Siemens Energy has secured its first wind turbine orders in Africa, with a total of 100 MW to Nareva Holding for the Haouma and Foum El Oued Wind Power Plants in Morocco.
31 January, 2012
Nordex will construct two wind farms consisting of a total of 13 of its low-wind optimised N117/2400 onshore wind turbines for ABO Wind in Central Hesse and Franconia, Germany.
31 January, 2012
Gamesa is entering the electric vehicle and energy efficiency market, taking a stake in N2S, a Spanish start-up specialising in intelligent energy services management.
31 January, 2012
The UK anaerobic digestion (AD) industry is under threat from proposed changes to the EU Waste Framework Directive, according to the UK Renewable Energy Association (REA).
31 January, 2012
Gamesa has sold two wind farms in France totalling 16 MW to Allianz Renewable Energy Partners IV Ltd.
31 January, 2012
SMA’s Sunny PRO Club—a membership-based professional partnership programme for solar installers—has extended its Regional Forums in North America through 2012.
30 January, 2012
Trina Solar has completed its first Trinamount solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting installation in Europe – at a 50 kWp solar PV system in Cumbria, UK.
30 January, 2012
The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (REEEP) will help fund Tonga's Energy Roadmap, aiming to decrease dependence on imported fossil fuels, increase energy efficiency and increase the share of renewable energy.
30 January, 2012
Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Wind To Power System (w2pS) have entered a partnership agreement to supply an integrated low voltage ride through (LVRT) solution for solar photovoltaic (PV) to ensure compliance with new Spanish regulations.
30 January, 2012
Vestas has appointed Dr Wolfgang J. Schmitz as its new head for Central Europe as Hans Jörn Rieks moves to become head of Vestas Offshore.
30 January, 2012
ZeaChem Inc has been selected for a US$232.5 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program, for its first commercial-scale cellulosic biorefinery.
27 January, 2012
Grid-scale energy storage could become economically viable in the UK with rapid falls in the price of technology and appropriate regulatory support, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance study.
27 January, 2012
The fourth quarter of 2011 saw a drop in the number of new global energy and renewable energy development proposals compared to both the same period in 2010, and the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest EIC Monitor quarterly report.
27 January, 2012
Nur Energie and its Tunisian partners, led by Top Oilfield Services, plan a 2 GW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Tunisia, which will export solar power to Europe
27 January, 2012
The first REpower 3.4M104 onshore wind turbine has been sold in the UK for phase one of a repowering project at Blyth Harbour.
27 January, 2012
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Pilot commercial license to construct, operate, and maintain Verdant Power's 1 MW Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project in New York City, USA.
26 January, 2012
Despite high demand in Europe, there are no European companies in the latest top 10 list of solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers from Lux Research.
26 January, 2012
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module prices are expected to fall 4% in January after a 7% increase in December 2011 due to a temporary pick-up in demand ahead of feed-in tariff reductions in a number of key markets, according to IMS Research.
26 January, 2012
The UK has reached 6 GW of installed wind power capacity, according to trade association RenewableUK.
26 January, 2012
Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar and SENER, has commissioned the Valle 1 and Valle 2, 50 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Cadiz, Spain.
26 January, 2012
OriginOil Inc plans to co-develop an integrated system with the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for the direct conversion of raw algae into renewable crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries.
25 January, 2012
Eight19 Ltd., the developer of the IndiGo pay-as-you-go solar power system and SunnyMoney, a social enterprise distributing solar lamps in East Africa owned by SolarAid, have launched the KickStart Sustainable Energy Fund for off-grid solar lighting in East Africa.
25 January, 2012
First Solar Inc has set a new record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar module efficiency, reaching a 14.4% total area efficiency.
25 January, 2012
Pattern Energy Group and a Chilean mining company has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for Pattern's planned 115 MW El Arrayan wind farm.
25 January, 2012
The appeal court has refused the Secretary of State permission to challenge an earlier ruling that solar Feed-in Tariffs can not be changed retrospectively; Judge also denies request for DECC to go to the Supreme Court, though DECC now indicates it will seek permission to appeal directly from the Supreme Court regardless of today's decision.
25 January, 2012
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25 January, 2012
Telgenco of Cambridge, UK, has launched a 5 kW 48 V DC generator targeted specifically for renewable energy deployments and remote telecoms sites.
25 January, 2012
New offshore wind installations in Europe remained relative stable in 2011 with 866 MW, compared to 883 MW in 2010, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
24 January, 2012
Q-Cells SE has set two records – for module efficiency and peak output – with its 60-cell solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.
