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First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, today marked the commencement of commercial operations of the company’s 40 megawatt (MW) Sheffield Wind project in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin, local officials and mem...  more

Alternative energy automaker BYD launched its United States headquarters in Los Angeles on Monday. BYD, which stands for "Build Your Dreams", aims to create 150 jobs in the second-largest American city. Its downtown Los Angeles s...  more

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net sales were $1,006 million in the quarter, an increase of $473 million from the second quarter of 2011. Quarterly net sales increased f...  more

Supporting Scotland’s goal to produce 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, GE (NYSE: GE) announced it is supplying nine of its 2.75 megawatt wind turbines for the Little Raith Wind Farm project that recen...  more

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, officially opened its new Simpsonville Power Film Manufacturing Facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony...  more

AllCell Technologies, LLC and the International Copper Association, Ltd., (ICA) have developed a new battery design for hybrid electric vehicles that promises to reduce battery size, weight, and cost while improving fuel economy. ...  more

Saft, leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-technology batteries for industry, is supplying advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems to provide quiet, efficient, low-emission power for two hybrid diesel-el...  more

SOLON Corporation, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants in the U.S., will build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) array near Kingman, Arizona, to provide affordable renewable power to customers of Un...  more