Munich-based SFC Energy has received a further serial order from the German army, which will be introducing the portable Jenny fuel cell into a new energy network for soldiers. SFC is a market leader for mobile and off-grid power solutions based on its direct methanol fuel cell technology.
30 September, 2010
Ceres Power has successfully demonstrated its integrated, wall-mounted combined heat and power (CHP) product at its solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) mass manufacturing facility in Horsham, UK.
30 September, 2010
Siemens Energy will supply three 1 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plants for Viridis Energia, a joint venture between Echidna S.p.A. and La.G.I. S.r.l., in Central Italy.
28 September, 2010
The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has secured grid connection for the first gigawatt of its 4 GW Hornsea offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire coast, UK.
28 September, 2010
Centrosolar Sonnenstromfabrik, a subsidiary of Centrosolar Group AG, has increased its manufacturing capacity from 155 MWp to almost 200 MWp.
28 September, 2010
Offshore wind costs in the UK have risen significantly over the last five years, according to the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), but they could be reduced in the future.
28 September, 2010
Vestas says Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has confirmed that the wind turbine blade failure on the V112-3.0 MW on 8 September was due to human error.
28 September, 2010
The Swedish Wind Power Technology Centre (SVTC) has been set up to support the Swedish wind power industry.
28 September, 2010
Amantys Ltd, a cleantech spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has simplified the design of medium voltage power systems using insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) for wind turbines.
27 September, 2010
Suzlon Energy Ltd has reached 5 GW of cumulative wind power installations for over 1500 customers across 40 sites in 8 states in India.
27 September, 2010
LDK Solar Co Ltd has entered into a strategic financing agreement with China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) for up to RMB 60 billion (~US$8.9bn) of credit facilities over a five-year period.
27 September, 2010
Frost & Sullivan has presented ASOLA Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH with the ‘2009 World Advanced Mobile Solar Technology Growth Leadership Award’ for its year-by-year growth.
27 September, 2010
REpower will deliver and install 22 of its 3.4M104, 3.4 MW wind turbines at the 74.8 MW Hohen Luckow wind farm near Rostock, Germany.
27 September, 2010
Conergy may increase solar cell efficiency up to 0.5 percentage points with its new OneStep Selective Emitter technology.
27 September, 2010
GE will provide three 2.5 MW wind turbines for the expansion of the Groß-Santersleben Süd wind farm in Germany for Germania Windpark.
27 September, 2010
Gamesa has won a €7.4 million operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for 21 wind farms totalling 163 MW from Iberdrola Renovables in France and Germany.
25 September, 2010
wpd has acquired 100% of the shares of Butendiek Offshore Windpark Holding GmbH from SSE Renewables Germany Holdings GmbH.
24 September, 2010
REpower Systems AG has established a subsidiary, REpower Systems GmbH, to serve the core wind power markets in Germany and Austria.
24 September, 2010
Wind farm developer PNE Wind AG has completed the Elze wind farm in Lower Saxony, Germany, consisting of four Enercon E53 wind energy systems with a nominal power rating totalling 3.2 MW.
24 September, 2010
SLR Consulting will provide environmental services for the development of two wind farms in Malta.
24 September, 2010
Gamesa presented its latest wind turbine platform, the G9X-2.0 MW, at Husum WindEnergy in Germany this week.
24 September, 2010
A developer of geothermal energy resources, GT Energy, has lodged a planning application with South Dublin County Council for Ireland’s first geothermal electricity plant.
24 September, 2010
With close to 40 Gigawatts (GW) of new capacity added this year, the world’s installed wind power capacity is expected to approach 200 GW by the end of this year, predicts the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
24 September, 2010
By 2020, 80% of Scottish electricity consumption to come from renewable sources.
23 September, 2010
The wind energy industry in the UK is today celebrating a milestone of 5GW of installed wind energy capacity.
23 September, 2010
Vattenfall today officially opened the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 300 MW Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, off England’s south east coast.
23 September, 2010
nkt cables GmbH will manufacture and deliver four 132 kV sea cables for RWE Innogy’s Welsh offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr.
23 September, 2010
SOLARWATT AG has opened a new solar module production line and a new logistics centre doubling its manufacturing capacity from 200 MWp to 400 MWp.
23 September, 2010
Wind turbine gear manufacturer, Moventas, and The Switch, a supplier of permanent magnet generators and converters, have developed a new power train solution for wind turbines.
22 September, 2010
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22 September, 2010
The plant will continue the production of modules at reduced capacity utilisation until the end of 2010.
22 September, 2010
Recurrent Energy, LLC is a U.S. developer of distributed solar projects, with a 2 GW project pipeline of solar power generation plants located in the U.S. and Canada.
