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US: First Solar acquires 60 MW North Star project

Mon, 20 May 2013 First Solar has acquired the 60 MW North Star PV project from NorthLight, which is being developed in Fresno County, California.

INDONESIA: 330 MW Sarulla geothermal project agreement signed

Mon, 13 May 2013 Sarulla Operations has signed a joint operating contract and energy sales contract with Ormat Technologies for the 330 MW Sarulla geothermal power project located in Tapanuli Utara, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

CHILE: 90 MW wind farm enters service

Mon, 6 May 2013 The 90 MW Talinay Wind Farm, located in Talinay, Chile, has been connected to the grid.

ISRAEL: M+W Group awarded solar PV contract

Wed, 1 May 2013 M+W Group has won an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a 55 MW PV power plant in Israel.

SWEDEN: 28 MW biomass plant planned

Wed, 17 April 2013 Katrinefors Kraftvärme, a joint venture owned by Metsä Tissue and energy company VänerEnergi AB, will build a new biomass combined heat and power plant in Mariestad, Sweden, in conjunction with the Metsä Tissue mill.

US: Fuel cell system to operate using biomass-generated hydrogen

Mon, 15 April 2013 Ballard Power Systems has announced the sale of a 175 kW ClearGen distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, California.

INDIA: Welspun Energy reaches financial close for 130 MW PV project

Tue, 9 April 2013 Indian power generator Welspun Energy Ltd has achieved financial closure for a 130 MW solar project located in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.

PERU: 40 MW of solar comes online

Mon, 25 March 2013 Gestamp Solar and Solarpack have commenced operation of two 20 MW solar PV plants in Peru.

Global clean energy industry movements update

Thu, 21 March 2013 In the latest international clean energy industry movements, ACCIONA has opened a new turbine hub assembly plant, WINAICO has appointed a Representative Director in Japan and Siemens has established major research and development test facilities in Denmark.

Clean Power Asia 2013 gears up

Wed, 20 March 2013 International clean energy policy will be a key focus at the 3rd Annual Clean Power Asia Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, from 29-30 April 2013.

UK: Marine projects receive £20 million in funding

Sun, 17 March 2013 Two marine energy companies – MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Wales Ltd – have won a combined total of £20 million ($AU29 million) in funding under the British Government’s Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme.

US – Geothermal soars in 2012

Fri, 15 March 2013 Preliminary industry data from the United States Geothermal Energy Association reveals that in 2012 geothermal growth in the United States was up 5 per cent from the previous year.

THAILAND – Conergy fires up solar PV

Mon, 25 February 2013 Conergy has received an order for 31.5 MW of solar PV panels, to be used in the construction of three PV plants across Thailand.

NEW ZEALAND – Green Fuels NZ signs deal with Solid Energy

Wed, 20 February 2013 Green Fuels NZ has announced the purchase of the Biodiesel New Zealand biodiesel production facilities from Solid Energy.

SCOTLAND – ScottishPower Renewables receives consent for 288 MW wind farm

Wed, 20 February 2013 ScottishPower Renewables has received consent from the Scottish Government to construct the 96 turbine Kilgallioch Wind Farm, to be located south of Barrhill in south west Scotland.

CHILE – SunEdison signs agreement for 100 MW PV plant

Wed, 20 February 2013 SunEdison has signed an agreement with the Chilean mining and steel group CAP to construct a 100 MW solar PV plant in the Atacama Desert of Chile.

China – Trina Solar receives development approval for 50 MW solar PV plant

Mon, 18 February 2013 Trina Solar has obtained approval from the Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission to develop a 50 MW grid-connected solar power plant project in Wuwei, China.

Poland – DP CleanTech signs contract for 30 MW biomass plant

Mon, 11 February 2013 DP CleanTech has signed a contract for the delivery of a 30 MW biomass power plant to Polish Energy Partners.

Renewable energy now cheaper than new fossil fuels: BNEF

Fri, 8 February 2013 Unsubsidised clean energy is now cheaper than electricity from new-build coal- and gas-fired power stations in Australia, according to analysis from research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Europe – IBERDROLA and Areva Wind negotiate offshore wind supply contract

Mon, 4 February 2013 IBERDROLA and AREVA Wind have announced plans to enter into further negotiations for a supply contract for the 400 MW Wikinger offshore wind project, currently being developed in the Baltic Sea.

US – MidAmerican Renewables makes headway in solar and wind

Fri, 1 February 2013 MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables, has acquired from SunPower the 579 MW Antelope Valley Solar Projects: two co-located projects in Kern and Los Angeles Counties in California in the United States.

Uruguay – Vestas lines up 42 MW order for power plant

Wed, 16 January 2013 Vestas has received a 42 MW order from Akuo Energy for 14 units of its V112-3.0 MW wind turbine for the Minas wind power plant in Uruguay.

German company announces redevelopment of biomass gasification plant

Fri, 11 January 2013 Germany-Faith Asset Management Germay in conjunction with Niagara Worldwide has announced the site redevelopment and orderly sale and reuse of select processes of the former Choren Gasification Plant in Freiberg, Germany.

Hanwha SolarOne signs South Africa’s largest solar deal

Mon, 7 January 2013 Hanwha SolarOne will deliver 155 MW of its solar modules to South African projects to be developed by Cobra, Gransolar and Kensani.