China is expected to have reached a total installed wind power capacity of 248 GW in 2020 representing a compound annual growth rate of almost 23%.
31 January, 2011
Kyocera Corporation has installed solar power generating systems at over 1200 public schools in Japan.
31 January, 2011
GE will provide servicing for wind farm developer Cobra Energia in Spain under a 10 year agreement.
31 January, 2011
In the UK, a new spinout company from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is developing a novel technology that allows hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way. Cella Energy Ltd is working on a way of making microfibers and microbeads that can store large quantities of hydrogen at low pressure.
31 January, 2011
The IT industry could be the winner of the global US$34 billion smart grid market, according to Lux Research.
31 January, 2011
REC Solar's modules have been installed on rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at two Ikea stores in Germany
31 January, 2011
Vestas has opened an office in Bucharest to serve the wind energy market in Romania and the Balkan region.
31 January, 2011
Chinese wind turbine blade producer, Tianjin Dongqi Wind Turbine Blade Co Ltd has been awarded GL Shop Approval from GL Renewables Certification for composite wind turbine blades production.
28 January, 2011
DCNS is acquiring an 8% holding in Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro for €14 million.
28 January, 2011
Arkema and CEA teams from Institut National de l'Energie Solaire (INES) have set up a private-public research laboratory for the development of polymer materials for the various solar photovoltaic (PV) module technologies in France.
28 January, 2011
Despite the reductions in support for solar system, Spanish solar systems now deliver electricity in the TWh range making solar bigger than hydro or coal, and Spain now produces more wind and solar power than California.
28 January, 2011
Langlee’s E2 wave power device has achieved peak efficiency improvements of 40% and a 100% increase in yearly production compared to a test in 2009.
28 January, 2011
Conergy has agreed to sell its solar heat pump subsidiary Güstrower Wärmepumpen to SmartHeat.
28 January, 2011
Ofgem E-Serve has announced the 8 qualifying bidders competing to provide high-voltage transmission links for three UK offshore wind projects.
28 January, 2011
In the UK, ACAL Energy and its development partners have put the ground works in place to install the world’s first FlowCath® fuel cell technology system to be used in a practical application, at the Warrington, Cheshire site of Solvay Interox Ltd.
27 January, 2011
Siemens will install a grid connection for DanTysk offshore wind farm, part of the SylWin offshore wind farm cluster in the North Sea for TenneT.
27 January, 2011
Allianz has invested over €1 billion in 30 wind farms and solar parks in Germany, France and Italy since 2005.
27 January, 2011
Siemens Energy and Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd have entered a framework agreement under which Suntech’s solar photovoltaic (PV) modules will be supplied to projects in Europe.
27 January, 2011
Agave, often used in alcoholic drinks and fibres, could be a potential bioenergy crop, according to researchers.
27 January, 2011
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has been awarded a US$9 million follow-on order for wind turbine electrical control systems from Indian manufacturer Inox Wind.
27 January, 2011
Tenesol has completed a 7 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the roofs of farm buildings in Southern France.
27 January, 2011
There has been a breakthrough in solar photovoltaic (PV) module recycling, according to experts at the 2nd International conference on PV Module Recycling in Madrid, Spain.
26 January, 2011
Italy has officially reported that 1850 MW of new solar photovoltaics (PV) systems were installed in 2010, substantially exceeding industry estimates.
26 January, 2011
The potential investment value of new power projects globally fell 53% in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2010 compared to Q3, according to the EIC Monitor, whereas renewable energy projects have seen growth in number of projects and potential investment value.
26 January, 2011
Through designing methods for detecting positive sequences, wind turbines operating at high potential could obtain more stable grid connection, according to a recent PhD thesis.
26 January, 2011
RWE npower renewables has announced the new manufacturer of wind turbine foundations for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in North Wales.
26 January, 2011
Gamesa has entered the Asia-Pacific market with the sale of 9 wind turbines to Pioneer Generation for a New Zealand wind farm.
26 January, 2011
Irish tidal power company OpenHydro could receive up to €2 million from Bord Gáis Energy in a deal where Bord Gáis Energy becomes a shareholder in OpenHydro.
25 January, 2011
A project to refit the Southampton District Energy Scheme’s deep geothermal well has received £200,000 from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
25 January, 2011
France imposed a three-month stop to new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in December, to end what the Government has called a ‘speculative bubble’.
