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- Atlantic Wind and Solar to Acquire a 60% Interest in it's CIT Manufacturer AI...
Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. (OTC: AWSL) is pleased to announce that it is acquiring a 60% interest in Aim Global Energy Inc., (AIM) the manufacturer of leading edge, high-yield converter/inverter (CIT) technology used in AWSL's high yield Renewable Energy systems.
- Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy Hosts Conference "Florida's Deacde for ...
This special event will feature keynote speaker Rhone Resch of SEIA, live video address from former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, Paul Gipe of the Alliance for Renewable Energy and a host of experts on solar and biomass technologies. The conference mission is to set the tone for the future of renewable energy in Florida, including legislation, finance and technology.
- Governors' Wind Coalition Releases 2010 Recommendations
Iowa Governor Chet Culver and Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri on Tuesday released Great Expectations: U.S. Wind Energy Development, the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition's 2010 Recommendations. Governor Culver and Governor Carcieri are the chair and vice chair of the 29-state organization.
- Beacon Connects Flywheel System to California Wind Farm
Beacon Power Corporation has shipped, installed and connected a Smart Energy 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California. The system is part of a wind power/flywheel demonstration project being carried out for the California Energy Commission.
- Suniva Cells Power 3 MW Project in India
Suniva Inc. announced the commissioning of its largest solar power installation with Titan Energy Systems Ltd., located in Karnataka, India. The 3-megawatt (MW), ground-mounted system is the largest grid-connected solar project in India, covering more than 12 acres.
- Evergreen Panels Power 5-MW Italian PV Plant
Evergreen Solar's modules are now powering a 5-megawatt (MW) power plant in Apulia, Italy. It is the largest installation of Evergreen Solar panels anywhere in the world.
- 9REN Completes Permits Three Projects in Italy
9REN announced this week that it has completed the permits for three solar projects, which will have a total installed capacity of 16.4 megawatts (MW).
- Clean Energy 2010 Trending Up
Last year around this time, clean tech research and publishing firm Clean Edge predicted we'd be talking about flat or even downward clean energy revenue trends in 2009. However, the report the firm issued today, Clean Energy Trends 2010, shows that combined global revenue for three major clean-energy sectors ?- solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power and biofuels -? grew by 11.4 percent over 2008, reaching $139.1 billion.
- Stimulus Drives Need For PEP
Although the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides significant economic incentives for investing in renewable energy projects, GAAP earnings patterns may negatively impact investors should they choose to ignore liquidation provisions in tax equity partnership structures. We are proposing that investors negotiate Partnership Earnings Protection (PEP) to address potential issues with GAAP earnings patterns.
- On the Move
Nexta Energy Goes Even Greener
- Mitsubishi Electric Teams Up with East West Bank to Provide Solar Power to Th...
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it has teamed up with East West Bank to provide a 637kW DC solar PV system to The Port of West Sacramento. The system includes 3,536 Mitsubishi Electric photovoltaic modules covering 90,000 square feet on the rooftops of two rice warehouse buildings.
- The Inaugural Energy Innovation Awards Launched
The Inaugural Energy Innovation Awards ? the brainchild of the world-class Energy Innovation Centre, are officially open for entries and organisers are calling on the UK's £106 billion low carbon environmental goods and services (LCEGS) market to take part.
- Danes Hail Lidar Breakthrough in Wind
The world?s largest independent rotor blade manufacturer, LM Glasfiber of Denmark, and two Danish partners are developing a laser-based wind sensing system integrated into a wind turbine?s blades and spinner. They have claimed success for the system in predicting wind direction, gusts and turbulence.





