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Erlangen, Germany - Following several relevant requests by the media, who were obviously deliberately provided with misleading and reputation-damaging information, Solar Millennium AG has filed charges against unknown persons.

Ankara, Turkey - GAMA Energy A.S., a joint venture between GAMA Holding A.S. and GE Energy Financial Services, announced their first wind energy projects in Turkey.

Kassel, Germany - Azure Power announced its photovoltaic (PV) inverter supply agreement with SMA Solar Technology.

Randers , Denmark - Vestas generated first-quarter revenue of EUR 755m, a drop of 32 per cent, achieving an EBIT of EUR (96)m, against EUR 76m in the first quarter of 2009.

Reutlingen, Germany – Manz Automation AG recorded revenues of € 21.3 million in the first quarter of 2010 according to preliminary figures (previous year: € 16.5 million).

Fort Madison, USA - On Tuesday, during his tour of the Midwest, Barack Obama made a stop at the Siemens plant manufacturing components for wind power generation in Fort Madison in the U.S. state of Iowa. The plant, which was opened in mid-2007 and has recently been expanded, has a workforce of 600 employees and produces rotor blades for wind turbines.

San Francisco, USA – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) plans to begin implementing a major new solar photovoltaic (PV) program, which the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved.

Sulzemoos, Germany - Phoenix Solar AG, a photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX, has signed a framework agreement with MiaSolé, a manufacturer of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin film photovoltaic solar panels based in Santa Clara, California.

Aberdeen, USA - GE kicked off a 28-day multi-state wind blade tour to emphasize the escalating role renewable energy will have on America’s clean energy future.

Karlsruhe, Germany - The world’s first utility-scale solar thermal power plant based on Linear Fresnel technology has started construction in Murcia, Spain. The plant uses proprietary solar field technology developed by Novatec Biosol AG, a solar power technology development company.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas has received four orders from a major Chinese independent power producer totalling 198 MW.

Münster - Kenersys, a Kalyani Group Company and wind turbine manufacturer announced the appointment of Mr Paulo Fernando Soares as the Group CEO, Kenersys with effect from April 13, 2010.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas has won the largest single order ever in Vestas’ history for delivery of up to 2,100 MW.

Espoo, Finland - Neste Oil has begun trials of Neste Green 100 diesel produced from 100% renewable raw materials and free of any fossil oil components in cars in Finland.

Purwokerto, Indonesia - The Banyumas regency will build 12 micro-hydro power plants this year. The power plants will utilize the rivers in the surrounding areas.

Tel Aviv, Israel - Gilatz Investments has signed two letters of intent to buy seven solar energy parks in Italy for €25.8 million.

San Jose and Milpitas, USA - SunPower Corp, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of solar cells, panels and systems, announced that it has partnered with Flextronics to begin manufacturing solar panels in Milpitas, Calif. by the end of this year.

Ontario, Canada - Solar power company Canadian Solar Inc. announced that based on selected unaudited financial results, it now expects PV module shipments in the first quarter of 2010 to be approximately 189 MW to 191 MW, with gross margins at 13% to 13.5%.

Niskayuna, USA – According to the U.S. Department of Energy, solar installations in the U.S. are expected to exceed 6,000 MW by 2010, more than triple what the installed base was just two years ago.

Warsaw, Poland - It takes on average 42 months to get a building consent for a wind farm in the EU. Besides Finland, Austria and Romania Italy and Belgium are among the quickest countries and Spain and Portugal among the slowest.

Beijing, China - Vestas has received an order of 49 MW from Ningxia Hanas New Energy Company, which is a new customer for Vestas and a new entrant to the Chinese wind energy industry in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR).

Sulzemoos – Phoenix Solar is one of the few listed German solar companies which closed the year 2009 with a growth in revenues and a profit, as the company reports.

Devens, USA - American Superconductor Corp (AMSC) announced that it has received another follow-on order for 30 sets of wind turbine power electronic components from Ulsan, South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI).

Schenectady, USA — GE and wind energy developer Iberwind Group SA have signed a 10-year operational and maintenance (O&M) services agreement to cover two Iberwind wind farms in Portugal.

Burghausen, Germany - Additional polycrystalline-silicon production facilities officially came on stream at Wacker Chemie AG´s Burghausen site.