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Vestas has received an order for the delivery of 13 – plus one in option - V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for the “Volturino” wind farm in Apulia, Italy. The contract includes supply, installation and commissioning of the turbines and a...  more

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (Other: OTC: CLTH), an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for renewable energy and bio-based chemical production, is pleased to announced that the...  more

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts and make them more environmentally friendly. By using renewable soy oil as a 25 percent rep...  more

Ford's global electric vehicles plan is benefitting from participation in the UK Government's "Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator" programme.    Ford's European electrification programme announced in March sees the introduction...  more

Solar energy technology took an important step this week as Swiss researchers prepared for the longest test flight ever undertaken by a solar-powered airplane. The test flight began on Wednesday in Switzerland and was set to concl...  more

GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR), a global provider of polysilicon production technology, crystalline ingot growth systems and related PV manufacturing services for the solar industry, today announced that it has begun ...  more

Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that it has expanded its manufacturing capacity to 170 MW from 96 MW by adding a third cell line at its metro-At...  more

A consortium of six Japanese companies comprising The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., has ...  more

Production of Ford Motor Company’s globally popular small car, the Ford Fiesta, kicked off today during an official ceremony at AutoAlliance Thailand's (AAT) new, state-of-the-art passenger car manufacturing facility in Rayong, Th...  more

State officials in Massachusetts report that they will be developing nearly four megawatts of solar energy resources at several dozen locations. According to an announcement from the Massachusetts Department of Energy and Envir...  more