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16th March 2010
US Pink Sheets-listed solar technology provider TGI Solar Power Group plans to file international patents for Ukraine-based research group Ekoplaz Technology.
16th March 2010
Pink Sheets-listed restaurant waste-to-biofuel developer EcoPlus and Berkeley County, South Carolina, US have entered into an agreement for the development of a brown grease processing facility to be situated in the county, which will convert brown grease restaurant waste into a solid fuel product.
16th March 2010
Pink Sheets-listed Atlantic Wind and Solar has successfully completed a $120m financing agreement with green energy funding company Canada Green ESCO, which it said paves the way for its wholly owned subsidiary Atlantic Solar to proceed with its photovoltaic projects and expand its foothold in the Ontario rooftop market.
16th March 2010
NASDAQ-listed clean technology financer Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has announced it will award $2.5m in funding to a project led by Vancouver-based Pulse Energy to develop and demonstrate an intelligent energy management platform.
15th March 2010
NYSE-listed solar (PV) photovoltaic manufacturer Trina Solar is to increase its yearly shipments to Italian turnkey solar plant provider ENERQOS.
15th March 2010
US biodiesel manufacturer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed the acquisition of two commercial-scale biodiesel plants, increasing its capacity to 122 million gallons per year (MGY).
15th March 2010
US solar company First Solar has sold a 30MW photovoltaic solar project in New Mexico to electricity generator Southern Company and solar development company Turner Renewable Energy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
15th March 2010
Hydroelectric and wind power plant operator Innergex Renewable Energy is one of the companies awarded power purchase agreements by Canada’s largest utility British Columbia Hydro (BC Hydro) under its recent clean power call.
12th March 2010
Massachusetts-based wind company Mass Megawatts Wind Power reported a net loss of one cent per share or $96,935 in its third quarter ending January 2010.
12th March 2010
US biofuel company LyondellBasell’s wholly owned subsidiary, Lyondell Chemical Company, said it plans to raise $3.25bn of first priority debt, including an offering of senior secured notes in a private placement and borrowings under a senior term loan facility.
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
US hydrogen fuel cell developer NASDAQ-listed Hydrogenics has completed the consolidation of its issued and outstanding common shares, implemented with a ratio of one post-consolidation share for every 25 pre-consolidation shares.
12th March 2010
US solar cell manufacturer SunPower, which recently committed to providing 200MW of solar capacity to Edison International, has been awarded two grants totalling around $1.5m from the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration (CSI RD&D) programme.
12th March 2010
Wave energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) reduced its net loss in the last nine months of 2009 as it increased profits despite a drop in revenues.
12th March 2010
Biodiesel supplier Renewable Energy Group (REG) told NewNet the biofuels industry in the US has almost entirely ground to a halt since the lapse of the government tax credits took effect at the beginning of the year.
12th March 2010
Seattle-based smart grid developer Powerit Solutions has completed its merger with Scandinavian counterpart, Sweden-based Diana Solutions.
12th March 2010
Profits more than doubled in 2009 for trading emissions and environmental products exchange Climate Exchange, jumping to £6.8m from £2.8m in 2008, despite falling volumes on its subsidiary Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), according to its annual fiscal results.
12th March 2010
The first wind turbine plant to be set up by a Chinese firm in the US will be constructed by wind turbine manufacturer A-Power Energy Generation Systems in co-operation with US partners.
11th March 2010
The first 510 large-scale projects have been given the go-ahead under a new feed-in tariff (FIT) programme launched in Ontario, Canada.
11th March 2010
A subsidiary of Ormat Technologies has completed the acquisition of membership interests in Hot Sulphur Springs II in the US state of Nevada, which includes the Tuscarora geothermal project. No financial terms of the deal have been released.
11th March 2010
Technology investor Battery Ventures has closed its ninth fund, BV IX, on its $750m target. This brings total committed capital in Battery’s nine funds to nearly $4bn.
11th March 2010
Sensata Technologies, a maker of sensor and controls technology for applications including alternative fuel vehicles and solar panels, has raised $568.8m from its initial public offering, with shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow.
11th March 2010
Solar technology manufacturer SunPower will provide 200MW of solar power capacity to Edison International, equivalent to 80 per cent of the utility’s large solar photovoltaic (PV) installation programme. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed
11th March 2010
Us biodiesel producer Imperium Renewables has restarted production at its Grays Harbor facility. The plant, which had paused production after a glycerin tank ruptured in December, is producing biodiesel from regionally-grown canola to meet demand from British Columbia and Oregon.
