Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is teaming up with FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company, to conduct field tests for its 100% electric e-NV200 commercial vehicle in Singapore. This road test is part of the comp...  more
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Obama budget would boost clean energy funding by 40% |
| published: 2013-04-12 14:39 |
President Barack Obama yesterday put forward a budget that would see a 40% increase in clean energy funding, despite sweeping spending cuts due to the sequester.
Overall, Obama's fiscal year budget 2014 provides $28.4 billion in ...  more
Solar In Australia Will Be Competitive With Gas In 2015 or 2016 |
| published: 2013-04-12 14:38 |
Australia's exports of gas will push up domestic prices, says New Energy Finances (BNEF). Wind energy is already cheaper than new gas for electricity generation - and solar isn't far behind.
In February, Bloomberg's Sydney a...  more
Duke Energy Renewables acquires California project from SolarWorld |
| published: 2013-04-12 14:37 |
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, today announced it has acquired two commercial solar power projects near Twentynine Palms, Calif., from project developer SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufa...  more
Zimbabwe Power Company plans to build $100m solar power plant |
| published: 2013-04-12 14:35 |
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is outlining plans to construct a $100m solar PV plant in the Midlands Province of the country.
The electricity generated from the 100MW plant in Zvishavane would be fed into the national transmission...  more
Germany’s Photovolt Development Plans 400MW Solar Farm |
| published: 2013-04-12 14:34 |
Photovolt Development Partners GmbH, a German developer of solar projects, plans to build a 400-megawatt plant on an island in southwestern Japan.
The company will develop the plant for TeraSol G.K. on Ukujima in Nagasaki prefect...  more
Suntech's European Subsidiary Granted Provisional Moratorium |
| published: 2013-04-11 14:49 |
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.(NYSE: STP) ("Suntech Holdings" or the "Company") announced that Suntech Power International Ltd. ("SPI"), the Company's principal operating subsidiary in Europe, has been granted a provisional mora...  more
First Solar to Acquire TetraSun to Expand Addressable Market Opportunity |
| published: 2013-04-11 14:46 |
First Solar, Inc.(Nasdaq: FSLR) announced it is acquiring TetraSun, a solar photovoltaic (PV) technology startup which has developed a break-through cell architecture capable of conversion efficiencies exceeding 21 percent with ...  more
REC Joint Venture,Northlight Power,Sells the 60 MW North Star Project in California |
| published: 2013-04-11 14:45 |
NorthLight Power, a joint venture 60 percent owned by Renewable Energy Corporation ASA(REC) and 40 percent by Summit Power Group, LLC, announced the sale of the 60 MWAC North Star project in Fresno County, California to First Sola...  more
Martifer Solar Completes a Utility Scale Solar PV Plant Cluster in the UK with a total Capacity of 28.1 MWp |
| published: 2013-04-11 14:43 |
Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, developed a cluster of utility scale photovoltaic plants totaling 28.1 MWp in the United Kingdom. This is one of the largest clusters of utility scale solar PV plants ever built simul...  more