13.10.2011
Bankrupt wind company Proven Energy sold to Kingspan
Bankrupt UK small wind power developer Proven Energy has been sold by KPMG receivers to cleantech company Kingspan Renewables. Those involved said the sale will safeguard employment for the 20 staff still working at Proven and allow the continuation of manufacturing at the company’s plant in Ayrshire, Scotland. |
12.10.2011
Platina Partners secures €37m refinancing of Italian PV plant
Cleantech-focused private equity firm Platina Partners has completed a €37m refinancing of its 9.5MW Archangel photovoltaic (PV) project in Puglia, Italy. The group secured debt financing through Germany’s Commerzbank in the second deal between the two organisations have completed. |
11.10.2011
GDF contracts Repower for 23 turbine order
German wind turbine manufacturer REpower Systems has been contracted by French energy company GDF Suez to supply of 23 turbines for two projects in the Burgundy region of France. |
05.10.2011
TGC Renewables connects 1.7MW solar project to UK grid
UK-based clean energy project developer TGC Renewables has completed installation of a 1.7MW solar farm in Newquay, South West England. The 12-acre Trevemper project is now connected to the grid and is set to provide a regular income for the site’s landowner and local community. |
04.10.2011
Huge PV plant connected to grid in Germany
German cleantech developer Unlimited Energy has connected a 166MW photovoltaic (PV) system to the grid in southern Brandenburg, Germany, together with project partners Saferay and GP Joule. |
29.10.2010
Tessera Solar’s Calico project is shovel-ready, licence granted
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has granted a licence for a Tessera Solar special vehicle subsidiary to develop the Calico Solar project in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, the seventh solar plant it has approved in the last two months. |
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