Conergy AG’s Greek branch is building a 5 MW solar power station in Greece despite the current economic crisis in the country.
31 May, 2010
SunPower Corp has securing €44.5 million in financing to expand the Montalto di Castro solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Italy.
30 May, 2010
Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA) is becoming a renewable energy centre for import, logistics and storage of wind farm components.
29 May, 2010
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is urging the EU to go for 30% emissions cut to keep the EU’s renewable energy leadership.
28 May, 2010
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution will aid Airtricity achieving grid compliance for Dunneill Wind Farm in Co Sligo, Ireland.
28 May, 2010
A panel of marine energy developers, academics and government figures at All Energy 2010 agreed that costs need to be shared to ensure targets for harnessing marine energy from the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters are met.
28 May, 2010
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has been awarded a contract for the survey inspection and remedial works for the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm export cable by BOWind.
28 May, 2010
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Energy Bill will implement a ‘green deal’ for energy efficiency, and says it will deliver low-carbon energy. At the same time, DECC is cutting £85 million in spending...
28 May, 2010
The China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) will build a 5 MW utility-scale solar thin-film power plant in Inner Mongolia.
28 May, 2010
Pulse Tidal is planning to place a commercially-viable tidal energy array at Kyle Rhea, the fast-flowing straits between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish Mainland.
27 May, 2010
Dr Klaus Rave has unanimously been elected as the new Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Chairman for a two year term, replacing Arthouros Zervos.
27 May, 2010
Google and real-time displays manufacturer Current Cost are joining forces to let UK households sign up to monitoring their home power usage through Google.
27 May, 2010
The PV Legal consortium has launched a comprehensive online database with data on project development processes and bureaucratic barriers hampering solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in 12 EU countries.
27 May, 2010
North America’s first large-scale seasonal storage solar system will source 90% of its heating needs from solar collectors within two years.
27 May, 2010
The world will install 107 GW of green power by 2035, up from 44 GW in 2007.
27 May, 2010
Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has invested a further £7.5 million into its majority owned portfolio company Climate Energy, an energy efficiency services firm.
26 May, 2010
Trina Solar Ltd has signed a strategic partnership agreement with TUV Rheinland Group, Underwriters Laboratories Inc (UL) and China General Certification Centre (CGC).
25 May, 2010
ENER-G’s Hungarian subsidiary has designed and built a €2.6 million wastewater biogas centre at the Budapest wastewater treatment plant in Csepel.
25 May, 2010
Draka Offshore will supply the array cabling for the 183.6 MW Walney 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Cumbria, UK, for Dong Energy.
25 May, 2010
DP CleanTech has signed a contract with the Chant Group for the delivery of a co-generation biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Heilongjiang province, China.
24 May, 2010
Alstom is investing up to US$55 million in solar thermal company BrightSource Energy Inc to enter the solar thermal energy market.
24 May, 2010
Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE) has sold Ardrossan Windfarm Ltd, which owns and operates a 30 MW wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, to Infinis, a Terra Firma company.
24 May, 2010
The company used Natural Power’s ZephIR lidar which, based at ground level, provides remote wind measurements from 10 metres to 200 metres.
23 May, 2010
Azure Power and SunEdison will develop and construct a 15 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Gujarat, India.
23 May, 2010
Sheffield City Council, UK, is to conduct a demonstration running light vans and other council vehicles on biomethane with infrastructure supplied by Chesterfield BioGas.
22 May, 2010
That is the conclusion following a two-day conference on the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP) where representatives from 43 Mediterranean countries discussed the potential for solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity in the region.
21 May, 2010
German Phaesun GmbH have installed off-grid solar power plants for police barracks in Liberia in West Africa and trained Liberian electricians on site.
21 May, 2010
The new UK Energy Secretary told press at All-Energy that the government is very much committed to renewable energy, but also that it remains committed to oil and gas.
21 May, 2010
Skill shortages, training and industry standards urgently need to be addressed if the UK is to fully harness its renewable energy ambitions, according to an EU funded study supported by Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR).
21 May, 2010
Subsea UK called on the offshore renewable industry to “seriously consider safety above all else” at All Energy in Aberdeen 19-20 May.
21 May, 2010
CTC Marine Projects will provide installation and trenching services to the UK Wave Hub development for wave energy.
21 May, 2010
Aberdeen-based Green Ocean Energy says it is close to becoming the only marine power company in the world to have its technology "fully certified".
