Features for November 2012

Features Archive

UK Green Investment Bank: early success? UK Green Investment Bank: early success?

The UK has become the first nation with a state-backed investment bank aimed specifically at financing the clean-tech sector, with the official launch of the UK government’s flagship Green Investment Bank (GIB).

How to get the best offshore wind turbine reliability How to get the best offshore wind turbine reliability

Part 1. Offshore turbines need to be more reliable than their onshore counterparts. How is this creating divergence in approach as the offshore turbine industry evolves?

Optimism sets tone at Solar Power International 2012 Optimism sets tone at Solar Power International 2012

Inspired by keynote speaker President Bill Clinton’s assertion that solar energy will be “keeping America at the head of the [future] business,” solar energy industry professionals who attended Solar Power International 2012 in Orlando, Florida, responded positively to the challenge of creating a “win-win outcome for all solar energy stakeholders” through creative cooperation.

Renewable energy project monitor Renewable energy project monitor

July/August 2012: Our regular column, written by the Energy Industries Council, reports on project development in the renewable energy marketplace.

India powers ahead on renewable energy India powers ahead on renewable energy

Part 2. Energy-starved India is becoming a vibrant market for renewable energy. This bodes well for a country that has often seen its industrial and economic growth inhibited by a truncated supply of conventional power.

Comment: 2012 – the year the UK Government went grey Comment: 2012 – the year the UK Government went grey

Despite its claims to be the greenest Government the UK has ever seen, the sometimes unfathomable twists and turns that we have seen in 2012 have seen the ConDems turn an autumnal brown.

Interview: Gamesa's India Adventure Interview: Gamesa's India Adventure

Ramesh Kymal, chairman & managing director of Gamesa Wind Turbines Private Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spain's Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica SA, talks to Sarosh Bana about Gamesa's plans for India.

India powers ahead on renewable energy India powers ahead on renewable energy

Part 1. Energy-starved India is becoming a vibrant market for renewable energy. This bodes well for a country that has often seen its industrial and economic growth inhibited by a truncated supply of conventional power.

US wind industry plans for the worst US wind industry plans for the worst

America's wind industry recently marked a landmark achievement: 50GW of installed capacity. But the jubilation was short lived.

Options for energy storage Options for energy storage

Part 2: Energy storage doesn't just have to involve batteries, continues Joyce Laird.