American Water Works Company, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a grant by the Water Research Foundation, an international non-profit for water research, to research new procedures in the use of pre-treatment processes for reverse osmosis desalination. According to

Pennsylvania, one of the US’ leading states in green energy with around $US 450 million of funds from the national stimulus, will be hosting next year’s Energy and Environment Week (EEW) from April 12 to 16 in Pittsburgh. Energy and materials recovery from waste and biomass

Two online courses that would help meet the growing demand for solar energy professionals will be offered this summer by solar contractor Sun Pirate. The courses are “Fundamentals of Solar Water Heating” and “Photovoltaic System Design and Installation.”

Five clean energy conferences will be held in Europe, Asia and Africa in September. The Smart Grids Summit from September 14-15 will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It will gather the world’s leading grid practitioners and tackle the formation of the European grid infrastructure.

The China Solar Industry Power Leadership Summit will be held from October 22 to 23 in Qinghai, China. The summit will tackle national and regional subsidies and support policies, grid-connected PV power generation projects, solar electric development globally.

Horasis Global Visions Community, an independent international organization working on sustainable ideas, recently announced that it will hold the Global China Business Meeting on November 9-10 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited announced on August 3, 2009 its new director of corporate development and new legal counsel, Jingyi Judy Tzeng and Zhuo Arthur Chen, respectively.

LDK will discuss its annual report for 2008 at its annual general meeting for shareholders on August 28 at Unit 15, 35th Floor, West Tower, Shun Take Centre, 200 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. The annual meeting will be an opportunity for LDK Solar shareholders to vote on various proposed resolutions.

Vestas, a global leader in the wind energy industry, has received an order from Belwind N.V., owned by a consortium of Belgian and Dutch investors, to supply wind turbines for a 165-megawatt (MW) offshore wind power plant in Belgium.

Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., the provider of wholesale electricity to 10 electric distribution cooperatives in Florida, recently announced its plan to provide biomass energy after the company signed a contract with Southeast Renewable Fuels, a developer of renewable resources whose primary focus is the production of biofuels from agricultural feedstocks.

Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, has received contracts to provide two fuel cell power module solutions for renewable energy projects in Greenland and France.

Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the oldest local energy utility in Washington, announced the expansion of its 229-MW Wild Horse Wind and Solar facility in Central Washington. PSE will install 22 new wind turbines.

The world’s leading producer of thin-film PV modules, partnering with a subsidiary of French power company EDF, yesterday [July 23] announced a venture to build what would become France’s largest solar panel manufacturing facility on a site yet to be determined.