21 May, 2010
SeaEnergy PLC has secured a grant of £30,000 for a feasibility study into the service opportunities available in the expanding offshore renewable energy industry.
20 May, 2010
Used in site assessment and wind farm performance monitoring, the WINDCUBE v2 collects actual measurements at heights up to 200 metres, mapping the vertical wind component, wind speed and direction, turbulence, and wind shear.
20 May, 2010
The Inverness based company has deployed a 1/9th scale of its AWS-III device, a ring-shaped multi-cell surface-floating wave power system, the result of almost two years of intensive research and development work.
20 May, 2010
MTI Micro Fuel Cells in upstate New York has received a $1.2 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE), to facilitate field testing of MTI Micro’s Mobion® micro direct methanol fuel cell systems.
19 May, 2010
Plans for a marine tidal energy scheme of up to 200MW off the coast of County Antrim by Northern Ireland-based THETIS Energy Ltd are gaining momentum.
19 May, 2010
Dr. Andreas Bett and Dr. Frank Dimroth have been awarded the the 2010 Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for their work developing multi-junction solar cells and concentrator modules.
19 May, 2010
The new UK coalition Government has outlined its collective plans for a low carbon economy, which according to analyst Frost & Sullivan presents significant opportunities for the rejuvenation of the chemical industry in the UK.
19 May, 2010
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has unveiled the design of its Oyster 2 wave energy converter, which will be built in Scotland in summer 2010.
19 May, 2010
A new report from the Offshore Valuation Group concludes that the offshore renewable energy industry in the UK - using less than a third of the total available resource - could generate the electricity equivalent of 1 billion barrels of oil annually, matching North Sea oil and gas production.
19 May, 2010
The UK wave energy project Wave Hub is on course to be deployed this summer with fabrication of sub-sea cables and the hub itself nearing completion.
18 May, 2010
The Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has identified “nursery sites” in the islands to plug the gap between test tanks and full ocean conditions for unproven energy devices.
18 May, 2010
An immediate ban on further support payments under the German incentive scheme for solar heating, biomass and heat pump installations has been ordered by the German Ministry for Environmental Affairs.
18 May, 2010
Plug Into The Sun, a solar PV installation company has launched a scheme for investors to benefit from the UK's new Feed-in Tariff (FIT).
18 May, 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will supply wind turbine core electrical components worth US$445 million to Sinovel Wind Group Co Ltd.
18 May, 2010
Siemens Energy is increasing its stake in the concentrating solar power (CSP) specialist Archimede Solar Energy Srl from 28% to 45%.
18 May, 2010
Oerlikon’s net loss in the first quarter of 2010 amounted to CHF 104 million, compared to a loss of CHF 167m in Q1 2009. Solar thin-film sales are struggling, however.
18 May, 2010
Ecofys has assessed the sustainability of bioenergy sources for Vattenfall Europe.
18 May, 2010
The 50 MW Barao Sao Joao onshore wind farm has been put into operation in southern Portugal by E.ON.
17 May, 2010
PNE Wind UK Ltd, a PNE Wind AG subsidiary, plans to develop over 300 MW of wind energy in the UK.
17 May, 2010
Solar energy will enable public football World Cup viewing in Oboadaka, Ghana, through the World Future council and Energiebau Sunergy Ghana Ltd.
17 May, 2010
Smart grid technology could help Ireland and Northern Ireland to up its use of renewable energy, according to GE Energy.
17 May, 2010
Bioenergy passed oil as the biggest energy source in Sweden in 2009 in final energy use.
17 May, 2010
Nearshore waves have more potential for wave energy development than previously thought, according to a New Scientist article.
14 May, 2010
Farmgen has put together a consortium of UK-based firms to deliver an anaerobic digestion bioenergy programme in Lancashire, UK.
14 May, 2010
Gamesa is setting up a wind turbine manufacturing plant in China with an annual capacity of 500 MW.
14 May, 2010
An 84 MW hydropower project in Pakistan has been completed with Mott MacDonald as Lender’s Engineer for a consortium of lenders.
14 May, 2010
Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa’s net profit fell 75% in the first quarter of 2010 to €8 million in a difficult macroeconomic environment.
14 May, 2010
In order to tackle the energy challenges of Europe in the future, a regional approach should be employed, according to a white paper from the Assembly of European Regions (AER).
13 May, 2010
Enerkem has received funding from Alberta Energy for its waste-to-energy biofuel facility Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
13 May, 2010
The new Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition in the UK stands firm on renewable energy, but disagrees on nuclear.
