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Pattern Energy Group said that a Chilean miningcompany has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the output of Pattern's planned 115-MW El Arrayan wind project. Minera Los Pelambres, a metals mining company controlle...  more

Sunny Day Energy, an affiliate of a family owned and operated property development and management company based on Ontario, will install the modules for a number of commercial rooftop projects in the Greater Toronto area, ranging ...  more

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for 10 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy. The project, Ormat’s first independent PV proj...  more

Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. ("Hanwha SolarOne”) (Nasdaq:HSOL), a global, end-to-end solar systems manufacturer, today announced it will license module mounting and grounding technology from Zep Solar™, Inc., of San Rafael, Calif. Ze...  more

An electric vehicle (EV) battery maker has found a possible safety issue in the batteries it makes for Fisker Automotive EVs, but says it has already found a solution to the problem. A123 Systems Inc., developer and manufacturer ...  more

ACCIONA Energy's wind park at Golice has just entered service in Poland, the first installed by the company in the country. It represents an investment of around 223 million zlotys(57 million euros at the current exchange rate). I...  more

Toyota Motor Corp., Asia’s largest automaker, will begin selling its smallest hybrid car in Japan today to compete with Honda Motor Co. for younger consumers seeking an entry-level fuel-efficient vehicle. The Aqua compact hybrid, ...  more

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., (MHI) has delivered a large-capacity energy storage system employing lithium-ion rechargeable batteries to the Shimizu Institute of Technology in Tokyo. The institute, a technology arm of Shimizu...  more

A123 Systems (Nasdaq:AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate® lithium ion batteries and systems, announced that it will supply an 11MW Grid Battery System (GBS) to Sempra Generation for the Auwahi Wind projec...  more