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Xinyu City, China / Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products, announced that it closed the share purchase agreement.

Paris - Continuing its drive to commission its major solar projects in France, EDF Energies Nouvelles announces the commissioning of Toul-Rosières solar power plant in the Lorraine region of eastern France, with an installed capacity of 115 MWp.

Reno, USA - Ormat announced that an Ormat subsidiary entered into an agreement with Geotérmica Platanares to acquire a late stage development geothermal project in Honduras.

Madrid, Spain - ACCIONA obtained a net profit of 114 million euros in the first nine months of the year, down 63.7% compared to the same period of 2011 due to the absence of extraordinary items.

Munich, Germany - TÜV Süd has won a contract tendered by Siemens Wind Power to test 30 wind turbines in the North Sea.

Portland, USA - Chris Brown has joined the company as Group Senior Vice President of Vestas and President of Vestas Americas.

Changzhou, China - Trina Solar Limited, manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, announced the following updates to its previous guidance for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

Zörbig & Leipzig, Germany – In the first quarter of its new business year 2012/2013, VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO) reports group revenue of EUR 217.5 million (Q1 2011/2012: EUR 224.4 million), thereby falling short of the value in the previous year.

Eemshaven, Netherlands - RWE Innogy and Essent have inaugurated two Repower 6M wind turbines in the Dutch city of Eemshaven.

Zurich, Switzerland – Power and automation technology group ABB announced a breakthrough in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paving the way for a more efficient and reliable electricity supply system.

Niestetal, Germany - SMA Solar Technology AG achieved further increases in volume in the third quarter 2012.

Aarhus, Denmark - Vestas generated revenue of EUR 1,988m in the third quarter of 2012 – an increase of 49 per cent to the year-earlier period.

Xinyu City, China / Sunnyvale, USA - LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, announced that Xingxue Tong has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of LDK Solar, effective immediately.

Rostock, Germany - "We are looking for up to an additional 130 employees for our planned internal production facilities in Rostock for our new and larger rotor blades," says Jens Martin Hoika, who manages Nordex’s Rostock and international plants.

Cuxhaven, Germany - The wind farm project developer PNE Wind AG realised a turnover of EUR 80.9 million (previous year: EUR 33.1 million) in first nine months of the 2012 financial year.

London - Dong Energy, E.ON and Masdar announced that the first power had been produced at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm.

Nashua, USA - GT Advanced Technologies announced that it is streamlining worldwide operations to better align its cost structure with current market conditions and enhance its ability to pursue strategic growth initiatives, including the consolidation of existing business units into a single Crystal Growth Systems (CGS) group and cost reduction actions including an approximately 25 percent reduction of the company’s global workforce.

Madrid, Spain - The president of the government of the Republic of Peru, Ollanta Humala, formally opened the T‐Solar Group photovoltaic solar‐power plants in the Majes and La Joya districts, located in the Arequipa region of southern Peru.

Konstanz, Germany - Thanks to the targeted and continued development of various manufacturing processes, Sunways has been able to further increase the efficiency of its series-produced solar cells.

Beijing, China - Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Goldwind") announced its financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2012 (the "reporting period").

Pune, India – The Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon has initiated discussions with its senior secured lenders and plans to restructure its debt with a maturity period of ten years under the CDR mechanism, including a two-year moratorium on principal and interest payments on term-debt.

Graz, Austria - ANDRITZ has received an order from CH. Karnchang (Lao) Company to supply the electromechanical equipment for the Xayaburi run-of-river hydropower station, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Blaubeueren, Germany - The Management Board of centrotherm photovoltaics AG has passed a resolution to embark together with the significant creditor groups on the fine-tuning of the insolvency plan which has been submitted to the Ulm Insolvency Court.

Boading, China/Singapore - Yingli Green Energy announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Singapore will supply 1 MW of multicrystalline PV modules to SolarGy, a professional PV system integrator based in Singapore.

Karlsruhe, Germany - Novatec’s solar boiler has commenced operations at the Liddell Power Station in New South Wales, Australia.