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Berlin, Germany and Valencia, Spain - Photovoltaic system installations in the first half of 2010, estimated at 3 GWp, continue to consolidate Germany's position as the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) market and an attractive investment location for PV companies.

Washington, USA - Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced research awards under a joint DOE-USDA program aimed at improving and accelerating genetic breeding programs to create plants better suited for bioenergy production.

Xinyu City, China/Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar announced that it has expanded its vertical manufacturing by successfully completing the installation and trial runs of the first production line of solar cells in its newly installed manufacturing facility in Xinyu City.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas launched an advertising campaign to highlight the potential for new clean energy jobs being created in rural and regional Australia.

Atlanta, USA - Turkey will connect to the European electrical grid this September using GE’s smart grid technology.

Arvada , USA - Tests conducted by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirm that SkyFuel’s parabolic trough solar concentrator meets the highest standard for efficiency in its class.

Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of solar wafers and PV products, announced the filing of an objection for an Arbitration before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in Shanghai, China against Canadian Solar, Inc. (CSI), a provider of solar system solutions.

Cuxhaven, Germany - With the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg, the wind farm developer PNE WIND AG (ISIN: DE000A0JBPG2) has successfully completed its second repowering project.

Sulzemoos, Germany - Phoenix Solar AG has signed an agreement with green energy slovakia, s.r.o on the planning and implementation of a solar park with a peak power of 2.2 megawatts.

Valencia, Spain/Woerrstadt, Germany - juwi Solar continues to extend its international business activities.

Berlin, Germany - Simone Prüfer, CFO of SOLON SE, has decided to step down from the Management Board effective August 31, 2010 for personal reasons.

Blaubeuren, Germany - centrotherm photovoltaics AG has achieved a notable sales success, and signed several contracts for production systems and equipment in its solar cell business area with well-known Asian customers over the past few days.

Singapore - Vestas has received an order for 24 units of the V82-1.65 MW wind turbine for the Phase 1 of the Harpanahalli Wind Farm project in the State of Karnataka, South India.

Washington, D.C., USA - A team led by The Pennsylvania State University will receive up to $122 million over the next five years from the Department of Energy to establish an Energy Innovation Hub focused on developing technologies to make buildings more energy efficient.

Woerrstadt, Germany and Santa Clara, USA - juwi Solar, project developer of solar plants, and MiaSolé, manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, announced the completion of a multiple year purchase agreement to supply CIGS modules from MiaSolé (Santa Clara, USA) to juwi Solar GmbH (Wörrstadt, Germany).

Washington, USA - Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a new report, "The Recovery Act: Transforming the American Economy through Innovation".

Hamburg, Germany - The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has obtained new orders in two major markets.

Golden, USA - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking proposals to create computer models to help build and improve electric drive vehicle (EDV) batteries.

Blaubeuren, Germany - centrotherm SiTec GmbH has achieved a new cell efficiency record through an improved process in its crystallization furnace to produce multi-crystalline ingots.

Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), announced that its second 5,000 MT polysilicon train has completed the commissioning process and commenced commercial production.

Washington, USA – A field test demonstrating the best approaches for terrestrial carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in the heartland of North America has been successfully completed by one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) seven Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs).

San Francisco, USA and Wuxi, China – Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010.

Münster, Germany - With the commissioning of two demonstration turbines at the "Grevesmuehlen" site near the production plant in Wismar (Baltic Sea, Germany) Kenersys wants to continue its expansion strategy.

Berlin, Germany - SOLON SE (ISIN DE0007471195) published its interim report for the six months ended June 30, 2010, according to which Group revenue once again nearly doubled year on year.

Danbury, USA - FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), a manufacturer of fuel cell power plants, announced the sale of a 1.4 megawatt (MW) DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to G3 Power Systems, Inc. (G3).