- Huaneng Power International, Inc. has announced that the Distributed Energy Project for Guangxi Huaneng Guilin World Tourist City and Huaneng Hunan Guidong Hankou Wind Farm Project, both of which are wholly owned by the Company, had obtained approvals from the Development and Reform Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Development and Reform Commission of Hunan Province, respectively.
- Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, is proud to announce that it earned the top ranking by Lux Research for near-term growth opportunity among 415 companies, and was named a 2013 Global Cleantech 100 company by the Cleantech Group.
- The NUNA 7 team of Delft’s University has won the World Championships of Solar Racing in Australia. With the very latest in solar and electronic technology, amongst the brand new, very efficient Filter Inductors of ISE Magnetics, the NUNA 7 crossed the line to claim the title with an average speed of 90 km/h for the 3,000 km journey.
- The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has revealed the three winners of its second annual Power of Wind blog contest. The first-prize winner is Gautham Krishnaraj, a B.Sc. student at McGill University studying Microbiology and Immunology. The second-prize winner is Laurence Dupuis, Laurence is currently studying Film Production at The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. The third-prize winner is Daniel Bryce, who is working on a master’s degree in Planning at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.