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Google to invest $94 million in 4 solar projects
Google, the American multinational internet and Software Corporation, has recently announced a major investment in clean energy sector. The investment of $94 million will be allocated for the construction of four solar photovoltaic projects near California, Sacramento, bringing the company’s portfolio of clean energy projects to almost $1 billion.
read more... 26/12/2011
Tule Wind Power Project approved
The US Department of the Interior gave approval to the construction of a 186 MW Tule Wind Power Project owned by Iberdrola Renewables. The project is the first one approved for public lands among the other five wind projects agreed on by Secretary Ken Salazar and then by the governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009. The wind project will be built in the In-Ko-Pah Mountains of San Diego County, California (USA).
read more... 23/12/2011
Centrica acquires a biomass heating company Ecoenergy
The British gas company Centrica has recently acquired the Ecoenergy, a leading supplier of biomass heating solutions to the public and private sector. In 2010, Ecoenergy sold 500 projects, characterizing itself as the most accomplished biomass heating company in the UK.
read more... 22/12/2011
E.ON to invest 7 billion euros in renewable energies
E.ON announced on Thursday its intentions to invest 7 billion euros in renewable energies over the next five years for the development of new power generation projects. The German utility plans to commission a new offshore wind farm every 18 months.
read more... 21/12/2011
China to increase PV target by 2015
The Chinese Government announced officially its new renewable targets under the current five year plan, raising them to 15GW by 2015. The analysts consider the renewable boom should occur due to introducing in July, the national feed-in tariffs system for PV projects.
read more... 19/12/2011