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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).
12th March 2010
Israel-headquartered biofuel developer Evogene’s revenues for fiscal 2009 nearly tripled to $10m at the end of the year, compared to $3.4m for the same period in 2008.
11th March 2010
Energy major Siemens has won a €30m contract from the Dubai-based Federal Electricity and Water Authority to carry out the build and modernisation of substations in its northern emirates to improve the power supply network.
10th March 2010
AIM-listed Modern Water said its entrance into the Chinese market and the deployment of its technology in Gibraltar and Oman were key factors in the company moving towards commercialisation during 2009, its executive chairman Neil McDougall told NewNet.
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.
9th March 2010
Chinese domestic water treatment equipment supplier Duoyuan Global Water has appointed engineering and construction specialist David Nickols to its board of directors.
8th March 2010
Listed energy developer Bergamo Acquisition has announced a new, $500m solar power project for the Republic of Lebanon.
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.
2nd March 2010
Germany’s largest solar firm by revenue SolarWorld is to expand its manufacturing base with a $500m investment into a Qatar production facility, in a move that will shield itself to upcoming changes in its domestic market.
1st March 2010
Berlin-based clean energy storage specialist Heliocentris Fuel Cells has secured a further order for the supply of its technology to the PAEET (Public Authority for Applied Education and Training) training centre in Kuwait.
23rd February 2010
Driving safety technology company GreenRoad has secured $10m in financing from Generation Investment Management to support the expansion of its business.
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.
18th February 2010
Reports suggest that a new feed-in tariff incentive policy for solar power installations below 50KW, to be set up by the Israeli Public Utilities Authority, has been authorised by Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure.
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
Californian solar power provider eSolar has signed a deal with Ferrostaal to provide solar power plants in countries around the world including Spain, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.
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.
10th February 2010
CellEra, a fuel cell start-up based in Israel, has raised $2m in funding from Israel Cleantech Ventures and BrainsToVentures, to add to the $2m it raised from Cleantech Ventures in 2009, according to reports.
20th January 2010
Israeli biotechnology company Rahan Meristem has announced it will engage in developing protocols for the mass propagation of selected plants to produce biodiesel.
20th January 2010
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to spend £1m of joint funding to renewable energy policy research.
19th January 2010
Mubadala Development Company’s renewable energy subsidiary Masdar and utility company E.ON have agreed to establish a joint venture renewable energy company called E.ON Masdar Integrated Carbon (EMIC).
18th January 2010
Following Siemens’ previous $25m investment in the first Masdar Clean Tech Fund in 2007, Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) is to invest $50m in the Deutsche Bank Masdar Clean Tech Fund that is being set up by Masdar and Deutsche Bank.
18th January 2010
A private equity fund co-managed by Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) and Masdar Venture Capital has launched following a $265m first close. The DB Masdar Clean Tech Fund is to invest primarily in expansion and later stage companies in the clean energy, environmental resources and energy and material efficiency sectors.
15th December 2009
Solarfun Power Holdings, a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, has appointed Andreas Liebheit as vice president and managing director of Solarfun, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
14th December 2009
Carbon abatement consulting company The Neutral Group has received a license to operate from Masdar City, the emerging global clean technology cluster in Abu Dhabi.
14th December 2009
JDR Cable Systems, a global provider of subsea power cables, offshore umbilical systems and specialised marine cables, has been awarded the contract for the supply of subsea power array cables for the first phase of London Array Offshore Wind Farm by the project consortium of DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar.
14th December 2009
The World Bank Clean Technology Fund has approved financing of $750m, which together with $4.85bn from other sources, will be used to accelerate the global deployment of concentrated solar power (CSP).
10th December 2009
Saudi Arabia, which controls a quarter of the world’s oil reserves, is looking into renewable energy, according to chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority Lady Barbara Judge.
3rd December 2009
German project developer Ferrostaal has announced that first solar thermal plant for warm water supply and central heating on Palestinian territory has gone into operation. The facility was donated to a multi-faith school near Beit Jala by the company and German energy agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena).
