Business & Deals 2010

• Mascoma Buys SunOpta BioProcess for $51 M
  Ethanol manufacturer Mascoma announced that it has acquired Canada-based SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SBI), a division of SunOpta Inc.
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• BNP Paribas buys 20 MW Irish wind farm
  A fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners GP Ltd has bought Gortahile Windfarm Ltd which owns and operates a 20 MW wind farm in Laois, Ireland, from ABO Wind Ireland Ltd.
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• UL acquires Terrachoice in green standard consolidation
  The messy world of environmental claims certification just got a little less messy with the acquisition by ULC Standards, a unit of Underwriters Laboratories (UL), of Ottawa-based TerraChoice, a green marketing consultancy and the managers of Canada's EcoLogo program.
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• Johanna Solar Technology becomes Bosch Solar CISTech
  Johanna Solar Technology GmbH is changing its name to Bosch Solar CISTech GmbH as part of its integration into the Bosch Group's Solar Energy Division.
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• Exelon to acquire John Deere Renewables in $860m wind mega-deal
  US utility Exelon has stepped up its push into the renewable energy sector, announcing that has agreed to shell out $860m to acquire John Deere Renewables, the wind energy subsidiary of engineering firm Deere & Co.
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• Suntech signs South African solar deal
  Chinese solar energy giant Suntech Power Holdings has today inked a deal that should see the company develop one of Africa's first large scale solar photovoltaic energy plants.
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• Ford Embracing Utilities to Boost Electric Car Network
  Anticipating the roll-out of their new electrified line of cars and light-duty vans, Ford is partnering with utility Portland General Electric to make sure there is adequate charging infrastructure and electrical grid capacity in their service area.
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• Israel and U.S. Cooperate on Renewables
  We may be getting close to negotiations between the U.S., Israel and the Palestinians. While we wait for those talks to begin, we can at least partner on other, less politically volatile things, right?
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• Sources: Recurrent Energy, an Independent Power Provider, Soon to be Acquired
  This is what a consolidating industry looks like.
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• Marubeni and Cargill ink offset alliance
  Marubeni Corporation, Japan's fourth-largest trading company, yesterday signed an agreement with US food and agriculture giant Cargill that will see the two companies work together to develop projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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• American Superconductor Investing in Wind Technology
  Today American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) announced that it acquired a 25% ownership position in Blade Dynamics Ltd., a designer and manufacturer of advanced wind turbine blades.
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• Shell set to ink Brazilian biofuel megadeal
  Shell is poised to complete a multibillion-dollar deal with Brazilian ethanol producer Cosan, instantly establishing the company as a major player in the fast-expanding biofuel market.
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• Obelisk and Heidra promise wind monitoring one-stop shop
  Two leading renewable energy firms have joined forces to create a one-stop shop aimed at providing developers with all the support services they need to plan and deploy new wind farms.
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• GDF boosts low carbon plans with £1.4bn International Power takeover
  French energy giant GDF Suez has announced it is to take over UK-based International Power in a £1.4bn deal that will create the world's largest independent power generator and bolster GDF's presence in the expanding hydroelectric and renewable energy sector.
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• Entergy looks to buy three gas-fired power plants
  Entergy Corp (ETR.N: Quote) is betting on lower future natural gas prices with a plan to purchase three gas-fired plants in the Southeast and building a new gas plant in Louisiana, executives said this week.
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• Bright outlook for plug-in hybrid vans as GM invests $5m
  The recently launched venture capital arm of General Motors (GM) underlined the company's burgeoning interest in emerging plug-in hybrid vehicles yesterday, shelling out $5m (£3.1m) to acquire a minority stake in Indiana-based start up Bright Automotive.
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• Magma's Icelandic acquisition plan sparks political firestorm
  Pop stars and politicians are taking centre stage in a growing row over a Canadian company's acquisition of 10 per cent of the Icelandic energy sector.
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• Sharp launches $128m Italian solar joint venture
  Just days after announcing it is to double production capacity at its Welsh solar cell plant, global electronics giant further underlined its commitment to the European solar sector with the formation of a new $198m joint venture alongside Italian renewable energy giant Enel Green Power (EGP) and components provider STMicroelectronics.