25 January, 2011
The Northern Ireland Renewable Industry Group (NIRIG), a representative body for the renewable energy industry, has been officially launched.
25 January, 2011
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has to dismiss 96 employees following the Dutch Government’s decision to discontinue a research subsidy of €8 million from the start of this year.
25 January, 2011
Global spending on wave and tidal energy may reach US$1.2 billion over the next five years, according to energy business analyst Douglas-Westwood.
25 January, 2011
Landis+Gyr will supply 10,000 polyphase commercial and industrial smart meters to the State Grid Corporation of China for use in 6 provinces.
25 January, 2011
There is a positive investment outlook for renewable energy in fast developing countries such as India, China, Brazil and the MENA region, according to discussions at the World Future Energy Summit 2011.
24 January, 2011
InnoLas Systems GmbH is to deliver laser processing systems for the manufacture of solar thin-film modules with a total annual production volume output of 300 MW.
24 January, 2011
Parity Solar and China National Building Materials (CNBM) will cooperate on expanding Parity’s existing solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China to an annual production of 500 MW.
24 January, 2011
TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd has certified Kyocera Corporation’s solar modules after they passed TUV’s ‘Long-Term Sequential Tests’.
24 January, 2011
Siemens has signed an agreement with Associated British Ports to build a factory for offshore wind turbines in Hull, UK.
24 January, 2011
The German Government has reached an agreement with the country’s solar industry to tailor solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariffs to installed capacity.
24 January, 2011
Gamesa maintains its number one position in the Spanish wind market with a 2010 market share of 50.18% – an increase from 2009’s 34.4%.
24 January, 2011
Isofoton and Indra will collaborate on the development of a high concentration (HCPV) tracker, monitoring and control systems for concentrating solar photovoltaic (CPV) installations and grid connected inverters.
21 January, 2011
Global energy demand is set to rise 25% by 2030, according to speakers at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2011 Technology Forum in Abu Dhabi.
21 January, 2011
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa plans to set up its offshore wind technology centre in Glasgow, Scotland, creating 130 jobs.
21 January, 2011
Research from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) shows that CO2 could be used, amongst other things, as storage for renewable energy.
21 January, 2011
Spending on solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment grew for the 6th consecutive quarter driven by rising demand from Asia, according to Solarbuzz.
21 January, 2011
Innotech Solar and Perfekta Solar have bought REC's struggling solar photovoltaic (PV) module production plant in Glava, Sweden.
21 January, 2011
Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd has appointed Brewin Dolphin to lead an initial funding round to finance the development of the Anaconda Wave Energy Converter.
20 January, 2011
Offshore Ship Designers have designed an offshore wind farm maintenance vessel said to improve uptime of deepwater wind turbines.
20 January, 2011
GE will deliver wind turbines to wind farm developer Monsson Alma for two projects that will add 35 MW of wind capacity to Romania.
20 January, 2011
Gamesa will supply 20 MW of wind turbines to Kiroba Elektrik Uretim for the Madranbaba wind farm in Aydin, Turkey.
20 January, 2011
Titan Tracker claims to have made a breakthrough in using Stirling engines for utility-scale solar energy generation.
20 January, 2011
Europe is now close to 3 GW of installed offshore wind power capacity, according to numbers from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
20 January, 2011
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has entered into an alliance with five companies to make its offshore wind programme more efficient.
20 January, 2011
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will deliver its D-VAR reactive compensation solution for wind farms to wind farms in the UK.
19 January, 2011
Ditlev Engel, CEO of Vestas, says the company will give the US$1.5 million prize money from the Zayed Future Energy Prize to the runner-ups.
19 January, 2011
The first deliveries of wind turbines and towers have started for Vattenfall’s 150 MW Osmonde Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea.
19 January, 2011
A global consumer label identifying corporations and products made with wind energy is being put together by businesses and non-profit organisations under the name WindMade.
19 January, 2011
The UK is lagging behind Germany in the race to benefit from green and renewable business opportunities, according to the Carbon Trust.
19 January, 2011
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has won the US$1.5 million 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize for its pioneering role in the wind energy industry.
19 January, 2011
Turkey has revised its limited feed-in tariff law for renewable energy with the adoption of a similarly limited policy.
18 January, 2011
The UK Government has come under criticism for potentially funding the development of nuclear power through the Green Investment Bank.
