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Cuxhaven, Germany - Wind farm developer PNE WIND AG closed the first half year of 2010 successfully.

Münster, Germany - Wind turbine manufacturer Kenersys has closed an additional contract in Sweden with project developer Skagern Vind I AB (Örebro) for the delivery of two units Kenersys K100 2.5 MW with a hub height of 100 meters.

Washington D.C., USA - Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is extending the application deadline for the July 2009 energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution technologies solicitation.

Bangkok, Thailand / Wuxi, China – Suntech Power will supply 34.5MW of solar panels for the first phase of the largest solar power plant in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

Hamburg, Germany - In the first half of 2010, the Nordex Group generated sales of EUR 350 million (previous year: EUR 513 million).

Bangkok, Thailand and Wuxi, China - Suntech Power Holdings Co, a producer of crystalline silicon solar panels, has been selected to supply 34.5 MW of solar panels for the first phase of the largest solar power plant in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

Blaubeuren, Germany - centrotherm photovoltaics received its first upgrade order from Asia for its selective emitter technology. According to the company currently three turnkey production lines owned by a Taiwanese customer are currently being retrofitted.

Golden, USA – The U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking project proposals as part of recently announced DOE funding to accelerate commercialization of solar energy technologies.

Reno, USA - Ormat Technologies announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ormat Nevada Inc., signed an agreement to acquire Constellation Energy’s 50% stake in the partnership that owns the geothermal power plants at the Mammoth complex for a purchase price of $72.5 million.

Randers, Denmark – Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received an order for the Fullabrook project from Devon Wind Power Ltd., a subsidiary of ESB Wind Development UK, for delivery of 22 units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine. The order has a total capacity of 66 MW and the turbines will be installed in North Devon, England.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany – From the 2010/11 winter term onwards, Q-Cells will support academic education in the field of solar energy with an endowed professorship for Photovoltaics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

Wuxi, China and New Delhi, India - Suntech Power Holdings, a producer of crystalline silicon solar panels, has signed agreements to supply Azure Power, an independent solar power producer in India, with several MW of solar panels to develop utility-scale solar projects across several states in India.

Tokyo, Japan / Hamburg, Germany - Sharp Corporation, Enel Green Power and STMicroelectronics established 3Sun S.r.l., a joint venture company for the production of thin-film solar cells, on July 30, 2010.

Hamburg, Germany - REpower Systems AG has launched a wind farm project in the district of Dithmarschen (Schleswig-Holstein) with Repowering Kronprinzenkoog GbR.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas received an order from China Longyuan Power Group for 18 units of the V80-2.0 MW turbine, totaling 36 MW.

Berkeley, USA - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has decided to enter another area in the battery world.

Freiburg, Germany - The Executive Board of Solar-Fabrik AG adopted a resolution, with the consent of the Supervisory Board dated July 29, 2010 to increase the capital stock of the company of EUR 11,685,000.00, which is divided into 11,685,000 no-par bearer shares, by up to EUR 1,168,499.00 to a maximum of EUR 12,853,499.00 in exchange for cash contributions.

Madrid/Zamudio, Spain - Gamesa’s Board of Directors has resolved to end the company’s negotiations with Germany’s Bard and to roll out Gamesa’s strategy for the offshore wind market in the short and medium term using in-house resources.

Randers, Denmark - China’s renowned research institution within the energy and electricity industry, State Grid Energy Research Institute (SGERI), and Vestas, have concluded the first part of a “Joint Study on Coordinated Development of Wind Power and the Electricity Grid”.

Tokyo, Japan - Sharp Corporation will double its annual production capacity for crystalline solar cell modules to 500 MW at Sharp Manufacturing Company of U.K. (SUKM), its production base in the UK (Wrexham, Wales).

Washington, USA - The 2009 State of the Climate report released now as a special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable.

Danbury, USA - FuelCell Energy announced that the underwriters of the Company's public offering of 24.0 million shares of common stock have closed on their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3.6 million shares of FuelCell Energy common stock and have concluded the offering.

Wellington, New Zealand - Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report “Some biofuels are better than others: thinking strategically about biofuels”, which was tabled in Parliament now.

Washington D.C., USA - Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has finalized a $117 million loan guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power, LLC, the owner and operator of the Kahuku Wind Power project.

Baoding, China/Sunnyvale, USA - Yingli Green Energy announced that it has signed a technology, research and production collaboration agreement with Innovalight.