A joint initiative with the public and private sector for making greater use of anaerobic digestion for bioenergy production has been announced in the UK.
27 February, 2009
The UK Crown Estate will be offering exclusivity agreements to companies and consortia for 10 sites for development of offshore windfarms within Scottish territorial waters with potential for over 6.4 GW of offshore wind power.
27 February, 2009
The draft Australian renewable energy target legislation falls short on election promises, says the Australian Clean Energy Council (CEC).
27 February, 2009
Principle Power Inc has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Energias de Portugal (EDP) for the phased development of a deep-water offshore wind power project sited off the coast of Portugal.
27 February, 2009
The UK Crown Estate plans to match fund option fees paid by developers in order to de-risk and accelerate the development of tidal and wave energy projects in the Pentland Firth Strategic Area.
27 February, 2009
Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) Minister for Energy, Simon Corbell, has released details of Stage 1 of the ACT’s electricity feed-in-tariff (FiT) scheme for households and commercial buildings.
24 February, 2009
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) has launched a range of sealing solutions that have been specially developed by PPE for manufacturers, handlers, processors and carriers of biofuels.
24 February, 2009
Eight wind turbines have been erected in Antarctica providing power for the International Polar Foundation’s Princess Elisabeth Station.
24 February, 2009
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has achieved electrical efficiency of 60% from one of its natural gas powered fuel cell home appliances while exporting electricity to the grid.
24 February, 2009
Surface Power has launched its solar hot water panels saying they are more efficient than similar products on the Irish market.
24 February, 2009
ITC Holdings Corp has worked over the last year on the development of the Green Power Express, a network of transmission lines for 12 GW of wind power in the USA.
24 February, 2009
After a record year for new installations in 2008, the global wind industry faces greater near-term uncertainty as the deteriorating economic conditions in the USA threaten to dampen growth prospects and wind turbine supply chain investments globally, writes Emerging Energy Research (EER) Research Director Joshua Magee.
23 February, 2009
Southern California Edison (SCE) and BrightSource Energy have reached agreement on a series of contracts for 1.3 GW of solar thermal power.
23 February, 2009
1366 Technologies has been awarded a cost-shared, 18-month subcontract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the US Department of Energy (DoE) for scaling solar cell production.
23 February, 2009
Portugal is introducing a special feed-in-tariff (FiT) for small wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with a maximum installed power of 5.75 kW.
23 February, 2009
A national Green New Deal that invests in jobs, carbon-free electricity and innovative green technology is the way to beat the recession, says Lord Chris Smith, Chairman of the UK Environment Agency.
23 February, 2009
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has launched a Renewable Energy Incentive Program for 2009.
20 February, 2009
Third-generation biorefinery commissioned
20 February, 2009
An investment in the power grid to enable wind to supply 20% of the electricity needs of eastern USA could save consumers billions.
20 February, 2009
Fraunhofer Institute is setting up a new centre for wind energy, the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES.
20 February, 2009
The New Jersey utility Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) plans to invest US$773 million to add 120 MW of utility-owned photovoltaics (PV) within its service territory.
19 February, 2009
As part of its approach to develop the potential of marine energy, E.ON will buy, install and test a wave power device in UK waters.
18 February, 2009
Nordex will be delivering a total of 21 N90/2500 High-Speed turbines totaling 52.5 MW for the windfarms Inchincoosh (Ireland) and Craigengelt (Scotland).
18 February, 2009
In connection with the £27 million announced for bioenergy research by the main UK funding agency for the biosciences - the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), renewable energy focus looks into some of the projects that could benefit from this cash injection.
17 February, 2009
Johnson Controls-Saft, a joint venture (JV), will supply the complete battery system for Ford Motor Company's first series production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to be introduced in 2012.
17 February, 2009
The US$789 billion economic stimulus bill, which includes provision for renewable energy, has been passed by the US Congress and endorsed by President Barack Obama.
17 February, 2009
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) to validate the economics of a full 10 MW class superconductor wind turbines under development by AMSC.
17 February, 2009
A project to develop process steps allowing biomass feedstock to be co-fed to a conventional oil refinery with energy and oxygenated chemicals as co-products, has been launched by the European Commission (EC).
16 February, 2009
Recognising the need for industry standards at the manufacturing equipment and materials level for photovoltaics (PV), the SEMI PV Group has issued the Global Photovoltaic Standards Roadmap Guidance Document.
16 February, 2009
The Danish Government will be providing R60 million to support renewable energy projects at local government level in South Africa.
13 February, 2009
Over the last six months, the photovoltaic (PV) market has witnessed a perfect storm emerge, with a looming global recession and severe tightening of credit markets, according to a recent report from the Prometheus Institute and Greentech Media.