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• Government partners with Anglo Platinum, Altergy to manufacture fuel cells in South Africa
  In South Africa, the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has partnered with Anglo Platinum and Altergy Systems, a US-based fuel cell developer, to establish a new company that will initially market and distribute the latter’s hydrogen PEM fuel cell products, and ultimately manufacture fuel cells for the sub-Saharan African market.
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• UPDATE: Hanwha Chemical to Acquire China's Solarfun Power Holdings
  Hanwha Chemical Corp. (009830.SE) said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a significant stake in Solarfun Power Holdings Co. (SOLF) for KRW434 billion ($370 million) in a move to penetrate into the booming Chinese renewable energy sector.
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• E.ON backs Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator
  E.ON is the latest investor to join the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA).
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• GE Invests in Green Data Center Startup SynapSense
  GE has already poured some $175 million into more than 20 greentech companies over the years, and this morning here’s another.
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• BAE Systems and Aquamarine cooperate on wave energy
  Defence company BAE Systems and wave energy developer Aquamarine Power are cooperating on renewable wave energy as part of a project worth almost £1 million.
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• SunPower Partners with Solar Ventures to Build 11.1 Megawatts in Piedmont Region of Italy
  SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) and Solar Ventures S.r.l., a developer of solar parks in Italy, France and the Mediterranean area, today announced that they have signed a contract to design and build three solar power plants in the Piedmont region of Italy.
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• Recurrent Reaches Deals in France & Israel
  Recurrent Energy and Redavia, a French solar development and advisory firm announced a joint development agreement, in which Redavia will act on Recurrent Energy's behalf to identify ground-based photovoltaic projects that are under development in France – and which Recurrent Energy may consider for acquisition.
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• Scotland and China cooperate on offshore wind steel structures
  SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) and Chinese Nantong COSCO Ship Steel Structure Co Ltd (NCSC) will develop and market steel structures for the offshore wind industry under a strategic cooperation agreement.
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• BP To Acquire Verenium's Cellulosic Biofuels Platform
  BP and Verenium Corporation have reached an agreement for BP Biofuels North America to acquire Verenium's cellulosic biofuels business, including the company's facilities in Jennings, Louisiana and San Diego, California for US $98.3 million.
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• Siemens enters Russian wind market
  Siemens is establishing a wind energy joint venture (JV) with the Russian companies Rostechnologii and RusHydro where Siemens will retain the majority stake.
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• JA Solar Signs Deal with Innovalight
  JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. has signed strategic agreements with Innovalight Inc. JA Solar and Innovalight also announced that they have signed a strategic agreement to co-develop solar cells with conversion efficiencies exceeding 20 percent.
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• First Solar closes $297m NextLight acquisition
  First Solar yesterday beefed up its presence as one of the leading solar farm developers in the US, completing its $297m acquisition of rival operator NextLight Renewable Power, LLC.
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• Shelved Enel Green Power IPO to go-ahead in October
  Italian power and gas company Enel, with over 34,000MW in plants using renewable energy, is to go ahead with the postponed public offering of its Green Power division in October, according to the Financial Times.
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• Alstom secures €100m wind power contract with Brazilian company Engevix
  French infrastructure company Alstom has secured a €100m contract with renewable energy company Desenvix, a subsidiary of Brazilian engineering company Engevix for the construction of a 90MW wind farm in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
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• French wind farm operator Kallista Energy acquires Neoelectra’s wind assets
  AXA Private Equity-owned French wind farm operator Kallista Energy has acquired Brittany-based Neoelectra Group’s wind assets for an undisclosed amount.
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• PowerFin Partners targets over $100m solar projects
  US manager of institutional funds for renewable energy assets PowerFin Partners said it has the capacity to fund over $100m worth of commercial and utility-scale solar projects in the US and Canada.
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• Mitsubishi and Peugeot strengthen electric vehicle ties
  Mitsubishi Motors Corp and PSA Peugeot Citroen yesterday became the latest auto companies to team up in an attempt to accelerate their push into the electric vehicle market.
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• Suntech Loses a Silicon Supplier
  Chinese wafer supplier Huantai Silicon has suspended its partnership with the country's solar cells and panels giant Suntech Power on their joint venture Glory Silicon, and will jointly build a new venture with U.S. veteran wafer producer MEMC Electronic Materials.
