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Solar System Installed on United Nations Headquarters

The largest on-roof solar-power system has been installed by Energiebau Solarstromsysteme in Nairobi.

1 Mar 2011

Fraunhofer Researchers Determine 20% Efficiencies Achievable in Silicon Solar Cells

Researchers at the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have successfully achieved new peak efficiencies for silicon solar cells that can be applied easily over larger areas.

1 Mar 2011

Spinnaker Energy Acquires Solar and Wind Development Assets of Martifer Renewable Electricity

Spinnaker Energy, a La Jolla, California-based renewable energy investment and project maturation company, declared that it has acquired Martifer Renewable Electricity’s wind and solar thermal power development assets.

28 Feb 2011

Upsolar Receives J-PEC Certification to Enter Japanese Solar Market

Upsolar, a global solar module developer and producer, declared that it has received certification for the system configuration incorporated in its solar modules from the Japan Photovoltaic Expansion Center (J-PEC).

28 Feb 2011

Mitsubishi Buys Four Concentrated Solar Power Plants from Acciona

Mitsubishi, a Japanese trading company, declared that it has purchased shares in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants owned by Acciona, a renewable energy developing and owning company from Spain.

28 Feb 2011

Ontario Power Authority Awards Wind Project to Henvey Inlet First Nation

Henvey Inlet First Nation (HIFN), a member community of the Anishinabek Nation, declared that Nigig Power owned by the community, has received the feed-in-tariff accord from the Province.

28 Feb 2011

TAS Energy Receives Contract for Geothermal Binary Plant from USG Oregon

TAS Energy, a company that designs power solutions for renewable energy industries, has declared that it was contracted by USG Oregon, a fully owned auxiliary company of the U.S. Geothermal, for the supply of a modular binary geothermal power plant for its Eastern Oregon located Neal Hot Springs Project.

28 Feb 2011

Thousand Oaks City Council Announces New Solar Projects

Thousand Oaks City Council has announced that two new solar projects will come up over the Municipal Services Center and the previous city hall complex located at Hillcrest Drive that houses the National Park Service office, Conejo Recreation and Park District.

28 Feb 2011

Tuwairqi Steel Mills Signs MOU with SolarWorld

Tuwairqi Steel Mills (TSML), a Karachi, Pakistan-based company, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with SolarWorld, a Europe-based company to explore the possibilities of installing solar energy projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan in cooperation.

28 Feb 2011

SolarCraft Powers the Headquarters of M.A. Silva Corks with Solar Power

SolarCraft, a Novato and Sonoma-based company, declared that it has finished the formulation and erection of a 103.4 kW solar photovoltaic system for the USA headquarters of M.A. Silva Corks in Santa Rosa, Ca.

28 Feb 2011

NRG Energy to Take Over Agua Caliente Solar Project from First Solar

NRG Energy declared that it has agreed to buy the 290 MW Agua Caliente solar project owned by First Solar through its fully owned auxiliary company NRG Solar.

28 Feb 2011

Lennox Industries Announces New Solar Powered HVAC System

Lennox Industries has announced the availability of first ever heating and cooling system combining solar power.

28 Feb 2011

Gaelectric to Build Wind Farm at Dunbeg

The energy group of Ireland-based Gaelectric Developments has unveiled its plans to invest around €68 million in a wind energy farm located in Derry after obtaining the required approval for the project from the planning authorities.

28 Feb 2011

Dong Energy to Construct Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Dong Energy has declared that it will commence the construction of Borkum Riffgrund 1, an offshore wind farm over the North Sea that belongs to Germany.

28 Feb 2011

ZenithSolar to Develop CHP Solar Systems in Gansu province

ZenithSolar, developer and producer of a modular and highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) solar systems, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the People’s Republic of China’s Energy Bureau of Gansu Provincial Development and Reforms Commission for developing CHP solar stations in the Gansu province.

28 Feb 2011