REG Applauds Tax Credit Reinstatement
US - Renewable Energy Group has applauded the US Senate’s passage of a bill containing the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders’ tax credit, a critical piece of energy independence and green...

Wind Power for Puerto Rico
PUERTO RICO - Windmar Renewable Energy has been given the go ahead to build a wind farm on the island of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean.

Go-head for 1101 Wind Turbines
SWEDEN - The Swedish Government has given the go-ahead to Markbygden Vind AB to build and run up to 1101 wind turbines of a total height of a maximum of 200 metres in the Markbygden area of Piteå...

Wind Energy Bosses Call for Strong RES
US - Leading wind energy industry executives have called on Congress to pass a strong national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) as the best way to save and create US jobs.

Enhanced Renewable Energy Target Scheme
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government’s Renewable Energy Target scheme will be enhanced to provide greater certainty for households, employees and businesses within the renewable energy industry,...

Ontario’s Landmark Green Energy Plan Delivers
CANADA - The future will be brighter for many businesses in Ontario as more than 500 new green energy projects, most of them solar power installations, have been approved.

Order for Waste-to-Energy Plant on Sint Maarten
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - Waste2Energy Holdings has received an order for preliminary engineering and layout design from Terra Navita Inc for a 300 tonnes per day waste-to-energy plant on the Caribbean...

Small Farms to Receive Energy Grants
US - Iowa farmers with small to midsize operations are able to apply for grants to demonstrate energy efficiency and conservation measures or how they are using renewable energy from their farm...

AMSC Receives $10 million Order from China
CHINA – American Superconductor Corporation has received an order for $10 million worth of wind turbine core electrical components from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute...

CNPV in Partnership with Techbank
CHINA - CNPV Solar Power SA, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products has joined forces with South Korean photovoltaic company, Techbank Company Limited.

CME: Corn Exports Running Behind Forecasts
US - USDA released on Wednesday, 10 March, its latest grain and meat supply forecasts for 2010, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Wind Farm Expansion Under Way
JAMAICA - Work started this week on Jamaica's $49 million Wigton Wind Farm expansion project.

Imperium Resumes Production of Biodiesel
US - Imperium Renewables has restarted production at its Grays Harbor plant, which had called a halt to production after a glycerin tank ruptured in December.

First Solar in Power Deal with PG&E
US - First Solar has reached a power purchase agreement to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity from a 300MW photovoltaic solar power plant that it is developing...

SunPower and K6 Partner on Two Solar Plants
ITALY - SunPower Corp. and K6 S.a.S. have joined forces to build two 1MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants in the Puglia region, Italy. The two plants are located in Casamassima and Conversano...

ClearFuels to Develop Tennessee Biomass Plant
US – ClearFuels Technology and Hughes Hardwood International have put forward plans to develop a commercial scale biorefinery to produce renewable jet or diesel fuel.

Vikram Invests in Solar PV Plant
INDIA - - Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, is to inaugurate the Solar Photovoltaic Module Manufacturing Plant of Vikram Group of Industries at Falta, Special Economic...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Mexico Leads Renewable Energy Field
MEXICO - The wind farm is located in the state of Baja California and took a total of 350 million pesos. Mexico intends to rank among the 15 countries with greater production of renewable energy,...

SAIC Awarded Biomass Engineering Agreement
US - Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) wholly-owned subsidiary, R.W. Beck, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden...

Algae Will Be Local
US – OriginOil president and CEO, Riggs Eckelberry, will join a distinguished panel of speakers to kick off the Algae World Summit in San Diego, California, on 18 May.

Weekly Outlook: Value of US Dollar and Corn Prices
US - It has not been uncommon for daily fluctuations in corn prices to be attributed to fluctuations in the value of the US dollar relative to other currencies. So, what is the connection?, asks...

Funds for University Wind Turbine Research
US - The University of Dayton Research Institute and their partners in a number of wind-energy programs funded by state, federal and private sources have been awarded $270,000 in Ohio Third Frontier...

Norway Pushes Forward with Wind Power Plans
NORWAY - Norway has joined nine EU countries in an initiative to mdevelop off shore wind power.

Sinoma to Build Wind Farm in Gansu
CHINA - China National Materials Group Corporation Ltd or Sinoma, an enterprise administered by the central government, has signed a strategic agreement with the Jilin government to build a pilot...