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Biotricity Secures Contract on Supply of Feedstock for Biomass Electricity Generation Plant in Ireland

Irish renewable company, Biotricity Ltd., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Irish Farmers' Association covering the purchase and management of straw feedstock for its Rhode, Co. Offaly biomass plant in the Irish midlands which is scheduled to come into production from late 2015.

19 Sep 2013

Rioglass Solar Signs Contract with Siemens CSP for Receiver Technology Acquisition

Rioglass Solar, the leading manufacturer of mirrors used for Concentrating Solar Power, has signed an agreement with Siemens CSP, for the acquisition of the receiver technology and related manufacturing assets.

19 Sep 2013

Marine Scotland Awards Consent to MeyGen for 86MW Tidal Energy Project

MeyGen Ltd. has been awarded consent by Marine Scotland for an 86MW tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth. The largest tidal stream energy project in Europe to receive consent, it constitutes the first phase of a site that has the potential to yield up to 398MW.

18 Sep 2013

New Eco-Friendly Compound Decomposes and Converts Landfill Plastics to Clean Energy

Inviroment has developed a new patent-pending compound called PlasTek™ that solves landfill space capacity problems by decomposing plastics in 12–36 months once sprayed onto garbage in a landfill —a process that would normally take thousands of years to occur.

18 Sep 2013

New Generation Power Awarded MATOC Contract for Geothermal Technology

The Army today awarded New Generation Power Inc. of Chicago, Ill., a geothermal technology, a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for renewable and alternative energy production for Department of Defense (DOD) installations.

18 Sep 2013

SGCC Places Order for 28 MW of Multicrystalline YGE Series PV Modules from Yingli China

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturer, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited ("Yingli China"), will supply 28 MW of multicrystalline YGE Series PV modules to the State Grid Corporation of China ("SGCC"), the world's largest utilities company.

12 Sep 2013

ReneSola to Supply High-Efficiency Polycrystalline Modules to Panasonic PV Projects

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic ("PV") products, today announced that it will supply high-efficiency polycrystalline modules to provide over 3.4 MW of solar power to multiple PV projects developed by Panasonic Eco Solutions North America.

11 Sep 2013

Panda Poop Microbes Show Promise for New Sustainable Energy Sources

Unlikely as it may sound, giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le in the Memphis Zoo are making contributions toward shifting production of biofuels away from corn and other food crops and toward corn cobs, stalks and other non-food plant material.

11 Sep 2013

JA Solar Supplies 96 MW of Modules to Two Chinese Projects

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it will supply 96 MW of solar modules to CPI Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Power Investment Corporation ("CPI"), for use on two solar projects in China's Qinghai Province. Delivery of the modules has already commenced and will be completed later this month.

11 Sep 2013

Three-Pronged Approach to Converting Waste Coffee Grounds into Energy Sources

For many of us, it’s the fuel that wakes us up and gets us started on our day. Now, University of Cincinnati researchers are discovering that an ingredient in our old coffee grounds might someday serve as a cheaper, cleaner fuel for our cars, furnaces and other energy sources.

11 Sep 2013