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Ecomax Japan to Procure 20MW of SunPower’s High Efficiency Solar Panels

SunPower Corporation, a leading solar technology and energy services provider, today announced that it has signed multiple supply agreements with Ecomax Japan Inc. to purchase SunPower Corporation's high efficiency E20/327 solar panels totaling 20-megawatts (MW). In 2014, Ecomax plans to install the solar panels at several locations in Central and Northern Japan.

From SunPower Corporation 18 Dec 2013

GE to Supply 38 1.6-MW Wind Turbines to Kinangop Wind Farm

The Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya, developed by Aeolus Kenya and constructed by Iberdrola Engineering, will be powered by 38 GE 1.6-megawatt (MW) wind turbines. The Kinangop facility will be one of the largest wind power generation projects to be built to date in sub-Saharan Africa. Following its commissioning, the 61-MW wind farm will generate enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of 150,000 homes in the country.

18 Dec 2013

Siemens Energy Receives World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order from MidAmerican Energy

Today, Siemens Energy confirmed that the 1,050-megawatt (MW) wind turbine order it recently received from MidAmerican Energy Company is the largest onshore wind turbine order in the world. The news was announced at a commemoration event at Siemens’ blade manufacturing facility in Fort Madison, Iowa.

17 Dec 2013

CleanWorld Honored for Sacramento BioDigester Project

Last evening CleanWorld, North America’s leading pioneer of anaerobic digestion technology and commercially viable zero waste solutions, was honored by California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. for their Sacramento BioDigester project, the largest anaerobic digestion system of its kind in North America. The award recognizes CleanWorld’s project as “exceptional for its innovative spirit,” and “valuable in improving California’s environment and economy.”

16 Dec 2013

Global Concentrated Solar Power Market Expected to Grow at 12.01% CAGR During 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Concentrated Solar Power Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

16 Dec 2013

Opening of University of Liverpool’s £10M Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy

The University’s Chancellor, Professor Sir David King, will open the University of Liverpool’s £10M Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to renewable and sustainable energy sources.

13 Dec 2013

Nexterra Systems Enters Contract with MWH for Supply of Biomass Gasification System

Nexterra Systems Corp., a global leader in energy-from-waste gasification systems, announced today that it has signed a contract with MWH to supply a biomass gasification system for the Birmingham Bio Power Ltd. (BBPL) renewable energy power plant in Tyseley, UK.

13 Dec 2013

Anaergia Delivers Large-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Facility to Shropshire Energy

Anaergia Inc., announced today that UTS Biogas Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Anaergia based in the United Kingdom, has delivered a large-scale anaerobic digestion facility to Shropshire Energy, part of the G's Group.

13 Dec 2013

Grupo T-Solar Successfully Completes its First Photovoltaic Solar Plant in El Centro, California

Grupo T-Solar, one of the major independent power producers of photovoltaic solar energy based in Spain, has successfully completed its first photovoltaic solar plant in El Centro, California. The North American Development Bank (NADB) is providing a $65 million loan for the construction of this project.

13 Dec 2013

Construction of World’s Largest Merchant Salvador Solar Power Plant to Commence

Total, Etrion Corporation and SunPower Corp. announced today that financing has been secured for construction of the 70-megawatt-peak Salvador project in the Atacama region of Chile. Project Salvador will be the world’s largest solar power plant based on spot market electricity revenues.

13 Dec 2013