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Anaergia Delivers Renewable Energy Facility to Support Sustainable Food Production in the UK
Anaergia Inc., announced today that UTS Biogas Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Anaergia based in the United Kingdom, has delivered a large-scale anaerobic digestion facility to Shropshire Energy, part of the G’s Group. The facility enables the generation of 2.4MW of renewable electricity, heat for facility operations as well as the production of high-grade fertilizer. The project sets a benchmark for how energy independence and environmental sustainability can be achieved by the food...
Power Generation
- Dec 12, 2013
Availon lands new maintenance contract for Vestas turbines
Availon announced today that it won a full maintenance contract for 7 Vestas® wind turbines. The German multi-brand service provider is taking over the full maintenance of seven out of a total of 12 Vestas® V80 turbines in the Hakenstedt wind farm. The wind farm is located 30 kilometres west of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
“The seven 2MW turbines, were commissioned in 2003 and are to be maintained by Availon for five years as part of the ‘WindKeeper Complete Modu...
Wind
- Dec 12, 2013
Ascent Solar Expands Retail Distribution Network into Japan
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a manufacturer of consumer and off-grid products integrated with flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules (CIGS), announced today distribution partnerships with Kyodo International Corp. and NARA Co Ltd. for the company's EnerPlex line of consumer products in Japan.
Kyodo International Corp. based in Osaka, specializes in supporting the entry of consumer electronic goods into the Japanese marketplace. Tokyo based NARA has a history of brin...
Solar
- Dec 12, 2013
EncounterCare Solutions Announces New CyberFuels Product ''Eco Island Blend''
EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ECSL) today announced that its subsidiary CyberFuels, Inc. has developed a new proprietary technology for HYGROSCOPIC FUEL BLENDS AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FUEL BLENDS THAT ABSORB WATER and filed a provisional patent to protect this new intellectual property.
This new technology offers an exciting new fuel blend, Eco Island Blend™.
"Eco Island Blend™" absorbs up to 15% water from gasoline storage tanks. Water in gasoli...
General News
- Fuel & Retailing - Dec 11, 2013
BYD And Strata Solar Finalize 160 Mw Solar Panel and Battery Deal for 2014
After several meetings and facility tours at BYD’s production facilities in Shenzhen, BYD and Strata Solar have announced an extensive solar partnership for 2014. Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar has inked a deal with BYD to purchase 160 MW’s of their premium solar panels which represents over a third of Strata’s scheduled construction work for 2014. In addition to the panel deal, BYD and Strata will work together to implement BYD’s world leading battery technology into ...
Solar
- Contracts - Dec 11, 2013
BIO Applauds Navy, USDA Leadership on Advanced Biofuel Procurement
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for announcing advanced biofuel procurement opportunities through the Farm to Fleet program. Since 2010, the Navy and USDA have worked together, under a Memorandum of Understanding, to maximize the use of renewable energy, which meets important national and energy security goals.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO’s Industrial & Environmental Se...
Bio
- Dec 11, 2013
UNS Energy Agrees to Be Acquired by Fortis Utility Group
The Board of Directors of UNS Energy Corporation (NYSE: UNS) has unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement with Fortis, Inc. (TSX: FTS), Canada’s largest investor-owned gas and electric distribution utility, that calls for Fortis to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of UNS Energy for $60.25 per share in cash.
The $4.3 billion transaction, which includes the assumption of approximately $1.8 billion in debt, would provide additional capital and new resources for UNS...
General News
- Utilities - Dec 11, 2013
New Solar Plant in El Centro, California Starts Operations
Grupo T-Solar, one of the major independent power producers of photovoltaic solar energy based in Spain, has successfully completed its first photovoltaic solar plant in El Centro, California. The North American Development Bank (NADB) is providing a $65 million loan for the construction of this project.
The plant, located in the city of El Centro (Imperial Valley, California), occupies 140 acres of land and will generate 55 GWh per year, equal to an energy consumption of more than 12,000...
Solar
- Power Generation - Dec 11, 2013
