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Randers, Denmark - China Datang Renewable Power has ordered 50 MW of wind energy to go into its renewable energy portfolio.

Sulzemoos - The Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator, took place in Fürstenfeldbruck.

Hamburg - Almost one year after final commissioning of the Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium, REpower Systems AG is in a positive mood.

Washington, USA - The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for May, March-May (Northern Hemisphere spring-Southern Hemisphere autumn), and the period January-May according to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

Wellington - Renewable electricity generation remained high at 73 per cent of total electricity generation in the March 2010 quarter, Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee says.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany – It is proposed to elect Karlheinz Hornung to the supervisory board at the annual general meeting of Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662) on 24 June 2010 in Leipzig, Germany.

Golden, USA - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Delaware (UD) announced they will work to facilitate the potential establishment of a test site for commercial wind turbines off the Delaware coast.

Husum, Germany - Vestas announced it has established a permanent office to serve the emerging southern African wind energy market and to support the future development of wind energy in the region.

Graz, Austria/Ankara, Turkey - International technology Group ANDRITZ will supply electromechanical equipment with a total value of approximately 340 MEUR as part of the construction of the Ilisu hydropower station in Turkey.

Cuxhaven, Germany - The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG has completed its capital measures.

Upton, USA — A team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has fabricated thin films patterned with large arrays of nanowires and loops that are superconducting — able to carry electric current with no resistance — when cooled below about 30 kelvin (-243 degrees Celsius).

Hong Kong, China - Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology canceld it's plan to raise as much as HK$9.09 billion ($1.2 billion) in a share sale in Hong Kong.

Abu Dhabi, UAE - As of June 8, 2010, twenty five countries have ratified the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) statute.

Essen, Germany - Voith Hydro and RWE Innogy will jointly install a one-megawatt marine tidal current turbine off the Scottish coast through the joint venture company Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies.

Marlboro (USA) – Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a manufacturer of String Ribbon™ solar panels, will unveil its upcoming line of higher efficiency solar panels featuring its newly developed BOOST™ Cell Technology, at Intersolar 2010 in Munich, Germany, June 9-11, 2010.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas has received information from BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, that BlackRock, Inc. as per 9 June 2010 has increased their holding of Vestas shares from 10,155,269 to 10,187,787 shares (5.00 per cent).

Washington, D.C. - Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the offer of a $102.2 million conditional commitment for a loan guarantee to U.S. Geothermal, Inc. to construct a 22 megawatt geothermal power project in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon.

Brussels, Belgium - The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) expects the European wind energy sector to create over 250,000 new jobs in Europe in the next decade.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s future energy company, has launched the first concentrated solar power project of the United Arab Emirate.

Tucson, USA – Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has agreed to purchase the output of 10 new solar power systems, a landfill gas generation project and a new wind farm that together would generate nearly 160 megawatts (MW), enough renewable energy to power more than 30,000 Tucson homes.

New Hampshire, USA - GT Solar International announced that it has signed contracts with a total value of more than $70 million with a leading Asian polysilicon manufacturer for new CVD equipment and related polysilicon production services.

Munich, Germany - JA Solar Holdings, a manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, announced at Intersolar Europe that it has partnered with the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) to introduce the metal wrap through (MWT) solar cell and module technology into production.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas Offshore will provide service for 30 turbines at the North Hoyle site for another five years. It is the first time for a customer to renew a service agreement with Offshore.

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany - Intertek, a testing, inspection and certification services company, announced that it has doubled the photovoltaic (PV) testing capacity in their Lake Forest, CA lab.

Muttenz, Switzerland - Clariant creates new possibilities for the alternative energy market to achieve effective, long-life protection for solar and geothermal systems with the addition of Antifrogen(R) SOL HT and pioneering Antifrogen(r) GEO to its trusted family of heat transfer fluids.