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AMEA Considering Hydro-Electric Plant in Houston County

The Alabama Municipal Electricity Authority (AMEA), Dothan’s Primary Power Supplier in Houston County is considering the addition of a hydroelectric plant for generation of electricity along the Chattahoochee River.

18 Jan 2011

PanelClaw Chosen by Texas Solar Power for Solar Installation in ACC Campus

Texas Solar Power (TXSPC) has chosen PanelClaw for the installation of the largest solar project in the Austin Community College (ACC) Northridge Campus.

18 Jan 2011

Suntactics Launch PC5 Solar Charger for iPhones

Suntactics launches its new compact and powerful PC5 iPhone Solar Charger, which would be able to handle all the powerful iPhone applications along with their improvements.

18 Jan 2011

MIT Researchers Introduce Graphene Electrodes into Organic Solar Cells

The conventional solar cells usually employ highly purified silicon, which is expensive. To make solar cells inexpensive, compact and flexible, researchers have been using organic compounds.

18 Jan 2011

Minerco Acquires Iscan Hydroelectric Project in Honduras

Minerco Resources (MINE) has proclaimed that it has signed a Definitive Agreement for acquiring the 4 MW Iscan Hydroelectric Project located in the Guata Municipality in Honduras in the Department of Olancho from a company called Energetica de Occidente S.A. de C.V. (Enercosa).

18 Jan 2011

Bomba Village in Belize Lit by Solar Powered LED Lights

Grid Earth otherwise known as GEAR recently brought solar powered LED lights to light up the village of Bomba in Belize.

18 Jan 2011

Vestas Witnesses Robust Wind Turbine Sales in North America

Vestas has completed the year 2010 with robust sales of wind turbines in North America. The company had secured 15 orders that comprise 871 wind turbines totaling 1,883 MW.

18 Jan 2011

NorthWestern Energy to Acquire Wind Power Project in Central Montana

NorthWestern Energy has inked a memorandum of understanding to acquire a 25-MW wind power project located in central Montana. Compass Wind will construct the wind power project.

18 Jan 2011

Ballard Power Systems to supply Three Fuel Cell Power Modules to Tuttotrasporti

Ballard Power Systems has signed an agreement to deliver three fuel cell power modules to Tuttotrasporti, an operator of hybrid transit buses in Brazil. Ballard's fuel cell modules are designed for the utilization in zero-emission buses run by Brazilian transit agencies.

18 Jan 2011

Xtreme Power’s Energy Storage Systems Chosen for First Wind’s Kaheawa Wind Power Project

Xtreme Power, a producer and operator of integrated power management and energy storage systems for micro-grid and renewable energy applications, has been chosen as the storage supplier for Kaheawa Wind Power II (KWP II), a wind power project of First Wind.

18 Jan 2011

INEOS Bio Acquires USDA Loan Guarantee for Bioenergy Plant Construction

INEOS New Planet BioEnergy, a joint venture between INEOS Bio and New Planet Energy, has secured a guaranteed loan worth $75 million on a conditional commitment basis from the 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build the INEOS BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida.

18 Jan 2011