GEMCO Awarded Contract for Over 8MW of Ontario microFIT Installations Across Ontario

Editors note: There is a photo associated with this release. Glenbarra Energy Management Corp is currently installing up to 800 ground mounted microFIT Photovoltaic Solar Systems across Southern Ontario. GEMCO has been engaged by Fovere Glenbarra Energy Fund IV (the “Fund”) of Toronto as General Contractor. The Fund has acquired the rights to the land leases and will be financing the projects. GEMCO will provide the system design, installation... Read more..

Viridian Energy Brings Affordable Clean Energy to the Big Apple

Viridian Energy, a leading provider of affordable, green retail energy, today announced the launch of its services in New York City and the surrounding area. Viridian’s NYC launch is the most recent expansion in the company’s rapid growth and development, which includes ten markets in five states in just 17 months. Entrance into the nation’s single largest residential market represents a tremendous milestone in the company’s vision to offer... Read more..

Yingli Green Energy Announces Redemption of Its Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2012

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited , a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar,” today announced that in December 2010, it re-purchased US$171.3 million aggregate principal amount of its zero coupon convertible senior notes due 2012 (the “Notes”) for a total cash consideration of US$199.4... Read more..

Support of Algae Biofuels as Viable Source of Green Energy Gains Momentum

In the world of biofuels, 2010 is officially the year of the autotrophic organism as dozens of companies and academic laboratories race to transform algae into a source of viable green energy, according to Algae Biofuels Production Technologies Worldwide by leading industrial market research firm SBI Energy. The endgame of these research efforts — which include genetic engineering and other biological techniques that create chemically induced... Read more..

Cetrel and Novozymes to Make Biogas and Electricity from Bagasse

Cetrel, the largest provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, and Novozymes, the world’s leading producer of industrial enzymes, today announced a research partnership to turn sugarcane waste into green energy. Using Cetrel’s know-how in waste-stream treatment and Novozymes’ biotech expertise, the partners aim to enable sugar and ethanol production plants in Brazil to turn bagasse, the waste from sugarcane... Read more..

W2 Energy Continues to Expand Algae to Bio-Diesel Opportunities

W2 Energy Inc., a developer of green energy, is pleased to announce it has signed a preliminary joint venture letter of intent with Coastal Capital Acquisition Corporation to design, construct and operate an Algae to Bio-diesel facility in the state Florida, in the United States. W2 Energy has an all in one system that grows, harvests and dries algae for use in the production of bio-diesel. This technology also creates a valuable by-product in dried... Read more..

World Energy Brokers 1.4 Million CER Deal over the World Green Exchange

World Energy Solutions, Inc., an operator of online exchanges for energy and green commodities, today announced it has successfully brokered a purchase agreement for over 1.4 million certified emissions reductions (CERs) on the World Green Exchange®. The deal, significant in both volume and revenue, was conducted on behalf of B-road International Investment, a Chinese project developer. The buyer, COzero, is an Australian marketer of green power... Read more..

Suntech Achieves 1GW Solar Cell and Module Production Capacity

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, held a ceremony today celebrating the achievement of reaching 1GW PV cell and module production capacity in Wuxi, China. The Company also announced the opening of its new headquarters in Wuxi, China that incorporates a 1MW grid-connected building integrated solar facade, which is the largest in the world. “We are very proud to become the world’s... Read more..

HydroGenetics Completes Acquisition of Buffalo Biodiesel

Emerging green energy holding company HydroGenetics, Inc. announced that it had completed the acquisition of Buffalo Biodiesel, Inc. Headquartered in Northern New York, Buffalo Biodiesel is a leading producer, collector and renderer of yellow grease and its ultimate fuel property, biodiesel. Under the terms of the contract, Buffalo Biodiesel becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of HydroGenetics, Inc., and Sumit Majumdar will retain his position as President... Read more..

HydroGenetics, Inc. Announces Binding Letter of Intent to Acquire Leading Northeastern Biodiesel Producer

Emerging green energy holding company HydroGenetics, Inc. announced today the execution of a Binding Letter of Intent to acquire Buffalo Biodiesel, Inc.. Headquartered in Northern New York, Buffalo Biodiesel, Inc. is a leading producer, collector and renderer of yellow grease and its ultimate fuel property, biodiesel. Under the terms of the LOI, Buffalo Biodiesel, Inc. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HydroGenetics, Inc. “This agreement... Read more..