A report commissioned by The Crown Estate, UK, and undertaken by BVG Associates, concludes that £2 billion will be spent annually on the manufacture of composite wind turbine blades for offshore wind farms in Europe by 2020.
30 June, 2011
ABB will provide wind energy storage for Falbygdens Energi's power distribution network at a substation in Falköping, Sweden.
30 June, 2011
DONG Energy and Bladt Industries have inked a framework agreement on long-term cooperation for manufacturing foundations for DONG’s upcoming offshore wind farms in Northern Europe.
30 June, 2011
Heliocentris Energy Solutions has purchased all assets of the bankrupt P21 through a new subsidiary.
30 June, 2011
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will sell its 50% interest (36 MW) in the Braes of Doune onshore wind farm, Scotland, to a Climate Change Capital-managed fund for an overall cash consideration of £61.3 million.
30 June, 2011
GE Energy is promoting the development of a Smart Grid pilot network, which will help more renewable energy sources to be linked to the existing electrical network in Northern Ireland.
30 June, 2011
Several companies are discussing fundamentally different strategies for either global outsourcing for components or internally combining manufacturing processes for wind turbines.
30 June, 2011
RenewableUK welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of £20 million funding from the Low Carbon Innovation Fund to develop the wave and tidal energy industry, but warns it could be but a drop in the ocean.
29 June, 2011
FIM Services has acquired the 9.35 MW Mynydd Portref wind farm in Wales from Tegni Cymru Cyf (TCC).
29 June, 2011
Iberdrola Renewables and AREVA will bid for two of the five offshore wind farm zones that will be launched by the French Government in July.
29 June, 2011
Foresight Group and Our Generation have agreed a preliminary £10 million programme of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) installations over the coming three months in the UK.
29 June, 2011
DP CleanTech’s biomass fuel expert, Aurelie Sol, has developed a tool, ‘Biomass Lab’, to enable better understanding about properties of biomass fuels and fuel mixes under combustion.
29 June, 2011
Bioenergy is already around double the size of nuclear energy globally, according to the World Bioenergy Association
29 June, 2011
Australia’s renewable energy industry backs ‘The Senate Inquiry into the Social and Economic Impact of Rural Wind Farms’.
29 June, 2011
DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables have agreed to construct the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the UK under a 50/50 partnership.
29 June, 2011
Genencor has launched Accellerase TRIO, an enzyme which could help producing cellulosic ethanol biofuel from several non-food feedstocks and municipal solid waste more cost-effectively.
29 June, 2011
Ocean Power Technologies Inc (OPT) says the first of its utility-scale PB150 PowerBuoy wave power device has performed better-than-expected in initial results from tests off the coast of Scotland.
28 June, 2011
A wind turbine nacelle testing facility is planned for 2014 in Bremerhaven, Germany, with backing from Federal and state governments.
28 June, 2011
Siemens will supply 108 offshore wind turbines to DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables’ 389 MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
28 June, 2011
Krannich Solar has joined the Renewable Energy Corporation’s (REC) REC Platinum Partnership Program for distributing REC’s solar technology in Europe.
28 June, 2011
Svitzer UK and Sanderson Maritime have launched an offshore ‘hotel’ concept for accommodation for the offshore renewable sector.
27 June, 2011
The UK Government has launched an action plan to help consumers, communities and businesses generate renewable energy under a microgeneration action plan.
27 June, 2011
Gamesa has secured a site for its Offshore Wind Technology Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, which could see the creation of 40 jobs.
27 June, 2011
The first foundation at 295 MW Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium has been installed.
27 June, 2011
Ampere Equity Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management, has acquired a 39.6 MW portfolio of three operational wind farms in Germany from affiliates of Hurrikan Power Funding Holding GmbH.
27 June, 2011
WinWinD is investing €8 million to develop a 3 MW arctic wind turbine as part of a European consortium.
24 June, 2011
Petratherm and joint venture partners Beach Energy and TRUenergy Geothermal have started the fracture stimulation of Paralana 2 geothermal project in Australia.
24 June, 2011
WinWinD will supply, commission and operate a 250 MW wind farm in India under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Suryachakra Green Power.
