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12th March 2010
Global solar installations totaled 15,000MW at the end of 2008 with Chinese production sky-rocketing to five times the output of the US, according to figures released by the Earth Policy Institute (EPI).
10th March 2010
Spanish renewable energy company Acciona Energy has won a €450m contract to construct and operate three wind parks in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, beating rivals Iberdrola Renovables and Elecnor.
10th March 2010
Geothermal services company ThermaSource and Nevada, US-based renewable energy company Ram Power, through its subsidiary Polaris Energy Nicaragua, have announced a drilling contract for the geothermal development of the San Jacinto-Tizate Project in Nicaragua.
10th March 2010
Canadian solar LED developer Carmanah Technologies Corporation and airfield technology company ADB Airfield Solutions are to expand a partnership agreement to include Europe, South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, focused on solar-powered LED airfield lights manufactured by Carmanah.
5th March 2010
The United Nations has selected members for a new international advisory group focused on climate change financing that will work towards mobilising funds discussed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December.
4th March 2010
An urgent review of global biofuel policies is needed, with current targets over ambitious or unsustainable, according to a report by the International Energy Forum.
2nd March 2010
Credit ratings and index firm Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is to launch a risk assessment tool for carbon projects after signing an agreement with data analytics firm, Point Carbon.
2nd March 2010
The 2009 turnover of renewable energy project development firm juwi was dominated for the first time by its international business instead of domestic activity in Germany and told NewNet it plans to increase its American wind business in the coming year.
1st March 2010
The global pulp and paper industry has witnessed a rapid worldwide expansion in the use of biomass for its energy generation, according to a report by forest industry consultancy Wood Resources International.
1st March 2010
Sustainable plant oil company SG Biofuels, which specialises in the development of jatropha as a sustainable source of oil, has launched JMax 100, a proprietary cultivar of jatropha optimised for growing conditions in Guatemala.
23rd February 2010
The United Nations will host an extra round of climate change takes in Bonn, Germany, this April in an effort to revive climate change talks.
23rd February 2010
The Founders Club, a group of venture capital-backed CEOs and founders, is looking to recruit a cleantech chairman ahead of launching a dedicated portfolio, founder and general partner Andrew Romans told NewNet.
19th February 2010
Four months after signing a memorandum of understanding, Brazilian ethanol producer ETH has agreed to take over domestic rival Companhia Brasileira de Energia Renovável (Brenco) to form one of the world’s largest ethanol companies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
19th February 2010
Global battery designer and manufacturer for industry and defence, Saft, is supplying a 3MW energy storage system to the world’s largest hybrid wind and diesel power project on the Caribbean island of Bonaire, to ensure a continuous supply of grid electricity.
19th February 2010
Toshiba International has signed a contract to supply three 324MVA hydro power generators to Colombian power company Isagen in partnership with Mitsui & Company Plant Systems, which will be installed at the Sogamoso hydro power plant in Santander state, Colombia.
18th February 2010
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Yvo de Boer will resign and join KPMG as climate change adviser in an effort to reach out to the business community after politicians failed to agree on binding measures at the Copenhagen summit.
18th February 2010
Peru will sign a number of contracts to secure its renewable energy supply for the next 20 years in March, in what it has been described as an important milestone in the history of the country’s energy.
17th February 2010
US venture capital firm Stratus Group said it will invest BRL10m ($5.4m) in the Brazilian arm of US biofuel producer Amyris Biotechnologies.
16th February 2010
Technology innovation firm 3M has entered into a strategic relationship with MAMA Sustainable Incubation, a newly formed technology incubator based in Germany that specialises in developing solutions for the renewable energy markets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
1st February 2010
Global energy giant Shell and Brazilian fuel and crop company Cosan have announced plans to form a $12bn joint venture in Brazil for the production of ethanol, sugar and power, and the supply, distribution and retail of transportation fuels.
26th January 2010
Global conglomerate Siemens’ energy division Siemens Energy and Brazilian electrical energy research centre CEPEL have partnered to supply new energy management systems to the Brazilian grid operator ONS.
25th January 2010
European biofuel company Abengoa Bioenergy and US electric cooperative coalition Mid-Kansas Electric Company have announced plans to develop of the first commercial-scale hybrid cellulosic ethanol and power plant in the US, Abengoa Bioenergy Hybrid of Kansas (ABHK).
22nd January 2010
Brazilian biodiesel developer Petrobras Biocombustivel has acquired a 40 per cent stake in sugarcane company Total Agroindustria Canavieira’s biofuel Brazilian refinery, according to reports.
22nd January 2010
Global energy company AES Corporation’s Brazilian division has sold a 14 per cent interest in Brazilian electric utility Cemig (Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais) to construction company Andrade Gutierrez, according to reports.
