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The Inaugural Energy Innovation Awards Launched (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
The Inaugural Energy Innovation Awards – the brainchild of the world-class Energy Innovation Centre, are officially open for entries and organisers are calling on the UK's £106 billion low carbon environmental goods and services (LCEGS) market to take part.
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Danes Hail Lidar Breakthrough in Wind (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
The world’s largest independent rotor blade manufacturer, LM Glasfiber of Denmark, and two Danish partners are developing a laser-based wind sensing system integrated into a wind turbine’s blades and spinner. They have claimed success for the system in predicting wind direction, gusts and turbulence.
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Analysis of US Concentrated Solar Power market (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
CSP Today catches up with Bloomberg New Energy Finance's solar associate, Nathanial Bullard, to discuss issues currently affecting the US CSP sector.
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UK's Pentland Marine Energy Site Winners Revealed (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
Winning bidders for a series of marine energy development sites off Scotland's Pentland Firth and Orkney islands have been named in the world's first commercial wave and tidal leasing round.
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Boralex Gets CAN $190M for 90-MW of Wind (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
Manulife Financial announced the completion of a CAN $194.5 million financing with Boralex Inc. for the construction and long term operation of a portfolio of nine 10 megawatt (MW) wind farms in southwest Ontario, Canada. Manulife formed and led a syndicate of Canadian life insurance companies to provide the funding in the form of construction and term loans with 21-year terms, to support the Thames River Project. Manulife is the arranger and agent with an investment of $88.5 million.
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China Sunergy Acquires Two PV Module Makers (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
Solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy Co. Ltd. has announced the details of an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of two related module manufacturers, CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co. Ltd and CEEG (Nan Jing) New Energy Co. Ltd.
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Financing Closes on Moray Wind Farm (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
RES has confirmed that it has reached a financing deal for its Hill of Towie Wind Farm, in Moray, Scotland. The arrangement with Lloyds Banking Group and BNP Paribas for construction of the wind farm is the first large scale project to benefit from the EIB Intermediated UK Onshore Wind Scheme.
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Statkraft Opens 3.3-MW Solar Plant in Italy (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
Norwegian power generator Statkraft this week opened its first solar power plant in Aprilia, Italy. The Casale plant has a total installed capacity of 3.3 megawatt (MW) and is expected to have an annual power production of 4.5 gigawatt-hours.
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REG Finalizes Plant Consolidations (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
Renewable Energy Group (REG) this week said that it has completed asset purchase and consolidation agreements with commercial-scale biodiesel plants in Newton, Iowa and Danville, Illinois. The consolidation transactions were originally announced by REG in May 2009. REG's SEC registration took effect January 19, 2010.
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ABB Awarded US $30M Solar Contract (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
ABB has won a US $30 million order from GA Solar, part of the Gestamp Corporation, to deliver a 13-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power plant in northern Spain.
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FITs, PV and the UK: The Bigger Picture (Mon, 15 Mar 2010)
If the question is, what is the cheapest method of saving a ton of carbon today, then solar PV is not going to be the answer. If the question is instead, how do we solve the challenge of sustainability, then solar PV has a major part to play. Therefore, I do not have much to say directly on cost arguments. With tongue in cheek however, I might invite all those who oppose solar PV on the grounds of cost to spend the next year buying only the cheapest food, alcohol, clothing and household goods. They may quickly come to the conclusion that value is not found in cost alone.
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Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. Signs $120 Million Project Financing Agreement With Canada Green ESCO Inc. (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. (OTC: AWSL) is pleased to announce that it was approached by Canada Green ESCO Inc. and that, after being provided a term sheet, it has successfully completed a $120 million financing agreement with this leading green energy funding company. The Agreement paves the way for Atlantic Wind and Solar, and its wholly owned subsidiary Atlantic Solar Inc., to aggressively proceed with its many solar projects and to expand its business in the Ontario rooftop solar business with funding as required
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PV Powered Inverters Used in 1 MW Solar Project at the University of Toledo (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
PV Powered, Inc., the innovation leader in solar inverter reliability, performance, and serviceability, announces that its commercial inverters have been installed at the University of Toledo's Scott Park Campus of Energy & Innovation in Toledo, Ohio. The 1.12 MW system was installed by Advanced Distributed Generation LLC (ADG) of Toledo, Ohio and will be owned and operated by Constellation Energy Projects & Services of Baltimore, Maryland, who in turn will sell the electricity that it generates back to the University under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).
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Kyocera Supplies Solar Panels to Georgia's Largest Commercial Solar Project (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced it is the sole supplier of photovoltaic modules for the largest commercial solar array in the state of Georgia. USFloors, a nationwide leader in sustainable flooring, recently installed the 144.48 kW solar array at its facilities located in Dalton, GA.
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Southern Company & Ted Turner Acquire First Solar Project (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy founder Ted Turner on Monday announced that the companies have acquired and will bring online one of the nation's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. The 30-megawatt (MW) project, is the first to result from the partnership forged by Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy in January.
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ZENITH Data Logger (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Kintech Engineering is introducing the Zenith data logger to the United States. The Zenith is the 3rd generation data logger developed and manufactured by Kintech.
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BC Hydro Awards Finavera Four PPAs (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Finavera Renewables Inc. has confirmed that all four of its wind projects submitted to the 2008 Clean Power Call have been accepted by BC Hydro for award of long term power purchase agreements (PPAs).The four projects are expected to have a total nameplate capacity of 293 megawatts (MW) and will represent an estimated capital cost of CAN $800 million. The projects are also expected to contribute to the provincial economy through 524,000 person hours of direct construction labor and taxes paid to local and provincial governments.
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Chevron To Build 3.7-MW Solar Project (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Chevron Energy Solutions and East Side Union High School District in San José, California have announced the start of construction on a 3.7-megawatt (MW) solar project that is expected to provide more than US $1.5 million in budget relief to the district's general fund in the first year and $7.6 million over five years. It is anticipated that the project will reduce the district's electric utility costs by 30 percent and deliver $36 million in savings over the life of the project.
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Faulkner Geothermal Plant Sets Output Record (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) announced that work to replace the damaged power cable systems at the Faulkner 1 plant has enabled all three turbine generator units to be placed into operation and for the company to re-establish commercial power production. For five days last week, the plant has been producing at 34.5 MW.
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2.4-MW of PV Powered Inverters Installed in Oregon (Sun, 14 Mar 2010)
PV Powered's commercial inverters are being installed in a new 2.4-megawatt (MW) project in Portland, Oregon, the largest rooftop solar project in the Pacific Northwest. The project, which will be managed by a joint venture between Portland General Electric (PGE) and U.S. Bank, will cover approximately 900,000 square feet on the rooftops of seven ProLogis distribution warehouses in the Portland area with thin-film solar panels. The solar modules were provided by Advanced Green Technologies.
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