Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) said it has acquired the rights to explore for uranium on the Channen Project, a 10,704-acre property in southern Goliad County, Texas.

Areva and Mitsubishi Corp., through their subsidiaries Afmeco Mining and Exploration Pty Ltd (AFMEX) and Mitsubishi Development Pty. Ltd. (MDP), said they will partner in a uranium exploration program in Australia.

REFUsol Inc., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar inverters, received the necessary safety certificates to begin distribution of its solar inverters produced at the Greenville County, S.C. plant of its sister company, Prettl Electronics.

Sandvik on May 11, 2012 opened a new mill for the manufacturing of stainless steel and high nickel alloy tubes for use in nuclear power plant steam generators.

GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business opened an electrical distribution product and service solutions manufacturing plant in Chile.

FMC Corp. on May 2 launched FMC Environmental Solutions, a new division that integrates the company's products and solutions that prevent or remediate contamination of air, soil and water.

SPX Corp. on April 12 unveiled its expanded SPX Transformer Solutions Inc. manufacturing facility in Waukesha, Wisc.

Acciona Windpower, a unit of Acciona SA, won a contract to supply, install and maintain 40, 3 MW wind turbines in Brazil.

Brazilian electric utility Eletrobras said it plans to build hydroelectric energy stations in Nigeria.

Combined heat and power (CHP) manufacturer 2G Cenergy Power Systems Technologies Inc. is planning to open a facility in Florida where it will produce the company’s advanced modular CHP conversion systems for North and South America.

Kleinfelder has announced the opening of a new office in downtown Calgary, Alberta.

Westinghouse Electric Co. said on March 26 it is splitting its Nuclear Power Plants product line into two organizations of Nuclear Power Plant Project Delivery and Nuclear Power Plant Business Development.

Hyperion Power Generation Inc. changed its name to Gen4 Energy Inc.

Gamesa said on March 20, 2012, it is entering the distributed and community wind energy market through an agreement that makes Harvest the Wind Network a primary distributor of Gamesa's family of G5X-850 kW turbines.

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd., a wind turbine manufacturer in China, on March 14 opened its North American research and development (R&D) center on Centennial Campus, North Carolina State University's research park and technology campus in Raleigh, N.C.

Houston-based TAS Energy, a technology company providing clean, economic power solutions by focusing on the energy efficiency and renewable markets, has opened a new office in Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey to provide an increased focus on service capabilities and support for customers on a local level.

Alstom said it has placed the corner stone of its future hydro power Global Technology Centre for Latin America in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.

GE plans to build a $35 million wind turbine assembly plant in Brazil.

Abound Solar announced it is temporarily shutting down production of its first generation thin film modules and laying off 180 employees from its Colorado facility.