24 January, 2012
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and Masdar CEO Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber have signed a deal outlining a detailed plan for clean and renewable energy projects.
24 January, 2012
Sputnik Engineering is offering a free warranty extension for its SolarMax central solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters.
24 January, 2012
Abound Solar and Solar Integration Systems India Private Ltd (Solarsis) have commissioned a 1 MW thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
24 January, 2012
AWS Truepower LLC will contribute to the Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration Case Study with Duke Energy, ABB Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC).
23 January, 2012
REpower Systems will deliver 73 of its MM92 wind turbines rated at 2.05 MW for a 150 MW wind farm in Oklahoma, USA.
23 January, 2012
Mind4Energy bvba Ltd has launched a solar photovoltaic (PV) monitoring system offering visualisations and comparisons of key performance indicators of solar plants.
23 January, 2012
Energy storage developer ITM Power has signed a pilot agreement with retail giant Marks & Spencer to deliver the UK’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered materials handling trial using onsite hydrogen generation.
23 January, 2012
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has launched two online tools to assist state and local policymakers, consumers, and stakeholders in evaluating siting and policy issues to help accelerate the use of distributed wind energy systems.
23 January, 2012
US clean energy investments have again surpassed those of China for the first time since 2008, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
23 January, 2012
Gamesa is supplying 50 MW of its G97-2.0 MW wind turbines to China's Longyuan for a wind farm in Ningxia, China.
20 January, 2012
Nordex, will deliver 20 of its 2.5 MW N90 and N100 wind turbines to the Turkish power station operator Bilgin Enerji for a 50 MW wind farm in Turkey.
20 January, 2012
Masdar PV has completed a 11.7 MWp thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) farm in Gotha, Thuringia, in Germany.
20 January, 2012
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has made provisions for a 3 March 2012 deadline for the reduced solar feed-in tariff should it lose a court appeal regarding its original December cut-off date.
20 January, 2012
SeaGen tidal turbine from Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough, has been found not to have any major impact on the Lough’s marine life.
20 January, 2012
Mainstream Renewable Power has raised €40 million in loan notes to finance its domestic and international renewable energy plans.
19 January, 2012
A contract has been awarded for two TPS-77 radar installations in Northumberland and Yorkshire, UK, which could remove Ministry of Defence (MoD) objections to 750 MW of planned wind farms, trade association RenewableUK says.
19 January, 2012
Suzlon Energy Ltd has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the development of 3 GW of wind capacity in the state between 2012 and 2016.
19 January, 2012
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19 January, 2012
Global investment in clean energy reached a new high of US$260 billion in 2011, up 5% on 2010, according to analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
19 January, 2012
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$30 million loan for the Emerging Energy Latin America Fund II, aimed to drive clean technologies and renewable energy in the region.
19 January, 2012
Alstom and SSE Renewables have formed a joint venture to develop the 200 MW Costa Head Wave Project north of mainland Orkney, Scotland.
18 January, 2012
The UKH2Mobility project – launched today – is a ground-breaking project to ensure the UK is well placed to handle the commercial rollout of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the next three years. The initiative brings together three government departments and 13 industrial partners from the utility, gas, infrastructure, and global car manufacturing sectors.
18 January, 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on governments, the private sector and society to commit to his Sustainable Energy for All Initiative at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
18 January, 2012
Masdar and the Development Bank of Japan plan to invest in solar and wind projects in OECD countries.
18 January, 2012
Dow Corning has completed its €9 million Solar Energy Exploration and Development (SEED) centre in Seneffe, Belgium, which includes a Solar Application Centre and a Silicone Synthesis Technology Centre.
18 January, 2012
A family of genes that could help improve grasses for bioenergy has been discovered by researchers from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC), UK.
18 January, 2012
Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, is commenting on Vestas' job cuts and possible US layoffs depending on the extension of the US Production Tax Credit for wind energy.
17 January, 2012
CPV Renewable Energy Company has closed financing for the construction of its 165.6 MW Cimarron Wind Energy Project in Gray County, Kansas, USA.
17 January, 2012
The German Bundesnetzagentur estimates that the sale of new solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in 2011 reached 7.5 GW – slightly up from the 7.4 GW record set in 2010.
17 January, 2012
REpower will supply 10 of its MM82 wind turbines to Bradwell wind farm, developed by RWE npower renewables in Essex, UK.
17 January, 2012
Vestas is cutting 2335 jobs around the world in an effort to streamline the business and cut costs, and warns an additional 1600 jobs could go in the USA if the production tax credit (PTC) is not extended beyond 2012.
