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Globeleq Inaugurates 44 MW Eolo Wind Farm in Nicaragua

Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, has inaugurated its 44 MW Eolo de Nicaragua S.A. (Eolo) wind farm in Nicaragua, strengthening its position as the leading renewable energy company in the Central American region.

18 May 2013

P2 Acquires Renewable Energy Project to Develop Mini-Hydro Facility in India

P2 Solar, Inc. (the "Company" or "P2") today announces it has acquired a unique renewable energy project to develop a mini-hydro facility in Punjab, India, on the Sidhwan irrigation canal in the city of Ludhiana. P2 now owns the project outright through its new wholly owned subsidiary, Jagat Energy Private Limited and will be moving to begin construction as soon as this summer.

18 May 2013

Novel Energy Production System to Convert Food Waste into Clean Energy

The Kroger Co. today unveiled a clean energy production system that will convert food that can't be sold or donated into clean energy to help power its Ralphs/Food 4 Less Compton distribution center.

17 May 2013

Potentially Cost-Effective Method to Generate Hydrogen Gas from Water and Sunlight

Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a micrometer scale, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shed new light on what may become a cost-effective way to generate hydrogen gas directly from water and sunlight.

16 May 2013

CEC Awards LLNL-Cool Earth Solar $1.7 M for Community-Scale Renewable Energy Demonstration Project

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $1.7 million to a partnership between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Cool Earth Solar Inc. (CES) to conduct a community-scale renewable energy integration demonstration project at the Livermore Valley Open Campus.

15 May 2013

Saudi Engineers Receive Training about Renewable Resource Monitoring and Mapping at NREL

Saudi Arabia is planning to move aggressively into renewable energy, with plans to install more solar and wind power in the next 20 years than the rest of the world has installed to date.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 15 May 2013

Asia-Pacific Smart Grids Market Estimated to Reach $15.83 Billion in 2018

The smart grids market in Asia-Pacific got a huge boost from the roll-outs of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in Australasia and Smart City projects in North Asia.

13 May 2013

All Earth Renewables Utilizes Renesola Modules for Vermont Solar Power Projects

ReneSola Ltd, a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ("PV") modules and wafers, today announced it provided modules for use in three community-scale solar power projects in Vermont in the last few months.

13 May 2013

Mainstream Renewable Power Sponsors Canadian Arctic Northwest Passage Rowing Expedition

Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power today announced its sponsorship of a rowing expedition attempting a world first through the infamous Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic this summer.

6 May 2013

Army Awards IDIQ MATOC to Support Renewable Energy on Defense Department Installations

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), today awarded the first of its kind Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for the first technology under this contract to support renewable energy on Defense Department installations.

4 May 2013