11th March 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Trina Solar has signed a sales agreement with Essco Wholesale Electric, the southwest US company of electric distributor Sonepar USA, through Trina’s subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy.
11th March 2010
US electricity provider NV Energy has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with waste collector and recycler Waste Management for the sale of renewable energy produced from a landfill site located in Nevada.
11th March 2010
The US Senate has approved the extension of the $1-a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel, which had expired at the end of 2009, in a move that domestic biofuel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has described as critical to a successful energy policy.
11th March 2010
U.S. Geothermal has raised $8.6m as the result of a private placement of stock. The proceeds of the offering will be used by the company to further develop its Neal Hot Springs geothermal project and for general working capital purposes, it said.
11th March 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) company Applied Materials has opened it newly expanded Tainan Manufacturing Center in Tainan, Taiwan.
10th March 2010
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new funding programme to advance projects involved in marine and hydrokinetic technology
10th March 2010
The wind energy industry has called on the US government to pass a strict national renewable electricity standard (RES) to drive demand and create jobs.
10th March 2010
Solar technology manufacturer GT Solar saw its share price fall today as it priced a secondary offering of 25 million shares of common stock at $4.85 each.
10th March 2010
Technology-focused venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has appointed industry veteran Ron Bernal as a venture partner. In this new role, Bernal, a former entrepreneur-in-residence with NEA will work with the firm’s enterprise infrastructure and services, electronics and energy technology teams.
10th March 2010
Mining and natural resources company Cliffs Natural Resources has appointed James F Kirsch as a director. Kirsch also currently serves as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ferro Corporation.
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.
10th March 2010
NRG Energy has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $154m, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit in Houston, Texas.
9th March 2010
Recurrent Energy, an independent power producer and developer of distributed solar power projects, has hired Patrick Caramante as the company’s new vice president of engineering & construction. In this role, Caramante will be responsible for the design, installation, commissioning, and operation of Recurrent Energy’s portfolio of distributed-scale solar projects.
‘Pat adds to the team’s depth of [...]
9th March 2010
LED lighting technology company has agreed to become an independent entity and to receive an investment from China-focused venture capital firm WI Harper Group. This infusion of capital allows the company to expand its operations in providing testing services for LED chip manufacturers across Asia, Testar said.
9th March 2010
Publically traded energy production company National Energy Services Company, has agreed to expand its operations to sell and install micro-turbines in California and the Southwestern US to residential and commercial structures.
9th March 2010
NASDAQ-listed solar module manufacturer First Solar has signed a power purchase agreement to supply US energy utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity from a 300MW utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California.
9th March 2010
Sales talks between US buy-out giant Carlyle and UK private waste treatment company Shanks have broken down after the private equity firm’s 120 pence per share bid was rejected.
9th March 2010
Wind energy developer Clipper Windpower said its president and CEO Doug Pertz has resigned as it expects to report a loss in the second half of 2009 due to customer order deferrals and increased costs.
9th March 2010
Solar module manufacturer Solar Power has received an initial commitment of $24.7m in Recovery Zone Facility Bonds (RZFB) by Sacramento County
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.
9th March 2010
US wind energy company First Wind has been awarded a $117m loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to finance the build of a 30MW Kahuku wind project in Hawaii.
9th March 2010
US photovoltaic company SPG Solar has hired Chris Robine as senior vice president and CFO. Robine replaces Paul McKnight who will be leaving SPG Solar to pursue other opportunities.
8th March 2010
Shell’s Japanese solar subsidiary Showa Shell’s rebranding to Solar Frontier represents its first real entry to the US markets where it sees significant growth potential, its director of international business Brooks Herring told NewNet.
8th March 2010
Semiconductor equipment maker for the solar industry Applied Materials has increased its dividend by 17 per cent and approved a new stock buyback programme authorising up to $2bn in repurchases over the next three years
8th March 2010
Listed energy developer Bergamo Acquisition has announced a new, $500m solar power project for the Republic of Lebanon.
8th March 2010
US private equity firm US Renewables Group (USRG) has formed Westerly Wind to provide development capital to wind developers.
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