Chinese crystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) giants, Suntech and JA Solar, topped the rankings for solar PV module shipments and PV cell production in Q3’10, according to IMS Research.
21 December, 2010
Conergy is building a 2.37 MW solar park for Indorama Ventures in Lop Buri, 155 km north of Bangkok, Thailand.
21 December, 2010
Abengoa Solar and ITOCHU Corporation will own two 50 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in partnership in Logrosán (Cáceres), Extremadura, Spain.
21 December, 2010
Suzlon Blade Technology and Idé-Pro Engineering & Software A/S have signed a three year contract under which Idé-Pro will deliver a complete integrated solution for the design of future wind turbine blades to Suzlon worldwide.
21 December, 2010
Canadian-based Ballard Power Systems has produced its one-millionth membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), the proprietary core component of its proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell, marking a milestone in the commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell technology.
20 December, 2010
A consortium of PGGM and Dutch Ampère Equity Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management, are buying a 24.8% stake in the 367 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the UK from DONG Energy.
20 December, 2010
The South Australian state government and Adelaide City Council have installed an electric vehicle charging station at the city’s Central Market car park, that is powered by low-emissions electricity from a solid oxide fuel cell system supplied by Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd.
20 December, 2010
A waste-to-energy thermal treatment plant and anaerobic digestion facility has been given the green light in Hertfordshire, UK.
20 December, 2010
Conergy’s PowerPlus solar module has passed a large hailstone test at the Institute of Cetecom ICT.
20 December, 2010
Sunways is installing solar building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) at WestendGate in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
20 December, 2010
Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro have recovered OpenHydro’s demonstration tidal turbine from the Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy, Canada, following loss of turbine blades.
20 December, 2010
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) demand could reach 20.4 GW in 2011, according to Solarbuzz.
17 December, 2010
The full details of the World Future Energy Summit 2011 programme has been released for the event taking place 17-20 January 2011 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
17 December, 2010
Conergy AG is selling its Swiss solar thermal products business to private equity company Capital Stage AG.
17 December, 2010
Following yesterday’s UK electricity market reform announcement, the renewable energy industry has largely given positive responses, but there are also one or two warnings about the cost for end-customers and potential disruptions.
17 December, 2010
The proposals for reforming the UK electricity market to include more low-carbon and renewable energy have been announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
16 December, 2010
NGenTec Ltd has secured investment of £2 million from Amsterdam based SET Venture Partners and Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund for the design, manufacture and testing of its multi-megawatt offshore wind turbine generator technology.
16 December, 2010
SunPower Corp has closed its €195.2 million solar bond issuance associated with the company's 44 MW Montalto di Castro solar park in Italy.
16 December, 2010
A consultation to be released later today, suggests ways of reforming the UK electricity market to include more renewable and low-carbon energy.
16 December, 2010
Renewable energy consulting firm PMSS will aid REpower Systems AG with health, safety and environmental management of the 150 MW Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.
16 December, 2010
The Scottish Government is looking at how to better exploit Scottish renewable and low-carbon energy sources through the publicly-owned utility Scottish Water.
16 December, 2010
The Maldives is assessing its renewable energy potential with a goal to become carbon neutral by 2020 with help from the Scottish Government.
15 December, 2010
Hydropower is under-loved and under-funded, but is nonetheless growing in countries like Brazil, according to SBI Energy.
15 December, 2010
SunPower Corporation has inaugurated AUO SunPower Sdn Bhd, a joint venture solar cell fabrication facility (Fab 3) in Malaysia with AU Optronics Corp.
15 December, 2010
Alstom will supply hydropower equipment worth €70 million for a hydroelectric dam in China for Datang Guanyinyan Hydropower Development Co Ltd.
15 December, 2010
The proposed European Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland has been awarded a grant of up to €40 million from the EU through the European Economic Recovery Plan.
15 December, 2010
SLR Consulting will analyse deep geothermal resources in the Republic of Ireland with support from the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI).
14 December, 2010
MEMC Singapore and Flextronics will produce solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at Flextronics’ facility in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
14 December, 2010
The Czech Republic has amended its solar photovoltaic (PV) support scheme so that solar PV plants qualifying for a fixed 20-year feed-ion tariff will now have to pay tax on the revenues generated.
14 December, 2010
The UK Localism Bill sets out to return more power to local communities, which could be both positive and negative for renewable energy developments.
14 December, 2010
VERBIO Vereinigte Bioenergie AG’s biogas plant in Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is now feeding into MITGAS Netz’ high pressure gas grid.
13 December, 2010
BayernLB is contributing €26 million for the 30 MW Seyitali-Aliaga wind farm in the northwestern Turkish province of Izmir.
13 December, 2010
The Zayed Future Energy Prize has released the top 40 shortlist for the 2011 Prize.
13 December, 2010
Africa Renewables Ltd (AfriRen), a UK biomass producer and exporter, has entered into a long-term agreement with GREL, a subsidiary of African agribusiness group SIFCA.
13 December, 2010
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says no solution has yet been reached at the international climate talks at COP-16 in Cancún, Mexico, but that the road ahead is starting to emerge.
13 December, 2010
The European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) has elected Robin Welling (TiSUN) as its new President.
10 December, 2010
Private equity firm Nevis Capital has acquired UK small wind turbine installer Shetland Wind Power Ltd in a multi-million pound transaction.
10 December, 2010
aleo solar AG has supplied 24,000 solar modules for a 5.5 MW solar farm in Italy for one of the largest open-area solar projects it has been involved in.
10 December, 2010
Schneider Electric’s Renewable Energies Business is launching its Xantrex™ GT100 600, GT250 600, and GT500 600 Grid Tie Solar Inverters in Q1 of 2011 to the Ontario market.