22 September, 2010
The highest demand for PV inverters in 2010 will come from both the smallest and the largest three-phase inverters, according a recently released report on the market from IMS Research.
22 September, 2010
The turbines will be installed at the Uckermark wind farm, next to ENERTRAG’s head office in Dauerthal.
22 September, 2010
A 7.5 MW hydropower scheme in Kildermorie, Scotland, has been approved by the authorities.
22 September, 2010
GE has introduced new models designed to increase annual energy production (AEP) to its 2.5 MW wind turbine series.
22 September, 2010
Kyocera Corporation will install solar power generating systems at 6 Japanese solar manufacturing plants by March 2011, generating a total of 593 kW.
22 September, 2010
The organisers of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is seeking entries from "inspirational and innovative" local sustainable energy programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
21 September, 2010
The plant will supply superheated steam to the Mejillones 150 MW coal-fired plant in the North of Chile.
21 September, 2010
The 37, 3 MW Vestas wind turbines at Waterloo wind farm in South Australia, have been equipped with automatic fire protection systems.
21 September, 2010
Smart grid opportunities in Europe could be worth almost US$0.5 billion in new annual business opportunities by 2015 driven by the EU energy policy requirements on renewable energy and interconnection of grids.
21 September, 2010
Contrary to expectations, the Brazilian ethanol market is unlikely to face a deficit in 2010/11 (as was the case in 2009/10) due to producer stockpiling.
21 September, 2010
Clipper Windpower is struggling with falling sales and a shrinking cash holding, and the wind turbine manufacturer is now looking for further investment into the company.
20 September, 2010
A joint venture consisting of Q-Cells SE, ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc, and ATS’ Photowatt Ontario, will develop 64 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Ontario, Canada.
20 September, 2010
Composite materials specialist Gurit will be showcasing its products for the wind energy market at the Husum WindEnergy exhibition in Germany this week.
20 September, 2010
Svendborg Brakes A/S, a supplier of braking systems for wind turbines, has won a lawsuit against a competitor over copyright infringement of Svendborg’s brakes.
20 September, 2010
LDK Solar Co Ltd and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will collaborate and research and development related to silicon materials and solar photovoltaic (PV) devices.
20 September, 2010
Gaelectric, an Irish renewable energy company, has received planning approval for a 11.5 MW wind farm at Cregganconroe, Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
20 September, 2010
SANYO's newest product in its HIT® N-Series of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules has recorded a cell efficiency of 21.1% with a module output of 235 W.
20 September, 2010
The prestigious 2010 Grove Medal will be awarded to J. Robert Selman, University Distinguished Research Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, at the forthcoming Fuel Cells Science & Technology Conference, taking place 6–7 October in Zaragoza, Spain.
17 September, 2010
Owens Corning has unveiled its Ultrablade™ fabrics designed for the manufacture of longer wind turbine rotor blades.
17 September, 2010
Airbus, British Airways and Cranfield University in the UK are cooperating on aviation biofuels from renewable sources like microalgae.
17 September, 2010
A strategic partnership to develop and produce biofuel from seaweed has been formed between California-based Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) and Norwegian oil giant Statoil.
17 September, 2010
North Wales cable manufacturer Prysmian Cables & Systems Ltd has been contracted by RWE npower renewables to supply and install a 132 kV cable for Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in Wales.
17 September, 2010
The British Elctrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association (BEAMA) have welcomed the interim finding of the UK’s first domestic heat pump field trial.
17 September, 2010
Italian solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Silfab SpA is setting up Silfab Ontario Inc in Canada – a 180 MW solar module plant is already in the pipeline.
17 September, 2010
Eco-friendly mini hydropower plants will be studied by the Torne River in the far north of Sweden by researchers at Luleå Universtiy of Technology (LTU).
16 September, 2010
Amidst claims that the Severn tidal power scheme to be axed, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) insists that no decision has yet been made.
16 September, 2010
Prothea has completed four solar photovoltaic (PV) plants totalling 11 MW in Lazio and Calabria in Italy.
16 September, 2010
A website explaining the science behind climate change has been launched by the UK Government.
16 September, 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments have reached 4.4 GW in the second quarter of 2010 and are forecast to exceed 16 GW by year end, IMS Research says, but the analyst warns that 2011 will be much tougher.
16 September, 2010
It may be possible to collect geothermal energy from depths down to 10,000 m, according to Norwegian researchers.
15 September, 2010
The EU still dominates the solar photovoltaic (PV) market in terms of new installations, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JCR).
15 September, 2010
SunEdison has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop 400 MW of solar power plants in south-eastern Korea.