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• TSMC Moves Deeper into Solar With Stion Deal
  The world’s biggest chip maker for hire makes good on its solar bid. A trend to come?
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• Oil & gas actor buys renewable energy consultancy TNEI
  The international oil & gas facilities service provider Petrofac has purchased TNEI Services Ltd through the acquisition of its holding company New Energy Industries Ltd for £7.5 million.
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• Steel Workers & AWEA Join Forces
  The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the United Steelworkers (USW) today released a joint 'Framework Agreement' to create a 'Partnership for Progress' in accelerating the development and deployment of wind energy production in the U.S.
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• UPDATE 1-Veolia buys some United Utilities water assets
  France's Veolia Environnement (VIE.PA: Quote) plans to buy several European water supply and treatment businesses from United Utilities (UU.L: Quote) in a deal worth some 199 million euros ($240 million) in enterprise value.
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• AMSC and Hyundai Heavy Industries expand wind power strategic alliance
  The partners will develop a 5 MW full conversion wind turbine primarily for use in the offshore wind industry.
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• Sanyo Links with UCSD over Solar and Storage
  To remain among the top three suppliers of solar-panel solutions tied to 'smart energy' systems, Sanyo is betting on delivering better R&D, and working with the Ivory Tower.
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• RWE and Siemens team up to deliver giant Welsh offshore wind farm
  RWE Innogy, Siemens and Stadtwerke München form joint venture to begin work on Gwynt y Môr wind farm.
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• Areva Acquires Remaining 49% of Multibrid
  Areva announced its purchase of the remaining 49% of Multibrid, a German wind turbine manufacturer, which becomes Areva Wind, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the group.
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• Boeing, PetroChina Sign Biofuels Agreement in Efforts to "Green" Air Travel
  With so much talk about the auto industry's effort's to find alternative fuels, it's no wonder that aviation corporations are joining the search to reduce carbon emissions.
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• Barclays agrees £98m purchase of carbon offset outfit Tricorona
  Barclays today moved to beef up its presence in the expanding carbon market, announcing that it has agreed a £98m cash offer for Swedish carbon offset project developer Tricorona.
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• In Electric Cars, the U.S. and China Become Strange Bedfellows
  EnerDel joined the parade of U.S. and European electric-vehicle companies striking deals with Chinese competitors, announcing on Thursday a joint venture with Chinese auto parts supplier Wanxiang.
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• Reva finds friends electric
  Indian automotive heavyweight Mahindra & Mahindra has taken a controlling stake in Bangalore-based Reva, creating what it claims is one of the largest global players in electrical vehicles.
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• MEMC To Acquire Solaicx for US $76M
  MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Solaicx, headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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• China Huaneng Group inks $1.2bn wind mega deal
  The burgeoning health of China's wind energy sector was again underlined yesterday when China Huaneng Group, the country's largest power producer, announced that it has agreed to buy 1.8GW of wind capacity from six domestic suppliers.
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• Alstom invests in solar thermal company BrightSource Energy
  Alstom is investing up to US$55 million in solar thermal company BrightSource Energy Inc to enter the solar thermal energy market.
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• Tesla and Toyota team up on electric vehicles
  Californian electric carmaker Tesla Motors has announced plans to cooperate with Japanese auto giant Toyota on electric vehicles.
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• Novozymes and Ceres Partner on Biofuel Crops
  Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. and Novozymes, the world’s largest enzyme provider, have entered a research collaboration to co-develop customized plant varieties and enzyme cocktails for the production of cellulosic biofuel.
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• Khosla-Backed EcoMotors Bags $18M Development Deal
  EcoMotors, a 2-year-old developer of highly efficient engine technology backed by Khosla Ventures, has struck an $18 million deal with automotive supplier Zhongding Holding (Group) Co. and engineering services firm Global Optima.
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• Dutch Smulders secures future of UK offshore wind specialist
  The list of European firms investing in the UK's nascent offshore wind sector has expanded yet again, following the acquisition last week of the energy division of troubled Norfolk firm SLP Engineering by Dutch steel engineering group Smulders.
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• National Grid sets sail with Cape Wind deal
  Just days after finally securing planning permission for the first offshore wind farm in the US, developer Cape Wind revealed that it has pulled in its first customer in the form of gird operator National Grid.
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• Valero Invests in Algenol-What’s Going On?
