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Canadian Solar Sells Two Solar Power Plants in China to Shenzhen Energy

GUELPH, Ontario, -- Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary,…

9 years ago

Alfa Laval Wins SEK 150 Million Energy-efficiency Order in the Middle East

LUND, Sweden, -- Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won…

9 years ago

Top 40 Announced Solar Projects in Africa

# Project Name Size* Country Developer Owner PPA Source 1 Nzema Solar Power Station 155 Ghana Mere Power Nzema (Blue…

9 years ago

Top 10 African Solar PV Plants Under Development

# Project Name Size* Country Developer Owner PPA Source 1 GEG – Grand Bara Solar Power Plant 300 Djibouti Green…

9 years ago

Hawaiian Electric Companies Outlines New Energy Plans for 2045

HONOLULU,  -- The Hawaiian Electric Companies has outlined a detailed plan charting the near-term actions that will lead to the use…

9 years ago

World’s First ‘Solar Panel Road’ Opens in France

World’s first ‘solar panel road’ opens in France at Tourouvre-au-Perche in Normandy village covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating…

9 years ago

DONG Energy to Sell 50% of Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm to Macquarie

DONG Energy has entered into an agreement to sell 50% of Race Bank, a 573 megawatt (MW) UK offshore wind…

9 years ago

Valley Electric Cooperative and SunPower Dedicate 20-Megawatt Solar Power Plant

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. and SAN JOSE, Calif.,-- At an event in Cochise County, Ariz., Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC) and…

9 years ago

Siemens Supplies Battery Storage System to Energy Provider in Wunsiedel

Siemens has received an order from the energy provider SWW Wunsiedel GmbH to supply and install a battery storage system.…

9 years ago

PPL Grants Empower Educators and Students

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- PPL Corporation, in cooperation with PBS stations WLVT, WVIA and WITF, is providing that spark to students…

9 years ago

E.ON Shifts Electro-mobility Business into High Gear

E.ON is setting a strategic focus on e-mobility. The Group has established a new unit with the aim of taking…

9 years ago

SDG&E Urges Customers To Be On "High Alert" For Scam Artists

SAN DIEGO, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) issued a warning about a national scam that continues to target the…

9 years ago

AFDB approves Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have endorsed the proposal by the Bank’s Management to serve…

9 years ago

ExxonMobil’s 2017 Outlook for Energy

IRVING, Texas --- Global population growth of nearly 2 billion, a doubling of worldwide economic output and rapid expansion of…

9 years ago

San Diego Gas To Upgrade Infrastructure In Orange County To Improve Reliability And Public Safety

SAN DIEGO, in a 5-0 vote, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved San Diego Gas & Electric's (SDG&E) proposal to construct…

9 years ago

SoCalGas Completes Over 700,000 Safety Inspections of Meter Set Assemblies

LOS ANGELES, -- Southern California Gas Company has officially announced that in 2016, the company conducted more than 700,000 comprehensive safety…

9 years ago

AfDB to Accelerate Energy Access through an Innovative Pay-As-You-Go Payment Models

On December 9, 2016, The New Deal on Energy Task Force hosted an Innovation Workshop to explore pioneering business models…

9 years ago

U.S. Solar Market Records Nearly 2 MW of PV Installed Per Hour in Q3 2016

BOSTON and WASHINGTON, -- The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) installation records. According to…

9 years ago

Quercus Launches Dubai Office as Investment in Renewables Increases across the GCC

London-based Quercus Investment Partners Ltd. has launched its Middle East office in Dubai as investment in renewables gathers momentum across…

9 years ago

FirstEnergy Offer Energy-Saving Tips as Frigid Weather Expected to Affect United States

AKRON, Ohio, -- With the possibility of below-zero temperatures affecting much of the eastern United States this week, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:…

9 years ago

Saudi Arabia Valves Market to Cross SAR 18 Billion by 2021, expert says

According to a recently published TechSci Research report "Saudi Arabia Valves Market, By Material Used, By Application, Competition Forecast &…

9 years ago

Gazprom and Schneider Electric Sign Program for Scientific & Technical Cooperation

Gazprom headquarters - Oleg Aksyutin, Member of the Management Committee, Head of Department of Gazprom, and Clemens Blum, Executive Vice President of Industry Business…

9 years ago

Tips on Home Heating Safety and How to Save on Winter Bills

LOS ANGELES, -- Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has issued home heating safety tips and advice on how to keep natural…

9 years ago

SoCalGas and University of California Test New Technology that Stores Renewable Energy

IRVINE, Calif.,  -- Southern California Gas Company has officially announced the power-to-gas ("P2G") hydrogen pipeline injection program it funds at the…

9 years ago

Phillips 66 Sets a New World Record in Organic Solar Cell Efficiency

HOUSTON---- Phillips 66 has successfully set a new world record in power conversion efficiency for polymer-based single junction organic photovoltaic…

9 years ago

E.ON New Heat Manager Simplifies Night Storage Heater Control

Night storage heaters are very common in Germany. Over one million homes rely on this technology. Yet, quite often users…

9 years ago

Nigeria: Sokoto State test runs 30MW IPP worth $9.4 Million

According Esi-Africa report, Nigeria’s Sokoto State government conducted a test run of its N3.8 billion ($9.4 million) IPP, with a…

9 years ago

South African Minister of Public Enterprises Approves Matshela Koko as CE of Eskom

According to ESI Africa Report on Wednesday, South African Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown has approved Eskom Board’s recommendation…

9 years ago

Energy Efficiency Award 2016 Goes to Austria and German Companies

The Energy Efficiency Award 2016 is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) as the result…

9 years ago

Governments of Canada and Quebec Support the Development of Cutting-Edge Wood Fibre Technology

MASSON-ANGERS, - Canada's forest sector is an important economic driver and employer: more than 200,000 Canadians work in this sector, including…

9 years ago