13 February, 2009
Three windfarms totalling 328 MW have come online in New York, USA, with the aid of Careba Mott MacDonald and Noble Environmental Power LLC.
13 February, 2009
Green Ocean Energy Ltd has developed a wave power machine which attaches to an offshore wind turbine thereby giving combined wind and wave power from one installation.
13 February, 2009
The US Departments of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced up to US$25 million in funding for research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy, and high-value bio-based products.
12 February, 2009
Suzlon Gujarat Wind Park Ltd (SGWPL), a Suzlon Energy subsidiary, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Gujarat for developing wind power projects of up to 1,500 MW.
12 February, 2009
Demand for wind turbine systems and components is expected to increase 6.8% a year to US$10.1 billion in 2012, according to industry research firm Freedonia Group.
09 February, 2009
The electric transmission investments proposed in the Obama administration’s stimulus plan could have a major impact on wind power development in the US, according to Emerging Energy Research (EER).
09 February, 2009
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gunsan City, Jeollabuk-do, Korea, to build a wind turbine manufacturing plant.
09 February, 2009
French-based MHS Energies has announced that PEM fuel cell electrodes with an ultra-low platinum content (10 µg/cm2) have been manufactured at the GREMI laboratory in the University of Orléans. The new electrodes were fabricated using magnetron sputtering of platinum on a commercial E-Tek® uncatalyzed gas diffusion layer, in plasma fuel cell deposition devices manufactured by MHS.
09 February, 2009
Novozymes and Chinese COFCO have entered a partnership with the Chinese oil and energy company Sinopec to develop bioethanol from agricultural waste.
09 February, 2009
Irish energy infrastructure company, Imera, plans a pan-European offshore electricity network connecting key markets and offshore wind farms.
09 February, 2009
AllGreen Energy India will launch 10 biomass based renewable energy projects in India in the next two to three years.
06 February, 2009
Up to half the UK’s domestic gas heating could be met by turning waste into biogas, according to a report from National Grid.
06 February, 2009
More wind power was installed in the EU than any other electricity generating technology in 2008, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
06 February, 2009
USA has passed Germany to become world number one in wind power installations at the same time as China’s total capacity doubles for the fourth year in a row, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) reports.
06 February, 2009
As 2009 begins, Europe retains its position as the bedrock of the wind power industry with wind producing 5% of the EU’s power.
05 February, 2009
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has released its Utility Solar Tax Manual, to clarify the solar tax credit changes for the utility and solar industries.
05 February, 2009
The European Commission has recognised offshore wind energy as a key technology in Europe’s attempt to stimulate the Union’s economies in its proposed €5 billion investment in energy and internet broadband in 2009-2010.
05 February, 2009
Plans for a proposed offshore windfarm in Aberdeen, Scotland, could receive €40 million in funding from the European Commission.
05 February, 2009
Renewable Energy Systems Canada (RES Canada) and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) have announced the development and construction of Talbot and Greenwich windfarms in Canada.
03 February, 2009
Ceramic Fuel Cells Europe and E.ON have extended their agreement to further develop and deploy fuel cell micro combined heat and power (mCHP) units in the UK.
03 February, 2009
ACCIONA Energy is constructing a 250.5 MW wind park in Oaxaca, Mexico for the Mexican cement company Cemex.
03 February, 2009
SkyPower’s proposed 64.5 MW, US$160 million Byran Wind Project has been selected for a 20-year power purchase agreement by the Ontario Power Authority.
02 February, 2009
The US wind energy industry installed 8,358 MW of new generating capacity in 2008, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has reported. The outlook for 2009 is less certain, however, due to the continuing financial crisis.
02 February, 2009
RWE Innogy has set up a joint venture (JV) with Daldrup & Söhne AG to develop, plan and construct a range of geothermal power stations.
02 February, 2009
Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of a utility scale wave power generation project in North America.
02 February, 2009
The European building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market is showing great investment and growth potential as it spreads through Europe, according to Frost & Sullivan.
02 February, 2009
Geothermal energy generation in Africa could take a leap forward in 2009 after exploratory studies in Kenya “exceeded all expectations”, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
01 February, 2009
At APP's International Algae Congress held in Amsterdam towards the end of 2008, there was a consensus that the capability to cultivate microalgae in sufficient volumes for biofuel production on a commercial basis was nearing reality. But one of the biggest pinch points that remains is how to extract the oil from the microalgae biomass in an efficient, cost effective manner. How, after all, can one extract such a small quantity of oil from each microbial algae cell?
01 February, 2009