RWE Innogy plans to build first open-sea wind farm, Innogy Nordsee 1, off the German coast
Company Release, December 19, 2008
ESSEN, GERMANY -- RWE Innogy today announced that it has acquired the project company ENOVA Energieanlagen GmbH, which is part of the ENOVA Group. This acquisition includes the rights to the offshore wind project North Sea Windpower 3 (NSWP3). Following the acquisition, the wind farm will be renamed Innogy Nordsee 1. Upon approval from the authorities, this will be the largest planned offshore wind farm off the German coast with an anticipated 960 megawatts capacity. It is to be built 40 kilometres north of the North Sea island of Juist, with a area of around 150 km2.

WKN:703712

Q-Cells affirms growth forecast for 2009
Company Release, October 10, 2008
BITTERFIELD-WOLFEN, GERMANY -- Q-Cells SE (QCE; WKN 555866) confirms its growth forecast for 2009. For next year, the company is targeting a production volume of more than one Gigawattpeak (GWp). Due to the reduced production targets of the silicon supplier Elkem Solar, the agreed deliveries to Q-Cells SE will not be completely achieved. However, additional deliveries have already been secured with other contract partners so that the production objectives for 2009 are not in jeopardy.

WKN:555866
OTC:QCLSF

Cameco Joins GE Hitachi Enrichment Venture
Company Release, June 20, 2008
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Canada, -- Cameco Corporation announced today it is joining a uranium enrichment business venture in the United States, which will extend the company's involvement in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle beyond its current position as the world's largest uranium producer and a leading supplier of uranium conversion services.

NYSE:CCJ
TSX:CCO-T

Shaw Awarded Consulting Services Contract for Haiyang Nuclear Power Station Turbine Island
Company Release, March 25, 2008
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) announced today that the Nuclear Division of its Power Group has signed a contract with Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute (SDEPCI) to provide engineering service support for the Haiyang nuclear power station turbine island, which will be constructed in Shandong province on the eastern coast of China. The value of the contract, which will be included in Shaw's second quarter fiscal 2008 backlog, was undisclosed.

NYSE:SGR

Shaw Selected as Alliance Partner by RWE npower for New-Build Power Generation Program in the United Kingdom
Company Release, March 20, 2008
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced that its Power Group has been selected by RWE npower as its alliance partner to develop two new carbon capture and storage ready supercritical coal-fired power stations being considered at Tilbury, Essex and Blyth, Northumberland in the United Kingdom. As RWE npower's alliance partner, Shaw has been awarded a development services contract to provide stage-one support for the proposed power generation program of up to 5 x 800 MWe generation units. The value of Shaw's development services contract, which was not disclosed, will be included in the company's third quarter fiscal 2008 backlog.

NYSE:SGR
WKN:703712

Clean coal agreement with China
Company Release, March 6, 2008
CLAYTON, AUSTRALIA -- The agreement, between CSIRO and China’s Thermal Power Research Institute (TPRI), will see TPRI install, commission and operate a post combustion capture pilot plant at the Huaneng Beijing Co-Generation Power Plant as part of CSIRO’s research program.

Toshiba Announces New US-based Company to Promote Nuclear Power Businesses
Company Release, March 6, 2008
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Toshiba Corporation, a leading global enterprise in diversified energy and electronics businesses, today announced that it has established a new company in the United States to enhance its nuclear power businesses.

TSE:19830
OTC:TOISF

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