  After becoming the third largest ethanol producer in the U.S. through acquisitions, Valero continues its diversification.
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• ABB Acquires Ventyx for Over $1 Billion
  ABB announced today that it has agreed to acquire Ventyx for more than $1 billion from Vista Equity Partners.
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• Petrobras buys into major French ethanol producer Tereos
  Brazilian state-owned, semi-private oil company Petrobras and French agriculture conglomerate Tereos Participações Ltda. (Tereos International) have announced a strategic partnership to boost growth in the local ethanol, sugar and bioenergy industries.
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• Bulgaria cashes in on wind energy gold rush
  Bulgaria has become the latest Eastern European country to bolster is wind energy ambitions this week, inking two major deals that will significantlt boost its renewable energy capacity.
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• First Solar To Acquire NextLight's 1.1-GW PV Pipeline
  First Solar Inc. and NextLight Renewable Power LLC have entered into a definitive agreement for First Solar to acquire NextLight.
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• Nissan, GE Link Smart Grid, Electric Car Forces
  A conglomerate that’s already a major player in the energy industry and striving to match that role in the smart grid, and an automaker that aims to dominate the electric vehicle market, have joined forces at the intersection of their ambitions: smart charging for plug-in vehicles.
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• Sovello sale completed
  Q-Cells, Evergreen and REC have completed the sale of their joint venture solar wafer manufacturer Sovello AG to Ventizz Capital Fund IV, L.P.
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• Vestas announces largest ever wind deal
  The health of the glopbal wind energy sector was underlined today when Danish manufacturing giant Vestas announced it has secured the largest deal in its history, inking an agreement to provide Portuguese wind power firm EDP Renovaveis wiuth a minimu of 1,500MW worth of turbines.
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• Better Place inks Chinese electric vehicle deal
  Electric vehicle infrastructure firm Better Place announced yesterday that it is to work with China's biggest independent automaker to develop new technology for the burgeoning Chinese electric vehicle market.
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• West Coast Energy enters renewable micro-generation market
  Wind energy developer West Coast Energy Ltd and micro-generation energy company Ensign Energy Ltd have formed a joint venture (JV) for renewable micro-generation projects in the UK.
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• Scatec Solar acquires Signo Solar
  Scatec Solar, a turn-key supplier of solar photovoltaic (PV) solutions, has acquired the remaining 33.3% of the Czech solar PV company Signo Solar S.R.O, making it a fully owned subsidiary.
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• Romania highlights wind energy potential with two new mega-deals
  Iberdrola's plan to establish itself as a pan-European renewable energy powerhouse took another leap forward yesterday when its renewable energy arm, Iberdrola Renovables, announced it had won the right to connect 1.5GW of wind power to the grid in Romania.
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• USA and Japan smart grid orgs form alliance
  The USA and Japan are forming a working relationship to develop and deploy smart grids in both countries through the GridWise Alliance.
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• Scottish and Southern acquisition strengthens offshore wind push
  Energy giant Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has bolstered its presence in the burgeoning UK offshore wind sector with the £11m acquisition of a 15 per cent stake in turbine foundations specialist Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab).
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• Etrion To Acquire Deutsche Bank's Italian Solar Assets
  Etrion Corporation has signed a definitive sale and purchase agreement to acquire a portfolio of Deutsche Bank solar assets in Italy for €10.3 million plus a contingent deferred payment of €1.5 million.
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• Ontario Announces Landmark Investment in Renewable Energy Projects
  Ontario's government announced that contract offers have been awarded for more than 180 renewable energy projects. Approved under the province's Feed-in Tariff (FIT), the projects are part of the largest green energy investment of its kind in Canadian history.
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• AQT and Intevac Enter into Business Agreement
  Applied Quantum Technology (AQT), a leading developer of lowcost CIGS  (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells and Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC), a leader in high-productivity manufacturing equipment today announced that they have completed a business agreement in which Intevac will provide AQT with equipment for its current and future production needs.
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• Dong unveils plans for giant 400MW offshore wind farm
  Dong bids for Danish offshore wind farm deal, as Vestas secures flurry of new international deals.
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• Renault, Nissan and Daimler team up in green vehicle push
  Three of the biggest names in the automotive industry, Renault, Nissan and Daimler, have today announced they are to join forces to accelerate their drive into the low carbon and electric vehicle market.