24 June, 2011
To install cabling to enable the transmission of renewable energy from Orkney to the Scottish mainland could come in at an average annual cost of £0.92 per customer.
24 June, 2011
Neste Oil has committed itself to a European Aviation Biofuels Flightpath introduced in Paris aimed at increasing the use of aviation biofuel to 2 million tonnes annually by 2020.
23 June, 2011
The solar photovoltaic (PV) market is setting major shifts as governments adjust their support for solar PV in 2011, according to Solarbuzz.
23 June, 2011
Stena Line’s passenger ferry, Stena Jutlandica, has seen the installation of two small wind turbines to supply electricity to the ferry going between Sweden and Denmark.
23 June, 2011
Bosch is investing €520 million in a new solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing plant in the Batu Kawan region in Penang, Malasyia.
23 June, 2011
REpower Systems SE will deliver 13 of its 3.4M104 wind turbines to Alerion CleanPower SpA for the 44 MW San Marco in Lamis wind farm in Italy.
23 June, 2011
AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Prospect CWP’s 250 MW Solar Dawn has been selected as the preferred solar thermal power project in Round 1 of the Australian Government’s Solar Flagships Program.
22 June, 2011
Real Ventures (Immingham) Ltd is planning a 49.5 MW biomass facility representing an investment of £130 million at the Port of Immingham, UK.
22 June, 2011
Alstom has acquired a 40% equity stake in Scottish wave power company AWS Ocean Energy Ltd.
22 June, 2011
Ministers from the British Isles, Ireland, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man will cooperate on exploiting wind and marine renewable energy in and around the islands of the UK and Ireland.
22 June, 2011
Aquamarine Power is close to installing its second full-scale Oyster wave energy converter in Orkney, UK.
21 June, 2011
Meeting renewable energy targets whilst keeping grid stability has increased the demand for utility-scale battery storage, according to Frost & Sullivan.
21 June, 2011
The Scottish Government has backed a 1 MW ISIS Solar solar power deal in Scotland.
21 June, 2011
Siemens Energy is supplying 21 of its 2.3 MW wind turbines for an offshore wind farm in Rudong County, Jiangsu province, China.
21 June, 2011
Honeywell’s Green Jet Fuel biofuel has been used in a 50/50 blend on a transatlantic flight from North America to Europe.
20 June, 2011
iGen Energy has completed work on the first phase of a 96 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop installation with Q-Cells solar modules in Buxton, Derbyshire, UK.
20 June, 2011
Statkraft has entered into an agreement with Nitto Denko/Hydranautics for the development and supply of membranes for osmotic power.
20 June, 2011
Vestas will deliver 30 of its V100 2.6 MW wind turbines to Sjisjka Vind AB for a wind farm in Sweden.
20 June, 2011
International Power (IPR), PT Supreme Energy and Marubeni Corporation have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to develop the Rantau Dedap geothermal project in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia.
17 June, 2011
A new £7.5 million (US$12.1 million) demonstrator programme in the UK will help to speed up the adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, and bring them into everyday use. The new funding was revealed today at a showcase demonstration of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies at City Hall in London.
17 June, 2011
GE will supply 40 of its 2.5 MW wind turbines for four wind farms in Laholm, Boxholm and Mjölby in Southern Sweden for Stena Renewable Wind Energy Company of Göteborg.
17 June, 2011
Abengoa will build a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
17 June, 2011
Canadian hydrogen generation and fuel cell manufacturer Hydrogenics has successfully completed an innovative trial with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), to demonstrate the viability of its electrolyzer technology for utility-scale grid stabilization.
16 June, 2011
Alstom and Portuguese engineering company Ensulmeci will supply and install a new hydropower generation unit at the Salamonde dam in Portugal for the Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal (EDP).
16 June, 2011
Siemens plans to invest over €150 million over the next two years to expand its wind power business.
16 June, 2011
Bosch Solar Energy AG has built a 5 MW solar farm in Trefullock, southern England.
16 June, 2011
The new LM Wind Power blade will be the longest composite blade structure in the world at 73.5 m (equivalent to a 24 storey building), creating an impressive swept area with a 150 m rotor diameter.
