FuelCell Energy has announced a co-marketing agreement with NRG Energy for the marketing and sales of FuelCell Energy power plants. NRG will market the power plants to its customer base, offering a financing option utilizing a power purchase agreement whereby NRG will purchase and own the power plant and sell the electricity and high heat to the end-user or the customer can purchase the power plant. The agreement also includes the option of NRG Energy purchasing and owning fuel cell power plants for its own portfolio and selling the power to the electric grid.- Clariant, a global specialty chemicals company, has received the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its sunliquid demonstration plant in Straubing, Germany, which opened in July 2012. The certificate confirms that the cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues produced with the sunliquid technology is compliant with the sustainability criteria set out in the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
- Trimble has announced that Eco2 Ltd. will be implementing its forestry bioenergy solution from Cengea, a Trimble Company and part of its Forestry Division. The Cengea solution will be used to manage Eco2’s supply chain operations for its state-of-the-art, straw-fired Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant in Lincolnshire in England.
- ReneSola Ltd. has announced its ReneSola Jiangsu Product Center Laboratory has successfully completed an audit performed by TUV SUD, one of the world’s leading providers of testing and certification services. The audit certifies that the Company’s laboratory is qualified for potential induced degradation (PID) testing on photovoltaic modules according to International Electrotechnical Commission standards.