3rd December 2009
Berlin-based energy storage company Heliocentris Fuel Cells is to supply two of its autonomous power supply solutions to oil company Bahrain Petroleum as well as a German university. The projects have a total volume of approximately €300,000.
2nd December 2009
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, and Masdar PV , a manufacturer of large-scale, thin-film solar modules, have signed an agreement to qualify and adopt Linde’s on-site generated fluorine, a solution for photovoltaic (PV) module process chamber cleaning.
10th November 2009
Heads of state, ministers and representatives of governments in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Pacific, have urged heads of state and government to intensify efforts and attend the Copenhagen climate change negotiations in December.
6th November 2009
Solar module manufacturer Energy Innovations has been awarded a contract to install its solar energy systems at Masdar City. Located near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Masdar City is the world’s first carbon neutral, zero waste city powered entirely by renewable energy and is the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
3rd November 2009
The London-based Embassy of Israel has brought together a delegation of over 16 cleantech and water companies to meet with investors and potential strategic partners in the UK, including UK-based utilities in the water and energy sectors.
2nd November 2009
Yissum Research Development Company, the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has signed two research agreements with solar energy provider BrightSource Industries Israel for the development of new materials for solar thermal power plants.
29th October 2009
Later this year, aleo solar will supply solar modules totaling 200KW to several solar facilities in Israel.
20th October 2009
French energy company GDF Suez has secured financing of $2.7bn for the Shuweihat S2 Independent Water and Power Project in United Arab Emirates.
20th October 2009
Ormat Technologies has partnered with Sunday Energy to develop, install and operate 36MW of solar PV systems on the Israeli company’s rooftops.
7th October 2009
Massachusetts-based biomass company Qteros and Israel’s Applied CleanTechnology (ACT) have announced the development of a process to turn wastewater into car fuel. The process marries Qteros’ microbe-eating cellulose technology with ACT’s wastewater solid recycling solutions to turn municipal and agricultural waste liquids into ethanol.
7th October 2009
Aviation giant Boeing is to join with aerospace company Honeywell to commission a study on the sustainability of saltwater-based plant candidates for renewable jet fuel. The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi will lead the study.
1st October 2009
California concentrated solar developer Ausra has been awarded a contract to supply a solar steam boiler supplier for the JOAN1 100MW concentrated solar project under development in Ma’an, Jordan by German developers MENA Cleantech.
29th September 2009
German solar manufacturer SOLON has signed an agreement with Israeli company Pretium Renewable Energy aimed at cooperating in the Israeli photovoltaic market.
18th September 2009
Industrial biotechnology can slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2.5 billion tonnes per year and play a key role in building a green economy, according to a new report by WWF.
17th September 2009
AES Corporation, headquartered in Virginia, US, has launched the commercial operations of three new facilities across its global portfolio: Guacolda 3, a 152MW coal plant in Chile; Huanghua I, a 49.5MW wind farm in China; and Amman East, a 380MW combined cycle gas plant in Jordan.
16th September 2009
The world’s largest global investors grouped together to call upon international policy makers to take strong action in the fight against global warming.
16th September 2009
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will lead a group of 11 top calibre Taiwanese photovoltaic (PV) suppliers, including the world’s leading solar cell makers, to the Middle East from 30 October to 10 November.
This trade mission, which will take the group to Tehran, Iran; Dubai, UAE; and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is aimed at [...]
14th September 2009
The Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water has signed a turnkey contract with GE and Hyundai Heavy Industries worth $2.65bn for a new 2,000MW power plant in Sabiya.
14th September 2009
Countries that are able to adapt quickly to a carbon-restrained world will offer lasting prosperity for their citizens, a new report states.
14th September 2009
The World Bank Group saw its financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and programmes across the developing world rise by 24 per cent in the last fiscal year to hit $3.3bn, the banks highest ever.
3rd September 2009
Water and wastewater treatment company BPT has completed Series B financing raising $12m to expand the company’s manufacturing facilities.
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