18 January, 2011
The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) and Ashberg have launched Narec Capital, will work as a consultancy providing access to Narec’s intellectual property and engineering capabilities and giving relevant information to potential investors and insurers.
18 January, 2011
New solar photovoltaic (PV) installations grew by 130% to reach 17.5 GW in 2010 and growth is set to continue in 2011, says analyst IMS Research.
18 January, 2011
The wind turbine factory in Machrihanish in Argyll has resumed production after parent company Skykon filed for bankruptcy.
18 January, 2011
The growing market in concentrated solar power (CSP) is being seriously challenged by the dropping price of solar photovoltaics (PV), according to GTM Research.
18 January, 2011
The UK offshore wind farms Greater Gabbard and Walney have generated electricity for the first time, says Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE).
17 January, 2011
Bureau Veritas has issued guidelines for the classification and certification of floating offshore wind turbines specifying the environmental conditions under which they may serve.
17 January, 2011
REpower Systems AG will deliver 54 of its MM82 wind turbines and 96 MM92 units to Saint-Laurent Énergies Consortium (SLE) for the 300 MW Lac Alfred wind farm in Québec, Canada.
17 January, 2011
Masdar PV will supply 65,000 solar modules to a 6 MWp solar farm in Luckenwalde, Germany, in partnership with Beck Energy GmbH.
17 January, 2011
Solar has taken the lead in the UK renewable energy market as a result of favourable feed-in tariffs, according to a new report by technology analyst Greenbang.
17 January, 2011
Oxford Photovoltaics (Oxford PV) has developed a new solid state thin-film solar cell made from cheap, non-toxic materials which can be printed onto glass or walls.
17 January, 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will address Heads of State and international delegates.
14 January, 2011
Evergreen Solar, which manufactures String Ribbon solar products, has announced the closure of its factory in Devens, Massachusetts, due to stiff competition from China.
14 January, 2011
Asia's first commercial tidal power plant will be built in the Indian state of Gujarat with an initial 50 MW capacity.
14 January, 2011
The Government's national clean energy organisation said a lack of local demand for renewable energy was to blame.
13 January, 2011
Built on the same platform as the company’s 60-metre XHD system, the 80-metre tower incorporates bolted joints for a stiffer, stronger tower to measure the wind at taller heights.
13 January, 2011
Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) Son La Hydro Power Plant Unit 1 has been commissioned and synchronised to the grid.
13 January, 2011
American Superconductor Association (AMSC) has granted its sixth wind turbine licence in China to Beijing JINGCHENG New Energy (JCNE).
13 January, 2011
TSMC has agreed to make Centrosolar the exclusive European manufacturer of its crystalline solar modules.
13 January, 2011
Vestas will deliver 19 of its V90 2 MW wind turbines with a hub height of 125 m to BOREAS Energie GmbH for a 38 MW wind project in Germany.
12 January, 2011
Shepherd Construction will build three facilities for test rigs for full-scale wind and marine prototypes for the UK National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth.
12 January, 2011
Trina Solar has signed a supplemental long-term solar wafer and polysilicon product supply agreement with GCL Solar Energy Technology Company Ltd, a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd (GCL-Poly).
12 January, 2011
Solar system manufacter Conergy is increasing production following high demand for its products in 2010, as well as opening a new factory in California.
12 January, 2011
GW will supply 18 wind turbines for a new project in one of France's most windy areas.
12 January, 2011
Thailand’s Solar Power Co Ltd is building 34, 6 MW solar farms in north-eastern Thailand using around 1 million Kyocera solar modules totalling 204 MW.
11 January, 2011
Nordex has installed two 2.5 MW N100/2500 wind turbines at Dradenau sewage treatment plant in Hamburg, Germany.
11 January, 2011
PV julist and juwi have installed a 7.4 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop system at Goodyear Dunlop’s logistics centre in Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
11 January, 2011
The UK and China have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop partnership schemes for promoting low-carbon growth in China.
11 January, 2011
Siemens Wind Power will supply DONG Energy with three new offshore wind turbines as part of a £50 million project.
11 January, 2011
RWE Innogy has more than doubled its wind capacity in Poland following the purchase of Gamesa's 32 MW Piecki wind farm and the 35 MW Tychowo site.
11 January, 2011
A hybrid of Miscanthus x giganteus, believed to be a viable feedstock for lignocellulosic biofuel production, could make supply more secure, according to researchers in the USA and Japan.
