Scotland’s first marine energy park was launched yesterday.
31 July, 2012
The current manufacturing capacity of export power cables for offshore wind farms does not meet the needs of developers, both in UK and in the rest of the world, concludes a new study from The Crown Estate.
31 July, 2012
Energy storage seems ready to move away from the dominance of pump-storage facilities and is set to become a key growth market for investors, according to market analysts Frost & Sullivan.
31 July, 2012
French energy minister, Delphine Batho, has given the go ahead to 214 solar power projects totaling 541MW.
31 July, 2012
Solar thermal power, or concentrated solar power (CSP), can make a sizeable impact on the world’s renewable energy industry, if governments across the globe can maintain supporting policies, says a new report by alternative energy analysts GBI Research.
30 July, 2012
The Scottish Government has announced plans to step in and "save the renewable energy industry" in Scotland “from the damage being caused by ongoing uncertainty over Westminster’s plans” for Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs).
24 July, 2012
The UK government has announced new feed-in tariffs (FITs) for renewable heat and small-scale renewable electricity technologies (not including solar PV).
24 July, 2012
The UK government is facing a wave of criticism after again delaying its planned announcement on future financial support for renewables.
19 July, 2012
Imports of Chinese solar cells and panels into the United States decreased for the second straight month in May year-over-year, according to the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM).
19 July, 2012
Ireland must invest even more in renewable technologies, expand grid integration and improve energy efficiency, the International Energy Agency says in a review of Irish energy policies, published today.
11 July, 2012
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has launched a roadmap showing how solar energy could account for around one-sixth of the world’s total low-temperature heating and cooling needs by 2050.
09 July, 2012
Two offshore wind farms approved by the UK government last Friday are only likely to proceed if the economics stack up under new prices for offshore wind power, to be unveiled by ministers within the next two weeks.
09 July, 2012
In its first-ever renewable energy market report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) accuses the world’s major governments of a “collective policy failure”, but still forecasts a 40% increase in global renewable power generation in the next five years, largely due to growth in deployment in non-OECD countries.
07 July, 2012
Leoni has joined the Desertec consortium as an associated partner, the German cables and cable systems supplier announced today.
04 July, 2012
The state of New Hampshire has added thermal energy to its renewable energy incentive scheme, enabling solar thermal, geothermal and biomass to fully benefit from the scheme for the first time.
04 July, 2012
Electricity generation from onshore wind was up by 51% in the first quarter of 2012, as a result of huge increases in capacity, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed.
04 July, 2012
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group is to gain a significant foothold in India, thanks to an agreement to co-develop up to 2.5GW of clean energy projects with one the country’s biggest companies, Reliance Group.
03 July, 2012
US solar developer SPI Solar has acquired Italy’s Solar Green Technologies for €5 million from LDK Solar, SPI has announced.
02 July, 2012