North America
22 February 2012
A $75m fund has been launched to finance green building projects along the East Coast of the US.
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22 February 2012
Canadian Solar has updated its fourth quarter guidance and now expects module shipments in the range of 430MW to 440MW, significantly up from the original forecast of 340MW to 360MW.
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22 February 2012
US energy efficiency and renewables specialist Ameresco has partnered with the Philadelphia Water Department to develop a wastewater biogas-to-energy facility.
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22 February 2012
US energy storage specialist Aquion Energy has selected a site in Pennsylvania for its first full-scale manufacturing plant.
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22 February 2012
A US utility operating in the Midwest has brought on an investment bank to assist in the sale of its renewable energy unit.
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22 February 2012
US biofuel manufacturer Solayme made a fourth quarter net GAAP loss of $15.6m, which compares to a $2.9 profit in the same period in 2010.
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22 February 2012
US cleantech company Danotec Motion Technologies has won a blanket purchase order for the supply of electric hydraulic steering system units from Electric Vehicles International.
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21 February 2012
US efficient lighting specialist Sunovia has named Patricia Merringer as the chairman of its board of directors.
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21 February 2012
Danish wind energy company Vestas has been contracted to supply turbines with a combined capacity of 150MW to an undisclosed US client.
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21 February 2012
US cleantech developer Renewable Energy Solutions Americas has completed installation of the 227.5MW Crossroads wind farm in Dewey County, Oklahoma.
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21 February 2012
Driven by strong cleantech investment, corporate venture put most money into the energy sector over recent years with $974m was invested in 95 deals, new figures show.
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21 February 2012
A Canadian province has committed an unprecedented amount to the bioenergy sector to ensure the take-up of innovative biomass-to-fuel projects.
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21 February 2012
Highstar Capital has agreed to sell Hydro Star, the sole shareholder of one of the largest private regulated water and wastewater companies in the US, Utilities Inc, to Corix Utilities.
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21 February 2012
Global electronics giant Apple is planning to construct a solar energy array at its $1bn data centre in Maiden, North Carolina.
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21 February 2012
A Californian asset management company has been given access to a funding pot of up to $10m allowing it to make acquisitions in the cleantech sector.
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21 February 2012
Swedish cleantech developer ClimaCheck has signed a distribution agreement with Canada’s Renteknik Group for the sale of its energy optimisation solution.
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20 February 2012
There is a huge variety in the way US state authorities evaluate the benefits of energy efficiency initiatives, outlining the difficulties in evaluating a particular projects effectiveness.
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20 February 2012
US industry body the Agriculture Energy Coalition has welcomed the recent hearing from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on the 2012 Farm Bill, which could potentially help promote renewable energy in rural America.
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20 February 2012
US clean transport company Smith Electric Vehicles has received a $25m investment from Chinese automobile component manufacturer the Wanxiang Group.
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20 February 2012
New York-listed solar company Suntech Power enjoyed a stronger than expected end to 2011, despite some cautious early guidance.
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