy flowing into the UK grid, says Lightsource Renewable Energy.
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25 April 2013
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology recorded a 425 per cent rise in net profit in the first quarter compared with last year against declining revenues.
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25 April 2013
Lightsource Renewable Energy is holding a community consultation to discuss a proposed 6MW solar farm Northwold, UK.
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25 April 2013
Jaguar Land Rover chief technical specialist Mike Richardson told NewNet consumer expectations and misunderstanding of plug in electric vehicles (PEV) capabilities is still slowing adoption.
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25 April 2013
Solar electricity company REC has begun operations at its 9.5MW Chiang Rai, Thailand, solar power plant.
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25 April 2013
The BRE National Solar Centre (NSC) has been officially opened by Energy Minister Greg Barker in St Austell, Cornwall to act as an innovation hub for the country.
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25 April 2013
Retailer Sainsbury’s has joined phase two of the UKH2 Mobility project, an initiative to provide a ‘roadmap’ for the introduction of vehicles and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in the UK of which ITM Power is also a partner.
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25 April 2013
SoloPower, a venture-backed CIGS solar business, is closing its Portland manufacturing plant in the US state of Oregon in a further effort to reduce operations.
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25 April 2013
DP CleanTech Group is restructuring its European operations, with its Tonder manufacturing operations in Denmark put into receivership.
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25 April 2013
Electric vehicle manufacturers such as Renault, Nissan, and BMW are working together in Europe to develop and deploy universal chargers that will be able to charge any car as the sector fails to gain much traction among consumers.
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24 April 2013
Iberdrola’s first quarter results today showed profit reductions of 14 per cent, representing €878.6m, compared with €1.02bn in the same period last year.
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24 April 2013
Silver Spring Networks has continued its growth trajectory by extending its offering in the street lighting controls area and cementing its presence in Malaysia.
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24 April 2013
Infinergy to double its proposed wind power investments in Scotland with three additional sites now on its radar.
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23 April 2013
The Department of Energy (DOE) has seized $21m from struggling electric car maker Fisker Automotive.
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