David Miliband MP, attended the unveiling of the latest installation in South Shields, UK of leading international manufacturer of heating systems, Viessmann.

Uzbekistan state joint-stock company Uzbekenergo has announced a tender to select a general contractor for modernizing the Syr-Darya combined heat and power plant, one of the largest such plants in Central Asia.

The on-site utility, EuroSitePower Limited, have announced that it has finalised an agreement to supply clean energy, heating and cooling, to the Haverhill Leisure Centre in Suffolk, England.

Wartsila has signed three year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Sasol New Energy Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sasol, the integrated global energy and chemical company.

BP Biocombustiveis, the Brazilian biofuels unit of BP (LON:BP), has announced that it will invest $25.5m in the development of a project for energy cogeneration from sugar cane bagasse.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) is working with PowerStream Inc. to provide and install a 300kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system for a community centre in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

Turboden, a leading manufacturer of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbogenerators, has been awarded an order for a 1 MW ORC plant from BSkyB and a 1.8 MW ORC plant for BAA, both located in London, UK.

The government of Haiti has signed a $250m partnership agreement with the "International Electric Power Company"for the construction of a 30 MW waste to energy plant in the capital city of Port - au-Prince to power the city and its environs.

DP CleanTech has been awarded the contract to supply the Flue Gas Treatment system for Devon County Council’s first waste-to-energy power plant in Exeter.

Siemens Energy has received a first order from North America for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine.

UGL Limited has announced that in a 50:50 joint venture with EPC firm CH2M HILL it has been awarded a $550m contract to construct an on-site power facility.

Alliance Tire Group (ATG), is to include a cogeneration plant in an intended $160m investment in greenfield and brownfield capacity expansion to meet increasing demand.

The board of Brazil’s National Agency of Electrical Energy (ANEEL) has approved rules to reduce barriers to the installation of distributed generation of up to 100 KW of power  (micro generation), and from 100 KW to 1 MW of power (mini generation).

Switzerland’s decision to withdraw from nuclear power, and no longer build nuclear, is set to open up space in the Swiss energy mix for combined heat and power initiatives.