--- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE): President Obama Announces New Light Bulb Standards. The new energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs will save more energy than any other standard ever issued by any administration. (more)

--- Kingspan Solar Opens its First U.S. Office. Through the new facilty, Kingspan will be offering its Thermomax solar thermal vacuum tube collectors and other products. (more)

--- Southwall Technologies: California Mandates Use of Fuel-Saving Infrared (IR) Reflective Glass on All New Cars and Trucks. Southwall manufactures heat reflective XIR film an off-the-shelf solution designed to meet all aspects of the mandated glass performance. (more)

--- Carmanah Receives $2.3 Million Order to Power North Africa Telecom Project with Solar Technology. (more)

--- ClipperCreek to Supply Power Control Stations to BMW. The charging stations will support BMW’s Mini E, the all electric version of the popular Mini. (more)

--- Rentech Announces Achievement of Critical Milestone in Synthetic Jet Fuel Certification. RenJet fuel can be produced from renewable or fossil feedstocks. (more)

--- PG&E Teams With NRG Energy and eSolar for 92 Megawatts of Solar Thermal Power. The Alpine SunTower project will feature eSolar's modular, scalable solar thermal technology. (more)

--- TRI Successfully Launches Operation of its New Thermochemical Biorefinery Demonstration Unit. The PDU transforms biomass into a synthetic gas or "syngas," which is catalytically converted to produce liquid fuels and other bio-based chemicals. (more)

--- Astronergy Launches First 10 MW Phase of 100 MW Solar Power Station in China's Ningxia Autonomous Region. Considering an average daily consumption of 2 kWh per family per day, the Astronergy station will provide adequate power for over 50,000 families. (more)

--- Abengoa Solar Inaugurates its Second-Generation Solar Tower. The power output capacity of the experimental plant is approximately 2MW. (more)

--- GreenWaste Recovery and Harvest Power Propose First Dry Anaerobic Organics-to-Energy Biogas Facility in the U.S. (more)

--- Duke Energy to Test Solar with Energy Storage and Smart Grid Technology. Program will test 50 kW of solar power with 500 kW of battery storage. (more)

--- Southern California Edison(SCE): California Regulators Approve Creation of Nation’s Largest Solar Panel Installation Program. The program will total 500 MW. (more)

--- Southern California Edison (SCE) Signs Contracts for Up to 960 Megawatts of Renewable Power. Includes two contracts with Solar Millennium for a potential 726 megawatts of power. (more)

--- Maxwell and ISE Corp. to Form Ultracapacitor Alliance. The companies will share technical resources to develop robust, high-performance, energy storage solutions for the heavy transportation market. (more)

--- EPURON: Government of New South Wales Grants Planning Approval for First Phase of the Largest Wind Project in the Southern Hemisphere. Planning approval for the Silverton Wind Farm covers the installation of 282 wind turbines. (more)

--- Ascent Solar Manufactures Light Weight Flexible 5 Meter CIGS Based PV Laminate. The copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) based thin film material used in this module was manufactured using the company’s unique 1.5 MW roll-to-roll manufacturing line. (more)

--- NRG Energy, eSolar to Develop 92 megawatt (MW) Concentrating Solar Power Plant for El Paso Electric. The project, to be developed in southern New Mexico, is also part of NRG and eSolar’s recently announced plans to develop up to 500 MW of solar thermal power in California and across the Southwestern United States. (more)

--- Suntech and Petra Solar Form Alliance to Market Utility Pole Mounted Intelligent Solar Systems. The alliance will target unique pole mounted applications for utilities in the United States and the rest of the world. (more)

--- Aerojet and Solar Power, Inc. to Build One of the Largest Solar Industrial Installations in the U.S. All of the power generated by the system will be utilized by Aerojet operations. (more)

--- National Organizations Call for Restoration of Federal Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Funding. The Obama Administration’s 2010 Department of Energy (DOE) budget eliminates funds for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle program and market transformation programs. (more)

--- GM Opens the Most Technologically Advanced Automotive Battery Lab in the U.S. It will be used by GM's growing team of more than 1,000 engineers working on advanced batteries and electrically driven vehicles. (more)

--- Ice Energy Teams with Data Aire on Energy Storage Solution for Data Centers. The companies are developing an integrated hybrid cooling solution that enables data and telecom centers to slash on-peak electricity demand. (more)

--- Real Goods Solar to Install $30 Million Solar Power Program for Fremont Union High School District in California. The five systems will contribute enough electricity to cover about 45% of the power usage of each school. (more)

--- Tesla Motors to Open Seven Sales & Service Centers This Summer. Stores will be in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, London, Monaco and Munich. (more)

--- Toyota Industries Corporation to Launch World's First Internal Combustion Hybrid Lift Truck. The counterbalanced lift truck combines a 2.5-liter diesel engine, electric motor and nickel-metal hydride battery to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by half. (more)

--- EDF EN Canada Announces 23.4 MW Arnprior Solar Project. The project has more than 300,000 solar panels. (more)

--- Argonne National Laboratory’s Lithium-Ion Battery Technology to be Commercialized by BASF. BASF plans to build one of North America's largest cathode material production facilities in Elyria, Ohio. (more)

--- Nexterra Biomass Gasification System Fires Up: Canada's First Urban Biomass Gasification Project. The system at Dockside Green in Victoria, British Columbia. is now operational and providing heat and hot water to residents. (more)

--- Valence to Develop Lithium-ion Batteries Compatible with Siemens’ Marine Hybrid Propulsion Systems. The company understands the increased market requirements for efficiency, maneuverability control and innovations in propulsion systems in the pleasure and workboat market. (more)

--- Georgia Power Launches Solar Research Project. The company has begun installing seven different commercially viable photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof its corporate headquarters in Atlanta. (more)

--- Boston-Power to Build One of the World’s Most Advanced Battery Manufacturing Facilities in Massachusetts. The 455,000 square foot Auburn facility would add 600 new jobs at Boston-Power and as many as 2,000 more indirectly through the extended supply chain. (more)

--- Tucson Electric Power (TEP) SunShare Program Funds Seven New Solar Arrays for City of Tucson, Arizona. The new systems will have a total capacity of 1,022 kW. (more)

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