Energy Composites Corporation (ECC) and Denmark's SSP Technology A/S are entering into a strategic partnership to establish a joint venture focusing on wind turbine blades for the North American market.
30 September, 2011
SoCore Energy has installed Walgreens' 100th rooftop solar power system at one of the drug store chain's outlets in Mason, Ohio, USA.
30 September, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has been recognised by the World Economic Forum as a New Sustainability Champion in WEF's report ‘Redefining the Future Growth: The New Sustainability Champions’.
30 September, 2011
Siemens will open its Wind Power Division headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, in October, citing the city as “one of the world's most important wind power centres”.
30 September, 2011
Mabey Bridge will supply wind turbine towers measuring 40-75 m to the Dutch wind turbine company EWT under a five-year framework agreement.
30 September, 2011
Dominion has received a two-year, US$500,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to investigate ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind by at least 25%.
29 September, 2011
GE has secured 1.2 GW of contracts for its 1.6-100 wind turbine for wind farms in North and South America over the next two years.
29 September, 2011
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel, is delivering 23 of its SL1500/82 wind turbines to a 34.5 MW wind farm in Sergripe, Brazil, for Engevix subsidiary Desenvix.
29 September, 2011
DuPont Apollo and Thailand's Loxley Plc have completed an 8.7 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) thin-film farm in the Prachin Buri Province of Thailand.
29 September, 2011
KfW Bankengruppe is committing over €100 billion for investments in the energy sector in Germany in the next five years to aid the turnaround of the German energy supply system and to incorporate more renewable energy.
29 September, 2011
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) have made US$150 million available to fund a range of renewable energy projects in New York State.
28 September, 2011
Scotland's draft budget and spending review includes provisions for developing the low-carbon economy, including renewable energy.
28 September, 2011
Duke Energy Renewables will build, own and operate a 202 MW wind farm in Willacy County, Texas, USA, bringing Duke Energy's total wind power capacity to almost 1.8 GW.
28 September, 2011
IKEA has officially plugged-in a 539 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its East Bay store in Emeryville, California, USA.
28 September, 2011
The UK Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) says commitment, determination and a long-term approach by the UK Government “will be crucial” for the successful realisation of a European Supergrid.
28 September, 2011
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and DONG Energy have signed a €240 million loan deal for financing the 399.6 MW Anholt offshore wind farm in Danish waters.
27 September, 2011
The developers of the 20 MW Grant County Wind Farm in Minnesota, USA, have closed long-term financing for the wind farm.
27 September, 2011
Thomson Ecology are carrying out pre-construction surveys for the 30 km cable route from Easington to Salt End, Hull, UK, for E.ON Climate and Renewables' Humber Gateway offshore wind farm.
27 September, 2011
The 250 MW Cedar Point Wind Project in Limon, Colorado, USA, has been completed by Enbridge Inc and Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas).
27 September, 2011
A class of heterometallic molecular structures with features pointing the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology have been studied by researchers at RIKEN Advanced Science Institute.
27 September, 2011
Isolux Corsán has built three solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Cornwall, UK, with a total installed capacity of 15 MWp representing a capex of €40 million.
26 September, 2011
Connecting the UK grid with neighbouring countries via a European supergrid would ease the balance of supply and demand, and enable increased use of renewable energy, according to the UK Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee.
26 September, 2011
Trina Solar and Sundog Energy have launched Trina Solar's Trinamount solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting system.
26 September, 2011
ISOFOTON is involved in INNPACTO projects coordinated by ISFOC with the aim to improve solar concentrating photovoltaic (PV) module efficiency to 35%.
26 September, 2011
First Solar Inc's 550 MW Topaz Solar Farm project will not meet the deadline to receive a Federal loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DoE) – First Solar wishes to sell the project.
26 September, 2011
The world energy use could rise 53% by 2035 with China and India accounting for half of the total growth, according to the US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2011.
23 September, 2011
LM Wind Power has introduced a LM e-Load online web service providing access to its wind turbine blade catalogue which could help manufacturers speed up the blade qualification process.
23 September, 2011
The US solar PV market grew 69% in the second quarter (Q2) this year over the same period last year with the installation of 314 MW.
