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Prenzlau/Oldenburg - aleo solar AG (ISIN: DE000A0JM634) generated revenue of EUR 220.8 million in the first nine months of 2009 (January to September 2008: EUR 256.2 million).

London - GE (NYSE: GE) and E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America have signed a seven-year operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement covering EC&R’s complete fleet of 529 GE wind turbines installed in the United States.

Sulzemoos - Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93) is today releasing its figures as per 30 September 2009. Seen from an operational standpoint, the two segments of "Power Plants" and "Components & Systems" developed in very different directions in the third quarter of 2009 and generally fell short of own expectations.

Hamburg - In the first half of fiscal year 2009/10 REpower Systems AG (WKN 617 703) realized total performance of EUR 617.0 million compared to EUR 531.1 million in the same period of the previous year.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen – Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662) has published its report as of 30 September 2009 containing information on the implementation of the Q-Cells Reloaded reorganisation programme.

Xinyu City, China/Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar announced that, upon its motion, the Superior People's Court in Jiangxi Province has issued a civil order freezing any payment that may be made by the relevant guarantor/counter-guarantor banks pursuant to the guarantee and/or counter-guarantee issued in connection with the prepayments made by Q-Cells SE.

Boulder, USA – Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined industry representatives and managers from DOE’s National Laboratories to celebrate the latest tool to advance the Department’s wind energy research.

Washington D.C., USA – The Department of Energy announced that Energy Secretary Steven Chu will travel to India and China from Thursday, November 12 to Wednesday, November 18.

Blaubeuren, Germany - In the first nine months of 2009, centrotherm photovoltaics AG achieved revenue growth of 58.1 percent to EUR 374.7 million (previous year: EUR 236.9 million).

Potsdam, Germany - 60 Nobel Laureates are calling on world leaders for a global deal on climate change that matches the scale and urgency of the human, ecological and economic crises facing the world today.

Florence, Italy and Seville, Spain - GE Oil & Gas' advanced steam turbine technology has been selected as a finalist in CSP Today's concentrated solar power (CSP) awards competition being held in Seville, Spain on November 11th during the 3rd EU Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit.

Wuxi, China and Schaffhausen, Switzerland - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) today announced that it has strengthened its European management team with the appointment of four new senior executives.

Shanghai, China - JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009.

Husum/Bonn, Germany - The demand for small wind turbines has grown considerably in recent years.

Reutlingen, Germany – Manz Automation AG recorded revenues of € 46.73 million in the first nine months of 2009 (previous year: € 159.10 million).

Cuxhaven, Germany - PNE WIND AG continued its growth during the first nine months of this fiscal year.

Wuxi, China - Suntech Power announced it will develop a 10 MW solar power plant in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province in conjunction with its strategic partner Huadian New Energy.

Washington D.C., USA — A large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project in Mississippi has become the fifth worldwide to reach the important milestone of more than 1 million tons injected.

San Francisco, USA – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)announced an agreement with Geysers Power Company to increase and extend the utility's purchases of renewable geothermal power.

Barcelona, Spain — African efforts to invest in clean energy and prepare for the devastating consequences of climate change have received a boost with six countries set to receive $1.1 billion in new financing for climate action.

Zurich, Switzerland and Trieste, Italy – ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, and Fincantieri, the Italian merchant and naval shipbuilder, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the construction, marketing and supply of high-voltage shore connection (HVSC) systems to provide electricity to vessels in port.

Kyoto, Japan and Barcelona, Spain - More than 400 climate change negotiators, business leaders and environmental activists will travel together on board the Climate Express train to Copenhagen in a call for world leaders to agree a fair, ambitious and binding deal to address climate change when they meet at the UN climate summit in Denmark.

Washingtion, DC, USA – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced up to $30.6 million in Recovery Act funding for the selection of seven hydropower projects that modernize hydropower infrastructure by increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impacts at existing facilities. The expanded hydro generation projects have estimated incremental costs of less than 4 cents per kWh on average.

Jakarta, Indonesia - Tapping into growth in Asia and in renewable energy, GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services announced today it has loaned US $50 million to Indonesia’s biggest geothermal power producer, a 220-megawatt emissions-free plant set in a volcanic region of tea and quinine plantations.

Escondido, USA – enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS: EEN), announced today that it has entered into a sales agreement with Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), to supply up to 115 megawatts of photovoltaic modules in 2010.