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Rome – Enel Green Power S.p.A. and Enel Energia S.p.A. have reached an agreement for the sale to the company of the Market Division of the Enel Group of the entire share capital of Enel.si S.r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power.

Ichtershausen, Germany – Masdar PV and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have strengthened their R&D partnership, focusing resources on development of next generation thin film Si technology.

Devens, USA – American Superconductor (AMSC) reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2012.

Düsseldorf, Germany - A power-to-gas (P2G) unit installed by E.ON in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany injected hydrogen into the natural gas system for the first time as part of a function test.

Hamburg – A major order will enable the wind turbine manufacturer Nordex to further expand its business in South Africa.

Madrid - Gamesa has closed the sale of a 15.3 MW wind farm development in Scotland to international specialist investor and asset manager, John Laing.

London - Business and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon has announced the creation of an Offshore Wind Investment Organisation (OWIO) to boost levels of inward investment and to further stimulate jobs in the UK offshore wind industry, alongside Government support for three offshore wind innovation projects.

Tempe, USA - First Solar announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 8,500,000 shares of its common stock.

Hamburg, Germany - Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from Aurora Wind Power, a joint venture between GDF SUEZ, Investec and Kagiso Investment.

Graz, Austria - Andritz Hydro has received an order from Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO), Switzerland, to supply two Pelton turbines and one synchronous generator as part of the project to extend Innertkirchen 1 and Handeck 2 hydropower stations.

Guelph, Canada - Canadian Solar announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions, has entered into an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreement with Grand Renewable Solar LP, a solar energy project developed by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. for the construction of a 130 MW utility-scale solar power plant.

London, UK - Warning that the world is not on track to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) urged governments to swiftly enact four energy policies that would keep climate goals alive without harming economic growth.

Queanbeyan, Australia – Australian specialist for dye solar cells Dyesol Limited announced its solar-enabling technology has exceeded a key international photovoltaic industry standard test for long-term durability by 400 per cent.

Hamburg – GL Garrad Hassan has launched a project to bring fresh thinking to the design of offshore wind turbines.

Zamudio, Spain – Gamesa has signed a 7-year operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement with FCC covering 397 wind turbines with total installed capacity of 421 MW.

Changzhou, China - Trina Solar Limited comments on preliminary anti-dumping ("AD") duties imposed by the European Commission.

Baoding, China - Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited commented on the imposition of preliminary anti-dumping duties by the European Commission targeting solar products originating in China as well as those shipped from China.

Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of solar panels, cells and wafers from China.

Paris — Less than one year after developing and delivering the first 1,500-VDC ProSolar central inverter technology to solar power plant system integrator Belectric, GE’s Power Conversion business has signed an agreement with the aim to install more than 100 of this type of new and innovative inverter by the end of the year.

Kolding, Denmark - Leading rotor blade manufacturer, LM Wind Power, announced its ambition to lower the cost of energy generated by wind power below grid parity, through a research project to develop 'intelligent' blades based on wireless sensor technology.

Randers, Denmark – The Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received a 90 MW order for Uruguay. The project, which will be Vestas’ largest in Uruguay, consists of 30 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines that will be installed in Pintado, Florida, Uruguay. The turbines are scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2013, and the wind power plant is expected to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2014.

Zurich, Switzerland - The power and automation technology group ABB has developed a new technology that will help power the world’s first high-capacity flash charging electric bus system.

Baoding, China - Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

Lohne, Germany - The situation in the German biogas market was not satisfactory in the first quarter of 2013.

Guelph, Canada - Canadian Solar Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.