PNE WIND AG is closer to construction of the 252 MW Gode Wind II offshore wind farm in the German North Sea zone – and Vestas confirms its position as wind turbine supplier.
28 February, 2011
Converteam has developed a high temperature superconducting hydropower generator that could also be transferred for wind power applications.
28 February, 2011
Alstom Grid will design, supply and commission two 400 kV, 2750 MVA Quadrature Boosters valued at £18 million to the UK National Grid, which could help accommodate more wind into the UK grid.
28 February, 2011
Ocean Power Technologies has completed the first of its next-generation utility-scale PowerBuoy wave power device, the PB150.
28 February, 2011
Oceanographic measurements at the fifth tidal energy site in the UK have been completed by Partrac.
28 February, 2011
The Energy Strategy 2050 looks at how Denmark could become independent from coal, oil and gas by 2050 and significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, using more renewable energy.
28 February, 2011
The UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is developing a model of the UK’s tidal energy resources to look at interactions between extraction systems and the effect energy availability.
25 February, 2011
Gamesa saw a 54% dip in net profits to €50 million in 2010 compared to 2009, as the financial crisis impacted demand.
25 February, 2011
Bosch, which has a near 82% stake in alea Solar AG, is offering aleo Solar’s remaining shareholders €22 per share.
25 February, 2011
A 5 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system is to be constructed as part of The Regeneration Initiative at the Royal Bath & West of England Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
25 February, 2011
The £3 million deal will see Aquamarine install three more Oyster wave energy devices in the Orkneys.
25 February, 2011
Researchers in Germany claim to have achieved new peak efficiency for large-area easy-to-fabricate silicon solar cells.
25 February, 2011
DONG Energy has confirmed the development of its 320 MW offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 off the coast of Germany, representing an investment of around €1.25 billion.
24 February, 2011
Q-Cells has recorded a net result from continuing operations of €90.9 million in 2010, compared to a loss of €370.8m in 2009.
24 February, 2011
Trina Solar saw a 224% increase in its net income in 2010 to US$311.5m compared to 2009.
24 February, 2011
Conergy saw an improvement in its net result to a loss of €42 million in 2010, compared to a loss of €81.1m in 2009.
24 February, 2011
Solar photovoltaics (PV) saw the strongest growth of all renewable technologies in Europe last year.
24 February, 2011
The wind turbine manufacturer will install its specialist offshore wind equipment in 2012.
24 February, 2011
Finnish authorities grant a water permit to the Suurhiekka wind farm, the country’s first offshore wind project.
24 February, 2011
Ohio-based Pilus Energy has announced a strategic relationship with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies in Singapore, to combine Horizon hydrogen fuel cells with Pilus Energy’s renewable hydrogen production platform.
23 February, 2011
The new multi-crystalline silicon solar cell uses JA Solar’s proprietary Maple technology.
23 February, 2011
The ship-based Aquarius Solar and Wind Marine Power System is being developed by Eco Marine Power.
23 February, 2011
Eneco will builds a 900 MW offshore wind farm off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts, UK.
22 February, 2011
The UK Energy Minister has seen a strong interest in marine energy technology for the European fund.
22 February, 2011
Governent attitudes to renewable energy are the most important investment driver, according to a survey by London Bridge Capital.
22 February, 2011
Abengoa plans to achieve a yield of over 300 litres/tonne at its lignocellulosic bioethanol pilot production plant in Babilafuente in Salamanca.
21 February, 2011
TwentyNinety has won a Shell Springboard award for its solar photovoltaic (PV) Active Array™, which is being launched this year.
21 February, 2011
Parabel AG plans a 90 MW solar power plant at a former military training ground in Brandenburg, Germany.
21 February, 2011
The Australian Government comes under pressure from the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia (SEA) to incorporate renewable energy infrastructure into the ongoing relief project following the floods in Eastern Australia.
21 February, 2011
The Sun and Stars initiative links renewable energy companies with crisis projects in developing countries.
21 February, 2011
The vessel will be used to transport and install wind turbines for an offshore wind farm in Germany.
21 February, 2011
A wind map of Lebanon has been developed by GL Garrad Hassan to support the country’s emerging wind industry.
18 February, 2011
Vestas has joined the WindFloat Project for floating offshore wind turbine platforms using a semi-submersible structure.
