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Waterloo, Canada - ARISE Technologies Corporation announced that it has produced its first PV cells at its manufacturing plant in Bischofswerda, Germany using the company's own 7N+ polysilicon.

Pittsburgh/Nairobi - The Asian economies of China and the Republic of Korea are emerging as global leaders in their commitments to invest significant slices of their stimulus packages in environmental, 'green new deal' projects.

Hamburg, Germany and Wuxi, China - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) today announced that it has beaten all previous records for multi-crystalline silicon module conversion efficiency, including its own record achieved last month.

Toronto, Canada - GE Energy’s most advanced wind turbine, the 2.5xl, is now available with a Cold Weather Extreme (CWE) package. The addition of the CWE package ensures that the 2.5xl wind turbine can operate in temperatures as low as -30°C, and in survival mode without operation, at temperatures as low as -40°C.

Washington, USA –Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu hosted a group of clean energy developers and manufacturers at the White House to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is creating jobs and helping expand the development of clean, renewable domestic energy.

Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar has qualified Applied Materials' HCT MaxEdge(TM) wire saws for volume production, certifying that the system has met all performance and quality specifications.

Kassel, Germany - The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) from Kassel, Germany, and its European project partners of the Network of Excellence DERlab have developed standards and measuring methods for long-term tests of solar modules.

Washington D.C., USA – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu detailed his vision for implementing the smart grid and modernizing America’s electrical system.

Hamburg, Germany and Wuxi, China - Suntech Power announced the introduction of a 60 cell multi-crystalline PV module to be marketed under the product name Wd.

Toronto, Canada — North American GE 1.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbine owners and operators are benefiting from the flexibility and scope that GE Energy’s wind service program provides.

Stuttgart, Germany - On schedule the international engineering company M+W Zander handed over a new solar module factory to Q-Cells subsidiary Solibro.

Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, USA - Solar wafer manufacturer LDK Solar Co., Ltd has qualified Applied Materials' HCT MaxEdge(TM) wire saws for volume production, certifying that the system has met all performance and quality specifications.

Thalheim, Germany - Just as the PVSEC approaches, Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662) announced a new record in solar cell efficiency. The technologists in the Solar Valley Thalheim have succeeded in designing a module with an efficiency of 15.9% using the next generation of polycrystalline cells.

Berlin/Hamburg, Germany - Germany's photovoltaic industry is marked by yet another milestone ahead of this year's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition (EU PVSEC), taking place from September 21 - 25 in Hamburg.

Vancouver, Canada - Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. today announced that the Blue Mountain "Faulkner 1" project has successfully completed testing requirements under the Engineering Procurement Construction contract with Ormat Nevada Inc., three months ahead of schedule.

Randers, Denmark - Vestas has received an order for 60 units of the V82-1.65 MW wind turbine for a wind power project located in Theni in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India.

Sulzemoos, Germany - Photovoltaic system integrator Phoenix Solar AG has for the second time extended the framework agreement, signed with KG Allgemeine Leasing GmbH & Co. (KGAL) in September 2007 on photovoltaic power plants, through 2012 and raised the investment volume by a minimum of EUR 150 million.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany - Q-Cells has built up a new portfolio in thin-film technology.

Ontario, Canada - Canadian Solar Inc. announces that it has signed a joint technology development and transfer agreement with Energy Research Center of the Netherlands ("ECN") to apply the technology for metal wrap-through ("MWT") cells to Canadian Solar's production lines.

Washington D.C., USA — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Arizona Public Service (APS) has been awarded $70.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Stuttgart, Germany - M+W Zander has been awarded a contract from the Finnish battery manufacturer European Batteries Oy to engineer and construct the process rooms of its new battery factory.

Shanghai, China - JA Solar announced that it is working to commercialize a new generation of high-performance solar products.

Washington, DC / USA - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a new $450 million program designed to catalyze a nationwide energy upgrade that experts estimate could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and businesses.

Exeter, Devon / UK - Global warming continues to pose a real threat that should not be ignored — a claim reinforced in a new study by scientists, reported in a supplement of the August issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. This is despite very small global temperature rises over the last 10 years.

Stockholm, Sweden - GE announced the completion of the acquisition of ScanWind. With this move, GE has expanded its portfolio of renewable energy offerings to better serve customers. ScanWind is a developer of advanced drive train and control wind turbine technologies aimed at offshore deployment. Headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, with a design-engineering centre in Karlstad, Sweden, ScanWind was founded in 1999 to develop and commercialise advanced drive train wind turbine technology that eliminates the need for gearboxes.