13 May, 2010
The UK Round 1 & 2 offshore wind projects have been extended with an additional 2 GW by the UK Crown Estate.
12 May, 2010
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released roadmaps for solar PV and concentrating solar power (CSP), predicting that the two solar technologies could generate 9000 TWh of green power in 2050.
12 May, 2010
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Silex Solar will research advanced technology to further improve the power conversion efficiencies of crystalline silicon solar cells.
12 May, 2010
Conergy recorded a net loss of €5.1 million in the first quarter of 2010, compared to a loss of €27.9m in Q1 2009.
12 May, 2010
The Australian Government will commit A$653 million over four years to establish a Renewable Energy Future Fund.
11 May, 2010
Two self-propelled jack-up vessels purpose-built for installing offshore wind turbines have made Great Yarmouth's EastPort UK their home port.
11 May, 2010
Phoenix Solar AG has gone from a consolidated loss of €5.98 million in Q1 2009 to a profit of €2.8m in the first quarter of 2010.
11 May, 2010
Q-Cells’ consolidated loss for the first quarter of 2010 amounted to €46.4 million, compared to a loss of €391.9m in Q1 2009.
11 May, 2010
SolarWorld profit slumps 77.8% in the first quarter of 2010 to €5.3 million.
11 May, 2010
Proceeds from the issuance of ‘Climate Awareness Bonds’ will finance future lending projects in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
11 May, 2010
Bosch’s first façade solar photovoltaic (PV) system has started feeding into the grid in Germany.
10 May, 2010
Conergy has sold two Italian solar parks with a power output of 1 MW each to Plain Energy GmbH.
10 May, 2010
Battery chargers using solar or wind power are paving the way for market opportunities in the European renewable chargers market, according to analyst Frost & Sullivan.
10 May, 2010
SunPower Corp is building a 1.3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in the Lazio region of Italy for Solar Green Energy-SGE, a joint venture between EDF-EN Italia, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, and Emmecidue, an Italian project developer.
10 May, 2010
Solar thin-film manufacturer, First Solar, topped the rankings list for solar photovoltaic (PV) module suppliers in 2009, according to IMS Research.
10 May, 2010
High voltage direct current (HVDC) is the “only viable technology” for offshore wind transmission, says analyst Frost & Sullivan.
07 May, 2010
Led by Brazil, Latin America is expected to reach 46 GW of total installed wind capacity by 2025 with a 12.6% compound annual growth rate of yearly installations, according IHS Emerging Energy Research (EER).
07 May, 2010
A report with guidance on the positioning of micro wind turbines on roofs of tall buildings has been announced by BRE Trust.
07 May, 2010
Phoenix Solar AG will build two solar parks for SWT Stadtwerke Trier (city utility of Trier) in Germany totalling 7.8 MWp.
07 May, 2010
Minesto AB has raised over €2 million to test its Deep Green underwater tidal power kite off the coast of Northern Ireland in 2011.
06 May, 2010
The Johannes Linneborn Prize for achievements in biomass development has been awarded to Kyriakos Mniatis, Principal Administrator, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission.
06 May, 2010
Tenesol and NWG have signed a partnership on the Italian solar photovoltaic (PV) market for installations up to 50 kWp.
06 May, 2010
The Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP and Meier Solar Solutions GmbH, a producer of laminators for encapsulating solar modules, will cooperate on solar photovoltaics (PV).
06 May, 2010
Centrosolar recorded net earnings of €4.4 million in the first quarter of 2010, compared to a loss of €6.3m in Q1 2009.
05 May, 2010
SunEdison plans to complete 12, 1 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the province of Lecce, Apulia in Italy.
05 May, 2010
Senergy has established a specialist geothermal drilling team in Australia following increasing demand in the growing geothermal market.
05 May, 2010
SBM Offshore N.V. subsidiary SBM-GustoMSC will deliver design supply of two offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based Lamprell Energy.
05 May, 2010
Energy consultancy Xodus has developed a web-based tool for managing risks for offshore energy – including offshore renewable sources.
05 May, 2010
Thin-film solar cells have reached an efficiency of 20.1% at the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research, ZSW) in Germany.
04 May, 2010
A consumer guide for installing wind turbines has been launched by RenewableUK (former BWEA).
04 May, 2010
Consultants Mott MacDonald and Halcrow will promote growing opportunities for the development of global tidal range energy projects.
04 May, 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says its Asian solar energy initiative will generate 3 GW of solar power over the next three years.
04 May, 2010