Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing to support utility Kahramaa with the future distribution of solar energy .
31 July, 2012
Plans for Japan’s largest solar power plant have taken a step forward.
31 July, 2012
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
The Crown Estate has opened an industry engagement exercise to shape the future of wave and tidal leasing in the UK.
31 July, 2012
Renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power has submitted its application for consent to build its Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm.
31 July, 2012
The University of Leeds and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have teamed up to create a joint research institute to develop next generation energy storage systems.
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
A landmark deal signed municipal utility CPS Energy and OCI Solar Power will result in the construction of 400MW of solar energy, bring several manufacturing facilities that produce solar panel components, and create 805 jobs in San Antonio.
31 July, 2012
Quabbin Solar has commissioned its 2MW Vernon Avenue solar farm in Barre, one of the largest ground mounted solar farms in Massachusetts.
31 July, 2012
GE Wind is supplying eight 2.75MW turbines for a wind project in Santa Catarina, Mexico.
30 July, 2012
Israel's SDE Wave Power Plants company and El Salvador's El Esplendor Development Corporation have joined forces to develop wave energy projects in El Salvador and California.
30 July, 2012
The last Repower 6M wind turbine has been installed at C-Power’s Belgian offshore wind farm Thornton Bank Phase II on time.
30 July, 2012
Orders for wind turbines in the first six months of 2012 were down 30% on the same period last year, according to figures published by Make Consulting.
30 July, 2012
Algae biofuels technologies are ripe for double-digit growth potential over the short term, claims a new study.
30 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
In the UK, five new government-backed research and development projects will speed up the adoption of energy systems using hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
27 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
Maple Energy, an integrated energy company with assets in Peru, has announced that its Ethanol Plant is now complete and producing both ethanol and electricity.
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
India’s WAAREE Energies Pvt Ltd has won a turnkey project order for a 5.75MW thin film solar PV power plant.
20 July, 2012
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, has signed key agreements with the Australian Department of Defence.
20 July, 2012
TetraSun has announced the successful completion of its SunShot Initiative PV Incubator grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).
20 July, 2012
The UK’s Renewable Energy Association (REA) has been successful in a bid to manage a €76,000 (£60,000) biogas training programme.
20 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
2012 could turn out to be the best year ever for offshore wind energy in Europe, says the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
19 July, 2012
Dong Energy and Siemens Energy have signed a framework agreement for the supply and servicing of wind turbines totaling 1.8GW in capacity.
19 July, 2012
EKI Energy Services Limited is launching a strategic 1000MW wind power project in India.
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
The UK’s National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has awarded a multi-million pound contract to SeaRoc to install its Offshore Anemometry Hub.
19 July, 2012
Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed Martin are teaming up again, this time to develop a 19MW wave energy project off Australia's coast.
11 July, 2012
Korean solar photovoltaic (PV) supplier Hanwha SolarOne is forming a strategic partnership with US energy storage systems company Silent Power.
11 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 National Renewable Energy Centre of Spain (CENER) has selected AdvanceBio Systems' SuPR2G Bench Scale Pretreatment Reactor to conduct basic research and development work related to the production of fermentable sugars from lignocellulose rich biomass feedstocks.
11 July, 2012
A subsidiary of Reef Subsea AS has been awarded the £40m contract to install the inter array cable for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm.
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
The entire range of JinkoSolar solar modules has passed the salt mist corrosion test in accordance with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)61701 standards, the Chinese company announced today.
09 July, 2012
Valos Solar Ventures and Gehrlicher Solar America Corporation, a subsidiary of Germany’s Gehrlicher Solar AG, have joined forces to provide solar energy to investor and municipal-owned utilities in California.
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
Ireland’s GT Energy and E.ON UK, one of the UK’s leading power and gas companies, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop five new deep-geothermal heat and distribution systems.
04 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
The developers behind the 216 MW Northwind offshore wind farm in Belgium have placed orders with Vestas for the project’s turbines
03 July, 2012
A Delaware court has approved applications from BrightSource and NextEra to buy up two large solar power projects up for sale as part of Solar Power of America’s bankruptcy proceedings.
03 July, 2012
Wind developer Mainstream Renewables has unveiled plans for 5GW of wind capacity in the Irish midlands, which it says will export power to the UK to fill the British energy gap.
03 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
Nordex has been awarded the 57.5MW contract for the phase 2 extension of the Midtfjellet wind farm on the island of Stord in Norway.
03 July, 2012
A group of Massachusetts fishermen opposed to the Cape Wind offshore wind farm have dropped their federal lawsuit against the scheme, and have entered into a settlement with the project’s developers.
02 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
RWE Innogy has commenced operation of the 14MW Krzecin onshore wind farm in Poland.
02 July, 2012
One of Australia’s largest solar power projects – Solar Dawn - has taken a heavy blow, after the Queensland state government formally withdrew its support from the project.
02 July, 2012
DP CleanTech has taken a significant step towards consolidating its business in the Philippines, signing a contract for a 12MW biomass power plant in Aklan province with AseaOne Power Corporation.
02 July, 2012