The Welsh DeltaStream tidal power project is getting a £1.4 million funding package boos from the EU.
30 July, 2010
South West RDA’s Wave Hub project will receive £1.5 million investment for the development of wave energy technology from the UK Government.
30 July, 2010
SolarEdge Technologies and Enolia Solar Systems SA will install 1.5 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) power in Greece under a new partnership.
30 July, 2010
Solar manufacturer Conergy AG has reached an agreement with its financing banks to extend its loans to the end of 2011.
30 July, 2010
Sharp Corporation is doubling its annual production capacity for crystalline solar cell modules to 500 MW at Sharp Manufacturing Company of U.K. (SUKM).
30 July, 2010
Spanish wind turbine producer Gamesa saw a 65% tumble in net profit in the first half (H1) of 2010 to €22 million.
30 July, 2010
Turboden is supplying a 5 MWe geothermal organic Rankin cycle (ORC) system for the German utility SWM – Stadtwerke München, Bavaria, Germany.
29 July, 2010
By developing three regional offshore marine renewable energy manufacturing sites in Scotland, 5000 jobs could be created and £300 million generated for the Scottish Economy, according to First Minister Alex Salmond.
29 July, 2010
Finavera Renewables Inc and GE Energy have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) under which GE fund up to C$7.5 million for Finavera’s Peace Region wind projects in British Columbia, Canada.
29 July, 2010
The UK Department for Business (BIS) has announced £660,000 in funding for green vehicles infrastructure.
29 July, 2010
SolarWorld AG has reported a 6% increase in profit after tax to €29.6 million for the second quarter (Q2) of 2010.
29 July, 2010
Battery provider Saft and Acciona Energia SA will work together as part of a Eurogia+ labelled project aimed at improving the viability of solar photovoltaic (PV) and other renewable energy power plants.
28 July, 2010
The solar photovoltaic (PV) market grew 17.4% to US$2.8 billion with shipments totalling 8.3 GW, according to IMS Research.
28 July, 2010
The renewable energy industry in the UK is positive overall, to the announcements from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
28 July, 2010
The UK Government has announced its plans for the future of the UK’s low-carbon energy future, with action points towards 2050.
28 July, 2010
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a list of 32 action points for saving energy through the Green Deal, ensure energy security and a low-carbon energy future, manage the UK’s energy legacy and drive ambitious action on climate change domestically and internationally.
28 July, 2010
Solar power will generate 126 TWh of renewable power around the world by 2020, more than the 108 TWh to be generated by geothermal facilities, according to the latest International Energy Outlook 2010 from the US Department of Energy.
28 July, 2010
3TIER says its complete suite of solar prospecting and assessment products is now available throughout India.
27 July, 2010
The global energy industry remains focused with encouraging levels of new projects emerging according to EIC Monitor, a quarterly report from the EIC, the trade association for UK companies that supply capital goods and services to the energy industries worldwide.
27 July, 2010
Scatec Solar has signed a € 20 million agreement with the Solar Life Energy investment group to build a total of 7.2 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on 10 industrial warehouse roofs in the area of Milano, Italy.
27 July, 2010
Monsal, a UK waste-to-energy anaerobic digestion technology business, has secured £14 million of expansion capital from Waste Resources Fund L.P (WRF).
27 July, 2010
Wind turbine manufacturer REpower says its result for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2010/2011 fell 29% to €204 million.
27 July, 2010
The programme for the World Future Energy Summit 2011 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 17-20 January 2011 has now been announced.
27 July, 2010
The solar photovoltaic (PV) module market is set to decline from 2011, according to IMS Research.
26 July, 2010
AWS Ocean Energy has received an additional £350,000 to develop its new wave energy device together with project partner the University of Strathclyde.
26 July, 2010
A grant of £250,000 to develop a fully submerged SeaGen tidal turbine for deep water sites, has been awarded to Marine Current Turbines Ltd and its project partners Queen’s University Belfast, Mojo Maritime and Edinburgh University.
26 July, 2010
UK wave and tidal power research is receiving £7 million in support from the Technology Strategy Board.
26 July, 2010
QinetiQ’s Zephyr solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned air system (UAS) on Friday 23 July after 14 days and 24 minutes in the air.
26 July, 2010
Defence company BAE Systems and wave energy developer Aquamarine Power are cooperating on renewable wave energy as part of a project worth almost £1 million.
