SunPower to Supply Casino Group with Solar Panels
FRANCE - The French retailer Casino Group and SunPower Corp. today announced that SunPower will supply an additional 20 megawatts of high-efficiency solar photovoltaic panels for solar power...

Yingli Green Energy to Power PV Solar Plant in France
FRANCE - Photovoltaic solar energy company has signed a sales contract with Spanish EPC company, MAESSA TELECOMUNICACIONES, INGENIERIA, INSTALACIONES Y SERVICIOS, S.A. ("MAETEL").

EDF Finalises Financing for French Solar Plants
FRANCE - In accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB), allocating €500 million to a 2010-2012 investment programme for financing solar power...

Joint Development of Rooftop Solar Projects in France
FRANCE - Recurrent Energy and BlueWatt have joined forces to build and operate solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants on rooftops of industrial, commercial and logistics buildings across Franc...

Plasma TV Parts to Produce Biofuel
FRANCE - The process that lights up big-screen plasma TV displays is getting a new life in producing ultra-clean fuels, according to a report from researchers at the Etudes Chimiques et Physiques...

WELtec BioPower Sells Two Biogas Plants to France
FRANCE - Following the market entry in France in 2009 with the establishment of two biogas plants, WELtec BioPower GmbH from Vechta, Germany, has received two further orders from the neighbouring...

EDF to Build Largest PV Plant in France
FRANCE - EDF Energies Nouvelles is to build the world's largest photovoltaic solar plant at Toul-Rosieres near Metz in Lorraine, France.

REGIX Discussions During Biomass Conference
FRANCE - The summarising and final conference of the French project REGIX (Unified references, methods and experiments to enable improved evaluation of potential agricultural and forestry lignocellulosic...

Results of French Biomass Project REGIX in Lyon
FRANCE - The summarising and final conference of the French project REGIX (Unified references, methods and experiments to enable improved evaluation of potential agricultural and forestry lignocellulosic...

Photosynthesis: A New Source of Electrical Energy?
FRANCE - Scientists in France have transformed the chemical energy generated by photosynthesis into electrical energy by developing a novel biofuel cell.

GDF SUEZ Builds France's Largest Solar Plant
FRANCE - GDF SUEZ and its joint venture partners together with the Mayor of Curbans, Daniel Rolland, signed an agreement to build France’s largest photovoltaic solar power facility in Curbans...

Record Papers for European Biomass Conference
FRANCE - More than 830 scientific and industry papers have been submitted for presentation at the 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Lyon, France.

Iberdrola Completes Five Wind Farms in France
FRANCE - Wind power company, IBERDROLA RENOVABLES, has completed the construction of five new wind farms in France, with total capacity of 46MW.

Chariman for European Biomass Conference
FRANCE - The 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will be chaired by Prof. Josef Spitzer, Joanneum Research, Austria, Chairman of the IEA Bioenergy Implementing Agreement.

Boralex adds 47 MW Wind Power Capacity in France
FRANCE - Canadian power producer Boralex Inc said it had, along with its European partner Cube Infrastructure Fund, acquired three wind farms in France to add 47 MW of capacity for about C$115...

Enel Green Power Starts Main French Wind Farm
FRANCE - With the installation of 12 MW at La Druine (Champagne-Ardenne), Enel Green Power has now completed the 30MW Vallée d’Arce wind farm - the main Enel Green Power wind farm in France.

Strategies to Combat Climate Change
FRANCE - The 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place in Lyon, France, from 3 to 7 May 2010.

Paris Hosts 7th European Motor BioFuels Forum
FRANCE - The use of biofuels has increased substantially over the recent years. The biofuels industry has grown up and turned into an industry that is being taken seriously. However biofuels...

Boralex Buys Wind Farm in France
FRANCE - Canadian company Boralex Inc has arranged financing with BNP Paribas for its new wind farm in France.

Two New Wind Farms in France Commissioned
FRANCE - EDF Energies Nouvelles has commissioned the Canton de Bonneval and Veulettes wind farms, both located in the northern half of France.

COLEXON Concludes Contract for 15mw Solar Plants
FRANCE - COLEXON Energy AG and tnp Mitteldeutsche Fonds Beteiligungs GmbH (tnp MFB GmbH)have concluded a framework contract for the planning and the turnkey construction of solar power plants...

EDF and First Solar to Build Solar Manufacturing Plant
FRANCE - EDF Energies Nouvelles and First Solar Inc are to join forces to build France's largest solar panel manufacturing plant.

E.ON Acquires French Photovoltaic Developer
FRANCE - E.ON has signed a share sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Société Conilhac Energies S.A.S. (Conilhac), a developer of photovoltaic projects in southern France.

First Solar Farm in France to be Inaugurated
FRANCE - E.ON will today inaugurate the company’s first solar farm near the southern French town of Le Lauzet, some 150 kilometres north of Marseille. Once all sections have been completed, the...

Biodiesel from Microalgae
FRANCE - A recent French study explores ways to maximise the potential of using microalgae to produce biofuels. This includes issues surrounding management of the algal biomass waste, the reuse...