Europe green energy

Vestas has received an order from PROKON Energiesysteme GmbH for 70 V90-2.0 MW turbines for a series of wind energy projects in Poland.  The V90-2.0 MW turbines will be placed at several wind farms across Poland, with a total comb...  more

Vestas will be supplying a new customer in Germany with seven state-of-the-art V112-3.0 MW turbines. Erneuerbare Energien Teetzleben GmbH & Co. KG has ordered the turbines for the Breesen-Teetzleben Wind Farm in Mecklenburg-Vo...  more

CSP Solutions Consult GmbH, Cologne, a company of the Solar Millennium Group, has issued two licenses for the use of its parabolic trough collector design Skal-ET at solar-thermal power plants in southern Spain. The first power pl...  more

SunEdison, a solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, announced that it has received the final milestone payment of 230 million Euros from First Reserve for the sale of a 70 megawatt (MW) photo...  more

SunPower Corp. announced that it has completed the sale of its 44-megawatt (MW) Montalto di Castro solar park to a consortium of international investors that include MetLife, Fondo PPP Italia (managed by Fondaco SGR S.p.A and advi...  more

Portuguese electric mobility consortium MOBI.E took delivery of nine Nissan LEAFs, becoming the first commercial customer in Europe of the world's first mass-market 100% electric vehicle. The keys to the cars were handed over to t...  more

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic ("PV") cells and modules in China, announced several new business developments in Italy, including two significant ...  more

ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $580 million from Svenska Kraftnät of Sweden and LITGRID turtas AB of Lithuania to supply a new power transmission link between the Nordic and Baltic regi...  more

California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the construction and operation of two solar-thermal power plants with a planned total capacity of some 500 megawatts (MW) at the Palen location in California. As such, the second project...  more

SunPower Corp. announced that it has closed its euro 195.2 million solar bond issuance associated with the company's 44-megawatt (MW) Montalto di Castro solar park in Italy. The proceeds will be used to pay for the development and...  more