23 September, 2011
Siemens has delivered high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology linking Mallorca with the Spanish mainland to enable more renewable energy usage on the tourist island.
23 September, 2011
wpd and Stadtwerke München (SWM) aim to increase wind power production in Europe through the joint venture wpd europe GmbH.
23 September, 2011
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) is taking a series of legal actions against its largest customer, Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd, accusing Sinovel of theft of intellectual property (IP) and breach of contract.
22 September, 2011
The first open-access hydrogen vehicle refueling station in the UK has been officially opened at Honda’s car manufacturing facility in Swindon. The hydrogen fueling station was built and is operated by industrial gases giant BOC.
22 September, 2011
Ecotricity has opened new charging points on the M4 and M42 as part of a national charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK.
22 September, 2011
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has given consent to Anglesey Aluminium Metal Renewables to construct a 299 MW biomass fuelled power station at Penrhos Works, Holyhead, Anglesey.
22 September, 2011
Gehrlicher Solar Italia Srl has sold five solar photovoltaic (PV) parks totalling 10.4 MWp to White Owl Capital AG.
22 September, 2011
The Scottish wave and tidal sector faces charges of £56 million every year to connect their projects to the grid, says Scottish Renewables.
22 September, 2011
A team of students from Ohio State University will use 8 kW of First Solar's thin-film solar modules to power their sustainable house in the 2011 US Department of Energy's (DoE) Solar Decathlon competition.
21 September, 2011
Paula Mints of Navigant, Ammonix's Brian Robertson and SolarVision's Andy Skumanich took part in our latest webinar...
21 September, 2011
Statkraft will construct the 517 MW Cetin hydropower plant in Turkey, representing an investment of around €500 million.
21 September, 2011
Following the identification of a defect in its flagship P35-2 small wind turbine and the inability to obtain necessary additional funding, Proven Energy has been forced to cease trading.
21 September, 2011
China's fast-growing industrial parks could be an opportunities for companies wishing to enter or expand their presence in China, according to Lux Research.
21 September, 2011
SolarBridge Technologies has been awarded a US$2.3 million grant under the US Department of Energy's (DoE) SunShot programme to develop low-cost solar photovoltaic (PV) microinverters.
21 September, 2011
The Spanish Technical Building Code could lead to 3.4 million m2 of solar thermal systems by 2020 led by the residential market, according to the Spanish Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) and consultancy ECLAREON.
20 September, 2011
Langlee Wave Power, which is developing a 50 kW wave energy device, has secured NOK 6 million (~£700,000) funding from Färna Invest AB.
20 September, 2011
G24 Innovations (G24i) and Skyco Shading Systems Inc will install a wireless shade system powered by G25i's Gen-3 indoor solar technology in over 8000 windows for a global hotel chain.
20 September, 2011
The cost of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the USA fell “substantially” in 2010 and the first half of 2011, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
20 September, 2011
Saft has inaugurated an automated lithium-ion battery factory in Jacksonville, FL, for renewable energy storage, smart grid support, broadband back-up power, transportation and defence.
20 September, 2011
Natural Power has deployed a dual-mode ZephIR 300 wind lidar with the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET) in Chennai, India.
19 September, 2011
The UK National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has appointed three members of its senior management team to executive board positions.
19 September, 2011
Sungrow's solar photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected inverter, SG100KC, has received ETL certification for the Canadian solar market.
19 September, 2011
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced its Solamet PV51M solar photovoltaic (PV) metallisation paste for solar cell manufacturing, said to reduce the need for silver by up to 15%.
19 September, 2011
RWE Innogy and FRI-EL Green Power have commissioned the 16 MW, €26 million Anzi wind farm in southern Italy.
19 September, 2011
First Solar will deliver 100 MW of its thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to Reliance Power for a project near Mumbai, India.
16 September, 2011
UK wind power has reached the 3 GW milestone for exporting electricity to the National Grid, according to RenewableUK.
16 September, 2011
The €14 million Energetic Algae (EnAlgae) initiative bringing together several European research organisations, has been set up to study algae as a potential bioenergy source over a four and a half year period.
16 September, 2011
A team of researchers have studied wind turbines' wake effect with the aim of increasing wind farm productivity, using Second Wind's Triton Sonic Wind Profiler.
