Conergy AG, a German solar-panel maker, has won orders to develop two solar photovoltaic power plants in the Trier area of Germany.

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.

Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production (COSPP) is pleased to announce the launch of our online COSPP LinkedIn Group.

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.

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.

The governor of the US state of Ohio, John Kasich has criticised the renewable-energy lobby in the state for an irresponsible self interest in objecting to cogeneration.

Q.CELLS has received an order for 7 Megawattpeak (MWp) of solar modules in Italy by IKEA.

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

Swiss developer and constructor firm Zorg Biogas have constructed the first biogas power plant in Turkey.

The US state of New Jersey is to allocate $55m in grants in the hopes of encouraging the development of combined heat and power systems (CHP) as well as hydrogen fuel cells for businesses and industrial companies.

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.