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Hawkeye Renewables Sells Two Ethanol Plants to Flint Hills Resources Renewables

Hawkeye Renewables has declared that it has signed an agreement with Flint Hills Resources Renewables for sale of its ethanol plants situated in Fairbank and Iowa Falls in Iowa.

18 Jan 2011

GIA Releases Report on Global Wind Energy Market

Global Industry Analysts (GIA), a market research company established in 1987 has released a new report titled “Wind Energy: A Global Strategic Business Report” on the global wind energy market.

18 Jan 2011

Empire State Building Shifts to Renewable Wind Power for Electricity

The Empire State Building, which is one of the world’s largest buildings, has now switched over to 100% renewable wind energy by signing on to purchase above 100 million kWh of wind energy during the next two year period.

18 Jan 2011

Suzlon Bags Order from Hindustan Zinc

Suzlon, an Indian manufacturer of wind turbines, has announced receiving an order worth Rs 865 crore from Hindustan Zinc, a subsidiary of the Vedanta Group.

18 Jan 2011

UNESCO Grant for Renewable Energy Research

The UNESCO, (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), has sanctioned funding of $15.3 million to the Kwara State University (KWASU).

18 Jan 2011

Fluid Debuts Fuel Cell-Powered Tablet PC at CES

Fluid Computer Systems has displayed a fuel cell-powered Windows 7 Tablet PC at the Consumer Electronics Show, which was held in Las Vegas.

18 Jan 2011

CEZ Consolidates Stake in Wind Energy

A member of the CEZ group, CEZ Romania, has purchased a hydro-energy plant located in Caras Severin County close to Resita, becoming the100% proprietor of TMK Hydroenergy Power.

18 Jan 2011

Carnegie to Generate CETO Wave Energy in Ireland

Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has received a grant from the Irish government’s Sustainable Energy Association to the tune of EU150,000. The funds will be utilized by the company to study possible CETO locations in the country.

18 Jan 2011

Report Studies Feasibility of Small Wind Turbines

The findings of a recent survey conducted by Research and Markets on the feasibility of constructing small size wind turbines analyzes among other things, the parts that make up the wind turbine and the challenges that operators of such turbines face before they can actually make the turbines operate to their maximum potential.

18 Jan 2011

CCM Report Focuses Chinese Biomass Energies Market

CCM has just published a report on biomass energy for the first time called Biomass Energies Market in China-Edition 1 in April 2010.

18 Jan 2011

Self-Repairing Solar Cell Resembling Natural Plant Systems Created by Researchers

Researchers at the Purdue University are trying to create a new type of solar cell, which would be able to self-repair similar to natural plant systems by using DNA and nanotubes.

18 Jan 2011

Indian State Signs Power Purchase Agreements with OHPC and OPTCL

The Orissa State Government has entered into two Power Purchase Agreements with Odisha Thermal Power (OTPCL) and Odisha Hydro Power (OHPC) for obtaining the power generated by their projects in three districts, Dhenkanal, Sonepur and Sambalpur Districts.

18 Jan 2011

Hydro Development in Macedonia Financed by EBRD Loan

A EUR 6 million loan has been approved for the Mali Hidro Elektrani d.o.o. (MHE) by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The loan is for developing seven small hydropower plants in Macedonia.

18 Jan 2011

Hydro Scheme Construction in Scotland Provides Job Opportunities

A new hydro electric facility is to be constructed in Scotland in the Argyll and Bute district, which would lead to the recruitment of Civil Engineering personnel.

18 Jan 2011

Waste Vegetable Oil to Fuel Vehicles in New Denver

Expansion is on the cards for the biofuel business run by the proprietors of the Cedar Creek Café located in the Slocan Valley. In September 2010, Paul and Clare Kelly had purchased a small scale biofuel business and ran their delivery truck on waste vegetable oil.

18 Jan 2011