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Ground Breaking Ceremony Conducted by Xcel and SunEdison in New Mexico

A ground-breaking ceremony was conducted at the Woolworth Community Library in Jal, New Mexico, for a 54 MW capacity Solar unit, which is to be built on five different locations in Eddy and Lea Counties in New Mexico.

20 Dec 2010

Red Seaweed to be a Viable Source of Biofuel

A Metabolic Engineer with the University of Illinois, Yong-Su Jin, who is also a faculty member in the Genomic Biology department and a Microbial genomics Assistant Professor, has unequivocally given a positive reply to the question if red seaweed was a viable source of biofuel.

20 Dec 2010

Nordex USA Acquires Order for Elk Wind Farm in Iowa

Nordex USA has pronounced that it has been granted a 41 MW order along with RPM Access for a Elk Wind Farm in Delaware County in Iowa. The turbines would be manufactured in the new manufacturing plant in Jonesboro in Arkansas, owned by Nordex, and a 10 year service contract has also been signed along with the commissioning, delivery, testing and installation of the 17 Nordex N100 turbines.

20 Dec 2010

New Generation’s Biofuels Technology to Participate in Phase Two Testing at Baltimore

New Generation Biofuels Holdings, a leader in biofuels technology and products, made an agreement with the City of Baltimore for conducting a Phase 2 evaluation program, testing the company’s biofuel in institutional boilers for a one year period.

20 Dec 2010

Triad Constructors to Partner EcoloCap Solutions for Implementing NPW Technology

EcoloCap Solutions, a pioneer in alternative energy solutions, declared that it has signed a contract with Triad Constructors for the sales, installation, distribution and commissioning of NPW biodiesel processing units, which are to be sold all through North America.

20 Dec 2010

Here Enterprises Announces Acquisition of First Wind Power Development Project

Here Enterprises announced that it has purchased its first wind power development project. The company acquired the Texas-based Cycle Ranch in September 2010. At present, the company is working towards developing a wind power plant on the Cycle Ranch site.

20 Dec 2010

Second Wind Marks 30 Years of Successful Business in Wind Industry

Second Wind, a wind measurement system provider, has completed 30 years in the wind business with established sales channels across the world. The company has crossed 10,000th shipment of its Nomad 2 wind data logger in June 2010.

20 Dec 2010

Tennessee Valley Authority Inks 20-Year Power Purchase Agreement with Horizon Wind

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced that it has entered into a 20-year contract with Horizon Wind Energy for supply of 44 MW of clean energy.

20 Dec 2010

REpower Signs Contract with EverPower for Wind Farm Project in US

EverPower, a wind energy project developer in the US, has entered into a contract with REpower for the supply of 25 MM92 wind turbines, each with a 2.05 MW capacity and 80 meters hub height.

20 Dec 2010

Wind Energy Portfolio Expansion by Westar Energy in Kansas

Westar Energy has proclaimed that it is expanding its wind energy portfolio by the addition of 369 MW of wind energy. Two wind development companies have signed agreements with Westar for the sale of electricity produced by these companies to Westar at their Kansas wind farms.

20 Dec 2010

Petrobras to Produce Biodiesel from Palm Oil in Portugal

Petrobras, a Brazilian oil company, is escalating its studies for constructing facilities for production of biodiesel from palm oil.

20 Dec 2010

Ormat Accomplishes Granting Process for San Pablo II Concession in Chile

Ormat Technologies proclaimed that its subsidiary, Ormat Andina Energia, had concluded the granting process for the San Pablo II geothermal exploration concession in northern Chile.

20 Dec 2010

Hawaii’s Green Future Depends on Palm Oil-Based Biodiesel

Hawaiian Electric (HECO) has declared that the company is planning to construct a plant, where palm oil would be converted into biodiesel. The biodiesel would be essential for providing affordable electricity to the Hawaiian people and also decrease Hawaii’s reliance on imported energy sources.

20 Dec 2010

EIC Opens First Biodiesel Manufacturing Unit in Toronto Port Lands

Energy Innovation (EIC), a leading Canadian innovator in biodiesel, has pronounced plans of inaugurating the first biodiesel manufacturing facility in Port Lands in Toronto.

20 Dec 2010

Abound Solar Leases Indiana Facility

Abound Solar declared that it has secured a 781,750 square foot Indiana facility in Tipton for establishing a thin film solar module manufacturing plant.

20 Dec 2010