16 June, 2011
Wello Oy’s wave power device, the Penguin, is on its way to Orkney to be tested at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
15 June, 2011
Italians have decisively said "no thanks" to nuclear for a second time in a nationwide referendum and the country must now turn increasingly to renewable energy.
15 June, 2011
GE Energy and Gehrlicher Solar will develop solar photovoltaic (PV) plants world-wide under a cooperation agreement.
15 June, 2011
Wind power could avoid €23.7 billion in fuel costs from coal, gas and oil for electricity production in 2015, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
15 June, 2011
Australia's Clean Energy Council has welcomed a Government decision to honour support for household solar systems.
15 June, 2011
Abengoa is planning to develop a new CSP solar field for the Agua Prieta II power plant.
15 June, 2011
DP CleanTech will deliver a 56 MW thermal wood-fired biomass boiler for Hafslund Fjernvarme’s district heating project in Oslo, Norway.
14 June, 2011
The 56 MW Mark Hill and 120 MW Arecleoch wind farms in South Ayrshire, Scotland, have been officially opened by ScottishPower Renewables.
14 June, 2011
Alstom will build and service three wind farms in Brazil for Brasventos SA under a €200 million contract.
14 June, 2011
A new independent study examines the future of renewable electricity technology in the UK
14 June, 2011
A dry dock is being constructed in the North of England as part of a new marine energy test facility
14 June, 2011
3E has connected its monitoring and optimisation software platform, SynaptiQ, to the largest solar powered railway tunnel in Europe.
13 June, 2011
WindMade, the industry initiative for the labelling of wind power, has appointed its first CEO, Henrik Kuffner, former Director General of the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO).
13 June, 2011
SWAY, which is planning to develop a 10 MW floating offshore wind turbine, has installed its first prototype off the coast of Bergen, Norway.
13 June, 2011
A fleet of road tanker trucks in Finland are to use Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel from the beginning of June.
13 June, 2011
Five biomass plants in France will use Metso technology as part of the national green energy programme.
13 June, 2011
TITAN TRACKER says its new generation of dual-axis solar trackers achieve a cost reduction of about 30%.
10 June, 2011
Vestas is confirming negotiations on a 300 MW wind turbine order for Canada.
10 June, 2011
Tognum will shut down its stationary fuel cell development programme, after Rolls-Royce decided that it would not take on the business as part of its takeover of the German power plant company, in tandem with Daimler.
10 June, 2011
Gamesa is selling a 30 MW wind farm development in Tarragona, Spain, to wind farm developer Greentech Energy Systems.
10 June, 2011
A common theme among the responses to the UK’s revised feed-in tariffs for solar photovoltaics (PV) and anaerobic digestion, has been one of disappointment.
10 June, 2011
Merger and acquisition activity is likely to increase in the renewable energy sector over the next 12 months – particularly in Europe.
10 June, 2011
The market for solar heating and cooling in the EU and Switzerland has dropped for the second consecutive year
10 June, 2011
Energetx Composites of the USA and wind turbine blade designer Aeroblade of Spain have entered into a Manufacturing Master Supply Agreement through which Energetx will become Aeroblade’s manufacturing partner in North America.
09 June, 2011
Tidal turbine developer OpenHydro is scaling up its production in Greenore, County Louth, Ireland.
09 June, 2011
Siemens has installed the first prototype of its 6 MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0-120, with direct drive technology.
09 June, 2011
Hexcel has announced that its test laboratory at Duxford, Cambridge, UK, has been certified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for the mechanical and analytical testing of wind energy products.
09 June, 2011
The UK Solar Trade Association (STA) says the revised feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects over 50 kW is killing the UK solar PV industry.
09 June, 2011
The UK has announced its new, reduced solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariffs for systems larger than 50 kW.
09 June, 2011
A solar system has been built by Solyndra on the roof of a Belgian Delhaize distribution centre
09 June, 2011
The CBI says the British Government could fail to achieve carbon emission reduction targets if action is not taken swiftly
09 June, 2011
Masdar PV is converting its existing production line in Ichtershausen, Germany, over to micromorph solar thin-film technology.
08 June, 2011
ABB will build two 5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Puglia region of Italy under a US$25 million contract with Etrion Corporation.
