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ECOtality unveils electric vehicle charging stations
  ECOtality has unveiled its electric vehicle charging stations 'Blink', which is available in two models - an in-home residential wall-mount unit and a commercial stand-alone charger.
  1. After last week's star-studded, feel-good rollout of Bloom Energy's "Bloom box" server, the start-up now faces the daunting task of delivering products that are reliable and cheap.
  1. The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission has granted Google Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the search giant, the right to behave like a utility as a power reseller and energy trader.
  1. SouthPoint Wind, an Ontario, Canada, company, is proposing a major offshore wind development for the Great Lakes. In regulatory filings, the company outlines a new 1.4 gigawatt project in Lake Erie an...
  1. Energos, a Spanish wind developer, is providing development-stage capital to move two 200 megawatt Texas wind projects toward construction. The company is working with two local partners in a deal bro...
  1. T-Solar and Solarpack have been awarded contracts for the construction of four solar photovoltaic plants in Peru, totalling 80 megawatts (MW).
  1. SunPower has snapped up Rome-based solar developer SunRay for $277m, adding a project pipeline totalling 1.2 gigawatts (GW) to its existing stable, along with a large footprint in the booming Italian ...
  1. Nuclear engineering giant AREVA is acquiring 100 percent of venture-backed start-up company Ausra, a California-based developer of solar thermal technology.

 
Today's Headlines
MIT researchers print solar cell on paper
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully coated paper with a solar cell, part of a suite of research projects aimed at energy breakthroughs.
Solar airplane's first flight a success
Solar Impulse, a prototype of an airplane designed to fly around the world using only solar power, made its first real flight this week.
Chromasun lands $3 million for solar air conditioners
Chromasun, a developer of solar collectors designed to drive air conditioning chillers, has raised $3 million in its first round of venture capital.
Toshiba says goodbye to incandescent light bulbs
Toshiba announced the end of its manufacture of mass-market incandescent light bulbs. Incandescent bulbs use a ton of energy, burn out quickly and pale in comparison in terms of energy efficiency to CFLs and LEDs.
Broadwind gets JPMorgan's top rating, shares up
A recovery in the wind energy sector starting in the second half of the year will boost sales growth for Broadwind Energy Inc., a JPMorgan analyst said Tuesday.
Iberdrola Renovables creates offshore wind division
Spanish wind power giant Iberdrola Renovables has created a new offshore wind divison to develop around 10GW of projects and aims to gain 15 percent of the UK's offshore wind potential.
PlanetSolar unveils world's largest solar boat
Today the covers were taken off PlanetSolar, a multi-hulled vessel, powered entirely by up to 500 square metres of photovoltaic solar panels. It is considered to be the world's largest solar boat.