18 February, 2011
New research reveals apprehensions regarding the type of application for emerging solar power electronics technologies that are currently being developed such as micro inverters and power optimisation through maximum power-point tracking (MPPT).
18 February, 2011
Geothermal energy developer Petratherm has released results from a geothermal well injectivity test in South Australia.
18 February, 2011
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) could benefit from a European research collaboration into printed electronics.
18 February, 2011
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) will advise and support the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) in setting up and equipping a test facility for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.
17 February, 2011
IPSol Energy is establishing what it calls a solar photovoltaic (PV) “centre of excellence” in Nottingham, UK.
17 February, 2011
Sunways AG has reported preliminary sales figures for the full year 2010 of €222.7 million, up 25% on 2009.
17 February, 2011
A new report has shown that by 2030, 10 countries will account for 80% of global smart grid investment.
17 February, 2011
The military aviation solar contract has been won by partners Carmanah Technologies and ADB.
17 February, 2011
Planning permission for the first geothermal electicity plant in Ireland has been obtained by SLR Consulting.
17 February, 2011
The UK wind industry has agreed on a protocol on payments from wind farms to community benefit funds specifying a £1000 minimum payment per year per MW of installed power over the lifetime of a wind farm, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne will announce today.
16 February, 2011
aleo solar AG will supply over 13,000 of its S_18 solar modules to Italian logistics corporation he Lannutti Group for a 3 MW rooftop plant in Cuneo, Italy.
16 February, 2011
Gamesa will develop 600 MW of wind projects in the Jilin province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China with two Chinese partners.
16 February, 2011
What could be Saudi Arabia’s largest photovoltaic (PV) power plant will be built by Phoenix Solar.
16 February, 2011
Two small hydropower plants in Brazil will use Alstom’s specialised hydropower plant equipment.
16 February, 2011
Wind turbine manufacturer quietrevolution receives £5 million in project financing from Hazel Capital for the deployment of its qr5 wind turbine.
16 February, 2011
Parity Solar’s thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules have achieved MCS certification following a review of its manufacturing processes, materials, procedures and products carried out in China by the British Board of Agrément.
15 February, 2011
Bluesky’s Solar Suitability Map for the UK maps the solar power potential for solar panels on roofs.
15 February, 2011
BayernLB has facilitated the project financing of a private geothermal power plant in Bavaria, Germany, in cooperation with the development company Süddeutsche Geothermie-Projekte Gesellschaft (SGG).
15 February, 2011
Donauer Solartechnik’s Mobile Solar Power System (MSPS), designed for extreme climate conditions, will be distributed by the off grid division of Gilching solar wholesaler and was launched at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
15 February, 2011
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association has urged the British Government to review its feed-in tariff carefully.
15 February, 2011
International energy provider Scatec Solar signs a contract with Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) and Italgen to construct a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in an old quarry, close to Guiglia, Italy.
15 February, 2011
Prices are falling sharply throughout the solar photovoltaic (PV) crystalline supply chain, according to IMS Research.
15 February, 2011
Abengoa is joining the Living Planet Green Tech Europe index created by CA Cheuvreux and Living Planet Fund Management Company (LPF).
14 February, 2011
The use of feed-in tariffs (FiTs) to pay for renewable generation now overwhelmingly dominates European renewable energy policy, according to the most recent meeting of the International Feed-in (tariff) Cooperation council (IFIC).
14 February, 2011
Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL) will procure 25 MWp DC of First Solar's thin-film solar modules for its solar power generation projects.
14 February, 2011
The UK Carbon Trust is seeing a 40% cut in funding this year, Chief Executive Tom Delay reveals.
14 February, 2011
In the UK, ACAL Energy has been awarded a £1 million investment from The Carbon Trust, by winning the Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge. This initiative aims to accelerate access to new markets for fuel cell products, such as the widespread introduction of hydrogen fuel cell cars.
14 February, 2011
Alstom signs a €500 million contract with Norte Energia de Brazil to provide hydropower equipment for the 11,230 MW Belo Monte Dam, Brazil.
14 February, 2011
A fuel trial in Helsinki, Finland, has found that diesel biofuel can significantly reduce air emissions.
14 February, 2011
Shetland Wind Power has agreed to exclusively sell Proven Energy products in the small wind energy sector.
