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CertainTeed Selects Enphase as Exclusive Inverter Partner for AC Solar Roofing System

Enphase Energy today announced that CertainTeed has chosen Enphase as its exclusive inverter partner for the new Solstice™ AC Solar Roofing System after a thorough competitive review.

19 Nov 2012

New Report on India’s Solar Power Sector

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "India Solar Power Sector Analysis" report to their offering.

19 Nov 2012

NorthWestern and Compass Wind to purchase 40 MW Spion Kop Wind Project

NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) and Compass Wind, LLC have closed on the purchase of the 40-megawatt Spion Kop Wind Project near the central Montana community of Geyser.

16 Nov 2012

GM and ABB Show Reuse of Chevrolet Volt Battery to Power Homes

General Motors and ABB today showed the next stage in battery reuse, the repackaging of five used Chevrolet Volt batteries into a modular unit capable of providing two hours of electricity needed by three to five average American homes.

15 Nov 2012

Report on Progress in Areva's Plan to Produce 100% French Wind Turbine in Haute-Normandie

To coincide with the opening of AREVA's first offices in Le Havre, Luc Oursel presented the progress made with AREVA's industrial plan to produce a 100% French wind turbine in the Haute-Normandie region.

14 Nov 2012

Growing Focus on Renewable Energy Sources Fuels Global Market for Electric Power T +D Equipment

As the global market for electric power transmission and distribution equipment expands to meet the demands of fuelling broader economic development, flexible AC transmission equipment and residential generators will show increases as well.

8 Nov 2012

Diesel Fuel Produced Using Long-Abandoned Bacterial Fermentation Process

A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel to replace the fossil fuels now used in transportation, University of California, Berkeley, scientists have discovered.

8 Nov 2012

Duke Energy Contributes $1 Million to Palmetto Clean Energy Program

As part of its continuing commitment to the communities it serves, Duke Energy has given the first half of a $2 million contribution to Palmetto Clean Energy (PaCE), a South Carolina non-profit program designed to improve the quality of the environment by promoting the development of renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind and water.

From Duke Energy 7 Nov 2012

Climate Group Calls for Massive Scale-Up of Investment in Cleantech and Renewable Energy

The Climate Group called today for an “American Clean Revolution”, a massive scale-up of investment in cleantech and renewable energy, as a way to future-proof America’s infrastructure, avert catastrophic extreme weather events resulting from climate change, and boost the US economy.

5 Nov 2012

North America to Add Over 400,000 MW of Renewable Energy Capacity

Renewable power sources – including hydrokinetic (which includes pumped storage), biomass, waste, geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaics (PV), and solar thermal – make up 10 percent of total electricity production in the United States.

3 Nov 2012