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Congress to wade into Solyndra bankruptcy on Wednesday

Monday, 12 September 2011

Republicans in the US House of Representatives will kick off their probe of federal financing for the failed solar energy company Solyndra.

Abengoa-E.ON joint solar thermal electric plant comes online

Friday, 09 September 2011 As from 1 September, Helioenergy 1, the first of two identical solar thermal electric plants being developed in Écija (Spain) by Abengoa and E.ON, was officially brought into commercial operati...

Wind power taking off, industry seeks long-term policy

Friday, 09 September 2011 Wind power deployment in Brazil is set to exceed 5 GW by 2013, a five-fold increase from the current installed capacity, according to a study undertaken by the Global Wind Energy Council in cooperatio...

Electric vehicle charging station installations to reach 7.7 million by 2017

Friday, 09 September 2011 A total of 7.7 million electric vehicle charging stations will be deployed worldwide by 2017, with many being installed thanks to strong government incentives and directives in China, Japan, and Korea...

Sharp unveils solar farm maintenance business in Asia

Friday, 09 September 2011

The Sharp Corporation has signed an agreement to provide maintenance service for a 73 MW solar power generation plant in Thailand.

Wind energy to cover 3% of global electricity demand by year end

Thursday, 08 September 2011 The world market for wind energy saw a sound revival in the first half of 2011 and re-gained momentum after a weak year in 2010: The worldwide wind capacity reached 215,000 MW by the end of June 2011,...

FCC to build €35.8 million motor oil recycling plant in US

Thursday, 08 September 2011 Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), a global environmental services and infrastructure company based in Madrid (Spain), will spend €35.8 million ($50 million) to build its first motor oi...

US PV manufacturer SpectraWatt to auction off production facilities

Thursday, 08 September 2011 Bankrupt US photovoltaics component manufacturer SpectraWatt, which promoted itself with the tagline, "capturing the sun," will auction off its 140,000 square foot fully-automated,...

WHEB Partners invests in Norwegian geothermal company Green Energy Group

Thursday, 08 September 2011 European private equity investor WHEB Partners has made an investment in Green Energy Group (GEG), an Oslo-based supplier of small-scale, containerised geothermal power plants. The total amount of the...

Canada commits $78 million to energy efficiency

Thursday, 08 September 2011

The government of Canada is reviving an energy-efficiency program meant to encourage consumers and companies to cut their energy use.

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