17 January, 2012
Trina Solar Ltd is offering a three-pronged service solution featuring complimentary design services, Honey solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and the rapid-install Trinamount racking system.
16 January, 2012
RenewableUK says wind power supplied an average of 5.3% of the UK’s demand for electricity for December and early January, reaching a record share of 12.2% on 28 December.
16 January, 2012
The Danish company H2 Logic recently opened a hydrogen refueling station just inside the Arctic Circle, to serve fuel cell vehicles being tested by car manufacturers under extreme cold climate conditions at the Arctic Driving Centre in Finland.
16 January, 2012
Stepping up to a next phase in policy support for renewable energy could save the EU €4 billion of policy costs a year, and if EU member states increase cooperation, another €2-3bn could be saved in annual policy costs for achieving 2020 targets.
16 January, 2012
There has been large interest in France's 3 GW offshore wind tender with four consortia competing for five sites off the coasts of Normandy and Brittany.
16 January, 2012
UK small wind turbine manufacturer Evance Wind Turbines says 2011 proved a record year, with sales growing by over 200%.
16 January, 2012
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) is set to bring more than 60 ministers from 50 countries to discuss key global issues relating to energy policies, development strategies, commercial incentives and industry-related challenges on 16-19 January in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
13 January, 2012
PSEG Solar Source has bought the 25.2 MW DC (19 MW AC) Queen Creek Solar Farm to be developed by juwi solar Inc in Arizona, USA, for US$75 million.
13 January, 2012
WinWinD plans to build the 50 MW Myllykangas Wind Park near Kuivaniemi, Finland, after winning a tender for project rights.
13 January, 2012
E.ON is securing a foothold in the South American renewables sector by taking a 10%, US$471 million stake in Brazil’s MPX Energia and setting a up a joint venture to develop 20 GW of renewable and conventional power projects in Brazil and Chile.
13 January, 2012
Chinese wind turbine manufacturers are facing tough times with factors such as safety, quality, reliability and after-sale service possibly tilting the scales in favour of Western companies, says analyst Frost & Sullivan.
13 January, 2012
Suzlon will deliver 24 MW of wind turbines to a project in Brazil, and its subsidiary REpower, is set to deliver 150 of wind turbines to Oklahoma, USA.
12 January, 2012
Nuon Renewables and Vattenfall have joined forces on onshore wind in the UK, creating one of the UK’s largest onshore wind farm developers.
12 January, 2012
Gamesa has opened a wind turbine blades factory in India to supply the G5X-850 kW and G9X-2.0 MW wind turbines.
12 January, 2012
Dubai is planning a 1 GW solar project using both solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technology in Seih Al Dahal near Dubai-Al Ain road.
12 January, 2012
Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex recorded a 31.6% increase in new orders in 2011, bringing the total to €1.1 billion.
12 January, 2012
Canadian-based Hydrogenics has been awarded a contract by fuel station installer Ballast Nedam IPM, to supply a HySTAT 30 electrolyser for integration into a hydrogen fueling station in the Netherlands.
11 January, 2012
REpower Systems SE has bought the remaining 49% stake in the wind turbine blade manufacturer PowerBlades GmbH from SGL Rotec GmbH & Co. KG.
11 January, 2012
BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power plan to expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas, USA, totalling a combined investment of more than US$1 billion.
11 January, 2012
Lufthansa has to end its trial of bio-based aviation fuel as it has run out of certified biofuel.
11 January, 2012
Vestas has signed a conditional wind turbine order for the 310 MW Lake Turkana Power project in Kenya.
11 January, 2012
Vattenfall has entered a partnership with ArcelorMittal, Rhodia and SNCF under the name Force Hydro, to bid for the hydropower concessions expected in France later this year.
11 January, 2012
First Solar is to be the 'Official Solar Provider' of the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Tournament in golf.
10 January, 2012
US-based fuel cell manufacturer ClearEdge Power is to supply Güssing Renewable Energy GmbH in Austria with 50 MW worth of continuous onsite power fuel cell systems.
10 January, 2012
An electronic atlas mapping renewable energy sources in the USA has been developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
10 January, 2012
Vestas has reported a preliminary revenue estimate of €6 billion for 2011 with an EBIT margin of 0%, due to deferred revenue and earnings, as well as higher-than-expected costs.
10 January, 2012
REC intends to temporary halt 50% of the capacity at its 300 MW monocrystalline solar wafer facility in Glomfjord, Norway, affecting 65 employees.
