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Kolitzheim, Germany – BELECTRIC connected the world's first solar power plant with 1500 volt operation to the grid at the end of June.

Bilbao & Madrid, Spain - Gamesa, a global technology company in the wind energy industry, has finished the construction of the Bii Nee Stipa II wind farm in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, developed and constructed to Enel Green Power.

Essen - Ferrostaal GmbH has concluded an agreement with the insolvency administrator of Solar Millennium AG to take over 74.9% of the shares in Flagsol GmbH.

Erbil, Iraq — Mass Global Investment Company, an independent power producer, has selected GE steam turbine technology to increase the efficiency and the output of the Erbil Power Plant in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Boston, USA - Cape Wind, US wind offshire wind farm project, has commenced a major geotechnical and geophysical survey operation as part of its construction design and engineering process and initial mobilization on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.

Bad Soden & Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Highview Power Storage and Messer Group, international industrial gases company, announce a strategic partnership agreement towards the commercial realisation of Highview’s energy storage technology.

Madrid, Spain - Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente S.A., solar energy company present along the PV value chain, has signed a collaboration agreement to develop photovoltaic projects in Argentina with the local company Enarsa (Energía Argentina S.A.).

Waldaschaff, Germany - Goede Foundation donates a complete photovoltaic system to the Nepalese "Bhaktapur Homeopathic Clinic and Medical College" project.

Madrid, Spain - Vestas has received an order for a total capacity of 50.4 MW consisting of 28 units of the V100-1.8 MW turbine for the Los Altos wind power plant, which will be located in Jalisco, Mexico.

Schaffhausen, Switzerland - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., producer of solar panels, and IBC Solar, a global specialist in photovoltaic systems, announced an agreement for Suntech to supply 50 megawatts (MW) of solar panels through the end of 2012.

Salzbergen, Germany - GE Energy announced that Swedish energy developer Triventus Wind Power AB will use GE turbines to power a new 27.5-MW wind farm project being built near Falkenberg on Sweden’s west coast.

Zamudio, Spain - Gamesa has signed an agreement with RWE Renewables Polska for the sale of the 14 MW Krzecin wind farm located in the Western Pomeranian region of northeast Poland.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas has received a 216 MW offshore order in Belgium, for the Northwind Offshore Wind Farm.

Madrid, Spain - A project led by Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power has been announced as preferred bidder by South Africa's Department of Energy (DoE) to develop the 50MW Bokpoort CSP plant, not far from Upington.

Aarhus, Denmark - Vestas has received an order for 30 units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine for the Glötesvålen project in the municipality of Härjedalen, Sweden.

Tucson, USA – Global Solar Energy announced that the German executive team applied for insolvency proceedings at Global Solar’s wholly owned German subsidiary, Global Solar Energy Deutschland GmbH (GSED).

Santa Clara, USA - The leading metrics influencing PV industry supply and demand (module production, supply and market-demand) are forecast to come to within 8% of the second-half market demand of 17.2 GW, according to recent findings in the latest NPD Solarbuzz Quarterly report.

Xinyu City, China/Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar reported its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

New York, USA - Atlanta based GreenWorld Development announces that it signed a strategic alliance and partnership agreement with 3Power Energy Group to jointly acquire and to develop US multifunctional Energy Centres.

Aarhus, Denmark - Vestas has signed its largest ever service and maintenance renewal agreement with EDP Renováveis (EDPR) to service more than 1,100 turbines across 30 wind power plants in the United States and Europe for up to seven years.

California, USA – Canadian Solar and Real Goods Solar announced a supply agreement.

Aarhus, Denmark – Vestas has decided to phase out the production of the kilowatt platform, including the V52-850 kW and V60-850 kW turbines.

Sandvika, Norway - The board of directors of Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) has over a period had an objective to extend the maturity of the Company's debt facilities and to strengthen the balance sheet of the Company.

Lohne, Germany – With the starting signal for the construction of a biogas plant in the state of New York, EnviTec Biogas AG from the Lower Saxon town of Lohne has now entered the American market for the first time.

Prenzlau/Bremen, Germany - aleo solar AG announced that its shareholders endorsed the Management Board's strategy at the Company's sixth Annual General Meeting (AGM).