15 September, 2010
An EU partnership to increase onshore and offshore wind power developments has been launched Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather.
15 September, 2010
The UK Government has injected £1 million into the Deep Geothermal Energy Fund for companies seeking to generate energy from deep geothermal heat.
15 September, 2010
High definition (HD) video will be used to monitor the ecological impacts of wave energy.
14 September, 2010
Draka Offshore will design the subsea inter-array power system for PNE WIND AG’s Gode Wind II offshore wind farm off the coast of Germany.
14 September, 2010
Following the discovery of the genes of two enzymes that toughen plants, researchers aim to breed non-food crops that require less processing, energy and chemicals to convert them into biofuel.
14 September, 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver three of its 2.05 MW MM92 wind turbines to Klågerup Kraft AB for a wind farm project near the city of Malmö, Skåne, Sweden; and sets up Swedish subsidiary.
14 September, 2010
Gamesa is tripling its investments in China through 2012 to expand and adapt its manufacturing centre for the development of its new wind turbine systems.
14 September, 2010
Iberdrola plans to invest €4.8 billion in UK clean and renewable energy over the period 2010-2012.
14 September, 2010
Having spent four years mapping the wind resources of the Dongbei region, China, Risø DTU hopes the results will lead to the planning of productive wind farms.
13 September, 2010
Masdar PV is supplying silicon-based thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for 10 villages in India.
13 September, 2010
In the UK, Scottish Water is to participate in the Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power’s Transportable Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HFuel). The high-pressure system will be used to refuel two Revolve Technologies hydrogen Ford Transit vehicles for use in Scottish Water operations.
13 September, 2010
RenewableUK has launched a national campaign to highlight the importance of investing in UK ports to enable offshore wind turbine manufacturing for Round 3.
13 September, 2010
US-based Hydrovolts Inc has seen an initial investment of US$250,000 from DLZ Corp to develop a 25 kW hydrokinetic canal hydropower turbine for India.
13 September, 2010
An SBI Energy market study shows that Portugal is quickly emerging as a 'green' trendsetter through increased development of renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydropower resources at substantial financial costs.
13 September, 2010
A small weir on a tributary of the River Duddon has been turned into Lake District’s biggest hydro-electric project.
10 September, 2010
Smart grids are key for a greener world economy, according to the World Economic Forum report Accelerating Successful Smart Grid Pilots to be presented at the ‘Summer Davos’ in Tianjin, China.
10 September, 2010
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has begun operations at its megawatt laboratory for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters.
10 September, 2010
Wind produced nearly 10% of UK electricity earlier this month setting a new record for wind power production in the UK according to data from the National Grid.
10 September, 2010
Jim Mather, Scottish Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, has announced plans to improve the development of renewable energy in Scotland.
10 September, 2010
Vestas has signed a global order for 400 MW of wind turbines with an option for an additional 1 GW from an undisclosed company.
10 September, 2010
Fred.Olsen Renewables has commissioned the 138 MW Crystal Rig II wind farm in Scotland - making Crystal Rig one of the largest onshore wind farms in the UK
10 September, 2010
ESB International and Marine Current Turbines (MCT) are developing the initial phase of a 100 MW tidal energy project off the Antrim coast, Northern Ireland.
10 September, 2010
A 7 m section of a blade on Vestas’ 3 MW V112 wind turbine has broken off, raising questions about the wind turbine manufacturer’s new flagship turbine.
10 September, 2010
Abengoa Solar and JGC Corporation are partnering on two 50 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in El Carpio (Córdoba), Spain.
09 September, 2010
Investment from venture capital funds and private equity houses could lead to the creation of 13,000 cleantech jobs in the UK in 2011, according to the global executive search firm Kinsey Allen International.
09 September, 2010
Gamesa, the Spanish wind turbine group, sells 6 recently developed wind farms in Germany to the IKEA Group.
09 September, 2010
Solaria Energia has reported a net profit of €438,000 for the first half (H1) of 2010, compared to €3.1 million in the same period last year.
09 September, 2010
Carlo Gavazzi is introducing grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters with efficiencies of 94.37% and higher.
09 September, 2010
China overtakes US as most desirable location in which to invest in renewable energy projects according to Ernst & Young's latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices.
09 September, 2010
PensionDenmark is buying 30% of Nysted offshore wind farm in Denmark for DKK0.4 billion from DONG Energy.
09 September, 2010
Dow Formulated Systems has announced plans to add capacity in China and in North America for its wind energy customers, with increased capacity for infusion products in China and for adhesives in North America.
09 September, 2010
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has launched a campaign where you can adopt a wind turbine in Europe.
