The US Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Program has issued the third annual 'State of the States: Fuel Cells in America 2012' report, which details fuel cell and hydrogen activities and policies across the nation.
31 August, 2012
A new partnership to advance research and development of renewable energy captured from ocean waves, tidal currents and offshore wind in the US has been announced.
30 August, 2012
Construction has commenced at Maerdy wind farm in South Wales, after Scottish renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, supported the project to a successful financial close.
30 August, 2012
German project developer juwi has formed a joint venture with Austria’s Verbund AG.
30 August, 2012
Construction on the Rothenburg IV solar park in Saxony is underway.
30 August, 2012
A new podcast service on renewables has been launched.
28 August, 2012
The price of PV modules fell again in July by more than 2% over June’s average prices and tumbling 44% year-on-year, according to the latest IMS Research monthly module price report.
28 August, 2012
Southwest Solar Technologies (SST) says it has made “significant advances” in concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology that will lead to “major competitive advantages” in the market.
28 August, 2012
The long running dispute over the Cape Wind offshore wind project in Nantucket Sound, 30 miles from the shore of the state of Massachusetts, has come another step closer to a successful conclusion, with the issue of a DNE (Does Not Exeed) determination for 130 wind turbines.
22 August, 2012
AdvanceBio Systems LLC has announced that its SuPR2G Laboratory Scale Pretreatment Reactor has been selected by biomass pretreatment research work planned by CTBE, the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory in Campinas, São Paulo.
22 August, 2012
Keele University has been working in partnership with McCamley Ltd, a renewable energy company with premises on the Keele campus business park, to develop a new form of vertical axis wind turbine that could be installed in urban environments.
22 August, 2012
While policy prospects beyond 2012 remain uncertain, the US wind power sector was one of the fastest growing wind energy markets in the world throughout 2011, says a new report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
22 August, 2012
First Solar has established a Thai subsidiary, opening an office in Bangkok.
22 August, 2012
Imports of Chinese solar PV panels into the US fell for three consecutive months to the end of June.
22 August, 2012
Ocean Power Technologies, a wave energy technology company, has become the first firm in the US to be issued a FERC licence for a wave power station.
22 August, 2012
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) could be the answer to the various challenges faced by the global PV industry in the years to come, according to a new report from Pike Research.
21 August, 2012
As the IEA today confirmed that US ethanol production has plunged to a two-year low, pressure is being placed on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), which mandates that 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol be produced this year.
13 August, 2012
Shepherd Construction has completed the construction of a new offshore wind turbine blade testing facility in at Blyth, Northumberland.
09 August, 2012
Emerald Biogas has secured the funding for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in North East England.
09 August, 2012
US President Barack Obama has given his support to seven “nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects” – including a 3GW wind farm proposal - as part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, proclaiming they will be “expedited”.
07 August, 2012
Offshore construction work has got underway for the Meerwind Süd and Ost Offshore Wind Farms.
07 August, 2012
Triodos Renewables, an independent renewable energy company, has launched a new public share issue offering consumers the chance to participate in direct ownership of the UK’s growing community renewable energy infrastructure.
07 August, 2012
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law the 2012 Energy Act, which among other provisions, raises the cap on its net metering solar programme.
07 August, 2012
Germany’s TÜV SÜD has acquired UK wind power consultancy Project Management Support Services Limited (PMSS), continuing its growth strategy in the field of renewable energy.
07 August, 2012
Britain’s Coalition Government launched an Olympic-style offensive yesterday to persuade renewable energy investors that the UK is a safe, stable place to pump their cash.
07 August, 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has welcomed news that two Spanish firms are expanding their UK solar power activities.
07 August, 2012
China’s photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing base saw a major setback in the first and second quarters of 2012, with a severe slump in exports sparking the government to step in and further raise its PV installation target to 50GW according to the latest quarterly report on China’s PV market from IMS Research.
06 August, 2012
ABB has secured a key order to supply substations and transmission infrastructure to increase wind-generated electricity in Brazil’s energy mix.
06 August, 2012
Germany's RWE Innogy has acquired the Taciewo onshore wind farm in northeast Poland from Spain's Gamesa.
06 August, 2012
As the Spanish wind industry faces the crushing prospect of an 11% tax to be levied on it, its US counterpart is sighing with relief after proposals to extend the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) gained “overwhelming” bipartisan support in the Senate Finance Committee.
03 August, 2012
Siemens has won its first major order for wind turbines in Australia.
01 August, 2012