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Beijing, China - In early 2010, China Guangdong Nuclear (CGN) awarded Vestas the first two phases of the Mishan project.

Asheville, USA - Record and near-record breaking temperatures dominated the eastern two-thirds of the nation and contributed to the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States, a record that dates back to 1895.

Pune, India - Suzlon Group has been selected as the preferred supplier by Cennergi for a 138 MW wind energy project currently under development in South Africa.

Dallas, USA - Mesa Power Group is partnering with Wind Tex Energy, LP, on the Stephens Bor-Lynn Wind Project (SBL), about 50 miles south of Lubbock.

Karlsruhe/Cuxhaven - PNE WIND AG sold the "Kemberg II" wind farm with five wind energy systems with a nominal output of 10 MW to EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg.

Mississauga, Canada — GE advanced technology wind turbines have been selected to power nine new wind projects in the province of Ontario, Canada, adding approximately 650 megawatts of clean energy to the province’s electricity grid.

Hunter, USA - GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has partnered with Enel Green Power North America, Inc. by committing common equity for a 51 percent ownership stake in one of Oklahoma’s largest wind projects.

Chelmsford, UK - Centrica Renewables Energy Ltd has contracted Global Marine Energy Ltd., a global player for subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services, to provide the cable landing works related to the west export nearshore cable at the Lincs Offshore wind farm.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany – The German solarcell-manufacturer Q-Cells SE will file for insolvency proceedings on Tuesday, 3 April 2012, at the competent Insolvency Court in Dessau.

Hamburg, Germany – The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has released its final consolidated financial statements for 2011, which confirm the preliminary figures published in February.

Belmont, USA - SunEdison, a solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials announced it has completed a 155 million Euro non-recourse debt financing arrangement.

Charlotte, United States - Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA), a Japanese integrated trading and investment enterprise and part of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corporation, will become a 50-50 equity partner in two large-scale wind farms Duke Energy Renewables, a developer of wind and solar energy generation projects, is building in Kansas.

Hong Kong, China - Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited convened its Results Announcement Conference 2011 in Hong Kong.

Blaubeuren, Germany - centrotherm photovoltaics AG, provider for the photovoltaics sector, published its 2011 annual report and confirmed the preliminary results.

Tokyo, Japan/ London, United Kingdom/ New York, United States – The development of wind and solar projects in Japan will generate highly attractive returns under the feed-in-tariffs recently proposed by the Japanese government, according to clean energy market research provider Bloomberg Energy Finance.

Pune, India/ Hamburg, Germany – Suzlon Group-subsidiary Repower Systems SE, a wind turbine supplier, has signed a contract with PNE Wind AG to deliver 54 offshore wind turbines.

Madrid, Spain – Gamesa announces its intention to pursue an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Port of Leith, which would be aimed at agreeing detailed arrangements for the establishment of a major offshore manufacturing base in the UK.

Jlashan, China - ReneSola, a Chinese manufacturer of solar products, announced it has appointed Mr. Xiaoliang Liang as president of the Company's China division.

Cuxhaven, Germany - The wind farm project developer, PNE Wind AG confirms its EBIT forecast and proposes a dividend payment amounting to EUR 0.04 per share.

Madrid, Spain - Acciona Energy, a Spanish wind power developer, started construction work on the 30 MW Jelinak wind park in Croatia.

Fredericia, Denmark - Centrica, a British energy company, and Dong Energy, a Danish energy supplier, announced their joint venture to co-develop offshore wind farms with a potential capacity of 4.2 GW in the Round 3 Irish Sea Zone.

Sandvika, Norway – The Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) has decided to permanently close down its operations in Glomfjord, Norway.

Albuquerque, USA - Schott Solar announced the launch of the high efficiency Schott PerformTM Mono PV module.

Santa Clara, USA - Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached 27.4 GW in 2011, which is up 40% Y/Y, according to the annual PV market report, 2012. Overall market growth in 2011 was boosted by strong second half demand ahead of further deep cuts in solar incentives.

Moscow, Russia - JSC RusHydro announces that a 640 MW hydropower unit was commissioned at the Company's Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant (HPP).