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EU readies new battery mandates

September 16, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Regulations for banning toxic chemicals and increasing recycling could help drive clean storage technologies. Full Story »

Asola to go solar in South Korea

September 15, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The German company signed a joint venture deal to build a manufacturing plant in South Korea. Full Story »

Leviev, Evogene, Ormat in Namibia biodiesel deal

September 11, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The companies will form a venture to grow specialized castor plants for use as a feedstock for biodiesel. Full Story »

Novera adds 27 MW wind in Scotland

September 10, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Wind farm gets approval as country says its on track to meet its 31 percent renewable goal by 2011. Full Story »

E.ON, Siemens in big wind deal

September 9, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - Siemens will supply 500 wind turbines with a total capacity of 1,150 megawatts to E.ON for new projects in the U.S. and in Europe. Full Story »

Spain's FCC buys solar plants for €140M

September 8, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Acquisition furthers construction firm's strategy to enter renewable energy market amid building slump. Full Story »

Berlin to charge up Smart cars

September 8, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - The electric vehicle project will have more than 100 cars and 500 charging stations, but who will build the batteries for Daimler's next generation Smart car? Full Story »

Norway group to spend $59M on carbon capture

September 3, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Eight-year partnership between private and public researchers plans to invest in innovative technologies to capture greenhouse gases from fossil fuels. Full Story »

Q-Cells thin-film venture ships first panels

September 2, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - German CIGS solar maker plans to ramp capacity from 30 MW peak of solar modules today to 135 MWp in 2009. Full Story »

Proton Motor debuts first fuel cell passenger ship

August 29, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Hybrid system powers 100-passenger ferry with gel batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. Full Story »
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