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• WealthCap Acquires Solar Park from Juwi Group
  WealthCap has acquired one of the five largest solar photovoltaic installations in the world, located in Lieberose, Germany.
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• Ascent Solar Signs Deal with Kirloskar Integrated Technologies
  Ascent Solar Technologies, a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Limited, India (Kirloskar).
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• Microsoft Will Plug Hohm In to Ford's Electric Vehicles by 2011
  Software and automobiles take the next step forward with the announcement that Microsoft will partner with Ford Motor Co. to bring smart energy management to electric vehicles, beginning with the all-electric Focus in 2011.
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• Atlantic Wind and Solar to Acquire CIT Manufacturer
  Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. is acquiring a 60% interest in Aim Global Energy Inc., the manufacturer of leading edge, high-yield converter/inverter (CIT) technology used in AWSL's high yield Renewable Energy systems.
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• German energy giants announce plans for first UK nuclear reactor
  The UK's plans for a new fleet of nuclear reactors took a major step forward today when Horizon Nuclear Power, a joint-venture backed by German energy giants E.ON and RWE, confirmed plans to build the UK's first new nuclear reactor in decades at its Wylfa site on Anglesey in Wales.
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• Advanced Energy Acquires PV Powered
  The diversified inverter and power control technology company Advanced Energy has announced that it will acquire inverter manufacturer PV Powered.
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• Peabody Energy poised to mine carbon capture market
  US coal mining giant Peabody Energy appears to be taking a tentative step into the emerging carbon conversion market, after this week shelling out $15m (£10m) to acquire a stake in Calera, a company that specialises in converting captured carbon dioxide into sustainable building materials.
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• Enovos and Avelar form solar PV JV
  Enovos Luxembourg SA and Avelar Energy Ltd of Switzerland are forming a solar photovoltaic (PV) joint venture called Aveleos S.A.
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• China Sunergy Acquires Two PV Module Makers
  Solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy Co. Ltd. has announced the details of an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of two related module manufacturers, CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co. Ltd and CEEG (Nan Jing) New Energy Co. Ltd.
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• Petratherm signs geothermal deal with Enel
  Geothermal projects in Spain and Portugal will be assessed and developed by Petratherm and utility Enel Green Power.
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• Japanese firms join forces to promote electric car charging standard
  One of the largest potential barriers to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is to be tackled by a new group of Japanese auto, engineering and energy firms, which was launched today with the goal of establishing a global standard for electric car recharging stations.
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• ABB wins $30 million solar power plant order in Spain
  ABB has won a $30 million order from GA Solar, part of the Gestamp Corporation, to deliver a 13 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in northern Spain.
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• US solar firm buys Italian solar facility
  Prime Sun Power will purchase a 25 MW solar electric plant in Italy.
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• Enel poised to create southern European renewables powerhouse
  Italian energy giant Enel is reportedly on the verge of beefing up its renewable energy division in a deal that would merge its Spanish assets with its existing Green Power unit.
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• Daimler and BYD team up in electric car alliance
  Automotive giant Daimler has this week teamed up with rechargeable battery and electric car specialist BYD to develop a new electric vehicle specifically aimed at the largely untapped but potentially lucrative Chinese car market.
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• SolarEdge Signs Manufacturing Partnership Agreement with Flextronics
  SolarEdge Technologies, an innovative solar power harvesting provider, and Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider today announced that SolarEdge has selected Flextronics as its global manufacturing partner for high-volume production of SolarEdge’s distributed PV power harvesting and monitoring systems.
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• NPD Group acquires solar energy market researcher Solarbuzz
  The NPD Group has acquired Solarbuzz LLC, an international solar energy market research and consulting company.
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• Solutia To Acquire Etimex Solar for €240M
  Solutia Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Etimex Solar GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Etimex Holding GmbH. The purchase price of €240 million in cash is expected to be financed from existing cash on the balance sheet and additional debt.
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• Solar JV between SolarWorld and Qatar Foundation
  SolarWorld AG has a 29% stake in the newly founded solar joint venture Qatar Solar Technologies (QST) headquartered in the Emirate of Qatar.
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• Waste Management invests in Enerkem
  Waste Management has made a strategic investment in biofuels producer Enerkem, as part of Enerkem’s latest financing round which generated C$53.8 million.