22nd January 2010
Emerging markets power generator Globeleq Generation has acquired a 70 per cent majority interest in Energias Renovables de Mesoamerica (ERM), which owns, operates and develops wind projects in Central America.
21st January 2010
Magma Energy has been awarded a 100,000 hectare Pellado geothermal property, 300km south of Santiago, by the Chilean government.
20th January 2010
Global energy developer Areva has been awarded three bioenergy contracts totalling €260m in Brazil and Thailand.
19th January 2010
Energy giant GE and Brazil’s federal energy company Petrobras have teamed what they claim is the world’s first use of sugarcane-based ethanol in a gas turbine system to produce electricity on a full commercial scale.
18th January 2010
The World Bank has approved an $8.53m grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Brazilian cities of Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and São Paulo.
14th January 2010
Portugal-based renewable energy consultant Megajoule is to open new offices in Fortaleza, Brazil and Warsaw, Poland.
13th January 2010
Following on from global agribusiness Bunge’s agreement to own 100 per cent of Brazil-based sugarcane mill company Usina Moema Participacoes in December, it has reached further agreements to become the owner of additional interests in the Moema Group cluster of sugarcane mills located in Brazil.
13th January 2010
New Zealand energy investment firm World Energy Research (WER) has secured an agreement to build hydroelectric turbines in Central America’s Guatemala.
12th January 2010
Global energy and transmission company AREVA T&D has received $400m order from special purpose company IE Madeira, for a 600KV high voltage direct current (HVDC) bipole in Brazil to connect the company’s hydroelectric power plants to the world’s longest power transmission line.
6th January 2010
NYSE-listed global agribusiness Bunge has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Usina Moema Participacoes, a holding company that wholly owns one sugarcane mill in Brazil and has ownership interests in five others.
17th December 2009
Brazil has held its first energy sale directed exclusively at wind power. More than 1,800MW of wind energy was contracted $82.8 per MWh. The proceeds of the auction will allow for the construction of 71 generation projects across five states in the northeast and south of the country.
14th December 2009
Cetrel, a provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, and industrial enzymes producer Novozymes, have announced a research partnership to explore the possibilities of converting sugarcane waste into energy in the region.
8th December 2009
Nordic Windpower’s first three two-bladed wind turbines for community and distributed wind energy projects in North and South America have been delivered to Rocha, Uruguay.
8th December 2009
Latin America offers an attractive environment for investing in clean energy and carbon according to cleantech focused private equity firm Plane Tree Capital.
3rd December 2009
US small-scale wind power manufacturer Helix Wind is to replace 2.3MW of fossil thermal power with wind in Argentina, in partnership with turnkey energy solutions company EDAL.
13th November 2009
Listed India-based biofuels and sugar manufacturer Shree Renuka Sugars has agreed to acquire Brazil-based sugar and ethanol producer, Vale Do Ivai, for a total consideration of $82m.
3rd November 2009
Plutonic Power and investment partner GE Energy Financial Services are awaiting final approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission for the acquisition of the Dokie Wind Project from EarthFirst Canada and the completion of project financing.
2nd November 2009
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending arm of the European Union, has allocated $211m in project finance loans to Gas de France-Suez Group to develop three hydroelectric facilities in Panama.
28th October 2009
Vestas has received an order for 51 units of the V80-2MW wind turbine for the Oaxaca one project to be located in the municipality of Santo Domingo de Ingenio, Mexico.
27th October 2009
Geothermal power company Magma Energy and Ram Power’s wholly owned subsidiary, Polaris Geothermal, have jointly won an international bid for two geothermal concessions known as Volcán Mombacho and Caldera de Apoyo in Nicaragua.
20th October 2009
The first report by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, says some first generation biofuels such as ethanol from sugar cane can have positive impacts in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.
12th October 2009
Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings Inc has signed a letter of intent with Ace Biofuels of San Juan, Puerto Rico to license product formulations, manufacturing technology and know-how from NGBF with the intent of constructing a biofuel manufacturing facility and marketing NGBF biofuel in Puerto Rico.
12th October 2009
Representatives from sustainability-focused organisations GVEP and GTZ have handed out $280,000 in grants to the first two of an expected 25 winners of the IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest, a competition devoted to improve energy access and develop renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
9th October 2009
Senior UN representatives were among those calling for priority to be given to renewable energy in addressing energy poverty in the developing world at a renewable energy conference joint-organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Mexican Ministry of Energy (SENER).
8th October 2009
Mexico is to sign the International Renewable Energy Agency’s statute to promote renewable energy.
6th October 2009
Chinese construction and industrial group Sinohydro has signed an agreement with Ecuador to construct the $1.97bn Coca Codo Sinclair hydropower plant, according to reports.
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