26 July, 2010
Oerlikon Solar is to provide further solar thin-film capacity to Boading Tianwei Solar Films Ltd as the thin-film producer seeks to increase production of amorphous thin-film silicon solar modules from 46 MW to 76 MW using Micromorph technology.
23 July, 2010
Conergy Greece has completed 9 solar parks on Crete, Greece, consisting of over 2500 Conergy PowerPlus Modules.
23 July, 2010
The UK South West RDA (regional development agency) has invested £2.5 million into the South West Cleantech Co-investment Fund.
23 July, 2010
Wind speed measurements will be provided by GL Garrad Hassan for the 250 MW Gulf of Suez BOO Wind Power Project.
23 July, 2010
SunPower Corp and Solar Ventures S.r.l. will design and build three solar power plants in the Piedmont region of Italy totalling 11.1 MW.
23 July, 2010
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Mitsubishi will cooperate on low-carbon energy developments.
22 July, 2010
Bioenergy company, Solena Group, and British Airways are cooperating on a jet biofuel plant in East London, UK.
22 July, 2010
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) will install the high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) cables connecting the Bard Offshore 1 and BorWin alpha platforms for the BorWin 1 offshore wind project.
22 July, 2010
Siemens energy, together with Prysmian, is to connect Nordsee-Ost offshore wind farm to the mainland power grid for the transmission system operator Transpower in a deal worth €500 million
22 July, 2010
Gamesa will build three wind farms totalling 140.6 MW in the Castile-Leon region of Spain for Spanish wind power developer Esquilvent.
22 July, 2010
Applied Materials is discontinuing sales of its SunFab lines for thin-film solar panel manufacturing to new customers in a restructuring of its Energy and Environmental Solutions segment.
22 July, 2010
Kyocera has supplied its KD210GH-2PU solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in France for a fully integrated 267 MWp solar roofing solution in conjunction with the MV3 integration system developed by Mecosun.
21 July, 2010
Canadian biomass developers are in talks with Austrian and Canadian counterparts to explore technology and partnership opportunities potentially worth C$10 million.
21 July, 2010
SMP’s chokes for inverters in wind turbines have been approved for use in offshore installations.
21 July, 2010
Air Products plans to build a 49 MW waste-to-energy plant in Tees Valley in the UK.
21 July, 2010
SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) and Chinese Nantong COSCO Ship Steel Structure Co Ltd (NCSC) will develop and market steel structures for the offshore wind industry under a strategic cooperation agreement.
20 July, 2010
The UK has launched a Parliamentary forum for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.
20 July, 2010
REC Group has reported a net profit of NOK757 million in the second quarter (Q2) of 2010, compared to a loss of NOK684m in the same period in 2009.
20 July, 2010
Offshore wind is taking off in Europe with 118 new offshore wind turbines being connected to the grid in the first half of 2010, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
20 July, 2010
ENERQOS France SAS is constructing a 290 kWp building integrated photovoltaic system (BIPV) at the logistics hub of the French transport company SAS Satar and MERLE Transport SA, located in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of Southwest France.
20 July, 2010
GL Renewables Certification (GL) has updated its guidelines for onshore wind turbines and components.
19 July, 2010
Siemens Energy will supply 68, 2.3 MW wind turbines to SSE Renewables’ Griffin onshore wind farm in the Scottish Highlands.
19 July, 2010
The UK Carbon Trust has launched a service to stimulate investment in early-stage cleantech and low-carbon companies.
19 July, 2010
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has appointed one of Australia’s leading retailers, Harvey Norman, to distribute its BlueGen™ solid oxide fuel cell gas-to-electricity generators, through the Harvey Norman Commercial Division.
19 July, 2010
Phoenix Solar is constructing a 3.5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Borgo Piave, Lazio in Italy for Etrion Corporation in a €10 million deal.
19 July, 2010
Theni I wind farm in India has seen the installation of its last wind turbine, and is now ready for grid connection, says developer Indian Energy.
16 July, 2010
The European solar photovoltaic (PV) market will be unstable for the next five years, according to Solarbuzz’ latest report ‘Europe PV Markets 2010’.
16 July, 2010
Up to $500 million could be invested in Canadian renewable energy following a recent meeting in China, says Canadian Bioenergy Association (CanBio) President and Executive Director, Douglas Bradley.