10 January, 2011
A total of £1.1 million has been awarded to three geothermal projects in the UK from the second round of the Government’s Deep Geothermal Challenge Fund.
10 January, 2011
LDK Solar Co Ltd has upped its outlook for the fourth quarter 2010 and fiscal year 2011.
10 January, 2011
Ofgem has published the first database showing the location and capacity of registered renewable energy feed-in tariff generators in the UK - but not how much electricity they produce.
10 January, 2011
United Solar's solar photovoltaic (PV) laminates have been installed by BAM Solar on a second Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
10 January, 2011
While Turkey tries to catch up with the international renewable energy industry by introducing its first, well thought-out feed-in tariff, Spain has reduced solar funding on the quiet, says EuPD Research.
07 January, 2011
Metso will supply a €15 million biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Oü Helme Energia in Helme, Estonia.
07 January, 2011
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module production capacity increased almost 70% in 2010, reaching nearly 30 GW by year end and will continue to grow, but installations are to slow down, according to IMS Research.
07 January, 2011
Green patent applications in the UK are being processed four times faster following fast-tracking green patent applications.
07 January, 2011
Draka Offshore will provide subsea array cabling for the 576 MW Welsh Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm under a €25 million inter-array cabling contract with RWE npower renewables.
07 January, 2011
NV Nordisk Vindkraft AB and HgCapital have signed agreements for the sale, construction and financing of the 41 MW Åmliden wind farm in Malå Municipality, Västerbotten, Sweden.
07 January, 2011
REpower Systems AG has reduced its outlook for 2011 now expecting performance of €1.25-1.35 billion from the previous estimate of €1.5-1.6bn.
06 January, 2011
Vestas will deliver 7 of its V112 3 MW wind turbines to Erneubare Energien Teetzleben GmbH & Co KG for the 21 MW Breesen-Teetzleben Wind Farm in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
06 January, 2011
M+W Solar GmbH will engineer and construct a 5 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Oria, Apulia, Italy.
06 January, 2011
Voltwerk’s VS Series of single phase string solar inverters can now be used with solar thin-film modules from Calyzo GmbH.
06 January, 2011
Australian airline Quantas and US biomass fuel company Solena could form a £200 million biojet fuel joint venture using waste to produce jet fuel.
06 January, 2011
As Germany winds down its solar subsidies, industry players will be scrambling to find the next big growth market, says Lux Research.
06 January, 2011
Renewable energy met 27.4% of electricity demand in Scotland in 2009, according to Government statistics on renewable energy generation.
05 January, 2011
UK-based Ultra Electronics Holdings has acquired Adaptive Materials Inc, a solid oxide fuel cell developer in the US, from its founders, Dr Aaron and Michelle Crumm, for $23.0 million.
05 January, 2011
RES has received consent from the Scottish Government to build the 99 MW Dunmaglass Wind Farm south of Inverness, Scotland.
05 January, 2011
SolarWorld AG has published the offer document for the voluntary public take-over of all shares of Solarparc AG as announced on 15 November 2010.
05 January, 2011
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co Ltd has completed a 5 MW solar power plant developed by Lanco Infratech Ltd (ITL) in India.
05 January, 2011
Technological advances and breakthroughs in renewable energy, the way they help drive down costs, drive up capacity and reliability, and the challenges and opportunities presented by new and developing technologies will be discussed at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2011 Technology Forum this month.
05 January, 2011
First Solar Inc and China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co Ltd will develop the 30 MW Phase 1 of the previously announced solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
05 January, 2011
South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd is buying over US$10 million worth of wind turbine electrical control systems from American Superconductor (AMSC).
04 January, 2011
The EU could exceed its 20% renewable energy target by 2020, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
04 January, 2011
SunPower has completed the sale of two solar power plants in the Lazio region of Italy totalling 57 MW.
04 January, 2011
Vestas will deliver a total of 240 MW of wind turbines to projects in Germany and Poland over the next two years.
04 January, 2011
REC has signed a three-year multicrystalline solar wafer supply contract worth NOK1.1 billion (~€141 million) with an undisclosed Asian solar cell producer.
04 January, 2011
The top six finalists for the Zayed Future Energy Prize to be awarded this month at the World Future Energy Summit were announced just before Christmas.
04 January, 2011
The supply of renewable energy in the UK rose 23.1% to 6.98 TWh in the third quarter 2010/2011 compared to the same period last year.
04 January, 2011