--- Ohio Business Development Coalition: First Fresh Water Offshore Wind Farm in North America. GE will provide the turbines for the 20MW project. (more)

--- REMA Launches Voluntary Renewable Energy Coalition (VREC). Fifty founding members kick off the launch. (more)

--- Alstom Building Wind Turbine Nacelle Assembly Facility In Amarillo, Texas. The facility will create 275 full time engineering, production, and technical support jobs. (more)

--- TEP Agrees to Purchase 160 Megawatts of Renewable Energy. Projects include 107 MW solar, 2.2 MW landfill gas and 50 MW wind. (more)

--- Verdant Power and the China Energy Conservation Environment Protection Group Sign MOU to Develop Tidal Energy Power Projects in China. (more)

--- SolFocus and Victor Valley College Complete the Largest Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) System in North America. The plant is located on the college’s main campus and consists of 122 SolFocus SF-1100S CPV arrays. (more)

--- AMSC and Sinovel Wind Expand Strategic Partnership to Include Wind Turbine Designs for Global Markets. Sinovel expects to begin volume production of these multi-megawatt-scale wind turbines by the end of 2012. (more)

--- Ingeteam to Manufacture Wind Power Generators in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee plant will employee 275 people and supply equipment capable of producing 7,500 megawatts (MW) of clean electricity each year for the U.S. renewable energy market. (more)

--- CODA to Manufacture Electric Car Batteries in Ohio Pending DOE Loan. Lio Energy Systems, a joint venture between CODA and Lishen Power Battery, would operate the facility. (more)

--- Ford to Engineer, Assemble Hybrid Battery Packs and Transaxles In Michigan. The center of excellence will create 220 jobs. (more)

--- BP Pledges $500 Million for Independent Research Into Impact of Spill on Marine Environment. Some of the research will start almost immediately with a grant to Louisiana State University. (more)

--- enXco Solar Project to Power NASCAR Racetrack. The new solar energy system will become the primary electric energy source for the race track and will also benefit the local power grid. (more)

--- BP Launches Live Webcam of Riser Flow: More Precise Estimate of Oil Flow Rate Due 5/22/2010 (more)

--- Cannon Power Group and Gamesa Partner on Baja California Wind Farm. The Aubanel Wind Project is expected to be one of North America’s largest wind farms with potential capacity of 1,000 MW. (more)

--- Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Starts Construction of Lower Snake River Wind Project. With a generating capacity of 343 MW, the wind energy facility is expected to provide clean power for more than 100,000 homes. (more)

--- UQM Technologies to Supply Electric Vehicles International (EVI) with Propulsion Systems. Deliveries of the first 50 systems are expected to begin in June and be completed by October 2010. (more)

--- ProLogis Renewable Energy Unveils Rooftop Photovoltaic Test Site in Denver. The initial configuration provides side-by-side comparisons of several module technologies, including monocrystalline, glass-on-glass thin film and membrane-applied thin film modules. (more)

--- University of Nevada, Reno to be Home of the National Geothermal Institute. The National Geothermal Institute will educate and train the next generation of scientists, engineers, plant operators and policy makers. (more)

--- Shrink Solar's Quantum Dot Technology Achieves 12.6% Optical Efficiency in Published Study. The technology acts as a “solar cell accessory” by enhancing the ability of traditional silicon solar cells to absorb sunlight and convert it to electricity. (more)

--- AMSC Receives $445 Million Multi-Year Order from China’s Sinovel Wind. Shipments under the new contract will span a period of 30 months. (more)

--- Center for Public Integrity Analysis: BP has Worst Industry Safety Violations Among U.S. Refiners. Two refineries owned by oil giant BP account for 97 percent of all flagrant violations found in the refining industry by government safety inspectors over the past three years. (more)

--- SDG&E Adds up to 130 MW of Solar Energy from Imperial County to Its Portfolio. The utility has announced that it has signed a 20-year power-purchase agreement with an LS Power. (more)

--- HOMER Energy Releases Design Software for Hybrid Renewable Power Systems for Microgrids. The new version of HOMER includes the ability to model new storage technologies, such as flywheels and zinc bromine flow batteries. (more)

--- SolarOasis Consortium Wins AUD 60 Million Grant for Solar Thermal Project in Australia. This 40MWe concentrated solar thermal power plant will be the largest implementation of Wizard Power Big Dish technology to date. (more)

--- GM and The Gas Company (TGC) Partner on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Infrastructure in Hawaii. TGC produces hydrogen along with synthetic natural gas and delivers it in its utility gas stream. (more)

--- AlumiFuel Power (API) HydrogenTechnology Selected for Navy R&D Contract Award as Power Source for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUV). The research will focus on developing a refuelable hydrogen generating system using solid fuel cartridges and to demonstrate the continuous delivery of fuel-cell grade hydrogen for eight hours. (more)

--- National Biodiesel Board: Inaction to Reinstate the Biodiesel Tax Credit is “Unacceptable.” The industry is barely operating and at risk of total collapse without it. (more)

--- McElroy Metal and Inovateus Solar Partner to Provide Turnkey Solar Roofing Solutions. McElroy's customer base in the metal roofing industry has a burgeoning interest in solar power. (more)

--- Astonfield and Belectric, of India, Partner to Build 5MW Solar Power Plant in Rajasthan. It's one of several Astonfield plants expected to be approved under the Migration Phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. (more)

--- ProLogis Renewable Energy Announces New 11.1 MW Rooftop Solar Project in Southern California. This is the second rooftop solar project between the two companies, bringing ProLogis' total partnership with SCE to 13.5 MW of solar energy. (more)

--- ReVolt Technology Selected for $5 Million ARPA-E Grant. The award will help ReVolt advance zinc-air battery technology for use in electric vehicles. (more)

--- National Wind Launches its First Community Wind Project in Texas. The Buffalo Wind Project plans to develop up to 300 megawatts of wind energy. (more)

--- FIAMM to Bring Sodium Batteries to North America. Based on projected market demand for energy storage solutions, FZ Sonick plans to increase annual production to 170 MW from the 90 MW level. (more)

--- MAG Industrial Automation Systems Forms Renewable Energy Business Unit. The company has secured $30 million in related contracts in recent months. (more)

--- OriginOil Announces Breakthrough Layered-Growth Invention for Algae. The new design uses an array of lenses to direct solar radiation from the top through a system of algae channels. (more)

--- Envision Solar Goes Public. It is the first company to invent and build structures for solar that address the unused millions of acres of parking spaces. (more)

--- Ford and Azure Dynamics Collaborate on Transit Connect Electric for Europe. Azure will integrate its Force Drive(TM) battery electric drive train into Transit Connect vehicles in Europe. (more)

--- Brach Design Architecture: Salt Lake City Certified Passive House is First in the Western U.S. A Certified Passive House is a building that is designed and constructed according to the world's strictest energy efficiency standard and a very rigorous design methodology. (more)

--- Magnetek Receives $6 Million Order for Large Wind Power Inverters. The order is scheduled for delivery beginning in September 2010, through December 2010. (more)

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