14 February, 2011
Atlantis Resources Corporation has been allocated the fourth berth in the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) for a tidal stream testing in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia in Canada.
11 February, 2011
SolarWorld saw strong growth in 2010 with a 50% increase in profits to €89 million.
11 February, 2011
Vestas has issued a statement confirming rumours that it is in talks with Swedish Arise Windpower for a 200 MW wind power project in Sweden.
11 February, 2011
Chemists at the University of Glasgow are working with European aerospace giant EADS in using nanotechnology to alter the design and material composition of a storage tank, to use solid-state hydrogen on an industrial scale for aircraft and cars.
11 February, 2011
Geothermal Engineering Ltd has bid for a share of the UK £1.4 billion Regional Growth Fund to support the build-out of geothermal plants in Devon and Cornwall, UK.
11 February, 2011
International solar system manufacturer Conergy is selling its biogas activities to Munich-based RES Projects for an undisclosed sum.
11 February, 2011
An Audi rooftop system owned by Gehrlicher Solar has been sold to PT Erneuerbare Energien Energy Fund for €4.6 million.
11 February, 2011
The market for solar photovoltaic (PV) materials will have grown 50% in four years, according to GTM Research.
11 February, 2011
North Africa and the Middle East could profit greatly from the expansion of concentrating solar power (CSP) capacity in the future, according to Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) and Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).
10 February, 2011
The 230 MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm off Yorkshire, UK, has been given planning approval by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
10 February, 2011
Vestas saw a 25% increase in profits to €156 million in 2010 despite having a “tough year”.
10 February, 2011
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has signed an agreement with Argentinean renewable company Nowa Energía.
10 February, 2011
Gamesa is hoping to install four wind turbines in an experimental Spanish offshore station.
10 February, 2011
Schott Solar will deliver 200,00 solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to Premier Solar India.
10 February, 2011
Parity Solar has completed a 200 kW building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) building project at the New Area Court House complex in Zhenjiang City, China.
09 February, 2011
The Jatropha plant, heralded as a top candidate for biofuel production, has been somewhat over-hyped, according to Dr Karl Hilding Thune at the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute.
09 February, 2011
LM Wind Power is developing what it calls “the world’s longest wind turbine blade every produced” for Alstom’s 6 MW offshore wind turbine.
09 February, 2011
Renewable energy consultancy, GL Garrad Hassan, launches a wind resource map of Great Britain in order to meet the renewed onshore wind activity since feed-in tariffs were introduced last year.
09 February, 2011
REC Group’s revenues hit NOK4874 million (€618.6m) in the fourth quarter (Q4) in 2010, up 92% from the same quarter in 2009 as sales increased.
09 February, 2011
European companies are working together to produce a low-cost thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) module for roofing.
09 February, 2011
Japanese company Kyocera is unveiling its new 245 Wp solar photovoltaic (PV) module in March.
09 February, 2011
Alstom Grid will construct an offshore topside and substructure to hose the electrical offshore substation for at Borkum West II offshore wind farm for Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co KG.
08 February, 2011
A wind turbine test site for prototyping and certificaion, said to be the largest in Europe, has opened in the Netherlands.
08 February, 2011
India could become a renewable energy powerhouse due to its need for alternative energy sources, international pressure and strong Government support, according to Datamonitor.
08 February, 2011
The announced review to the UK feed-in tariff for solar power is “bad news for PV,” according to the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) Technical Director Stuart Pocock.
08 February, 2011
The UK has begun a review of the feed-in tariff scheme for solar power following evidence that large-scale solar farms may affect the amount of money intended to help homes and small businesses generate their own electricity.
08 February, 2011
TÜV Rheinland and Solarpraxis have set up a test to compare the quality of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.
08 February, 2011
Three wind farms in Hungary have been sold to Spanish company Iberdrola Renovables.
08 February, 2011
Romax Solutions Pvt Ltd has opened a Wind Business Centre in Chennai, India.
07 February, 2011
A joint industry project (JIP) led by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has looked at offshore monopile wind turbine structures to improve the calculation of the axial load capacity and to review current design practices.
07 February, 2011
Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have produced a silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) cells with a conversion efficiency of 20.5%.