16 September, 2011
Conergy will discontinue its wafer and solar cell manufacturing and lays off 100 permanent employees due to substantial price pressure and over-capacity in the solar photovoltaics (PV) market.
16 September, 2011
Fuel Cell Today has launched its 2011 Industry Review at the World Hydrogen Technologies Convention in Glasgow, UK. The free report summarises the state of the industry by application, region, and fuel cell type, and considers the outlook for the portable, stationary, and transport sectors.
15 September, 2011
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has improved and streamlined its Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) for renewable and green energy, including modifying the eligibility criteria and incentive amounts and payment structures.
15 September, 2011
Gamesa has signed three new wind power contracts in Sweden in the last four months including 20 MW of the G9X 2 MW wind turbines to Triventus and Spanish Power, and two G58 850 kW turbines to Eolus Vind AB.
15 September, 2011
Phoenix Solar has been commissioned to build a 227 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop installation in Italy as well as providing 3.7 MW of solar modules to various projects.
15 September, 2011
Pattern Energy Group LP and Samsung Renewable Energy are acquiring the 180 MW Armow wind farm in Ontario from Acciona.
15 September, 2011
Baja Sun Energy SRL and Arima Solar are forming an integrated solar business in Mexico for the construction of concentrated solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.
15 September, 2011
SolOptics' FUSION solar photovoltaic (PV) enhancement technology using optical lenses on the surface of polymer or glass cover sheets could boost the output of solar PV modules for under US$0.01/W.
14 September, 2011
The US had an exceptionally good quarter with above normal wind speeds in the second quarter (Q2) this year, according to AWS Truepower LLC.
14 September, 2011
Shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) microinverters and power optimisers soared over 500% in 2010, according to analyst IMS Research.
14 September, 2011
California-based SAFCell Inc has delivered a 1.2 kW solid acid fuel cell (SAFC) stack to Nordic Power Systems in Norway. Delivery of the new fuel cell stack – optimized for weight and performance – meets the final technical milestone in SAFCell’s 18-month development contract with NPS.
14 September, 2011
Ocean Power Technologies Inc (OPT) says its PowerBuoy wave power device, which was recently deployed off the coast of New Jersey, successfully withstood the severe conditions during Hurricane Irene.
14 September, 2011
Konarka Technologies Inc and the Color/Construction Unit of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe will cooperate on developing steel roof and other construction elements for solar building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).
14 September, 2011
Kyocera Corporation has supplied solar modules for a carport roofing installation for charging electric cars and bikes in southern Germany.
13 September, 2011
E.ON is a step closer to realise its planned 665 MW Rampion offshore wind farm off the coast of Sussex, UK.
13 September, 2011
Tenesol has launched Sun Smart+, a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion and storage solution.
13 September, 2011
Using nanotubes, researchers at the University of Surrey, UK, may have found a route to increase the efficiency – and thereby reduce the cost of – solar photovoltaic (PV) cells.
13 September, 2011
Natcore Technology Inc has fabricated two families of multilayer quantum dot films for solar photovoltaic (PV) cells.
13 September, 2011
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and Amtech Systems Inc aim to increase solar photovoltaic (PV) cell and module output using metal wrap through technology.
12 September, 2011
DEGERenergie is supplying 270 of its DEGERtrackers 6000NT solar trackers for two solar plants in Enna, Sicily in Italy.
12 September, 2011
Nordex has received its two first orders for a total of 20 MW of wind turbines for Romania.
12 September, 2011
Renewable energy microgeneration uptake in the UK is increasing with a 400% jump since the feed-in tariff was introduced in April 2010.
12 September, 2011
REpower Systems SE is presenting a 50 Hertz version of its MM100 2 MW wind turbine for low-wind locations.
12 September, 2011
The US Department of Energy (DoE) is awarding US$38 million over three years to accelerate the development of geothermal technologies.
09 September, 2011
Titan Tracker will supply its dual-axis trackers for 2 MW of solar concentrating photvoltaics (PV) in Italy developed by Limen SA.
09 September, 2011
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has pledged US$43 million over the next five years to speed technical innovations, lower costs, and shorten the time-line for deploying offshore wind.
09 September, 2011
The US Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a US$344 million loan supporting a solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop project for military housing.
