According to the announcement made by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the global wind power capacity saw a growth of 31% in 2009. The year saw the addition of 37,500 MW, bringing the world’s total installed wind capacity up to 157,900 MW. China’s growth was more than 100% during the year contributing to one-third of the new installations in the world.
Envent Holding Philippines announced that its Geothermal Service Contract with the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) for its Biliran geothermal project has been converted to a Renewable Energy Service Contract under the new Renewable Energy Act of 2008, thus enhancing the contractual base significantly. Envent Holding is an important developer of geothermal projects in the Philippines.
SunEdison, MEMC Electronic Materials’ subsidiary and largest provider of solar energy services in North America, announced the activation of the first phase of the company’s 16-MW solar farm located in Davidson County, North Carolina.
Rivermoor Energy announced that the construction for the Boston’s largest solar project is set to commence this month. The 240-kW project is jointly developed by Fischbach & Moore Electrical Group, Rivermoor and Zapotec Energy. It is sited at the headquarters of Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC). The output from the project is connected to the NSTAR grid.
HgCapital’s renewable energy fund, HgCapital Renewable Power Partners, announced three new investments in renewable energy projects; two solar PV projects in Spain and one onshore wind project in UK. These investments helped the gross capital value of this renewable energy fund to exceed €1 billion, making 2009 as the most active year since the fund closed in December 2006.
An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system.
Sify Technologies announced that it has launched its first online training course in partnership with Solar Living Institute (SLI), a non-profit organization based in U.S. The online course, which is titled ‘PV Design and Installation Training’, is currently offered in English for the U.S. market. The company said that the course will be translated and offered soon for other markets such as China, India, and Latin America.
Solyndra and Allied Building Products have signed a new distribution agreement. Solyndra is a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic systems that are used for rooftop applications in the commercial sector. Allied Building Products has its headquarters in East Rutherford, New Jersey and is a leading distributor of solar, roofing and other building products in the U.S.
The Dow Chemical Company announced that it has identified Midland in Michigan to locate its full-scale manufacturing facility to produce its groundbreaking DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle and it is subject to finalizing funding from local, state and federal agencies. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm in her State of the State address talked about the site selection and said that this could create more than 1,200 jobs in the region.
RWE has awarded a contract to Aker Solutions to construct a new 50-MW biomass renewable energy power plant in Scotland. The project is located at the Tullis Russell Papermakers plant near Fife. The contract awarded to Aker Solutions includes from designing to commissioning of the plant. Major plant items except flue gas systems and fluidized bed boiler are covered in the contract. Metso Power will provide the flue gas systems and fluidized bed boiler. The total value of the contract to Aker Solutions is GBP 115 million.
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