The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) at ETSU and the Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) and Aries Energy will host a Renewable Energy Grant Workshop on Friday, February 17 from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 151 E. Main Street, downtown. The workshop is offered free [...]
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has raised a new £95 million fund to invest in innovative green energy businesses in a deal involving the acquisition of a portfolio of clean energy assets from SSE Ventures, the investment arm of FTSE 100 utilities company SSE plc. SEP raised the new secondaries fund from four institutional investors, headed [...]
Energy demand in Ukraine is to double until 2030. As 70% of the energy demand is imported, enormous savings are possible by introducing modern energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and solutions. The 16th elcomUkraine 2012 therefore focuses on energy efficiency, on renewables and on intelligent solutions for the future’s energy mix. Against this backdrop [...]
Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSV: WND) (OTCQX: WNDEF), announced last week that it has signed a Module Supply Agreement (“MSA”) with a leading international, multi-billion dollar photo voltaic panel manufacturer for 42 MW DC (30 MW AC) for its Yabucoa Project located in Puerto Rico . The panels have been delivered and Western Wind Energy [...]
FuelCell Energy, Inc. FCEL -0.02% a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power plants, today announced a partnership agreement with Abengoa S.A. to develop localized stationary fuel cell power plants for markets in Europe and Latin America. Abengoa will develop, manufacture and market stationary fuel cell power plants using fuel cell modules provided by [...]
Real Goods Solar, Inc.and Alteris Renewables, Inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine two leaders in the solar industry, each pioneers with more than 30 years of experience in their respective markets. The combined company will retain the Real Goods Solar name. Combining a premier commercial customer base, [...]
POMPANO BEACH. Cyclone Power Technologies Inc, developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine,announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and business of Advent Power Systems, Inc., Cyclone’s exclusive military licensee since 2006. Advent is currently a prime contractor with the U.S. Army / Tank Command (TACOM) in a Phase [...]
WASHINGTON – Capping three years of efforts to develop renewable energy resources on public lands both onshore and offshore, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced approval of two utility-scale renewable energy projects—one wind and one solar—that, when built, will generate nearly 500 megawatts of power, or enough to power 150,000 homes, and create [...]
The European Commission is launching a new instrument to help companies that are developing innovative environmental technologies. The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot programme will provide independent verification of the performance of new environmental technologies. This will help manufacturers prove the reliability of performance claims, and help technology purchasers identify innovations that suit their needs. [...]
Sustainable Energy Technologies a provider of smart grid inverters for distributed grid-interactive generation and energy storage has announced a partnership with MicroPlanet Technology Corp. whereby MicroPlanet will provide micro-FIT projects with its smart grid voltage regulation and power quality technology. With proprietary four-quadrant design the MicroPlanet smart voltage regulator increases and decreases voltage precisely to [...]
Mississauga, ON – Canada’s largest indoor farm show, The Canadian International Farm Show is pleased to launch an exciting new feature at the event February 7-9, 2012 at the International Centre in Mississauga. A portion of Hall 5 will be transformed into the Renewable Energy Feature. This section will showcase the leading products available in [...]
Royal Wine Corp. (RWC) announced today the completion of a solar power system on the roof of its corporate headquarters and warehouse facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey. RWC is a leading specialty wine producer in New York and California, as well as an importer and distributor, and is also the parent company of Kedem [...]
Hypersolar claims to have developed a breakthrough technology to make renewable natural gas using solar power. Today they announced that this new technology can help reduce the need for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) used to access underground natural gas resources. The company’s renewable natural gas is a clean, carbon neutral methane gas that can be produced above ground [...]