Danish wind operator DONG Energy and wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have entered into a cooperation agreement that will see them work together - testing Vestas' V164-8.0 MW offshore wind turbine at Østerild test centre in Denmark.
19 December, 2012
Czech developer CEZ Group has brought Europe’s largest onshore wind farm into full operation.
19 December, 2012
Spanish renewable energy developer Iberdrola has awarded Nordex a contract for the supply and installation of wind turbines for the 80MW Chirnogeni wind farm, located in the Dobrogea region of Romania, near the Black Sea coast.
19 December, 2012
E.ON has reduced the footprint of its proposed Rampion offshore wind farm off the south coast of the UK, in an effort to appease local concerns about the visual impact of the project.
19 December, 2012
UK solar PV wholesaler Megen has agreed a deal with Lincolnshire-based solar component manufacturer 4Eco to distribute the company’s power storage unit Immersun.
19 December, 2012
The UK government has reduced the support for solar PV under the Renewables Obligation (RO) – the support mechanism for large renewables projects from 2013-2017 - by 20%.
19 December, 2012
The Fraunhofer Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) is to receive project funding from the US government to develop “plug and play” PV technology as part of a national drive to make solar energy affordable.
19 December, 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted €50m financing to two Romanian wind farms with a combined capacity of 57MW.
19 December, 2012
The EU’s long-term lending arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has granted €50 million ($65 million) to support a new 120 MW hydropower plant and long-distance transmission line in Zambia, with the aim of supplying power to southern Africa.
19 December, 2012
Carnegie Wave Energy has secured environmental and maritime safety approvals for its Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP). The commercial-scale project, which uses Carnegie’s CETO wave system, will power Australia’s largest naval base, HMAS Stirling, on Garden Island in Western Australia.
19 December, 2012
German solar manufacturer Sunways Production is to reduce the production and development activities at its plant in Arnstadt, in an effort to bring the business back to breakeven point once more.
19 December, 2012
UK-based Photon Energy is aiming to claim its share of the African market for solar power, with an agreement to collaborate with Tanzanian company Comfix Engineering.
19 December, 2012
Turbine installation at the first 630MW phase of the London Array offshore wind farm has been completed with the installation of the 175th and last turbine, developers E.ON and DONG Energy report.
19 December, 2012
French firms Areva and STX France have signed a cooperation agreement to advance wind turbine foundation technology, as part of on-going efforts to bring down the cost of offshore wind.
19 December, 2012
Guest Blog by John Peters, Managing Director, Engage Consulting
17 December, 2012
Thomas Becker, a former Danish civil servant, will replace Christian Kjaer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), effective 1 April 2013.
14 December, 2012
Statkraft has started construction on the 66.7MW Berry Burn wind farm near Inverness in Scotland, the Norwegian company revealed.
12 December, 2012
Cofely, a GDF SUEZ company, has completed the first phase of the Leicester District Energy Scheme, enabling thousands of homes, as well as council-owned and other buildings in Leicester, to be provided with environmentally friendly energy.
12 December, 2012
The price of solar PV systems is to keep on falling according to a joint report from the US government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Berkeley’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL).
10 December, 2012
The latest analysis from Visiongain indicates the global carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites market will reach a value of $20.68bn in 2013, driven by growth in the wind energy market, and strong potential in the automotives market.
10 December, 2012
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10 December, 2012
HURRAH! THE UK’s Energy Bill has finally landed – following months of delays and turbulence caused by conflicting interests within Government departments. And so now, the hard work begins.
10 December, 2012
The UK government has committed £113 million for renewable energy in Africa, as part of a package to help developing countries tackle climate change.
07 December, 2012
US electrics company GE is to team up with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop advanced wind turbine blade technology that could put wind energy on an equal economic footing with fossil fuels, GE have announced.
06 December, 2012
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05 December, 2012
Construction work on the facility will begin in January 2013, and the plant is to go live and starting feeding electricity into the French grid as early as July 2013.
05 December, 2012
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has unveiled progress in its quest to increase the efficiency of solar technology – a so-called “solar energy funnel”, which uses elastic strain to increase the amount of solar energy which can be used to generate power.
05 December, 2012
Ontario-based solar PV manufacturer Heliene is to join forces with Italy’s Silfab in a manufacturing joint venture targeting the larger solar developers in Ontario, Canada, the companies have announced.
05 December, 2012
SPV Market Research is a new company founded by globally-renowned PV expert Paula Mints.
04 December, 2012
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04 December, 2012
FuelCell Energy Solutions has sold a stationary fuel cell power plant for installation at the 20 Fenchurch office development in central London, UK. The ultra-clean and efficient power generation profile of the fuel cell system will facilitate clean-air permitting and support London’s carbon reduction targets.
04 December, 2012
GE has signed a $394 million contract with Brazilian wind energy developer Renova Energia for the delivery of 230 of GE’s 1.68-82.5 wind turbines.
04 December, 2012
India could have 89 GW of installed wind capacity by 2020 up from 18GW at present, helping to fight a growing power shortage in the country, according to an industry outlook report released on Thursday.
04 December, 2012
Onshore wind projects in the UK have defied the credit crunch by securing record number of project finance deals in 2012, according to a report from financial consultancy Mazars.
04 December, 2012
Solar firms from the US and Germany are leading the field when it comes to installing utility-scale solar capacity, according to a list published by solar data company Wiki-Solar.
04 December, 2012
Forget Solyndra, Q-Cells and the rest. The fall of Sharp is equally as depressing.
04 December, 2012
The UK-based technology company opens two new facilities for the development of offshore renewable energy technologies.
04 December, 2012