16 July, 2010
US-based Plug Power and Ballard Power Systems in Canada have extended their existing supply agreement, to run through 2014. Ballard will remain the exclusive supplier of PEM fuel cell stacks for Plug Power’s full suite of GenDrive™ fuel cell power units for material handling applications.
16 July, 2010
The UK is cutting £34 million of low carbon and renewable energy spending, says the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
16 July, 2010
Renewable energy topped fossil fuels and nuclear for the second year in a row in the USA and Europe in 2009, according to the Global Wind Energy Association (GWEC).
16 July, 2010
Kyocera Corporation is supplying solar modules for Toyota Solar Panels, which are to be installed on recreational boats from Toyota Motor Corporation.
16 July, 2010
The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) has published a report that looks into the regulatory aspects of the integration of wind generation in European electricity markets.
15 July, 2010
South Korea is setting up a 1.5 trillion won (~US$1.25 billion) green fund.
15 July, 2010
Semiconductor manufacturer Semikron, PCS Power Converter Solutions and the Technical University of Dresden will investigate how to obtain greater yields from renewable energy sources.
15 July, 2010
SolarWorld has donated solar panels totalling 100 kW to support five health clinics for Partners in Health (PIH) in Haiti.
15 July, 2010
Siemens is establishing a wind energy joint venture (JV) with the Russian companies Rostechnologii and RusHydro where Siemens will retain the majority stake.
15 July, 2010
Conergy will build five solar installations with a total power output of 3.6 MW for the Italian hotel group, BluSerena.
15 July, 2010
The Coalition Government needs to act quickly and decisively to reaffirm Britain’s commitment to the development of offshore wind energy through confirming upgrades to port facilities, maintaining market stability and agreeing targets for energy production from wind, says RenewableUK.
15 July, 2010
Sensus together with Termoterra and IFTec GeoEnergía are measuring the geothermal energy in Madrid’s underground system.
14 July, 2010
Able UK has revealed a £400 million plan for a Marine Energy Park on the South Bank of the Humber in the UK.
14 July, 2010
SunPower Corp and partner MBG have installed a 29.7 kW SunPower solar system on the roof of the Friedrichstadt Palast, Berlin's historic landmark theatre building.
14 July, 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q2’10 to 3.7 GW, generating US$7.1 billion in revenues according to IMS Research’s latest quarterly report on the solar cell & module market.
14 July, 2010
RenewableUK has welcomed the UK Government’s announced consultation process for a new Microgeneration Strategy, aimed at helping communities become more energy self-sufficient and use more renewable energy.
14 July, 2010
ABB will provide its KNW intelligent building control system to Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia for Saudi Oger.
14 July, 2010
A2SEA has signed a US$139 million contract with Chinese COSCO Shipyard Group Co Ltd for the construction of a new vessel specially designed for the purpose of installation of offshore wind turbines.
13 July, 2010
Greenlight Planet has won the ‘Solar for All Design Contest', which aims to find the best technical innovations to make solar photovoltaic (PV) technology affordable and accessible for the developing world.
13 July, 2010
The revisions to the Italian feed-in tariff are welcome, according to Italian clean energy products company Acta.
13 July, 2010
ib vogt will undertake the factory design, planning and construction management for an undisclosed Indian multinational company to build its first solar photovoltaic (PV) factory in Southern India.
13 July, 2010
The PlanetSolar composite catamaran will aim to circumnavigate the globe using solar power alone.
12 July, 2010
Sharp Corporation will set up, supply thin-film solar cell modules and surrounding systems for a 73 MW solar power plant in Thailand.
12 July, 2010
The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market is predicted to grow 70% in 2010 in all countries except Benelux, according to IMS Research.
12 July, 2010
The UK Government will help communities become heat and power self-sufficient through the use of renewable microgeneration, amongst other things, says Climate Change Minister Greg Barker.
12 July, 2010
Centrosolar Group AG says it is almost doubling its earnings forecast for 2010 from €14-16 million to €24-28m.
12 July, 2010
Solar thermal electricity is about to reach marketability as there is a possibility of halving costs by 2025, according to a study.
10 July, 2010
A solar photovoltaic (PV) joint venture (JV), GEM Solar, has been set up in Israel by the Italian turnkey supplier of large-scale solar plants, Enerqos Spa, Ginergia Ltd and Menorah Group
09 July, 2010
Global electricity demand growth is set to resume in 2010 following the temporary fall in demand in 2009.
