Renewable Energy

• SMA Solar raises revenue guidance a second time: expects PV market to top 17GW in 2010 – PV-Tech
• Gigawatt scale: CEC approves Solar Millennium’s planned 1GW Blythe CSP power plant – PV-Tech
• Suzlon Energy looks towards Middle Kingdom as a Panacea to all its Ills but can China Resurrect the Company
• Despite US Govt Apathy,NRG Energy follows Exelon snapping Renewable Utility Green Mountain Energy
• Papua New Guinea supply of Hydro Power via Undersea Cable to Australia seems Extremely Costly
• Renewable Energy in India Biggest Hurdle is the Poorly Managed Electricity EcoSystem
• Sanyo HIT Cells Hit 21.1% Efficiency – RenewableEnergyWorld
• NREL estimates US has over 4,000 GW of potential offshore wind capacity – RenewableEnergyMagazine

Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid

• 4G Smart Metering from Grid Net and Sprint – TMCNet

Green Transportation and Energy Storage

• Should you invest in BYD – Strategy Skepticism vs China’s Green Ambitions
• China Touts ‘Complete Package’ for California Railway – Bloomberg
• A123 Opens Michigan Automotive Battery Plant – CleanEdge

Climate Change

• Greed Blinds OPEC to Climate Change – Says $45 Billion Renewable Energy Subsidies “Unfair” despite $550 Billion Fossil Fuel Global Subsidy
• Sumitomo Green Strategy is quite Unconventional with Battery Recycling,Carbon Trading and Geothermal Energy ventures

Government Policy

• Green Investing in India – Economically Backward Orissa remains backward in Renewable Energy as well
• Government Confiscates Sicilian Mafia’s Lucrative Green Energy Assets as Renewable Energy Booms in Italy
• Czech removes Tax Holiday to Further Deflate the Green Energy Bubble
• Greece eases Bureaucratic Red Tape for Green Energy to spur its Tottering Economy
• China Is Set to Lose 2% of GDP Cleaning Up Pollution – Bloomberg