--- Ceres Introduces the First Seed Brand for Bioenergy Crops. The energy crop company plans to market its agricultural seeds and traits under the trade name Blade Energy Crops in the United States. (more)

--- Global Solar Energy Joins Dow Chemical in Developing Building Integrated Solar Products. Dow Building Solutions has selected Global Solar to join in Dow’s participation in the US Department of Energy Solar America Initiative (SAI). (more)

--- Puget Sound Energy and Farm Power Northwest Team to Produce Electric Power from Manure. In a signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the companies will develop a dairy digester facility. (more)

--- Broadwind Raises $100 Million in Equity Financing. The company has also agreed to acquire Badger Transport to help reduce turbine installation costs. (more)

--- Clipper Windpower’s Prototype 7.5MW Turbine to be Purchased by the UK’s Crown Estate. Also known as the Britannia project, the turbine is the world's largest under development for offshore deployment. (more)

--- NTR plc Invests $150 Million in Wind Capitol Group (WCG). NTR has also signed an agreement for the supply of 150MW of GE wind turbines on behalf of WCG for delivery in 2010 to accelerate the build out of WCG’s portfolio of development projects. (more)

--- BP, Santelisa Vale, and Maeda Plan Joint Venture in Brazilian Biofuels Production. BP has announced that it intends to take a 50 per cent stake in Tropical BioEnergia SA, a joint venture previously established by Brazilian companies Santelisa Vale and Maeda Group. (more)

--- Technical University of Berlin (Germany) to Offer Global Production Engineering for Solar Technology (GPE Solar) Masters Degree. The course contents cover all stages of the photovoltaic and solar thermal value-added chain. (more)

--- Spinwave Systems Introduces Wireless Energy Management System. The WaveLink product line is a comprehensive wireless sensing and control solution for energy savings programs. (more)

--- American Electric Power Orders 18 Additional Hybrid Trucks. The addition of 18 International DuraStar Hybrids will bring the total number of hybrid utility trucks in AEP’s fleet to 22 (more)

--- TH!NK North America Established. A partnership with the Norwegian electric car producer has been formed with clean-tech investors RockPort Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. (more)

--- SkyPower and SunEdison Break Ground for North America's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Energy Park. The 19-megawatt project, to be known as First Light, is being built on approximately 300 acres of land in Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. (more)

--- EnerSys to Provide Lithium ion (Li-Ion) Battery Packs for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Trial in Quebec City, Canada. If the pilot study is a success, the project will integrate between 10 and 50 PHEVs into Quebec City streets. (more)

--- Dominion and BP to Jointly Develop Wind Farms in Virginia. Potential projects for development include sites that have excellent wind resources and would serve the electricity needs of Dominion's utility customers in Virginia and northeast North Carolina. (more)

--- eSolar Raises $130 million to Accelerate Deployment of Prefabricated Solar Thermal Power Plants. Funding from Idealab, Google.org, Oak Investment Partners, and others, is to be used towards the construction and deployment of distributed solar plants. (more)

--- Stirling Energy Systems (SES) Announces $100 Million Investment by NTR. With the investment NTR will take a controlling interest in the company and provide SES with the financial strength and commercial expertise to build two of the world’s largest solar generating projects. (more)

--- ISE Corporation (ISE) Teams with Crane Carrier Company (CCC) to Build Hybrid Trash Trucks for NY, Chicago and Houston. In the pilot project 5 vehicles will be built and powered by a variant of ISE’s ThunderVolt(TM) hybrid drive system. (more)

--- EDF Energies Nouvelles Set to Build 150 MW Wind Farm in California. The Shiloh II project will be comprised of 75 turbines, each with 2 MW in capacity, supplied by REpower of Germany. (more)

--- Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to Offer Solar Power for All with “Virtual” PV System. The California utility has awarded a contract with enXco to build a one-megawatt solar panel array. (more)

--- Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Plans Expansion of Wild Horse Wind Facility. Up to 50 megawatts of new power and approximately 25 wind turbines would be added to the wind farm. (more)

--- Fibrowatt Selects North Carolina Site for Poultry Litter Fueled Power Plant. With approvals, a power purchase agreement and financing, the Sampson County site would become the first of three plants the company plans to build in the state. (more)

--- Claymore Securities Launches Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) Tracking 25 Global Solar Companies. The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (NYSE Arca: TAN) is the first solar ETF. (more)

--- Johnson Controls-Saft and Maxwell Technologies to Collaborate on Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Hybrid Vehicle Batteries. The electrodes will incorporate Maxwell's proprietary process successfully demonstrated in ultracapacitor applications. (more)

