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ElectraLink picks eMeter's smart grid software for UK market

August 18, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - London-based company plans to use EnergyIP software to process smart meter data and communicate real-time information to customers. Full Story »

Pragma secures VC funding to advance its hydrogen fuel cells

August 14, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - French PEM fuel cell maker says funding boost is expected to help the company reach its final stages of development. Full Story »

UK startup scores £1M for carbon-negative cement

August 7, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Novacem, a spin out from Imperial Innovations, thinks its technology could transform the cement industry from an emitter to an absorber of carbon dioxide. Full Story »

TMO's heat-loving bug helps secure £11 million for cellulosic ethanol technology

August 4, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - UK-based company plans to use funding to enter the U.S. market with its proprietary biomass process. Full Story »

Aleo solar's shares soar as Bosch makes €46M bid

August 3, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Unsolicited offer comes as German industrial conglomerate finalizes takeover of Johanna Solar today. Full Story »

Workers cut at blade factory

What do you do with employees who occupy your factory?

If you're Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems, you apparently cut them.

Vestas today confirmed it is cancelling plans to retool a U.K. factory from 40-meter blades to 44-meter blades, citing tough economic market conditions. So that's expected to mean the jobs of 600 people at the factory, located on the Isle of Wight on the English Channel, slated for closure on July 31.

Vestas Isle of Wight sit in occupation wind turbine plant

Three of the Vestas squatters.

ABB selected for world’s longest power transmission link

July 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Abengoa puts in $540 million order with Swiss company for two converter stations slated for 2012 completion. Full Story »

BayTech leads €5 financing in water treatment co.

July 7, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Greifenberg, Germany-based inge watertechnologies plans to use new funds to grow internationally and for unforeseen economic uncertainties. Full Story »

Around the world in a solar-powered plane?

June 26, 2009 - Best of the web - Swiss adventurer unveils prototype of a solar-powered airplane he thinks could send the potential of renewable energies soaring to new heights. Full Story »

Study says ag sector shows recession resilience

June 17, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Future crop price increases are likely to be driven by the global economy’s expected recovery and the emerging biofuels market. Full Story »
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