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Solyndra Wins Approval to Pay Bonuses to Remaining Employees
Solyndra LLC (SOLY), the failed solar-panel maker that got $535 million in government loan guarantees before filing for bankruptcy, won court approval to pay some of its remaining workers as... Read more »
Siemens Blindsided by China Wind Boom Plans ‘Massive’ Investment
Siemens AG (SIE), the world’s largest maker of offshore wind turbines, said it underestimated the pace of growth in the Chinese wind market and will ramp up spending to catch... Read more »
Solar-Subsidies Cut in Germany May Come Three Months Earlier
Germany, the world’s biggest market for solar power, today will make a statement about subsidies for the technology after ministers debated whether to accelerate the pace of reductions. Environment Minister... Read more »
Thailand Proving Best Bet After China of Global Emerging Market Investors
Enlarge image Kittiratt Na-Ranong, Thailand’s deputy prime minister Brent Lewin/Bloomberg Kittiratt Na-Ranong, Thailand’s deputy prime minister and minister of commerce, predicts the economy will grow as much as 7 percent... Read more »
Shell Bids $1.6 Billion for African Oil Explorer Cove Energy
Enlarge image Shell Bids $1.6 Billion for African Oil Explorer Cove Energy Shell Aerial view of Shell’s E11 Offshore Platform. Aerial view of Shell’s E11 Offshore Platform. Source: Shell Enlarge... Read more »
Bunge Buys Climate Change Capital After Carbon Prices Plunge
Bunge Ltd. (BG), the world’s second- largest oilseed processor, won approval to acquire Climate Change Capital, a London fund manager that manages the world’s largest private-sector carbon fund, after C02... Read more »
U.K.’s Ofgem Plans to Force Electricity Sales to Boost Competition
Ofgem, the U.K.’s power and natural- gas market regulator, may force the nation’s six biggest utilities to sell 25 percent of their generated electricity in auctions to boost competition. The... Read more »
Greentech Energy May Acquire Companies in Distress, Chief Says
Greentech Energy Systems A/S (GES), a Danish renewable energy developer, is considering purchasing companies in distress due to the European debt crisis and plans to make an announcement in the... Read more »
Spain May Limit Renewable Energy Plant Earnings, S&P, BBVA Say
The Spanish government may impose temporary taxes or caps on earnings on renewable energy plants as it tries to reduce state spending, according to Standard & Poor’s and Banco Bilbao... Read more »
3W Power Jumps on Andrem Power Takeover Offer: Frankfurt Mover
3W Power SA, the holding company that owns German maker of solar inverters AEG Power Solutions, jumped the most since the shares were listed in 2008 after Andrem Power SCA... Read more »