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Vattenfall buys rights to build £780M offshore wind farm

November 11, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Swedish energy giant pays £35 million for rights to build the wind farm as part of a strategy to expand holdings in the U.K. Full Story »

UK law to drive smart-meter market

October 30, 2008 - Best of the web - Lawmakers commit to smart-meter mandate to ready country for feed-in tariffs and smart grid. Full Story »

Electric Smart cars head to Denmark

October 30, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Mercedes-Benz becomes latest carmaker to enter Danish market in response to tax exemption for electric vehicles. Full Story »

Forscot scraps £1B biomass plant

October 28, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Funding difficulties stall plant that was planned to produce energy, paper and pulp in Scotland. Full Story »

Cutting the cost of offshore wind

October 22, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The U.K.'s Carbon Trust is teaming up with five energy companies in a £30 million initiative to tackle rising costs in the industry. Full Story »

Norway fast-tracks hydrogen highway

October 20, 2008 - by Massie Santos Ballon - Mazda zooms down Norway’s hydrogen highway, but California focuses on keeping its hydrogen-fueled cars close. Full Story »

Norske Skog, Choren to work on biomass to liquids

September 29, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The companies plan to look at the production of second generation biofuel based on woody biomass. Full Story »

Solel opens solar reflector plant in Finland

September 10, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The $9 million factory will produce parabolic solar reflectors for Solel's solar thermal projects. Full Story »

DNV to develop CO2 pipeline standards

August 27, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The Norwegian foundation will lead a group of industry partners on the project. Full Story »

Shopping for cleantech at Ikea

August 6, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The furniture giant plans to invest €50 million in cleantech startups, with the goal of eventually selling solar panels, smart meters and other technology in its stores. Full Story »
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