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• Siemens Acquires Stake in Tidal Energy Company Marine Current Turbines
  Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in England's Marine Current Turbines, a pioneer in the design and development of tidal current energy turbines.
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• Veolia Calls for Cleantech Partners
  Veolia Environnement, the massive French energy and water company, is looking to make cleantech connections.
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• Chevron Teams up With a Frontiersman to Develop CPV
  Today, Chevron Mining Inc., a subsidiary of oil major Chevron Corp, announced that sister company Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) will build a one megawatt concentating-photovoltaic (CPV) project on CMI's molybdenum mine in Questa, New Mexico, which is slated to begin operation later this year.
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• Danish firm secures Asian biofuel deal
  Jutland-based company Inbicon has scored its first export order, providing a Japanese company the technology to ensure that waste from Malaysian palm oil production is converted to 2nd generation bioethanol, according to financial daily Børsen.
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• IBM, Johnson Controls partner on green buildings
  Technology giant IBM (IBM.N) is expanding its green business by partnering with Johnson Controls Inc (JCI.N) to offer services that will help in cutting energy and water use in buildings.
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• Gamesa and Bard collaborate on offshore wind
  Gamesa and Bard Holding GmbH will jointly develop and market offshore wind turbines and services under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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• eSolar and Ferrostaal partner on solar thermal
  eSolar and Ferrostaal AG are partnering on the deployment of turnkey solar thermal power plants in countries including Spain, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.
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• Marks & Spencer strikes innovative council recycling deal
  Marks & Spencer's high-profile Plan A strategy has moved into a new phase today with the announcement of a pioneering closed-loop recycling initiative that will see the retailer fund kerbside collection for recyclable material, which it will use to make food packaging for use in its stores.
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• UPDATE 4-Brazil's ETH acquires Brenco, forms ethanol giant
  Brazilian ethanol and sugar company ETH has agreed to take over smaller, debt-laden rival Brenco to create one of the world's largest ethanol producers, the latest in a series of large acquisitions in the sector.
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• Bosch Solar Energy and Linde bolster collaboration to establish a new ‘solar cluster’ in Germany
  Linde Nippon Sanso (LNS), a company of The Linde Group, and Bosch Solar Energy, have announced an extension of their collaboration at Bosch’s new crystalline Si solar cell manufacturing site in Arnstadt, Germany.
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• Samsung beefs up presence in US solar market with Californian deal
  South Korean electronics giant Samsung has stepped up its push into the US renewable energy market, announcing plans to build a series of Californian solar farms boasting a total 130MW of capacity by 2012.
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• Calisolar Acquires 6N Silicon
  Calisolar Inc. has agreed to acquire of 6N Silicon Inc., an Ontario-based silicon supplier to the solar industry. The acquisition was completed through a stock-for-stock transaction between the two privately held companies. In addition, $22.5 million in funding was raised from existing Calisolar and 6N investors.
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• GGS acquires StormFisher Biogas
  Based in Toronto, biogas developer StormFisher has been acquired by Greenhouse Gas Services (GGS). GGS is a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services and the AES Corporation.
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• SunPower’s $277M Acquisition, CaliSolar Buys 6N
  We expected 2010 to be the year of greentech IPOs and greentech M&A. We even picked SunPower to be one of the top ten acquirers.  But we didn't expect it all to happen this fast in February.
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• Ice Is Nice: Veolia Acquires Into Ice Thermal Energy Storage
  Is the ice battery finally getting its day in the sun? Veolia Energy North America, a subsidiary of massive French energy and water company Veolia Environnement, announced on Wednesday that it has snapped up a district cooling system that uses ice to lower the cost of cooling buildings from Baltimore-based Comfort Link.
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• Areva To Acquire CSP Company Ausra
  Areva this week said that it will acquire 100% of Ausra, provider of large-scale concentrated solar power solutions.
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• Veolia-EDF cooperations "desirable" - Veolia CEO
  French water and waste company Veolia (VIE.PA) and power group EDF (EDF.PA) would benefit from working together in water, energy and transport, but there is no plan to merge the two companies, Veolia's CEO said in a newspaper interview.
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• Sunedison activates US solar plant
  SunEdison has activated the first phase of its 16MW solar farm in Davidson County, North Carolina.
