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Abengoa, Toshiba Selected as Preferred Bidders for New Tees Renewable Energy Plant Project

Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, and Toshiba Corporation, have been selected as preferred bidders to build the Tees Renewable Energy Plant.

11 Aug 2015

Researchers Create Seafloor Chemical Gardens to Power Light Bulb

One of the key necessities for life on our planet is electricity. That's not to say that life requires a plug and socket, but everything from shrubs to ants to people harnesses energy via the transfer of electrons -- the basis of electricity. Some experts think that the very first cell-like organisms on Earth channeled electricity from the seafloor using bubbling, chimney-shaped structures, also known as chemical gardens.

7 Aug 2015

Toshiba Completes Testing 1MW-1MWh Battery Energy Storage System for Italian Transmission System Operator

Toshiba T&D Europe S.p.a. (TTDE) completed testing a 1MW-1MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Sardinia, and handed it over to the Italian Transmission System Operator, Terna S.p.a. Toshiba was the first of seven battery suppliers now installing systems in Sardinia, including Samsung SDi and Siemens, to successfully complete testing.

6 Aug 2015

Daqo New Energy Officially Launches Phase 3A Polysilicon Manufacturing Expansion Project at Xinjiang Site

Daqo New Energy Corp. ("Daqo New Energy" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the solar PV industry, today announced that the Company's board of directors has approved its Phase 3A expansion project, which is expected to increase the polysilicon production capacity at the Company's Xinjiang manufacturing site from the current level of 12,150 metric tons (MT) to 18,000 MT.

6 Aug 2015

Tecogen Deploys Two InVerde Ultra CHP Units for Installation in Findlay Teller Apartments, Bronx

Tecogen® Inc. today announced the sale of two InVerde® Ultra, INV-100, combined heat and power (CHP) units for installation in the Findlay Teller apartment complex located in the Crotona East section of the Bronx.

5 Aug 2015

Pattern Energy Announces Acquisition of Remaining Capacity in 283MW Gulf Wind Power Facility in Texas

Pattern Energy Group Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 170 megawatt (MW) ownership interests in the 283 MW Gulf Wind power facility in Kenedy County, Texas from Pattern Energy Group LP and MetLife Capital LP.

5 Aug 2015

GE and Kraftanlagen München are Building Modern Gas-Fired Thermal Power Plant in Kiel, Germany

Together with general contractor Kraftanlagen München (KAM), GE is supporting the municipal utility Stadtwerke Kiel in the construction of a modern gas-fired thermal power plant, representing a new, extremely flexible generation of energy production plants.

4 Aug 2015

ET Solar’s AC Module System Launched in Japan

ET Solar Group (ET Solar), a leading renewable energy equipment provider, announces that it has launched new generation AC Modules at PV Japan 2015.

3 Aug 2015

Renewable Energy Signs Agreement to Acquire Assets of Imperium Renewables

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. and Imperium Renewables, Inc. announced Friday that they have signed an asset purchase agreement where REG would acquire substantially all the assets of Imperium, including a 100-million gallon nameplate capacity biomass-based diesel refinery and deepwater port terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington.

3 Aug 2015

China Must Reduce Dependency on Coal for Long Term Energy Security

China needs to reduce its dependence on coal and improve the range of fuels it uses if it is to have long term energy security, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).

31 Jul 2015