--- General Compression Receives Financing Commitments to Build Utility-Scale Energy Storage System. With this funding, GC intends to build and install its first full-scale General Compression Advanced Energy Storage (GCAES(TM)) unit in 2010. (more)

--- Crownbutte Wind Power Joins Wind Spirit Baseload Renewable Energy Project. Renewable energy from multiple geographic areas will be combined with energy storage technologies and smart grid components to create a baseload renewable energy supply. (more)

--- Bloom Energy Debuts Advanced Fuel Cell to Provide 24/7 Green Power. Each Bloom Energy Server provides 100 kilowatts (kW) of power in roughly the footprint of a parking space. (more)

--- Maxwell Technologies Ships Large Cell Ultracapacitors for Transportartion and Green Power Back-up. The energy storage devices can be used with hybrid and electric vehicle drive trains, renewable energy systems, back-up power system and other applications. (more)

--- MetLife and John Hancock to Finance Solar Power Plant in Colorado. SunPower will build the 19 MW plant for Xcel Energy. (more)

--- SolarFrameWorks to Supply Building Integrated Solar Products to Johns Manville. Johns Manville will market these products through its business entity, the JM E3 Company. (more)

--- Lindt Cocoa Bean Shells Help Produce Sweet, Renewable Energy. The chocolate company will provide PSNH with cocoa bean shells which will be burned to produce electricity. (more)

--- EPA, NREL Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Sites. EPA is investing more than $650,000 for the project. (more)

--- Axion Power Awarded Pennsylvania Grant to Develop Solar Power Storage System. Axion develop a renewable solar energy storage system based on its proprietary PbC (tm) PowerCube battery technology. (more)

--- Smith Electric Vehicles to Provide 10 Electric Vans for German EV Trials. Ford of Europe, is a partner in the colognE-mobil project in Cologne. (more)

--- NextEra Energy Resources to Boost Output of Wind Turbines with GE Technology. GE’s WindBOOST (tm)control software makes it possible for GE 1.5sle wind turbines to increase output by up to 100 kilowatts. (more)

--- Valence to Supply Energy Storage Systems to Beneteau for Hybrid Electric Yacht Drives. Order estimates by BÈnÈteau Group forecast up to $9 million in revenue to Valence Technology during the ensuing 12 months. (more)

--- eSolar and Ferrostaal Partner to Deploy Turnkey Solar Thermal Plants. eSolar will provide solar field and receiver technology, Ferrostaal will provide the power block as well as general contractor and financing activities. (more)

--- Sachtleben Uses Catalytically Active Particles to Convert Industrial Byproducts and Algae to Biodiesel. The reaction time utilizing Sachtleben particles takes just a few seconds. (more)

--- NV Energy and NextLight Renewable Power Sign 25-Year Power Purchase Agreement for Solar Project. The 50 MW project will be a photovoltaic facility near Primm, Nevada. (more)

--- Tetra Tech Awarded $40 Million for EPC ServicesWind Energy Project. The project is a 152-megawatt (MW) wind farm outside of Woodward, Oklahoma. (more)

--- Toda America to Build US Manufacturing Plant to Support Lithium-ion Battery Cell Production. The $35 million grant is one half of Toda America's total planned investment in the manufacturing plant of $70 million. (more)

--- Nebraska Public Power District: Power Purchase Agreement to Lead to 80 MW Wind Farm. The Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project is planned for completion by the end of 2010. (more)

--- International Battery and HNU Energy Partner on Solar Energy Storage Project in Hawaii. The renewable energy storage system is comprised of sixty 224-watt photovoltaic panels and four battery modules. (more)

--- RTI International Develops Energy-Efficient Lighting with LED and Nanofiber Technologies. The lighting device is capable of generating in excess of 55 lumens of light output per electrical watt consumed. (more)

--- IBM Creates High-Efficiency Breakthrough Solar Cell Made from Earth-Abundant Materials. The solar cell holds potential to deliver more energy at a fraction of the cost. (more)

--- SunPower to Buy European Solar Project Developer SunRay. With the purchase valued at $277 million, SunPower will acquire a project pipeline of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling more than 1,200 megawatts. (more)

--- NV Energy Signs Power Contract with Pattern Energy for First Utility-Scale Wind Project in Nevada. The 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project is expected to be generating electricity by late 2011. (more)

--- Trina Solar Boosts Conversion Efficiency with Square Monocrystalline Cells. The advanced cell structure is expected to significantly boost cell conversion efficiency, up to 18.8 percent. (more)

--- AREVA to Acquire Concentrated Solar Provider Ausra. This acquisition launches AREVA’s new global solar energy business. (more)

--- Renault-Nissan Alliance Forms EV Partnership with State of Massachusetts. The state will work with Nissan to build a charging station network. (more)

--- Council of NAIMA Launched to be Voice of the Insulation Industry. Membership is open to thermal and acoustical insulation suppliers and manufacturers. (more)

--- SunEdison Activates First Phase of 16MW North Carolina Solar Farm. The first phase of the project represents 4 megawatts of generation capacity. (more)

--- Underwriters Laboratories Acquires Lighting Efficiency Testing Laboratory. Evaluations will include LED lighting. (more)

--- Proterra to Build Development and Manufacturing Facility in Greenville, South Caroiina. The facility will be at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). (more)

--- WorldWater & Solar Technologies' Solar Water Purification System Shipped to Haiti. The solar operating system will match another currently operating in Port-au-Prince. (more)

--- Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd.: UK Customers of Micro Combined Heat and Power Products will Benefit from Feed-in Tariff. Under the feed-in tariff, energy retailers are required to pay homeowners 10 pence (16 cents) for every kilowatt hour of electricity. (more)

--- Renault-Nissan Alliance Forms Electric Vehicle Partnership with City of Orlando, Florida. Nissan, along with alliance partner Renault, is the only automaker committed to making all-electric vehicles available to the mass market on a global scale. (more)

--- Mitsubishi Corporation, Weyerhaeuser to Explore Bio-pellet Venture. Co-firing bio-pellets with thermal coal has proved effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. (more)

--- Ocean Power Technologies Deploys Hawaii Powerbuoy. The Company has also been awarded $380,000 in additional funding. (more)

--- International Battery Chosen for First Community Energy Storage System. Community Energy Storage is a concept for distributed energy storage initiated by AEP. (more)

--- American Superconductor Receives Largest Wind Turbine Electrical Control System Order to Date: $70 million. The order is from China’s Shenyang Blower Works (Group) Co., Ltd. (more)

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