KENYAWILL build Africa's largest wind farm, costing €627 million, and generating 300MW of power
IRISH GREENentrepreneur Gerry McCaughey has invested in Solarprint and joined its advisory board
LIMERICK FIRMPowervation was one of five firms that secured a total of €7.02 million in funding from Intel Capital
MAYNOOTH-BASEDbiomass boiler firm Imperative Energy has secured a €30 million investment from UK private equity firm Rockfield Energy
OIL GIANTS BP and Exxon-Mobil are separately investing in algae biofuel research ventures
ELECTRIC CARSTesla became profitable for the first time in July; BMW plans to launch Megacity, an electric car while Nissan will begin selling the Leaf, its electric family car, next year
GOOGLE-BACKED SOLARthermal power firm eSolar opened its first 5MW solar station in southern California. It will power 4,000 homes
COCA-COLAHAS pledged to become water neutral – it currently uses 1.73 litres to produce a litre of its products.
Event Diary September
10:Cleantech Ireland Network, 5.15pm, IT Tallaght, Dublin; cleantechireland.org
14-16:European Offshore Wind 2009, Stockholm International Fair Centre; eow2009.info
17-19:Irish Sustainable Building Show, RDS, Dublin; sustainablebuildingshow.com
21-25:PV Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg; photovoltaic-conference.com
28-30:Hybrid and Electric Vehicles 2009, Hyatt Regency Montreal
28-30:Algae Biofuels Forum, NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky; greenpowerconferences.com
