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German firms lead massive North African solar project

June 17, 2009 - Best of the web - Deutsche Bank, E.ON, RWE, Siemens to finance €400 billion CSP plan that would power Europe with clean electricity from Africa. Full Story »

Study finds hardy jatropha sucks up water

June 9, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Netherlands university shows jatropha offers low amounts of oil production without sufficient water, calling into question its suitability for biodiesel. Full Story »

And the winners are? Saint-Gobain picks top EU cleantech startups

June 8, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Leading French construction manufacturer connects victors of startup competition with potential investors and business development assistance. Full Story »

Upside of humidity: New source of water in desert?

June 5, 2009 - Best of the web - German research scientists have come up with a way to extract drinking water from air humidity using renewable energy. Full Story »

Amsterdam picks Coulomb's EV charging stations

May 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - European city is first to install EV charging stations from California’s Coulumb Technologies, with plans to deploy 200 units before 2012. Full Story »

Proton ramps fuel cell production with Deutsche Mechatronics deal

May 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Five-year agreement is expected to allow Proton Motor to get its products to market faster and more cost effectively. Full Story »

France launches ambitious, €1.5B solar plan

May 19, 2009 - Best of the web - French Minister of Ecology says solar plants would have the capacity to generate 300 MW of electricity—more than four times the country's current installed capacity. Full Story »

Thin film crowd prompts merger of Sunfilm with Q-Cells subsidiary

April 29, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - New German company expects to be one of the largest producers of tandem junction thin film silicon solar modules in the world, with 169 MWp of production capacity. Full Story »

100MW solar plant to make Vatican a net energy exporter

April 20, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - World's biggest solar farm is expected to cost the world's smallest nation $660 million and take advantage of Italy's generous feed-in tariff. Full Story »

Double-whammy hits genetically modified crops

April 14, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Germany becomes the latest country to defy an EU ruling and outlaw GM crops, while the Union of Concerned Scientists say GM crops offer little added benefit. Full Story »
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