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Green project wins award for Highland drinks giant and bio-waste business

Clearfleau and Diageo Scotland received the prestigious Best Project honour at the 2013 Scottish Green Energy Awards, organised by Scottish Renewables.

10 Dec 2013

ABM’s Energy Business Successfully Commissions 1.2MW Solar Array in Baltimore

ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, announced today that ABM’s energy business has successfully commissioned a 1.2 MW solar array in Baltimore, Md., representing one of the largest solar installations to date in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

6 Dec 2013

Winners of Cleantech Open’s Global Ideas Competition Announced

The Cleantech Open, the world's largest clean-technology accelerator, has announced the winners of the Global Ideas Competition. Now in its fifth year, the Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition brings early-stage startups with breakthrough cleantech ideas to Silicon Valley to compete for the Global Ideas Prize.

5 Dec 2013

New hi-tech Laboratory for World-Leading Oxford PV Opened by Energy and Climate Change Minister

Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker visited Oxford Photovoltaics’ HQ at Begbroke Science Park today (Monday 25th November) to launch the new fabrication and test facilities.

From Oxford PV 28 Nov 2013

SolarWorld Acquires Bosch’s Solar Cell and Module Manufacturing Operations in Germany

SolarWorld AG, parent company of SolarWorld Industries America Inc., will take over much of Bosch Solar Energy, boosting SolarWorld’s annual global production capacity over 1 gigawatt at all key production phases, the company announced today.

27 Nov 2013

Skytron Energy Completes Supervision System Installation for Kuwait’s First Solar Power Plant

skytron energy, the specialists in monitoring, control and supervision systems for renewable energy power plants, have completed the installation of their supervision system for Kuwait’s first solar power plant, in cooperation with their partner company in Abu Dhabi, Enviromena Power Systems.

27 Nov 2013

Solarcentury Procures Yingli Green Energy’s PV Modules for Hill Farm Project

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar", today announced that the Company will supply 15.194 MW of multicrystalline PV modules to Solarcentury Holdings Ltd. ("Solarcentury"), a leading solar company in the UK.

27 Nov 2013

First Solar Commences Construction of Solar Project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan

First Solar, Inc. today announced that it has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity of the project is 1.4MWDC, and it will start operating in Q1 2014. Using First Solar’s advanced technology CdTe thin-film PV modules, the project will provide clean and safe solar power to Japan, mitigating idle nuclear and providing energy security.

From First Solar, Inc. 26 Nov 2013

Hill International’s Brazilian Subsidiary Receives Construction Management Contracts for Four Wind Farms

Hill International, the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that its Brazilian subsidiary Engineering S.A. has received four contracts to manage the construction of four new wind farms located in the Brazilian states of Piauí, Ceará, Salvador and Pernanbuco.

26 Nov 2013

Duke Energy Begins Construction of Three Solar Projects in Eastern North Carolina

Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, has begun construction of three utility-scale solar power projects totaling 30 megawatts (MW) AC in Eastern North Carolina.

From Duke Energy 26 Nov 2013