Technip will publish its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 results on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 a.m. CET. The press release and slide presentation will be available from our website: www.technip.com. Read more…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI:TSE/7011), Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi:TSE/6501, NYSE/HIT) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC:TSE/8058) today announced that they have been jointly selected as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as the result of a feasibility study which was conducted from March through October 2011 by the three companies. The project, which is aligned with the Malaga Smartcity Project currently under way in Malaga, Spain, will demonstrate and verify various businesses necessary for establishing a next-generation transportation infrastructure enabling considerable reductions in CO2 emissions. The total budget of the demonstration project, to be conducted for a period through March 2016, is expected to be near 5 billon yen. Read more…
National Solar Power today announced the company has entered into a solar farm development agreement with Liberty County, Florida. Under the agreement, National Solar Power will build an up to 100MW solar energy project on property in Liberty County-–adjacent to the company’s Gadsden County, Florida solar farm project. The project, representing a $350 million investment at full build out, is the company’s third in Florida with the others being in Gadsden and Hardee counties. Read more…
North-west Swiss energy supplier, EBM, based in Münchenstein and the power supply company in charge of the city of Bern, Energy Water Bern (ewb), share the goal of supporting their future power supply on renewable energy. For this purpose, the new construction and operation of appropriate production capacity at home and abroad will be again massively accelerated. As regards to security of supply, risk, geography and profitability, both companies rely on a well-diversified and balanced mix. In order to secure a long-term investment strategy, both companies together with Aravis have brought «leading Swiss renewables AG» into being. The company’s mission is to build in the medium run a sustainable, diversified portfolio of renewable energy production plants in Europe. In addition, it is resourced with an equity of approximately 100 million Euro. EBM is also involved therein with 65 million Euro and ewb with 35 million Euro. This allows for the realization of renewable energy projects with a total volume of over € 200 million Euro. The total installed capacity will be in a first phase 100 megawatts (MW). The company has mandated Aravis for the implementation of the strategy as an investment adviser. Aravis has set a remarkable track record over the last few years as a strong executing partner in the area of renewable energy sources. Read more…
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — KDC Solar LLC, headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey, through its wholly owned subsidiary, KDC Solar Nugen WR, a joint venture with Nugen Capital Management LLC, has begun commercial operation of the second largest PV roof-mounted solar system in New Jersey at the White Rose Inc. warehouse in Carteret. The new system will allow White Rose to significantly reduce its carbon footprint through the production of clean electricity. Read more…
With the solar energy industry maturing rapidly, and expanding to newer markets, the focus of innovation and investment has shifted from panels to installations — the final critical step for monetization, according to a Lux Research report titled, “Swimming Downstream: Evaluating Up-and-Coming Solar Installers and Developers.” Read more…
AltaGas Ltd. (”AltaGas” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:ALA) today announced that it has added to its renewable energy initiatives in the United States with the purchase of Decker Energy International, Inc. (”DEI”), and a 50 percent interest in Black Hills Energy’s Busch Ranch Wind Farm Project (”Busch Ranch Project”) in southern Colorado. Black Hills Energy is a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp. Read more…
A 15-year agreement that calls for Minnesota Power to buy carbon-free hydroelectricity from Manitoba Hydro beginning in 2020 was unanimously approved today by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Read more…
SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge), the leading developer of module-integrated microinverters for the solar industry, announces a partnership with Solartec Energia Renovable (Solartec) to introduce AC modules to Mexico. Solartec will manufacture and sell AC modules powered by SolarBridge PantheonTM microinverters into the Mexican market. Read more…
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “South Korea Oil and Gas Report Q1 2012” report to their offering. Read more…