09 July, 2010
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is the first solar plane to have flown during the night.
09 July, 2010
Downing Corporate Finance Ltd and Low Carbon Investors Ltd have launched the Downing Low Carbon EIS [enterprise investment scheme) Fund for renewable energy installations qualifying for UK feed-in tariffs.
09 July, 2010
Renewable energy could supply 97% of the European Union’s electricity supply by 2050, according to the study ‘Energy [R]evolution – Towards a Fully Renewable Energy Supply in the EU 27’ by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace.
09 July, 2010
Hungarian wind power has been hampered by grid connection issues, lead times and costs, but the new Government has ambitious plans to increase renewable energy, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
09 July, 2010
The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market could reach 14.6 GW in 2010, according to IMS Research.
08 July, 2010
A production line for polymer solar cells is now fully operational at Mekoprint A/S in Denmark.
08 July, 2010
Siemens Energy will construct a 4 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant for Prague construction company D.P.E.S. s.r.o.
08 July, 2010
A ban on councils in the UK selling green electricity into the national grid is to be overturned, UK Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne announces.
08 July, 2010
Energy efficiency could have twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear and clean coal combined, according to the Energy Efficiency Council of Australia.
08 July, 2010
Denmark's Dong energy will receive a £250m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to build the 1GW London Array offshore wind farm.
08 July, 2010
Many countries are well-suited to solar power, and incentives and low-cost financing mechanisms should be offered to make the energy transition possible, says the head of the region’s largest funding agency.
07 July, 2010
The Federal Network Agency announcement shows a ten-fold increase in comparison to the previous year, reports EuPD Research.
07 July, 2010
A new study from Frost & Sullivan reveals that Sweden has the highest potential market growth in Western Europe, and Poland is (and will continue to be) the largest wind energy market in Central and Eastern Europe.
07 July, 2010
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07 July, 2010
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07 July, 2010
The "Renewable Energy Snapshots" report, published today by the EU Joint Research Centre's Institute for Energy (IE), shows that renewable energy sources accounted for 62% (17GW) of the new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU27 in 2009.
07 July, 2010
Subsea service specialist, Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has instructed independent marine design consultancy BMT Nigel Gee to design a unique operation and maintenance vessel for the next phase of offshore wind farm development.
06 July, 2010
Following weeks of discussion between the German Parliament and the Federal States on the funding of Solar Photovoltaic (PV), the mediation committee seems to be heading towards an agreement.
06 July, 2010
Global photovoltaic demand continues to soar in 2010 and is currently projected to double the rate of installations compared to last year, according to the international solar energy market research and consulting company
06 July, 2010
Korea’s conglomerate said it plans to almost double its annual module and cell production capacity from the current levels of 320MW and 370MW to 600MW, respectively, by early 2011.
06 July, 2010
AWS was one of a group of organisations to secure WATERS funding from the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
06 July, 2010
GE plans to install up to five offshore demonstration wind turbines in Norway and Sweden through two separate partnerships.
06 July, 2010
The first round of grants since the UK's Budget for developing next-generation offshore wind technology have been announced by the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change.
06 July, 2010
As of July, 8, 2010, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) will be a fully fledged international organisation.
05 July, 2010
McPhy Energy, which specialises in solid state hydrogen storage technology, announced it has raised the money in a second round of financing led by Sofinnova Partners, Gimv and Amundi Private Equity Funds.
05 July, 2010
There is no evidence that wind turbines have a direct adverse effect on human health, according to an independent study by Australia’s National Health & Medical Research Council.
05 July, 2010
Study reveal that the increasing development of large-scale wood fired biomass energy plants in the UK could put 8700 jobs at risk and risk a 1% increase in UK carbon emissions.
05 July, 2010
D Light Design of India was selected as the overall Gold Award winner in the 2010 Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy.
05 July, 2010
Renewable energies must generate almost half of the world’s power by 2050, up from the current level of 18%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
02 July, 2010
UK service provider of renewable energy systems, Ownergy, has launched an online ‘Simple Guide to Renewable Energy Tariffs.’
02 July, 2010
Hunan ZKenergy Wind Power Industrial Technology Co Ltd of China designs and manufactures affordable, small-scale wind turbines suitable for off-grid locations. The company uses a very long glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite from RTP Company to injection mould the turbine blades.
01 July, 2010
The first foundation for the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm has been installed off the coast of Norfolk, UK.
01 July, 2010