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A worsening of the euro zone debt crisis could increase a climate funding gap to $45 billion by 2015 as governments struggle to maintain levels of climate change investment due to austerity measures, Ernst & Young said on Thursday.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., the Chinese maker of solar-power modules whose stock slumped 72 percent from April 1 through last week, reported a surge of sales in Germany and an acceleration in Italy.

Nissan Motor Co. plans to spend more than 300 billion yen on green technologies under its environmental plan through fiscal 2016, President Carlos Ghosn said at a news conference on Monday.

Landis+Gyr AG, a Swiss maker of smart meters, will work more closely with parent Toshiba Corp. so the Japanese group can supply smart-grid-related products and services as a single package, handling everything from smart meters to regional power management systems, President Andreas Umbach said in an interview with The Nikkei.

Siemens AG has started to take orders for wind turbines in Japan, focusing on large 3,000kw models, after effectively suspending marketing activities in 2004.

ITM Power the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce its cooperation with Dutch Fuel Cell Consortium (DFC) for the development of hydrogen energy systems projects for clean fuel and energy storage applications.

Solar power, free of charge, for electric vehicles and electric bikes? It may sound like a pie-in-the-sky green fantasy, but it’s a reality in southern Germany, Kyocera reports, thanks to a solar carport designed and installed by Blue Group – using Kyocera solar modules.

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited, a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission power products for homes and other buildings, has received an order for 100 BlueGen gas-to-electricity generators from its distributor in The Netherlands, Zestiq B.V., for delivery over the next 12 months.

The UK’s first open access hydrogen vehicle refuelling station has been officially opened at Honda’s manufacturing facility in Swindon.

German solar panel maker Q-Cells SE plans to release a line of high-efficiency products for Japan’s residential market this fall that will come with a warranty that it says outshines anything now offered by domestic producers of household solar panels.