*Japan, EU argued that Canada discriminated against foreign firms. BRUSSELS, May 6- Canada lost an appeal at the World Trade Organization on Monday in a ruling on incentives offered to local companies, a case that has already led to legal challenges over suspicions of similar perks elsewhere.
*Germany supports duties on China to protect local industry. BRUSSELS, May 3- The EU's trade chief will recommend placing punitive import duties on billions of euros of solar panels from China, people close to the matter say, putting up a barrier to protect European producers but risking upsetting Beijing.
May 3- Renewable Energy Group Inc:. *Signs agreement to buy Soy Energy, LLC biorefinery. *Will acquire Mason City, Iowa biorefinery for $11 million in cash and the.
May 2- Renewable Energy Group Inc:. *UBS raises price target to $13 from $10; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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BERLIN, May 2- New wind farms off Germany's North Sea coast will provide an ideal habitat that could help restore the lobster population near Heligoland after British bombing during and after World War II drove them away. Billions of euros of investment in wind turbines as part of Germany's ambitious transition to renewable energy has given the scheme impetus.
May 2- Renewable Energy Group Inc:. *Canaccord Genuity raises target price to $12 from $9; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in France:. France is in the midst of debate on whether to limit its biofuels policy.
May 1- Privately held U.S. power company LS Power said Wednesday it completed the first 19- megawatt block of the 127- MW Arlington Valley II solar photovoltaic power plant in Arizona. Japanese electronics firm Kyocera Corp and South Korea's Hyundai Solar supplied the photovoltaic panels, LS Power said.
LONDON, May 1- Hydropower offers an effective way to balance grids that increasingly have to cope with variable renewable energy supply, and this may end the long lull in hydroelectric projects caused by economic and planning hurdles in developed countries.
Rising water consumption for hydraulic fracturing and production of biofuels, coupled with severe droughts in Texas in 2011 and across more than 60 percent of the continental United States in 2012, have propelled that link up the policymakers' agenda.
Rising water consumption for hydraulic fracturing and production of biofuels, coupled with severe droughts in Texas in 2011 and across more than 60 percent of the continental United States in 2012, have propelled that link up the policymakers' agenda.
Rabat, April 30- Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power International said it has awarded the construction of its solar power plant in Morocco's southern city of Ouarzazate to a Spanish consortium comprising Acciona SA, Sener and TSK.
The energy project should be complete by next year, with installations at corporate offices, call centers, data centers and central offices of the telecommunications giant in Arizona, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina.
The company decided to sell the plants to reduce its exposure to merchant pricing and recognized a charge of roughly $41 million, NextEra said in its first quarter earnings release. Last month, NextEra sold 351 MW of hydropower assets in Maine and New Hampshire to a unit of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP.
The company decided to sell the plants to reduce its exposure to merchant pricing and recognized a charge of roughly $41 million, NextEra said in its first quarter earnings release. Last month, NextEra sold 351 MW of hydropower assets in Maine and New Hampshire to a unit of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP.