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07.01.2011

PV Module Capacity growing faster than Demand could spell Trouble for Tier-2 Suppliers says IMS Research

Wellingborough - PV Module production capacity increased by nearly 70% over the course of 2010, reaching nearly 30 GW by the end of the year according to IMS Research. It is forecast to continue increasing, despite the growth of PV installations being predicted to slow from over 100% in 2010 to less than 20% in 2011.Demand for PV modules reached record levels in all regions in 2010, driven by the

Wind Energy, Press Release

07.01.2011

Southwest Windpower Unveils Most Efficient, Easy-to-Use Small Wind Turbine

Las Vegas - Southwest Windpower, the world's leading supplier of distributed wind generators, today unveiled its newest and most efficient small wind turbine-Skystream 600-which could put wind energy in thousands of homes and businesses worldwide. Unveiled at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with the backing of GE (NYSE: GE), in Las Vegas, Skystream 600 produces 74 percent more energy for commercial and residential use than its predecessor-making

Photovoltaics, Press Release

07.01.2011

UNI-SOLAR Brand Photovoltaics Set Sail on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas

Auburn Hills / Ft. Lauderdale - United Solar, a leading global manufacturer of light-weight, flexible thin-film solar modules and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices (NASDAQ: ENER), announced today that their UNI-SOLAR® brand photovoltaics have been installed on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas cruise ship.Royal Caribbean International launched the Allure of the Seas on December 5 out of Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, with UNI-SOLAR laminates installed

Photovoltaics, Press Release

06.01.2011

Plutonic Power Agrees to Buy 50 MW Portfolio from First Solar in Partnership with GE Energy Financial Services

Vancouver / Tampe - Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) and GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services have agreed to acquire a 50-megawatt (alternating current) portfolio of three photovoltaic solar facilities to be built in Ontario from First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), marking Plutonic's expansion into solar power and Ontario.Plutonic Power is expected to make an equity contribution of approximately C$6 million and serve as the projects' managing partner.

CSP, Press Release

06.01.2011

K Road Power aquires 850 MW Calico Solar project

San Diego - K Road Power Holdings, LLC ( "K Road") announced today its wholly owned subsidiary K Road Sun, LLC has acquired the Calico Solar Project from Tessera Solar North America, Inc.Calico Solar, located near Barstow, CA is one of California's few fully permitted utility scale solar power facilities. Calico Solar has an interconnection agreement to supply 850 MW, enjoys strong support from the State of California and is

Wind Energy, Press Release

06.01.2011

North American Energy Alliance (NAEA) Protecting SCADA Systems with CipherOptics Network Encryption Solution

Raleigh - CipherOptics, the leader in scalable network encryption, announced today that the North American Energy Alliance has deployed CipherOptics' Advanced IPSec Network Encryption Solution as part of their NERC compliance process. NAEA owns a portfolio of 1755 megawatts of clean and efficient electricity producing power stations located in the Northeastern United States."We had a need to encrypt our SCADA information to comply with the current North American Electric Reliability

Photovoltaics, Press Release

06.01.2011

Successful Market Penetration in Italy: COLEXON continues successful positioning as European solar specialist

Hamburg - COLEXON Energy AG sold three solar power plants to an Irish investment company at the end of 2010. The sales figure amounts to more than 11.5 million Euro. The orders again emphasize the expertise of the European solar specialist.The sale to an Irish investment company in December 2010 comprises the solar power parks Leo (998 kWp), Corvo (997 kWp), and Valle (997 kWp). The solar power plants were

Photovoltaics, Press Release

05.01.2011

SunPower Finalizes Sale of 13-Megawatt Solare Roma Power Plant in 2010

San Jose - SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced that it completed the sale of its 13-megawatt (MW) Solare Roma solar power plant to Allianz Renewable Energy Partners IV Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE on December 30, 2010. SunPower designed and built the solar power plant and will provide ongoing operations and maintenance services for the new owner. "The finalized sale of the Solare Roma power plant,

Wind Energy, Press Release

05.01.2011

EU will exceed renewable energy goal of 20 percent by 2020

The EU 27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 % of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. Today the European Wind Energy Association published its analysis of the 27 National Renewable Energy Action Plans, submitted by the EU Member States to the European Commission."Taken together the Action Plans show that the EU-27 will meet 20.7 % of its 2020 energy consumption from renewables", said Justin

Bioenergy, Press Release

05.01.2011

Virent and HCL CleanTech Receive Grant to Demonstrate Cellulosic Sugars as Feedstocks for `Drop-In´ Biofuels and Bioproducts

Madison / Herzelia - Virent Energy Systems Inc. and HCL CleanTech announced today that they have been awarded a $900,000 grant from BIRD Energy, a program for U.S. - Israel joint renewable energy development funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and the BIRD Foundation. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1 million total project cost.The project's objective is to address the key hurdles