Vestas got order for 52MW of wind turbines for Spain farm. 2MW turbines. Delivery 1Q12.
Ormat signed 20-year PPA for 10MW solar PV farm in Imperial Valley, CA.
Team at Notre Dame developed inexpensive "solar paint". Uses semiconducting nanoparticles (quantum dots). 1% efficiency so far.
JASO got 19MW order from German comp. Up 2% on the news.
France's EDF - Europe's biggest power generator - to pay $914M to increase holdings in Italy's 2nd largest utility - Edison - to 81% from just over 50%.
Tres Amigas raised $12M from Mitsui to complete $15M round. ~$1.5B needed for the superconducting, direct current super hub to connect US' 3 major grids.
Navy under scrutiny for buying $15/gal biojetfuel instead of normal $4/gal fuel. Spent $12M.
China to extend to late June their anti-dumping probe on US distillers' dried grains imports.
Brazil will lend up to $268M/yr for ethanol makers to stock adequate supplies between harvests.
Argentina passed Brazil and France in '11 to become 3rd largest biofuel producer behind Germany and US. US produced 2.5M tons, up from >1M in '10. Argentina expected to come in at 2.4M.
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