Vattenfall Acquires Britain’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Vattenfall has acquired the Thanet Offshore Wind project off Margate, Kent, for the sum of GBP 35 million (SEK 435 million). On completion, the wind farm will have an installed capacity of some 300 MW. This will be almost three times the size of Lillgrund, Vattenfall’s largest wind farm in Sweden to date, and about the same size as Horns Rev in Denmark, in which Vattenfall has a majority stake. Vattenfall acquired the rights to build Thanet Offshore... Read more..

Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables Join Forces for Round Three

Two giants of the renewables industry, Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, have entered into partnership to make joint bids in the third round of offshore wind farm development in the UK. Their common goal is to establish 6,000 MW of installed wind power capacity, corresponding to enough clean green energy to power four million homes by 2020. ScottishPower Renewables, part of the world’s largest wind power operator and developer, Iberdrola... Read more..

PG&E Employees Receive Annual Environmental Leadership Award for Protecting Natural Resources, Raising Awareness About Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced the winners of its seventh annual Richard A. Clarke Environmental Leadership Award. The award acknowledges the top individual and team efforts for demonstrating PG&E’s ongoing environmental leadership, focusing on areas such as environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable energy. “Each year, the Clarke Award recognizes environmental leadership across all aspects of... Read more..

LAX FlyAway Wins Innovative Transportation Solutions Award

The LAX FlyAway Program received the first Innovative Transportation Solutions Award today from the Women’s Transportation Seminar – Los Angeles Chapter recognizing the program’s contributions to improving the quality of life for users and the community. Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) operates the LAX FlyAway network of non-stop buses between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and three locations: Union Station, Van Nuys... Read more..

China Ritar Power Corp. Increasing Penetration in Alternative Energy Storage Market

China Ritar Power Corp., a leading Chinese manufacturer of lead acid batteries, today announced that the Company is increasing its market penetration in the alternative energy storage market. Contributing to the Company’s stronger market position are series of contracts and letters of intent to purchase China Ritar’s nano gel lead acid batteries with several alternative energy companies, including Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR, “Emerson”).... Read more..

Linda Lorelle Scholarship Chosen as Hunting Art Prize Charity for a Second Year

Hunting PLC has announced that it will once again donate proceeds from the Hunting Art Prize to the Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund, a Houston-based charity that provides scholarships, support and ongoing guidance to Houston-area high school students in need of financial and career assistance to fulfill their academic potential throughout their college experience. Dennis Proctor, Chief Executive of Hunting PLC, whose U.S. corporate headquarters are... Read more..

Staythorpe Power Station: Unite Condemns “Scandal” of Failure to Offer Construction Jobs to Local Skilled Workers

Unite, Britain’s biggest union, says the decision of two overseas contracting companies not to use any UK labour to build a power station in Britain is an absolute scandal, and makes little sense given the present tough economic conditions. Unite has been informed by the two Spanish contracting companies working on the Staythorpe power station construction site near Newark that they have no intention of employing any local labour to undertake... Read more..

Solar Thermal Technology for “Habitat for Humanity”

Schueco is one of the world’s leading suppliers of solar energy systems for residential and commercial buildings, and offers extremely efficient, high-performance solar thermal systems. The company is supporting Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit housing organization dedicated to providing affordable housing to families in need. With fuel bills rising, many families are struggling to pay their utility bills. Partly to demonstrate the effectiveness... Read more..

Waratah Board Recommends Shareholders Reject Mineralogy’s Unsolicited Partial Offer

In its Directors’ Circular filed today, the Board of Directors of Waratah Coal Inc. unanimously recommends that holders of Waratah common shares reject the unsolicited partial offer from Mineralogy Pty Ltd. and not tender their Shares to Mineralogy. In reaching this recommendation and concluding that the Mineralogy partial offer is not in the best interests of Waratah or to shareholders, the Board of Directors carefully reviewed and considered... Read more..

4th Japan-Germany Industry Forum: Powering the Future With Clean Energy

Germany is the largest photovoltaics market in the world. Double-digit growth rates are expected to continue in the coming years. Market potential for German and Japanese companies in the photovoltaics and energy storage industries will be the focus of the Japan-Germany Industry Forum, which will take place from October 22-24 in Tokyo and Osaka. The forum is being held with the motto “Powering the Future with Clean Energy.” The focus will... Read more..