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Frost + Sullivan Report Predicts Growth for Wind and Solar Energy in Australia

The wind and solar energy power projects in Australia are expected to move in a higher trajectory and do considerably better in 2011, says Suchitra Sriram, who works as Asia Pacific Program Manager for the Energy & Power Systems Practice, in Frost & Sullivan.

10 Feb 2011

OK Myanmar Plans Solar Power Installation in Myanmar

OK Myanmar, a Myanmar-based company, has announced the devising of a solar plan to meet the power requirement of microwave communication towers, pumping stations at river water locations and street lamps.

10 Feb 2011

Scatec Solar Proposes Solar Power Project in Cedar City, Utah

Scatec Solar, an Oslo, Norway-based company, has unveiled its intentions to invest in a solar project in Cedar City, Utah.

10 Feb 2011

Greece to Build 200 MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant

Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, unveiled the government’s proposal to start a solar project over the abandoned coal mines in Kozani.

10 Feb 2011

Greenpeace Urges South Africa to Embrace Solar Power Production

A recent report brought by Greenpeace and the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), advocates the use of solar power in South Africa in order to save the environment, money and to create more job positions.

10 Feb 2011

Ministry of Defence Plans to Utilize Solar and Wind Energy in Military Bases

The British Ministry of Defence has announced its plans to use solar wind energy to run its military bases at the front line in Afghanistan.

10 Feb 2011

Arizona Public Service to Erect Demo Solar Panels in Tempe Beach Park

The 25 acre Beach Park in Tempe Arizona will sport solar panels and produce clean energy.

10 Feb 2011

Indian City to Implement Solar Installation

Surat, an Indian city known for diamonds, will soon be known as ‘solar city’ in the next few years.

10 Feb 2011

David Brown to Construct Advanced Wind Turbines for NGenTec

NGenTec, a spinout from the University of Edinburgh, declared that it has entered into a business accord with Clyde Blowers, a Glasgow-based company.

10 Feb 2011

SCHOTT Poly 290 Completes Solarpraxis and TÜV Rheinland Tests Successfully

SCHOTT Solar a Mainz, Germany-based company, has emerged successfully in the PV+ tests carried out by TÜV Rheinland and Solarpraxis, a solar energy knowledge disseminating company.

10 Feb 2011

Soham Energy to Raise $60 Million

Soham Renewable Energy India, a hydel power plant developer supported by DE Shaw, a New York-based Hedge Fund Company, is to arrange funds amounting to $60 million from the Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund.

10 Feb 2011

Research on Solar Installation Essential Before Going Solar

The initial investments for solar power installations are highly expensive and would take about ten years to reap financial benefits. Hence it is always better to gather information about solar before investing.

10 Feb 2011

Iberdrola to Invest in Research, Innovations

IBERDROLA has invested Euro 130 million in R&D in 2010 with a 44% increase from the last year. This amount was invested in more than 150 projects for battling the new challenges encountered in the energy sector.

10 Feb 2011

PSE Offers Renewable Energy Grants to Schools and Educational Institutions

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is providing educational institutions and public schools a chance to bring clean renewable energy into and on the top of the classrooms.

10 Feb 2011

Oak Ridge Researchers Convert Spinach and Sunlight into Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers at Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a system for transforming visible light into hydrogen fuel utilizing spinach. Researchers have long been pondering on how plants convert sunlight into energy instantly.

10 Feb 2011