“The opening of Maricopa Solar is a significant milestone for our companies and for the solar industry,” said Bob Lukefahr, Tessera Solar North America CEO.

The push for renewable energy in Ontario was given a major boost after the Government of Ontario signed a green energy investment agreement with a consortium created by Samsung C&T Corporation and KEPCO.

The Crown Estate has announced that the Forewind consortium (Statkraft, Statoil, SSE and RWE npower) has been named as the successful bidder for UK offshore wind farms, Dogger Bank.

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is adding solar power to its commercial renewable energy portfolio through the acquisition of a large-scale solar photovoltaic project under development in San Antonio, Texas.

Northern Power Systems, Inc., a next-generation wind turbine company, announced the opening of a new office in the Boston, Massachusetts area.

The NREL study found that when wind turbines are spread out over a large area, the majority of the energy they produce can in fact be counted on to provide capacity.

French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet will build Algeria’s first wind farm, after beating rival MAN Ferrostaal of Germany to win the tender.

The new rates, presently the highest in the world, will be valid for the next two years. A mechanism for gradual incentives reduction is planned starting from 2012.

The 140 MW Woolnorth wind farm comprises 62 wind turbines, both 1.75 MW and 3 MW capacity machines manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems.

EDF Energies Nouvelles? solar photovoltaic activities continued to expand during 2009. Capacity in service nearly quadrupled from 20.8 MWp at 31 December 2008 to 80.9 MWp at 31 December 2009.

Clovis Industrial Development Corporation President Lee Malloy and Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield announced plans to establish a wind turbine manufacturing facility and a five megawatt wind farm in the Clovis area.