07 February, 2011
SolarWorld AG’s consolidated profits soared 51% in 2010 to €89 million, according to provisional results.
07 February, 2011
Wind, solar and bioenergy developer Juwi has opened subsidiaries near Cape Town and Santiago.
07 February, 2011
Three wave and tidal research projects have received £2.5 million funding from the UK Government.
07 February, 2011
REC Systems, part of REC, is constructing a 24.2 MW solar power plant together with ABB in the Lazio region of Italy using 100,000 REC solar modules.
04 February, 2011
Risø DTU is looking into ways of improving wind turbine blade testing with partners from the across the industry with the aim of improving wind turbine blade structures and design.
04 February, 2011
Dutch Tocardo has installed and commissioned its first bi-directional tidal turbine at its testing and demonstration facilities in Den Oever, The Netherlands.
04 February, 2011
REpower saw its net profit fall 18.4% to €26.2 million for the first 9 months of the fiscal year ending March 2011.
04 February, 2011
An international renewable energy system will be possible by 2050, according to a report by Ecofys and WWF.
04 February, 2011
Many major oil companies have missed fuel sustainability performance targets set by the UK Government, according to the Renewable Fuels Agency.
04 February, 2011
AECOM and Electricité de France (EDF) have been awarded US$13.4 million feasibility study for Grand Inga hydropower site on Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
03 February, 2011
Celestica Inc and Sharp subsidiary Recurrent Energy have formed a joint venture (JV) to manufacture over 200 MW of solar components annually creating 300 manufacturing jobs in Ontario, Canada.
03 February, 2011
Alstom Grid and S&C Electric Company will jointly develop smart grid solutions to demonstrate enhanced interoperability and real-time self-healing networks.
03 February, 2011
Asia leads the growth in global wind power, which grew 35.8 GW in 2010 bringing total global capacity to 194.4 GW – up 22.5% from 2009, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says.
03 February, 2011
The market for concentrated solar power (CSP) will reach gigawatt scale this year, according to Lux Research.
03 February, 2011
Lack of a cohesive national policy is restricting the development of renewable energy in Australia, according to Datamonitor.
03 February, 2011
Turning waste heat from buildings, and even vehicles, into electricity is being explored by researchers at Denmark’s Risø DTU.
02 February, 2011
Gamesa India has met with 52 of its wind turbine component suppliers “to make progress on standards for quality, response capability and the development of efficiency improvement solutions.”
02 February, 2011
GCube Underwriting Ltd, a provider of insurance services for renewable energy technologies, has grown its solar property coverage from US$300 million to US$500m for any single solar project or phase.
02 February, 2011
LM Wind Power has signed the United Nations Global Compact and pledges to become ‘greener and cleaner’ in its operations.
02 February, 2011
The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry has expressed concern about the European Commission's latest proposals to finance renewable energy.
02 February, 2011
The number of people employed in the wind energy industry in the UK has risen by 91%, according to a study by RenewableUK.
02 February, 2011
UK-based ITM Power has demonstrated exceptionally high power densities in initial testing of its proprietary hydrocarbon membrane materials for hydrogen/air fuel cells. The company says it has achieved more than double the fuel cell power density performance presently available on the market.
01 February, 2011
A joint venture, NorthConnect, has been set up between UK, Norwegian and Swedish companies to plan and build an electrical interconnector between UK and Norway.
01 February, 2011
In the UK, Ceres Power has commenced commercial field trials of its wall-mounted combined heat and power (CHP) product in occupied homes. The residential CHP systems utilize Ceres Power’s unique intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell technology.
01 February, 2011
Suzlon will deliver 1 GW of wind turbines to Caparo Energy (India) Ltd (CEIL) for wind power projects to be developed in India by March 2013.
01 February, 2011
Vattenfall has started the cable laying process to connect the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm to the UK national grid.
01 February, 2011
Siemens is building a molten salt concentrating solar power (CSP) test facility in Portugal to test molten salt as a heat transfer medium for CSP.
01 February, 2011
French engineering giant Technip has bought Scottish offshore wind subsea cable installer Subocean with an upfront investment of £10 million following Subocean going into administration last week.
01 February, 2011
Abengoa and the Loyola Andalucia University Foundation is setting up a research centre to promote education and research activities based on renewable energy and sustainable development.
01 February, 2011