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• Wipro Water eyes large treatment projects
  Wipro Water, a division of the IT major Wipro, today said it will enter into executing big water treatment projects, worth up to the tune of Rs 100 crore, as it looks to expand its business in the country.
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• Shell & Cosan To Form Ethanol JV in Brazil
  Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Cosan S.A. this week signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which the companies plan to form a US $12 billion joint venture (JV) in Brazil for the production of ethanol, sugar and power, and the supply, distribution and retail of transportation fuels.
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• Entergy, Nebraska Public Power District Extend Nuclear Services Agreement
  Entergy Nuclear, the nation's second largest nuclear power operator, has signed an agreement with Nebraska Public Power District to extend management support services to Cooper Nuclear Station until January 2029.
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• Masdar and Bayer MaterialScience sign co-operation on sustainable construction
  Masdar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company focused on developing sustainable and renewable energy solutions and Bayer MaterialScience, a division of Bayer AG and a global provider of materials used in the building industry, have signed a strategic partnership agreement in sustainable construction.
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• First wind power turbines in Antarctica
  Nearly 1 MW installed for wind energy supply to the New Zealander Scott base and the US McMurdo base, with 3 wind turbines from Enercon designed to withstand winds of over 200 km/h.
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• BP & Jabil Expand Solar Manufacturing Deal
  BP Solar announced an agreement with Jabil Circuit, Inc. to assemble BP Solar modules for the North American market in Jabil's plant in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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• Greenergy forms Brazilian ethanol joint venture
  UK biofuels supplier Greenergy International said on Monday it has formed a joint venture with French sugar and ethanol group Bauche to source and sell sustainable Brazilian ethanol in the European market.
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• Enel Acquires Padoma Wind Power from NRG
  NRG Energy Inc. and Enel North America Inc. (ENA), a subsidiary of Enel Green Power have closed an agreement for the sale of NRG's terrestrial wind development company, Padoma Wind Power LLC, to ENA.
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• Samsung Begins Green Push with Ontario Deal
  Samsung as a wind company? A solar maker? Don’t say you weren’t warned.
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• Enel Green Power acquires Padoma Wind Power
  NRG Energy Inc and Enel North America Inc, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power, have closed an agreement for the sale of NRG’s terrestrial wind development company, Padoma Wind Power LLC to Enel North America (ENA).
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• India's energy giants in global hunt for deals
  Cash-rich Indian energy groups are looking to flex their new-found muscles with global acquisitions as the fast-growing country joins China in the hunt for vital resources, analysts say.
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• ESolar Lands Whopper Contract For Solar Thermal in China
  With this deal, eSolar now has a footprint in India, China, Africa and U.S. How did a company desperate for help a year ago go global in 12 months?
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• India: GE eyes big gains from wind energy biz here
  US conglomerate GE is eyeing rapid growth in India’s wind energy market, according to a senior executive. 
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• Masdar and Schneider Electric enter strategic renewable energy partnership
  Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted renewable energy company, and Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, have entered a strategic partnership covering broad renewable energy partnership initiatives.
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• DSM invests in green chemistry company Segetis, Inc.
  DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has made an equity investment in US-based green chemistry company Segetis, Inc. Financial details of the investment will not be disclosed.
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• Nordic Windpower raises $38m in venture financing
  Wind turbine manufacturer Nordic Windpower has raised $38m in a new financing round led by clean technology investor Khosla Ventures. Joining Khosla Ventures in the Series C equity financing are global venture firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Novus Energy Partners, a US/Europe-based investor in clean technology, and existing investor Impax Asset Management, a London-based fund.
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• DOE awards $47m in funding to advance energy efficiency in the IT sector
  The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $47m for 14 projects across the country to support the development of energy efficiency improvement in the information technology (IT) and communication technology sectors.
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• Morgan Solar’s Series A fund reaches $8.2m
  Toronto-based concentrated solar panels developer Morgan Solar has raised $3.5m in additional Series A funding, bringing the round total to $8.2m.
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• S.A.G. Solarstrom receives bridging loan of €20m
  German solar company S.A.G. Solarstrom has received a bridging loan of €20m for their 13.65MWp photovoltaic project in Stribro, Czech Republic, at the end of 2009 via their project company Solar Stribro.
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