International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been awarded its first biomass contract in Ireland.
30 April, 2013
The 579MW Antelope Valley Solar Projects – two projects co-located in Kern and Los Angeles counties in California – is being developed by SunPower and MidAmerican Solar, which owns the development.
30 April, 2013
From September 2014 they will jointly hold a wind fair in Hamburg once every two years, and in alternate years will also jointly hold Husum Wind.
30 April, 2013
The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project involves the construction and operation of a 300 MW wind farm.
30 April, 2013
The coating will primarily be targeted at solar applications.
30 April, 2013
REC, a leading global provider of solar electricity solutions, has announced its first venture in Thailand.
29 April, 2013
As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department has announced nearly $18mn in four pilot-scale biorefineries in California, Iowa, and Washington that will test renewable biofuels as a domestic alternative to power cars, trucks, and planes that meet military specifications for jet fuel and shipboard diesel.
29 April, 2013
The BRE National Solar Centre (NSC) was officially opened by Energy Minister Greg Barker in St Austell last week transforming the UK solar industry into a global player.
29 April, 2013
The distribution division of the world’s third largest grocery retailer, Tesco, has committed a fleet of HGVs to fill up at facilities run by leading Bio-LNG supplier Gasrec.
29 April, 2013
The Crown Estate has launched a website to support industry collaboration in the emerging wave and tidal industry.
29 April, 2013
The annual yield of the alpha ventus offshore wind farm again exceeded expectations in 2012.
29 April, 2013
City of York Council in the UK has given the green light to Peel Environmental’s plans for an Anaerobic Digestion and Horticultural Glasshouse Facility on the former North Selby Mine site, New Road, Wheldrake in Yorkshire.
29 April, 2013
HybridDrive system certified while Nordex secures bearing supply
29 April, 2013
A European consortium of 11 leading companies have established the North Sea Power to Gas Platform, to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G) – the conversion of renewable electrical power into a gaseous energy carrier like hydrogen or methane.
26 April, 2013
Chemergy’s HyBrTec technology will convert biosolids to hydrogen to generate electricity in a US$1.75 million project.
24 April, 2013
Against the background of the struggles of the PV industry, another German company hits the buffers, as banks exercise their "extraordinary termination rights" on Sunway's credit facilities.
24 April, 2013
The trials are anticipated to help manage the increasing numbers of low carbon cars plugging in to Britain’s electricity supply...
24 April, 2013
With the project, Angola will double its installed capacity in hydropower.
24 April, 2013
The new segment will feature industry leaders, offer educational presentations on new technologies and discuss market trends...
24 April, 2013
The deal is said to be worth around US$1 billion.
24 April, 2013
The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)...
24 April, 2013
The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant will be placed off the coast of southern China.
24 April, 2013
Research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that General Electric of the US and Vestas of Denmark were tied for pole position among turbine manufacturers in the world wind market in 2012 - a record year that saw 48.4GW of new capacity installed.
24 April, 2013
A collaborative project in the UK has demonstrated a more than 30 percent increase in the power density of an Intelligent Energy fuel cell system, as well as reliable cold-start performance at temperatures down to –20°C.
16 April, 2013
The European Parliament has voted against propping up the EU’s emissions trading scheme in a move that sent prices plunging to new lows in the world’s biggest carbon market.
16 April, 2013
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, investment worldwide in the first quarter of 2013 was US$40.6bn, down 22% on a year earlier, due to a downturn in large wind and solar project financings.
16 April, 2013
New sponsored download available: The quality of all system components and the inverter quality in particular play a crucial role for the longevity of large PV power plant projects...
16 April, 2013
Wind energy grew 28 percent in America last year, setting a new installation record and confirming its status as a mainstream energy source, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
12 April, 2013
Air Liquide recently started up the first hydrogen fuel cell system on a remote site in Belgium. This fuel cell solution is an alternative power supply for telecom antennas in isolated locations, or which are difficult to connect to the power grid, while also reducing CO2 emissions.
11 April, 2013
The last month has brought another depressing piece of news: This time the potential demise of Suntech, a pioneer credited with helping scale up the PV industry, on the verge of bankruptcy...
10 April, 2013
Zhao’s leadership mandate includes implementing and applying The Switch’s flexible business model in China to optimise operations and grow its local customer base in the country.
10 April, 2013
Suzlon Group’s UK subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, is only the third manufacturer in the UK to achieve the 1 GW watershed.
10 April, 2013
According to First Solar, TetraSun is a solar photovoltaic (PV) technology startup, which has developed a break-through cell architecture capable of conversion efficiencies exceeding 21 percent.
10 April, 2013
The company says it achieved a record 16.1 percent total area module efficiency in tests, which have been confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
10 April, 2013
The operating temperature and altitude rating have both been extended in the latest size, says ABB
10 April, 2013
AND WOW, there are certainly plenty of new markets for the renewable energy industry – and they are finally coming out into the light. Deployment of renewables is an “idea whose time has come”.
09 April, 2013
Proton OnSite has reduced the cost of producing water electrolysis stacks by 40 percent over the last five years, enabling the firm to begin producing a cost-effective multi-megawatt electrolyser for the emerging renewable energy markets.
09 April, 2013
German companies Hoppecke and Truma have formed a partnership in grid-independent power supply systems, with Hoppecke using Truma fuel cells in its new ‘grid.systemizer’ backup power systems.
05 April, 2013
Trina Solar has supplied 33 MW of solar panels to S.A.G. Solarstrom, which have been installed at a solar photovoltaic park on the site of the former RAF Wymeswold airfield in the UK.
05 April, 2013
The prototype of what GE claims is the world’s most efficient high-output wind turbine is now operational at a test site in Wieringermeer in the Netherlands. The GE 2.5-120 wind turbine offers higher power output, improves service productivity, and creates new revenue streams for customers.
04 April, 2013
SKF’s new bearing factory in Ahmedabad, India, has been awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by IGBC (India Green Building Council).
03 April, 2013