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Joint Venture 3Sun to Commence PV Panel Production in Italy

STMicroelectronics, Sharp and Enel Green Power have inked a binding letter of commitment meant for a project financing contract for €150 million for developing a PV panel plant in Italy.

9 Aug 2010

HomeSun Provides Free Solar Panels to Homeowners in the U.K.

HomeSun, a U.K. company, is providing free-of-charge solar panels to homeowners who have roofs that face the southern direction in return for obtaining the feed-in-tariff of the government.

9 Aug 2010

The Ivanpah Solar Project of BrightSource Energy Receives Environmental Impact Statement

BrightSource Energy Inc., a leading developer of solar thermal power plants of utility-scale, has announced that the U.S. BLM (Bureau of Land Management) has issued its FEIS (Final Environmental Impact Statement) for the company’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.

9 Aug 2010

USW Partners With Major Power Firms in China

The United Steelworkers (USW) has entered into contracts with Shenyang Power Group (SPG) and A-Power Energy Generation Systems, two of the leading power generating companies in China.

9 Aug 2010

U.S. DOE Designates FAU’s COET as National Center for R+D of Ocean Energy

The Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) has been designated by the U.S. Department of Energy as a national center meant for research and development of ocean energy.

9 Aug 2010

DRI Energy and SunEdison Ink Channel Partner Agreement to Deploy Solar Power Installations

DRI Energy, a DRI Companies subsidiary, and SunEdison, a MEMC Electronic Materials subsidiary, have entered into a channel partnership for deploying PV power plants in Arizona, Hawaii and California. Initially, this partnership is likely to deploy more than 19 MW capacity of solar energy.

7 Aug 2010

UkrHydroEnergo Awards Contract to Emerson for Modernizing Hydroelectric Turbine Generators

UkrHydroEnergo, an Ukrainian hydroelectric generating company, has given a $28 million contract to Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, for managing and controlling 100 turbine generators located in nine different hydroelectric power plants.

7 Aug 2010

Aston University’ Project to Develop Technology for Bio-Oil Conversion into Renewable Energy

Aston University’s BERG (Bioenergy Research Group) is currently involved in a project worth ₤1.4 million that is aimed towards the development of new technologies for transforming bio-oil into an extremely efficient renewable energy source that has the potential capability to replace fuels like diesel.

7 Aug 2010

Increased Battery Storage Option Undergoes Testing for Commercial Viability

International Battery a renowned battery manufacturing company based at Pennsylvania has declared that Princeton Power Systems a company engaged in manufacturing of power electric systems will utilize the batteries manufactured by International Battery along with the new solar energy system installed at the headquarters of Princeton Power in New Jersey.

7 Aug 2010

Crayola Installs 1.9 MW Solar Power to Produce 1 Billion Crayons with Clean Energy

The project was constructed and commissioned utilizing the services of PPL a Lehigh Valley based company and Reading based UGI Energy Services. The Crayola’s solar farm incorporates more than 26,000 panels to produce annual energy of 1.9 MW.

7 Aug 2010