10 December, 2010
LDK Solar Co Ltd will deliver 120 MW of solar wafers and 2200 tonnes of polysilicon to Shanxi Lu’an Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd in China under a multi-year supply contract.
10 December, 2010
Geothermal could supply at least 20% of European energy demand in 2050, according to the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC).
10 December, 2010
Earlier and greater certainty about the level of support available to large-scale renewable electricity projects will be provided under the UK Renewables Obligation from 2013, according to UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry.
09 December, 2010
Private investments in G-20 clean and renewable power projects could total US$2.3 trillion by 2020, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts.
09 December, 2010
DuPont and China Everbright International Ltd have completed an on-grid 1.3 MW rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) thin-film installation at the DuPont Apollo production facility in Guangming New District, Shenzhen, China.
09 December, 2010
Wind power can and must make a significant contribution to saving the climate, according to international wind industry representatives at the Global Wind Energy Council´s (GWEC) ‘Wind Power for a Low Carbon Economy’ conference at COP-16 in Cancún, Mexico.
09 December, 2010
WWCC Limited has lodged final patent applications for its algae biofuel research.
09 December, 2010
Conergy AG is selling off its German and French wind development and operating business to an investment fund managed by Impax Asset Management, as part of its programme to refocus on its core solar business.
09 December, 2010
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has presented evidence in support of an accelerated deployment of photovoltaic (PV) solar electricity across the globe to bring clean energy to both the developed and developing world at COP-16 in Cancun.
08 December, 2010
Alstom has opened its Alstom Hydro’s Ocean Energy activities in Nantes and revealed its planned tidal turbine, BELUGA 9.
08 December, 2010
ib vogt GmbH will conduct the concept study and further engineering services for a solar photovoltaic (PV) factory at Falta Solar Hub in India, for Sonthalia group.
08 December, 2010
REC is launching its first building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solar solution combining its REC Peak Energy Series Module with the Solrif installation system developed by Ernst Schweitzer AG.
08 December, 2010
Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has received planning approval for a 15 MW wind farm at Inishative, near Pomeroy, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
07 December, 2010
Samsung and partners is setting up a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Tillsonburg and wind turbine wind tower plant in Windsor, Ontario.
07 December, 2010
Converteam and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will jointly develop fully direct current (DC) technologies aiming to reduce total cost of ownership of offshore wind power generation and distribution by 10-20%.
07 December, 2010
Suntech is setting up a 1.2 GW capacity solar photovoltaic (PV) joint venture (JV) at its Wuxi campus in China.
07 December, 2010
The UK Committee on Climate Change’s 4th carbon budget recommends a 60% cut in emissions relative to 1990 by 2030, and another 62% from then to 2050 to meet targets in the Climate Change Act.
07 December, 2010
The European Commission is set to review the exemption for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry from the RoHS Directive for dangerous substances.
06 December, 2010
An energy efficiency and micro renewable energy generation company, Anesco, has been set up by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and zouk ventures.
06 December, 2010
An agreement to develop an offshore electricity grid has been signed by 10 Ministers from all the European North Sea countries.
06 December, 2010
The Scottish Government has announced an annual award under the auspices of the Saltire Prize for marine energy innovation, for contributions to the development of wave and tidal power; the award is to be presented in March 2011.
06 December, 2010
SunPower Corp has constructed a 1 MW solar power system on the roof of the Masdar Institute building, Masdar City, located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.
06 December, 2010
RWE npower renewables has started construction on its 50 MW biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Markinch, Fife, Scotland.
03 December, 2010
A report on support for renewable energy among young people in the UK shows that a large majority are positive to renewable energy.
03 December, 2010
SunPower Corp will build a 3.4 MW ground-mounted solar power plant in the Lazio region of Italy for E.ON Climate and Renewables Italia Solar Srl.
03 December, 2010
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has awarded the contract to build its next generation Oyster 2 wave energy device to Scottish contractor Burntisland Fabrications Ltd (BiFab).
03 December, 2010
UK electricity producers caution against support for an Emission Performance Standard by Energy and Climate Change Committee.
03 December, 2010
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd (MPSE) plans to invest up to £100 million in an engineering facility to carry our research and development into offshore wind turbine technology in Edinburgh, Scotland.
03 December, 2010
Siemens has opened a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China, and a wind turbine nacelle production plant in Hutchinson, Kansas, as well as selecting Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada for a Canadian wind turbine blade site.
03 December, 2010
Alstom will deliver hydropower equipment and services for the 236 MW Arkun hydropower plant on the Çoruh River, Turkey.
02 December, 2010
The offshore wind industry has moved from a niche market to a maturing industry, however securing funding and low returns on investment are major issues for players in this sector, according to KPMG.
02 December, 2010
The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market is predicted to see double-digit growth in 2011, growing to 19 GW, but the German market is predicted to decline.
02 December, 2010
Gamesa and Eolia Renovables de Inversiones will develop two wind energy projects in Mexico, for which Gamesa will supply wind turbines with a combined installed capacity of 324 MW.
02 December, 2010
UK tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines (MCT), aims to install a 5 MW tidal energy farm in Scotland by 2013.
02 December, 2010
Gamesa will set up a 300 MW wind turbine nacelle facility in Brazil following a memorandum of intentions with Jacques Wagner, Governor of the Brazilian state of Bahia.
01 December, 2010
Germany’s utilities believe that the Federal Government’s objective of having roughly 1 million electric vehicles on the country’s roads by 2020 would not pose any problems for the electricity grid.
01 December, 2010
Sharp Corporation will start mass production of its new single crystalline solar cell at its solar cell plant in Green Front Sakai, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan.
01 December, 2010
Trina Solar has more than doubled its net income to US$82.9 million in the third quarter (Q3) of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.
01 December, 2010