--- Zero Motorcycles: Zero X Electric Dirt Bike to Debut at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The all-new, state-of-the-art battery-powered Zero X dirt bike will be included in the Green Power Prix-View. (more)

--- Oorja Protonics Demonstrates Methanol Fuel Cell for Material Handling Vehicles. OorjaPac (tm) is a Direct Methanol Fuels Cell (DMFC) onboard charging system for forklifts, pallet loaders, and other material handling vehicles (more)

--- Wind Capital Group: Rock Port, Missouri Becomes America’s First Fully Wind-Powered Community. The 5-megawatt Loess Hills Wind Farm, in Rock Port and connected to the city power grid, produces up to 16 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, which exceeds the 13 million kilowatt hours Rock Port uses each year. (more)

--- Encore BioRenewables: Waste Cooking Oil from Restaurants to Restaurant Supplier Fuel. The new joint venture of Tellurian Biodiesel and Golden State Foods (GSF) will create a closed-loop system to recycle used cooking oil into high-quality biodiesel. (more)

--- Dominion Plans 300-Megawatt Wind Farm for Central Illinois. The Prairie Fork Wind Farm could be online in 2011 if approvals and permits are obtained. (more)

--- Raser to Unveil Plug-in-Hybrid Drive for Full-size SUVs and pickup Trucks at SAE World Congress. The company and partner FEV will be unveiling components of a plug-in series hybrid electric vehicle powertrain and integrated drive system expected to enable an average 100 miles per gallon. (more)

--- Renewable Energy Corp. Invests $40M in Mainstream Energy Corp. (MSE). With the transaction Renewable Energy will hold 20 percent of Mainstream Energy’s shares. (more)

--- Eaton Diesel-electric Hybrid Power Systems for 207 Buses in Guangzhou, China. The order from Guangzhou Armada Development Corporation and Guangzhou Yiqi Bus Co., Ltd is Eaton’s largest single hybrid power systems order to date. (more)

--- Tesla Motors Launches European Sales. European residents can reserve a Limited Edition European Tesla Roadster for delivery starting in Spring 2009. (more)

--- American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) Enters Indian Wind Market with 1.65 MW Turbine License. In addition to a multi-million dollar upfront license fee, AMSC will receive a royalty payment for the first 550 WT1650 wind turbines manufactured. (more)

--- Volvo to Test Hybrid Refuse Trucks in Sweden. Beginning with these trucks Volvo is taking a first step towards commercialization of hybrid technology for heavy vehicles. (more)

--- Bahrain World Trade Center : World’s First Building Integrated Wind Turbines Inaugurated. The three 29m-diameter (95 ft) turbine blades in the Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) have turned together for the first time. (more)

--- Ice Energy and Trane Partner to Ease Peak Power Loads With Ice.The companies will retrofit commercial buildings within Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) territory with advanced cooling systems that include Ice Energy’s Ice Bear (R) unit, that shift air conditioning load to off-peak hours. (more)

--- New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) to Incorporate Wind Forecasting System. The centralized wind forecasting system will better accommodate wind power in New York’s bulk electricity grid. (more)

--- PGE to Buy Siemens Wind Turbines for Biglow Canyon Wind Project Expansion. For Siemens it’s the second large order for the US in one week. (more)

--- SMUD and Woodside Homes Agree to Build Almost 1,500 Solar Homes. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (California) will buy down the cost of solar and energy efficiency equipment in the homes to be completed by 2012. (more)

--- ZBB Energy Corporation: Zinc Energy Storage System (ZESS) Chosen for Zero Net Energy Future House USA On Display at Beijing Olympic Games. The ZESS 50TM was selected because of its performance, environmental friendliness and safe nature needed in residential applications. (more)

--- AB Volvo Receives Support for Field Test of Dimethyl Ether (DME) Technology for Heavy Vehicles. The Swedish Energy Agency has granted AB Volvo SEK 12.8 million ($2 million) in support for field testing of third-generation DME technology for heavy vehicles. (more)

--- BrightSource Energy Secures Contacts for up to 900 Megawatts of Solar Thermal Power for PG&E. Pacific Gas and Electric Company has entered into a series of contracts the first three of which are for a total of 500 megawatts (MW). (more)

--- European Wind Energy Association (EWEA): Global Wind Installations Pass 100 GW. Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) predicts wind energy to rise to 240 GW by 2012. (more)

--- EDF Energies Nouvelles Signs Strategic Partnership and Supply Agreement with Nanosolar.The EDF Group, through its EDF Energies Nouvelles RÈparties (ENR) subsidiary, has invested $50 million ( EUR 31 million) in equity financing in Nanosolar to further accelerate the company’s production ramp-up. (more)

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