GE and Harbin Electric Company Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding in which HE agreed to purchase GE's newest gas turbine featuring FlexEfficiency technology. As part of the MOU, HE plans to purchase four 9FB gas turbines from GE before the end of 2013, including two that will incorporate FlexEfficiency technology. The purchases are subject [...]

U.S.-based Wells Fargo & Company signed a strategic cooperation agreement last week with China's Baoding Tianwei Group focused on the development and building of solar power products in the United States. The agreement includes potential financial support for Hawaii-based Hoku Corporation, a subsidiary of Tianwei. Hoku's subsidiary is building a polysilicon manufacturing facility in the [...]

ingli Green Energy Holding Company, a leading solar energy company in China, has announced its new 700 MW capacity expansion projects will be located at its Baoding headquarters and in Hainan province. Yingli Green Energy plans to build PANDA mono-crystalline silicon-based manufacturing lines with capacities of 600 MW each for mono-crystalline ingots and wafers, cells, [...]

According to Patrick Kron, the chairman and CEO of Alstom, a French power generation and transport comapany, the company will continue to take an active role in China's green energy sectors: including hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power. At a recent press conference Kron said that the company is looking for opportunities to [...]

Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it is participating in the 1,000-Village Solar LED program, an initiative launched by The Climate Group and the One Foundation. The program was kicked off at a Climate Group event at Xiao Xi Chong, one of 13 villages in the region around Guiyang City where the project is working. [...]

According to The Associated Press, American solar cell giant First Solar has been given approval by the Chinese government to set up a solar power production base in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
This is said to be the first time that an American company has entered the fast growing renewable energy field of China. Besides the production [...]

America-based DuPont is expanding its solar power projects in Hong Kong and Shenzhen with an investment of USD160 million.
Douglas W. Muzyka, the president of DuPont Greater China, told local media that DuPont is discussing with several companies in Hong Kong to bring DuPont's solar power programs to Hong Kong. In addition, the company will [...]

News from the 2009 Working Conference of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is that CAS has formally initiated a solar power action program.

American hotel brand Days Inn plans to set up an eco-friendly hotel in Yantai, Shandong province.

A solar power station, reportedly the largest in China, will be built in the Chadam Basin, Qinghai province in 2009.