08 September, 2010
juwi Solar sees great potential for solar power in Eastern Europe and the company is already involved in a number of projects in the region.
08 September, 2010
Oerlikon Solar says it will reach solar silicon thin-film production costs of €0.50/Wp with its new ThinFab production line – it has also achieved 11.9% efficiency with its Micromorph lab cell.
08 September, 2010
REpower Systems AG is in the process of transforming into a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE).
08 September, 2010
Alstom will supply €200 million worth of wind turbines to Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) for a 217 MW extension to the Whiteless wind farm in Scotland.
07 September, 2010
Italy is reducing funding for solar electricity in three phases starting from 2011.
07 September, 2010
The Wave Hub project for testing wave energy devices has seen the Hub being lowered into water at 55 m depth 16 km off the coast of Cornwall, UK.
07 September, 2010
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) is launching the European Photovoltaic Observatory identifying beneficial market conditions and best practices for solar PV.
07 September, 2010
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed the installation of a 191 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Nabeya-ueno Waterworks in Nagoya, Japan.
07 September, 2010
Cam Elyaf's WR6 roving has received Germanischer Lloyd approval for wind turbine blade applications.
06 September, 2010
SCHOTT Solar has developed a technique allowing for multicrystalline solar cells with 17.6% efficiency to be manufactured on a large-scale industrial basis.
06 September, 2010
DP CleanTech will add a wood chip biomass plant to a pre-existing fossil fuel burning plant in Lithuania.
06 September, 2010
Masdar PV says its amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar cells have reached an efficiency of 7.4% – a 15% increase.
06 September, 2010
Gamesa will supply 129 wind turbines totalling 258 MW for 9 wind farms in Brazil to be developed by Iberdrola Renovables.
06 September, 2010
A fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners GP Ltd has bought Gortahile Windfarm Ltd which owns and operates a 20 MW wind farm in Laois, Ireland, from ABO Wind Ireland Ltd.
06 September, 2010
Belfast-based Harland & Wolff will build the two offshore substations for the 576 MW Welsh offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr under a contract from Siemens.
06 September, 2010
Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the international Marine and Offshore Certification and Classification agency, has issued a Statement of Conformity certifying the performance of the 1.2 MW SeaGen tidal turbine from Marine Current Turbines (MCT).
03 September, 2010
Distributed electricity generation from renewable and clean energy sources can be sold on liberalised electricity markets even without feed-in tariff support, according to a study from Fraunhofer ISE.
03 September, 2010
Abener and Teyma will build a 100 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant – Shams 1 – in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
03 September, 2010
Enerkem Inc has started the construction of an industrial-scale biofuels project using municipal solid waste.
03 September, 2010
Renewable energy developer RES proposes an 11 turbine wind farm between New Luce, Kirkcowan and Glenluce, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
03 September, 2010
IBC SOLAR has opened a Czech subsidiary, IBC SOLAR s.r.o., in Prague to serve the Czech and Slovakian solar photovoltaic (PV) markets.
03 September, 2010
After a period of uncertainty YouGen welcomes the Department of Energy & Climate Change’s (DECC) explanation regarding how previous grants will affect feed-in tariffs in the UK.
02 September, 2010
YES BANK and CarbonDesk will cooperate on emissions-cutting projects to generate offset credits in India.
02 September, 2010
GE’s smart grid technology will enable Turkey to connect to the European electricity grid this September, the energy giant says.
02 September, 2010
Centrosolar, a German manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules announces London branch.
02 September, 2010
Nordisk Vindkraft and HgCapital have inaugurated Havsnäs Wind Farm, located north of Strömsund in the County of Jämtland, Sweden.
02 September, 2010
The Conergy Group will build 20 solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants totalling 32 MW in Greece under a framework agreement with an undisclosed “major local investor.”
02 September, 2010
Eurus Energy Group has started the construction of a 59.8 MW, €140 million wind farm south of Stavanger, Norway.
02 September, 2010
GL Noble Denton has won the contract to perform Marine Warranty Survey services for the 1 GW London Array offshore wind farm in the UK.
01 September, 2010
SCHOTT Solar and Solland Solar are cooperating on back-contacted solar modules under an agreement on technology licensing, joint R&D and joint production.
01 September, 2010
Phoenix Solar AG will build a 2.2 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) park in Slovakia under an agreement with Green Energy Slovakia SRO.
01 September, 2010
Masdar PV has supplied 80 thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules on the office building of Jako Bau- und Verputz GmbH, Germany.
01 September, 2010
Installation of the 140 offshore wind turbine foundations at the UK Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm have now been installed, and 30 offshore wind turbines are in place.
01 September, 2010