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		<title>Integrated Electrical Services building transmission line for Minnesota wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/09/02/international-electrical-services-building-transmission-line-for-minnesota-wind-farm.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Integrated Electrical Services (IES) has been awarded the contract to build a substation and transmission line for the Lakefield wind farm in Minnesota, USA, being developed by enXco (an EDF Energies Nouvelles company). The wind farm will feature 137 GW 1.5 MW wind turbines, amd IES&#039; substation and line will be responsible for transporting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deere sells its renewables business unit to Exelon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deere &#38; Company announced the company has signed a definitive sale agreement with Exelon Generation Company under which Deere is selling its renewable energy business unit John Deere Renewables (JDR). JDR has a total of 735 MW of operational renewable energy capacity, in eight states, totalling in 36 projects. The sale brings USD 900 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SunPower in deal for multiple US Government facilties</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/31/sunpower-in-deal-for-multiple-us-government-facilties.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renewbl.com/?p=6108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SunPower Corporation is to supply its solar energy technology for installations at several US government properties which include DoE&#039;s NREL, General Services Administration, the Navy and Air Force. These orders will total in no less than 20 MW of solar power capacity installations. Over the course of these projects, SunPower will employ about 1000 people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iberdrola Renewables starts construction of 74 MW wind farm in New York</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/31/iberdrola-renewables-starts-construction-of-74-mw-wind-farm-in-new-york.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iberdrola Renewables, US renewable energy subsidiary of Iberdrola, has recently begun construction of the Hardscrabble wind farm in New York. The wind farm is to have 74 MW of installed capacity once completed, and is located near the towns of Fairfield, Norway and Little Falls. The project represents an investment of about USD 200 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MiaSolé in 600 MW supply agreement with juwi Solar</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/26/miasole-in-600-mw-supply-agreement-with-juwi-solar.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following an 8.5 MW supply deal recently, MiaSolé announced another supply agreement with juwi Solar. This time, the long-term agreement will result in 600 MW of solar modules (CIGS), to be delivered over the duration of the period under the agreement. The first shipment of 50 MW will be delivered in 2011. juwi Solar is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US DoE chooses Princeton Power Systems for hydropower converter development</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/26/us-doe-chooses-princeton-power-systems-for-hydropower-converter-development.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Energy has chosen Princeton Power Systems for the development of advanced power conversion systems for application in commercial tidal, wave, and other hydropower projects. The technology uses a high-power (1.5 MW) converter design which allows much higher power density as well as direct connection to a 12 kV (or higher) power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell and Cosan in JV for ethanol and power from sugar cane in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/26/shell-and-cosan-in-jv-for-ethanol-and-power-from-sugar-cane-in-brazil.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell and Cosan announced the companies have signed binding agreements for forming a joint venture for producing and commercializing ethanol and power from sugar cane. The companies will also indulge in distribution of a variety of industrial and transportation fuels through their distribution and retail network in Brazil. Additionally, the JV will also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enviva to supply Electrabel with wood pellets</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/26/enviva-to-supply-electrabel-with-wood-pellets.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US based company Enviva LP, subsidiary of Intrinergy, and Electrabel, a Belgian utility and subsidiary of GDF Suez, have entered into a long-term supply agreement under which Enviva is to supply the company with 480,000 metric tons of wood pellets annually. The biomass supply will be used as a renewable fuel source for feeding Electrabel&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMSC receives initial order for 17 turbines from Inox Wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSC has received the initial order for 17 wind turbine electrical control systems from Indian wind turbine manufacturer Inox Wind. The units are 2 MW class wind turbines, doubly-fed induction turbines, using AMSC&#039;s Windtec technology, under a licensing contract signed in May this year. Inox has been granted the right to manufacture and sell wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>K&amp;Company and Matinee Energy building 40 MW solar plant in California</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/08/25/kcompany-and-matinee-energy-building-40-mw-solar-plant-in-california.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[K&#38;Company (South Korea) and Matinee Energy (US) have signed a pre-master agreement for the development of a 40 MW solar energy project in California, USA. The solar power plant will represent an investment of up to USD 200 million. K&#38;C will be joining with a group of partners &#8211; LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd. of [...]]]></description>
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