08 June, 2011
Enecsys Ltd is introducing its SMI-D480W-60, a 480 W micro inverter that mounts on the railing system and accepts DC input from two individual solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.
08 June, 2011
Siemens has announced the creation of up to 340 UK jobs as part of a new high voltage transmission project based in Manchester.
08 June, 2011
The Johannes Linneborn Prize for Achievement in Biomass Development has been awarded to Professor Kai Sipilä
08 June, 2011
Tenesol has completed its first turnkey solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Italy, a 100 kWp rooftop system at an organic farm in Ispica City, Sicily.
07 June, 2011
EuPD Research says it has developed a method to evaluate solar photovoltaic (PV) module and inverter brand management, based on statements about brand perception made by market intermediaries and end customers.
07 June, 2011
GE Energy and eSolar will cooperate on deploying integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) technology under an investment and licensing agreement.
07 June, 2011
REpower saw a 4% drop in net income for the fiscal year 2010/2011 to €55.6 million, which has been a tough year for the wind power industry.
07 June, 2011
Wind turbine prices will continue to drop as a result of persisent problems in the supply chain, according to a new report.
07 June, 2011
A diverse renewable portfolio helps China hold top position in global energy rankings
06 June, 2011
The world's beleaguered nuclear industry continues to take a battering. The ‘nuclear renaissance’ juggernaut that once seemed unstoppable now appears dead in its tracks.
06 June, 2011
Natural Power has developed high resolution hydrodynamic tidal energy resource models for the west coast of Scotland.
06 June, 2011
SeaEnergy PLC is selling its interest in loss-making SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) to Repsol Nuevas Energias SA, valuating SERL at approximately £50 million.
06 June, 2011
More than 21 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is predicted to be installed in 2011, up from around 18 GW in 2010 according to IMS Research.
03 June, 2011
Ashland Performance Materials will showcase its portfolio of wind energy products at the Offshore Wind China 2011 in Shanghai this month.
03 June, 2011
Abengoa has entered a joint venture (JV) agreement with Brazilian electricity company Compania Energetica de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) combining four transmission concessions.
03 June, 2011
The Finnish marine power and energy company Wärtsilä has announced a cooperative agreement with US-based solid oxide fuel cell developer Versa Power Systems, to develop and integrate Versa Power fuel cell technology into Wärtsilä products for the distributed energy and marine markets.
03 June, 2011
Conergy is introducing a solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting system for industrial flat roofs, SolarFamulus Air, developed by an aircraft construction engineer.
03 June, 2011
Evance Wind Turbines’ R9000 5 kW small wind turbine has been granted Conditional Temporary Certification (Conditional Certification) by the Small Wind Certification Council (SWCC).
03 June, 2011
Shell and Cosan have launched a multi-billion dollar joint venture (JV) to produce ethanol biofuel from Brazilian sugar cane.
03 June, 2011
Converteam’s 1500 V DC solar photovoltaic (PV) central inverter, is said to increase AC power output by almost 20%.
02 June, 2011
Oerlikon Solar has received a turnkey order for its 120 MW Micromorph ThinFab production line for manufacturing solar thin-film silicon modules from an undisclosed Asian customer.
02 June, 2011
The first wind turbine at the Clyde onshore wind farm under construction in South Lanarkshire, UK, has started producing electricity for the national grid.
02 June, 2011
Sorgenia (CIR group) and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR) have formed a joint venture (JV) for the production of wind energy in France.
02 June, 2011
On 15 June 2011, 'Global Wind Day', citizens from around the world can discover the benefits of wind energy while having fun, says the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
02 June, 2011
Abengoa is selling its 40% stake in Telvent for €421 million to Schneider Electric.
01 June, 2011
Gamesa has inaugurated its fifth factory, which will assemble 2 MW nacelles for the G9X wind turbine range with an annual capacity of 500 MW, in China in the city of Da’an in Jilin province.
01 June, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co will introduce its STP250S-20/Wd+ BlackPearl solar photovoltaic (PV) module at Intersolar Europe in June 2011.
01 June, 2011
Q-Cells SE has achieved an efficiency rating of 19.5% on a 243 cm2 polycrystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) cell.
01 June, 2011