Green EnviroTech Holdings Corp. has announced the formation of its strategic advisory board and the appointment of Pascal Mahvi to the board. Mahvi will be assisting in the formation and execution of international Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances.- IKEA has announced plans to increase the solar array atop its Denver-area store located in Centennial, CO. Once complete, the project will become the state’s largest rooftop array of any use. The 83,700-square-foot solar addition will consist of a 623-kW system, built with 2,492 panels, and will produce 961,000 kWh of electricity annually for the store. Including the existing system, IKEA Centennial’s total 1,121-kW solar installation of 4,704 panels soon will generate 1,701,000 kWh of clean electricity each year.
- Jeremy Sainsbury, Director of international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power, is among those who have been recognized in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Sainsbury will receive an OBE for services to renewable energy and to the community.
- Verenium Corporation has announced it has named enzyme industry veteran Brian Carter to the new position of Vice President of Grain Processing.
- AGRION, a global network for energy, cleantech and sustainability, has launched an Energy Storage Initiative. The program works with utility companies to help accelerate the application and implementation of storage technologies onto the grid.
