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Paris, France - Iberdrola has selected AREVA’s offshore wind technology for the Wikinger project, to be developed 35 kilometers off the German Baltic Sea coast.

Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission awarded over 1.2 billion Euro to 23 highly innovative renewable energy demonstration projects under the first call for proposals for the so-called NER300 funding programme.

Rome - Enel Green Power (EGP) has connected to the grid its second wind farm in Mexico, Zopiloapan - Bii Nee Stipa III, located in the state of Oaxaca.

Bosten, USA - The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) has been selected to receive project funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade.

Hamburg/Toronto - Suzlon Group subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, has concluded a contract with wpd europe GmbH, a subsidiary of project developer wpd AG, for the delivery of a total of 51 wind turbines.

Hong Kong, China - China Longyuan successfully completed the placing and book-running of H shares on the night of 13 December 2012.

Salzbergen, Germany - CEZ Group’s 600-megawatt Fantanele/Cogealac wind park, Europe’s largest onshore wind project, now is in full operation and is producing enough cleaner energy to power more than one million Romanian households each year.

San Mateo, USA – SolarCity Corporation, a provider of clean distributed energy, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 11,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $8.00 per share.

Vancouver, Canada - Alterra Power Corp. and Fiera Axium Infrastructure announced that they are now partners at the 235 MW Toba Montrose run-of-river hydro facility and the 144 MW Dokie 1 wind farm in British Columbia.

Hamburg - Siemens Energy has received an order for delivery and servicing of 42 direct-drive wind turbines for two onshore wind power plants.

Shanghai, China - Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic cells and modules in China, reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

Kopenhagen/Hamburg - Dong Energy and Vestas Wind Systems have entered into a cooperation agreement on the testing of Vestas' V164-8.0 MW wind turbine at Test Centre Østerild in Denmark.

Baoding, China / San Francisco, USA - Yingli Green Energy Holding Company announced that its subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Americas, supplied 25 MW of solar PV modules to Arizona's Queen Creek Solar Farm.

Wuxi, China - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest producers of solar panels, has announced that it will supply approximately 100 megawatts (MW) of solar panels for two projects that are being developed, built and operated by a consortium led by Mainstream Renewable Power in South Africa.

Zurich, Switzerland – ABB has won a contract worth $ 170 million from Subsea 7, to build a power link between a new oil and gas field being developed by Total E&P Norge AS in the North Sea and the Norwegian power grid.

Doha, Qatar - Qatar Foundation in partnership with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) announced the creation of a pioneering climate change research institute.

Zurich, Switzerland – ABB has won orders worth around 225 million US-Dollar to supply two turnkey photovoltaic (PV) power plants that will be built in the northern province of Limpopo in South Africa.

Bremen, Germany - Insurance broker Nordwest Assekuranzmakler (NWA) in close collaboration with the wind turbine manufacturer REpower Systems has launched the world’s first serial losses insurance for offshore wind turbines.

Frankfurt, Germany - The Norwegian power grid operator Statnett, KfW IPEX-Bank on behalf of KfW and TenneT TSO GmbH, transmission system operator for the German North Sea region, have concluded a cooperation agreement to develop and construct a subsea cable between Germany and Norway.

Cuxhaven, Germany - PNE Wind AGs Board of Directors resolved on 3rd December 2012 to buy back up to 4,126,700 of its own shares on the stock exchange during the period from 4th December 2012 to 30th June 2013 (anticipated).

Xinyu City, China / Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012.

Hamburg, Germany - Effective as of the end of 2012, the Nordex Group will reduce the work force by around 130 positions at its rotor blade production facility in Dongying.

London - Proposals to dramatically reduce electricity demand across the whole UK economy were published by the Government.

Hongkong, China - China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited officially announced, with completion of the 50MW Phase II construction of Longyuan Jiangsu Rudong 150MW Offshore (Intertidal Zone) Demonstration Wind Farm, this 150MW Intertidal Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm was commercially put into operation.

Boston, USA – The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) in Massachusetts gave approval to the 15-year power purchase agreement between NSTAR Electric Company (NSTAR) and Cape Wind Associates, following an eight-month adjudicatory proceeding.