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Opel International to Present at the Canaccord Adams' 28th Annual Global Growth Conference

Opel International Inc., a leading global developer and supplier of concentrating photovoltaic panels (CPV's), today announced that the Company will be participating in Canaccord Adams' 28th Annual Global Growth Conference.

Solar and Semiconductor Industries Come Together In San Francisco

The solar industry and semiconductor industry are intimately connected. Both industries rely on silicon and both use much of the same processing technology and supply chain to produce their products. Nowhere has this connection been more prominently on display than last week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco California, where the Intersolar North America made its debut in conjunction with SEMICON West 2008.

Phoenix Solar Signs 14-MW Deal in Italy

Phoenix Solar AG has signed a framework agreement with Meinl International Power Ltd. The agreement is for the planning and turn-key construction of solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants to be built in Italy with a peak output totaling approximately 14 megawatts (MW).

Canadian Solar Signs 9-MW Deal with Conergy

Canadian Solar Inc. (CSI) has announced that it has signed a 9-megawatt (MW) sales agreement for the sale of its e-Modules with Conergy USA. The contract runs for 12 months, through June 2009 and delivery of the modules will start this month.

VeraSun Announces Biorefinery Start-up

VeraSun Energy Corp. announced the start-up of its 110 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery located near Hankinson, North Dakota. The Hankinson production facility marks the 12th VeraSun biorefinery in operation, increasing the company's annual operating capacity to 1.2 billion gallons.

DOE Invests US $240 Million in Biorefineries

The U.S. Depaartment of Energy (DOE) has announced that it has finished its selection process for grants to be made to small-scale cellulosic ethanol refineries. The selected biorefinery projects will receive up to a total of US $240 million in DOE funding, subject to appropriations, over the next five fiscal years. Once federal funding is combined with industry cost share, more than US $735 million could be invested in the nine projects, over the next four to five years.

MicroPlanet Closes US $7 Million Financing

MicroPlanet, a clean technology and energy conservation company, announced the final closing on a round of private placement equity financing. The company sucessfully raised approximately CAN $7.1 million [US $7 million] in total gross proceeds.

NEC Expert Bill Brooks to Teach at Solar Living Institute Training Event

Expert Solar Trainer Andy Black to Teach at Solar Living Institute Training Event

Spire Wins Contract with Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

BEDFORD, MA — July 22, 2008 — Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that it has received a contract from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) to provide critical test equipment for their certification operations in both the United States and China.

First Solar to Participate in Investor Conferences

First Solar, Inc. to Announce 2008 Second Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wind Farms: Now We've Got the Biggest in Europe

The Byproducts of Biodiesel Production Are Valuable Organic Acids, Researchers Say

In a move that could possibly change the economics of biodiesel refining, chemical engineers at Rice University have come up with a set of techniques for converting sometimes problematic biofuels waste into chemicals that fetch a profit.

Fresno Airport Dedicates Solar Installation

Fresno Yosemite International Airport and WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp.held a dedication ceremony last week in celebration of the opening of the largest solar airport installation to date in the U.S.

Day4 Energy Increases Solar Module Production Capacity 300%

Day4 Energy Inc. has announced the successful completion of the first phase of its manufacturing expansion. The new Phase I production equipment installed in the company's Burnaby production facilities adds 35 megawatts (MW) of production capacity to its current solar photovoltaic module production line and increases total current annual production capacity to 47 MW.

Dakota Wind Issues Public Offering

Dakota Wind Energy, LLC, a South Dakota community-owned wind development company, has announced an intrastate public offering of its securities. This offering is only open to South Dakota resident landowners who grant wind-related rights to Dakota Wind Energy.

Merrill Lynch To Finance Raser's 10 MW Geothermal Plant

Raser Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a commitment letter with Merrill Lynch for the project financing and tax equity funding for its planned 10 megawatt (MW) Lightning Dock geothermal power plant in New Mexico.

SeaGen's Tidal Power Feeds the Grid

The world's first commercial-scale tidal turbine, located in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough and developed by British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines (MCT), has delivered electricity onto the grid for the first time.

New NanoMarkets Report States That the Building Integrated Photovoltaics Market Will Reach $4.0 Billion by 2013

A new report from NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, predicts that the market for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will reach more than $4.0 billion in revenues ($US) by 2013 and surpassing $8 billion in 2015.

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