09 September, 2011
Saft is showcasing its Synerion high-energy Li-ion modules for solar photovoltaic (PV) energy storage at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
08 September, 2011
The line manufacturer Bürkle is presenting its new SL technology for laminating solar photovoltaic (PV) modules at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
08 September, 2011
SunPower Corp's new SunPower E20 series of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels have total area efficiencies of 20% and over.
08 September, 2011
Electricity generation capacity from biomass could increase by 8 GW until 2015, according to ecoprog and Fraunhofer UMSICHT.
08 September, 2011
The relatively small solar markets, Portugal and New Jersey, USA, are showing favourable solar system returns despite other constraints, according to Lux Research.
08 September, 2011
The Southern Cross high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line planned to transport wind power from Texas to south-eastern USA, is one step closer to realisation, Pattern Energy Group LP says.
07 September, 2011
Saint-Gobain Solar is launching its SolarBond Membrane for solar photovoltaic (PV) panel lamination, said to enhance solar PV module manufacturing efficiency, at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
07 September, 2011
Trident Solar is announcing two inkjet product offerings for solar photovoltaic (PV) applications at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
07 September, 2011
Trina Solar has launched its latest solar photovoltaic (PV) crystalline module, the TSM-PC/PA05A, featuring a new cell structure at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
07 September, 2011
Investment in solar photovoltaic (PV) technology could double from €35-40 billion in 2010 to over €70bn in 2015, according to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
07 September, 2011
Oerlikon Solar has won the Solar Industry Award in the category Thin Film Innovations for the third time at this year's EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
06 September, 2011
juwi Solar GmbH has installed a 200 kW off-grid hybrid solar photovoltaic (PV) system in Tsumkwe in Northern Namibia.
06 September, 2011
Oerlikon Solar has launched a 154 Wp solar photovoltaic (PV) thin-film module with "a record efficiency" of 10.8% at EU PVSEC 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.
06 September, 2011
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is helping four solar start-ups ramp up innovations through its Department of Energy (DoE) funded Incubator Program.
06 September, 2011
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over US$145 million for advanced solar technologies to “help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies”.
06 September, 2011
SolarWorld AG is closing down its solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facilities in Camarillo (CA, USA), but says it will retain and strengthen its sales and distribution efforts there.
05 September, 2011
The Eurozone debt crisis and recent negotiations over US sovereign debt have had a negative impact on renewable energy financing, according to Ernst & Young.
05 September, 2011
The bankruptcy announcement from Solyndra last week “should really come as no surprise”, says IMS Research.
05 September, 2011
The growth of copper indium gallium selenide solar photovoltaics (PV) is driving increased use of indium in the solar PV industry according to analyst NanoMarkets.
05 September, 2011
Research institutes from Europe and the USA have adopted a draft for an outdoor test standard for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.
05 September, 2011
SCHOTT Solar has achieved a peak efficiency of 18.2% for its polycrystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) module.
02 September, 2011
wpd group has finalised the contracts for all four major works of the 80 turbine, €1.2 billion offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
02 September, 2011
US solar photovoltaic (PV) copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) module manufacturer Solyndra is suspending all manufacturing operations and is laying off 1100 employees as it files for bankruptcy.
02 September, 2011
Brazilian wind power deployments could exceed 5 GW by 2013 representing a five-fold increase from the current installed capacity, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
02 September, 2011
Siemens Energy will deliver 15 turnkey solar photovoltaic (PV) installations totalling 25 MWp in Italy and France.
02 September, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has launched the HiPerforma solar photovoltaic (PV) product line with the introduction of HiPerforma Pluto Pluto Vdm-295 and HiPerforma Wdm-245 in Europe.
01 September, 2011
Average annual global wind power growth has been downgraded from 11% to 10% in the period 2011-2016 in MAKE Consulting's Q3 2011 Market Outlook Update.
01 September, 2011
Enphase Energy says solar photovoltaic (PV) installations using its microinverters outperform the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) PVWatts calculator predictions by 8% on average.
01 September, 2011
Germany's Payom Solar AG has acquired US-based AMSOLAR Corporation and thereby officially entered the North American solar market.
01 September, 2011
The top three suppliers of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011 were Chinese, according to IMS Research.
01 September, 2011