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A boat tail, a tapering protrusion mounted on the rear of a truck, leads to fuel savings of 7.5 percent. This is due to dramatically improved aerodynamics, as shown by road tests conducted by the Dutch PART (Platform for Aerodynamic Road Transport) public-private partnership platform.

Dow Corning Corporation has acquired two chemical grade silicon manufacturing assets from Globe Specialty Metals, in an acquisition valued at approximately $175 million (USD)

Dow Corning Corporation has acquired two chemical grade silicon manufacturing assets from Globe Specialty Metals, in an acquisition valued at approximately $175 million (USD)

Japan’s Sharp Corp is claiming an efficiency record with its report of a triple-junction compound semiconductor device

Two South Australian renewable energy projects will receive grants from a federal investment program

Scotland’s only wind turbine tower factory, which employs 92 people, is under threat, the BBC has learned

New automated sound absorber promises to cut wind turbine noise levels in half

India is expected to expand its wind-based power plant capacity by 6,000 Mw by 2012, but this could still be below the eleventh plan target for this period, a latest report says

Wind power is supposed to be the clean-energy panacea, if only the world can get enough turbines. Waiting lists in the U.S. are now stretching into 2010.

REpower North (China) Co. Ltd has received an order for 24 wind turbines from Guangdong Baolihua New Energy Stock Co. Ltd, an energy and property company based in Guangzhou.