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Pollutec Horizons 2013: Ontario Clean Technology Alliance Invites Global Investments

As Canada enjoys a $350 billion “infrastructure supercycle” over the next five years, the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance – a collective of regional and municipal economic development organizations across Ontario – is attending Pollutec Horizons 2013 in Paris.

5 Dec 2013

Highly Efficient Design of Novel Thermoelectronic Generator

Through a process known as thermionic conversion, heat energy -- such as light from the sun or heat from burned fossil fuels -- can be converted into electricity with very high efficiency. Because of its promise, researchers have been trying for more than half a century to develop a practical thermionic generator, with little luck. That luck may soon change, thanks to a new design -- dubbed a thermoelectronic generator -- described in AIP Publishing's Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE).

4 Dec 2013

Penn State Researchers Report Companies Can Switch to Wood Boilers for Heat and Power

Some companies could economically convert their operations to wood boilers for heat and power, according to a team of forestry researchers.

4 Dec 2013

Research and Markets Adds Report on Small Wind Turbine Market up to 100kW

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Small Wind Turbines up to 100kW, 2013 Update - Global Market Size, Analysis by Power Range, Regulations and Key Country Analysis to 2020" report to their offering.

3 Dec 2013

Ormat Technologies Acquires Geotérmica Platanares Geothermal Project in Honduras from ELCOSA

Ormat Technologies, Inc. announced today that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, completed the acquisition of the Geotérmica Platanares geothermal project in Honduras from ELCOSA, a privately owned Honduran energy company, upon satisfaction of the required conditions precedent.

From Ormat Technologies, Inc 3 Dec 2013

Market Outlook Report on Solar PV in China

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Solar PV in China, Market Outlook to 2025, 2013 Update - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

2 Dec 2013

Gaelectric Renewable Energy Group Agrees for More than €90 M in Additional Financing

Dublin-based renewable energy group, Gaelectric, has announced that it has agreed in excess of €90 million in additional financing for its business. Gaelectric with its team of 50 employees is active in the development and operation of wind and energy storage projects in Ireland, the United States and the UK.

30 Nov 2013

Algonquin Power to Acquire Remaining 40% of 400 MW US Wind Power Portfolio from Gamesa

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ("APUC") today announced that a subsidiary of APUC's renewable power generation business Algonquin Power Co. ("APCo") has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 40% of the 400 MW wind power portfolio (the "Projects") in the United States from Gamesa Wind US, LLC ("Gamesa") for total consideration of approximately US$117 million.

30 Nov 2013

Commercial Commissioning Begins at Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms in Canada

Boralex Inc., Gaz Métro Limited Partnership and Valener Inc. are pleased to announce commercial commissioning of the first 131 MW of the Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms within the projected time frame.

29 Nov 2013

Outlook Brightens for Three Offshore Wind Power Exhibitions in Shanghai

The just-concluded 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party explicitly called for the implementation of a strategy based on establishing a culture focused on conservation.

29 Nov 2013