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Lockheed Martin Corp. will test a new kind of power plant in Hawaii that generates energy using ocean thermal technology. (LMT)

The North Face, a supplier of outdoor apparel, has completed construction of a 1-megawatt (MW) solar electricity system at its West Coast distribution center located in Visalia, California.

BP Solar will stop producing solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels at its manufacturing plant in Sydney Olympic park at the end of March 2009. The company said that is looking to focus its operations at larger scale plants in lowest cost manufacturing countries, in order to drive down the cost of solar power for consumers.

enXco announced that it has closed on the project financing for the Shiloh II Wind energy Project under construction in the Montezuma Hills Wind Resource Area of Solano County, California.

Allegheny energy has announced an agreement that would permit the recovery of purchased power costs in Virginia for Potomac Edison, an Allegheny subsidiary, while avoiding dramatic rate increases for customers.

Electricity utility SPE has commissioned a Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbine powered electricity generating plant at the Ham power station in Ghent, Belgium.

Like the other fossil fuels, coal prices have fallen amid the global economic crisis and shrunken demand — even from its biggest fan, China.

SolCool One, LLC has joined Sun King Solar, Inc., EnviroBoard, Inc. and LED Lights, Inc. to promote and participate in the building of sustainable, low cost housing throughout the world. Alliance members are committed to providing the public and private sectors with long term housing solutions that are utility bill free, toxin free and have superior survivability during natural catastrophic events.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil slipped below $54 a barrel Wednesday as stock markets across the globe fell and yet another U.S. government report illustrated the disarray in the housing market.

Hoku Materials has signed a supply agreement and has secured enough key starting material to operate its production plant in 2010.