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Verde Media Group Forms New Division to Produce Bio-Products from Renewable Biomass

Verde Media Group Inc. has formed the Verde Media Biotechnology Division ("VMBD"). The VMBD division undertakes the business of developing and producing high value bio-products from renewable biomass. The focus and criterion is to develop proprietary microbial technologies with low risk scale-up methods that employ low cost feedstock.

21 Mar 2014

Stanford Researchers Study Energetic Cost of Deploying Storage on Wind and Solar Farms

The worldwide demand for solar and wind power continues to skyrocket. Since 2009, global solar photovoltaic installations have increased about 40 percent a year on average, and the installed capacity of wind turbines has doubled.

21 Mar 2014

Landsvirkjun Inks New Power Purchase Agreement with PCC Bakki Silicon

Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, today announced that it has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with PCC Bakki Silicon hf. Under this agreement, Landsvirkjun will provide electricity to power a metallurgical grade silicon metal production plant being built by PCC Bakki Silicon in Bakki near Husavik on Iceland’s north-east coast.

21 Mar 2014

RevoluSun's Massachusetts Operation Celebrates 100th Solar Installation Milestone

As RevoluSun’s first franchise, the Massachusetts operation is growing fast, having just celebrated passing the 100th installation mark. The Burlington, MA office is excited to offer customers leasing options for solar PV systems this year as well. Massachusetts' PV market continues to gain momentum through a combination of strong state incentives and a recent 21 percent increase in residential electricity rates.

21 Mar 2014

New Market Research Report on Solar Power Trends across Asia

Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Solar Power Opportunities - Asia

20 Mar 2014

ABM’s Energy Business Starts Construction on Cornell University’s First Large Solar Project

ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, announced today that ABM’s energy business started construction on a 2 MW solar array to be implemented on Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, NY, representing the Ivy League university’s first large solar endeavor.

20 Mar 2014

FERC Approves Sale of Edison Mission Energy’s Assets to NRG Energy

NRG Energy, Inc. and Edison Mission Energy (EME) today jointly announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the previously announced sale of substantially all of EME’s assets to NRG.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 20 Mar 2014

Aquamarine Power Founder Wins Prestigious Saltire Prize Medal

Allan founded Wavegen in 1991 which was the world’s first wave energy company and under his leadership developed the first grid connection wave power device before founding Aquamarine Power in 2005 which has gone on to have huge success with their ‘Oyster’ wave power technology.

20 Mar 2014

Frost & Sullivan Honors Sprint with 2014 North American Award for Green Excellence

Frost & Sullivan, a global consulting firm specializing in market research and technology, has awarded Sprint its 2014 North American Award for Green Excellence. It is the second year in a row the wireless carrier has earned the award, which is presented annually to the industry leader that has clearly demonstrated corporate social responsibility by promoting conservation, re-use and recycling, and global sustainability standards while sharing best practices across its supply chain.

From Frost & Sullivan 19 Mar 2014

Renewable Energy Provider, Petra Solar Changes Name to Petra Systems

Petra Solar™, a leading global technology provider for the renewable energy, energy efficiency, and distributed power generation markets, announced today that it has changed its name to Petra Systems.

18 Mar 2014