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Abengoa Solar Receives Approval to Construct Solar Thermal Plant

The company is planning to start the construction of the plant by the end of this year to become eligible to receive stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

14 Sep 2010

Soliant Energy Plans to Exploit Portuguese Rooftops CPV Market

Soliant Energy, a provider of concentrated photovoltaic solar power systems that is used for commercial rooftops, has announced the completion of its first commercial rooftop CPV solar power installation in the Portuguese market in collaboration with Turiprojecto, a Portuguese construction company.

14 Sep 2010

Despatch Industries Sells 500 Units of Metalization Firing Furnaces to China

Despatch Industries, a technology and tool providing company for the manufacture of solar cell, has declared the receipt of a bulk order for metallization firing furnaces from Trina Solar, a fully owned subsidiary company of Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd and a manufacturer of solar modules.

14 Sep 2010

PTTAR Planning to Invest in Jet Biofuel and Biodiesel Plant Construction

PTT Aromatics and Refinery Plc, an incorporated aromatics refinery company, has announced its intentions to invest US$150 million for the production of aviation quality jet biofuel and biodiesel products to conform to the European avian regulations that come into force from 2012.

14 Sep 2010

SunHydro Joins Toyota to Introduce Vehicles Utilizing Hydrogen Fuel

The delivered vehicles will receive the fuel supply from the solar-powered hydrogen fuelling station located at headquarters of Proton Energy Systems in Wallingford Connecticut.

14 Sep 2010

Gamesa Trades its Six German Wind Farms to IKEA Germany

Gamesa, a world known company for wind farm development and wind turbine manufacturing, has announced the sale of its six German wind farms to IKEA group in Germany.

14 Sep 2010

AEG Power Solutions Installs Solar System to Power FREEDM Systems Center

The 40 kW powered ballasted rooftop solar unit is expected to produce approximately 52,000 kWH of solar power per year.

14 Sep 2010

Chromasun and SunWater Solar Install MCT Rooftop Demo System

The MCT unit incorporates a flat sheet type solar heat collector designed to realize nearly 25 times of solar heat intensity by utilizing reflective type of aluminum mirrors that are light in weight and manufactured by Alanod solar.

14 Sep 2010

SunPower Receives $1.8 Million Grant from CPUC for Solar PV Energy Storage Research

SunPower Corp. has received a $1.8-million grant from the CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) towards enabling the solar energy company to conduct research in the field of PV (photovoltaic) energy storage for large-scale commercial applications.

14 Sep 2010

Ormat Joins Solar Millennium in Tender for Ashalim Solar Thermal Plant

Ormat Technologies Inc. has announced that the company’s Israeli arm Ormat Systems Ltd. has entered into an MoU with the company Solar Millennium AG for forming a consortium towards participating in a tender for developing, constructing and operating a solar thermal energy plant located in Ashalim, Israel, with an overall 120 MW capacity, approximately.

14 Sep 2010