10 January, 2012
More advanced grid automation is necessary as the amount of wind power in the grid is increased, according to Vattenfall.
10 January, 2012
Alkaline fuel cell systems supplied by UK-based AFC Energy have been generating electric power at AkzoNobel’s Bitterfeld site in Germany since late last year.
09 January, 2012
Global R&D spending is set to grow 5.2% to US$1.4 trillion in 2012, according to the Battelle R&D Magazine Global R&D Funding Forecast.
09 January, 2012
The Global Energy Prize, which recognises achievements in energy science, is now accepting nominations for its US$1 million 2012 award.
09 January, 2012
Renewable energy sources continue to expand rapidly while substantially outpacing the growth rates of fossil fuels and nuclear power, according to the Monthly Energy Review by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
09 January, 2012
The renewable energy share accounted for 12.4% of overall gross final energy consumption in 2010, as against 11.5% in 2009, according to EurObserv’ER's figures for all European Union Member States (EU-27) for 2010.
09 January, 2012
The European solar market remains hot despite the financial crisis and subsidy cuts, according to analyst Lux Research.
09 January, 2012
The German Bundesnetzagentur's paper, Smart Grid and Smart Market, calls for a clear separation of the areas of smart grids and smart markets.
06 January, 2012
A process for solar photovoltaic (PV) module production developed by Bystronic Glass and Fraunhofer ISE could reduce production times and cost.
06 January, 2012
ABB has won an order worth over US$50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) to provide electrical equipment to improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power.
06 January, 2012
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Alliance have merged in the US to present a unified solar industry voice in all advocacy efforts at the state level.
06 January, 2012
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has announced via Twitter that the Government will try to appeal a ruling that its solar feed-in tariff cuts are illegal.
06 January, 2012
Trinity Structural Towers Inc has filed a breach of contract law suit against Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation for failure to comply with its purchasing obligations for structural wind turbine towers from TSTI pursuant to the 2008 Supply Agreement between the two companies.
05 January, 2012
LDK Solar has entered into an investment agreement with Sunways AG to acquire 33% of Sunways’ increased share capital following a capital increase, at the same time as proposing a takeover.
05 January, 2012
SunMaxx Solar will offer non-pressure storage tanks for solar thermal installations from its New York facility.
05 January, 2012
The Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) has proposed to include wind and solar in addition to hydropower into the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), to ensure greater access to electricity.
05 January, 2012
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has approved the 97-turbine Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
05 January, 2012
US wind turbine tower manufacturers have joined the widening renewable energy trade dispute with China.
04 January, 2012
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has approved a solar plant in California and a wind farm in Oregon.
04 January, 2012
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on its plans for establishing an efficient, competitive process for issuing right-of-way (ROW) leases for solar and wind energy development on public lands.
04 January, 2012
The Cape Wind offshore wind project in the Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts, USA, has seen another victory over opponents as the Massachusetts Supreme Court rules in its favour over the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the National Grid.
04 January, 2012
German solar produced over 18 TWh in 2011, up 60% from 2010, according to the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW-Solar).
04 January, 2012
World Health Energy Holdings Inc (WHEH) has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Prime Inc India to develop a US$100 million, 250 acre algae biodiesel and fish food production facility.
03 January, 2012
Enel Green Power has installed solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power projects totalling 880 MW in 2011.
03 January, 2012
China is believed to have connected 45 GW of wind power to the grid in 2011, up 45% from 2010.
03 January, 2012
Pakistan could have 12 wind projects totalling 1 GW in the pipeline for installation in 2013, according to media reports.
03 January, 2012
Gamesa will deliver 100 of its G80-2.0 MW wind turbines to the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) for a total of 200 MW of wind projects in the Gulf of El-Zayt on Egypt’s Red Sea coast.
03 January, 2012
Tata Power has signed a share purchase agreement with BP Alternative Energy Holdings to purchase its remaining 51% equity and preference stake in the joint venture (JV) Tata BP Solar.
02 January, 2012
Hammerfest Strøm has installed its 1 MW HS1000 tidal turbine 100 ft under water at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, UK.
02 January, 2012
Vestas will deliver 127 of its V100-2.0 MW wind turbines for two wind farms in Grande do Norte, Brazil.
02 January, 2012
Figures from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that companies have announced plans for almost £2.5 billion worth of renewable energy investment in the UK, with the potential to create almost 12,000 jobs, so far in the financial year 2011/12.
02 January, 2012
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has entered a patent licence agreement with Natcore Technology Inc to develop a line of black silicon products, which could help increase solar photovoltaic (PV) cell efficiency.
02 January, 2012