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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

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