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Canadian Solar opens new US warehouse

Canadian Solar Inc has opened a new warehouse facility in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey to provide additional photovoltaic module storage capacity for the growing business.

Employment soars in UK wind power sector

Employment in the UK’s wind power industry has surged 91 per cent in just three years, according to a report commissioned by trade body RenewableUK.

Alibaba follows FacebookÔÇÖs lead into the mobile-messaging world

Alibaba, the Chinese internet giant, has paid $215 million to invest in Tango, a free mobile-messaging service based in the US

Airbus wins important battle for Easyjet contract

Easyjet has signed one of the biggest deals thus far at this year’s Paris Air Show

GKN aerospace deal could take flight

UK engineering giant GKN is said to be at advanced stages of talks to buy the aerospace unit of Volvo.

GDT Tek looks to acquire electricity producing landfills

Florida-based renewable and sustainable energy technology company GDT Tek Inc, has expanded its business model to include the acquisition of cogeneration landfills.

Crossrail

Jeff Daniels looks at what could possibly be Europe’s largest construction project gearing up at the moment beneath the streets of London.

Ford to hire 2,200 salaried workers in 2013

Ford Motor Company plans to hire 2,200 salaried workers in the US this year, the largest increase in more than a decade.

Tullow finds more oil in Kenya

Tullow Oil has announced the discovery of further oil at one of its wells in the Kenya Rift Basin.

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Rail line proposed for Quebec/Labrador iron ore range

A group of mining companies has agreed to work with Canadian National Railways (CN) on a feasibility study into the construction of a proposed rail line and terminal handling fa

Shell to acquire Cove Energy

Shell has agreed to buy East Africa-focused Cove Energy in a deal worth £1.12 billion, it has been announced.

New oil find for PetroNeft in Russia

Ireland’s PetroNeft Resources has announced the discovery of an additional oil field within its licence at North Varyakhskaya, Russia.