Carbon fibre producer Zoltek Corporation is introducing a line of Carbon Fiber Pultruded Profiles to serve as structural reinforcements in wind turbine blades.
29 March, 2013
British renewable energy companies are being urged to join a UK government-backed trade mission to Mongolia. The country has a rapidly expanding economy, and its government is actively encouraging a renewable energy agenda.
28 March, 2013
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has approved a total of US$288 million in financing for two wind power projects in Pakistan and Peru.
28 March, 2013
the first time First Solar became the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor in 2012, with more than 500 megawatts (MW) of projects completed.
28 March, 2013
A UK government scheme to incentivise householders to install renewable heat technologies has been delayed for the second time, prompting widespread disappointment across the renewable heat industry.
28 March, 2013
Leading companies in the micro combined heat and power (micro CHP) sector in the UK have set out a strategic vision for the role of micro CHP as a key component of an emerging smarter energy sector.
27 March, 2013
The company has announced it will sell or shut down its loss-making solar energy operations.
27 March, 2013
Another day, another top ten turbine manufacturer list: this time it's MAKE Consulting, and it has Vestas at number 1.
27 March, 2013
American Honda Motor Co has installed a 1 MW fuel cell system on its Torrance, California campus. The fuel cell power plant consists of five Bloom Energy Servers, each producing 200 kW of clean electric power.
27 March, 2013
At its second annual Conference Supergrid 2013, the Friends of the Supergrid published two new Reports on the development of Supergrid technology.
26 March, 2013
Researchers from Iowa University's Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies (CSET) have shown that catalytic pyrolysis of microalgae produces valuable petrochemicals and ammonia, the latter of which can be recycled as a fertiliser for microalgae cultivation.
26 March, 2013
The Scottish Government has given consent for the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay.
26 March, 2013
The Swiss solar equipment maker is expected to ask shareholders for 150 million Swiss francs (US$159.5 million) after a slump in demand for solar cells pushed it to a full-year loss.
26 March, 2013
Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Committee suggest that targets and milestones should be set for the period to 2050.
26 March, 2013
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has acquired the SolarExcel company.
25 March, 2013
The design makes installations easier and reduces logistics costs, it says, and is available across its full range of 72-cell monocrystalline and 60-cell polycrystalline modules.
25 March, 2013
It will install 124, 2.3MW wind turbines for the South Kent wind project in Canada.
25 March, 2013
Ontario’s new Niagara Tunnel is now in service to produce more clean, renewable electricity at the Sir Adam Beck generating complex.
25 March, 2013
To further strengthen Cornwall’s position as a leading centre for marine energy, approximately £2mn of Convergence European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) has been made available for marine renewables companies.
25 March, 2013
The new organisation has made its first direct equity investment in offshore wind through acquiring a 24.95% stake in Rhyl Flats Wind Farm.
22 March, 2013
Investment in renewable energy in the UK could be at risk if construction on EDF’s Hinkley Point nuclear power station – the first nuclear power station to receive planning approval in the UK since Sizewell B over two decades ago- is allowed to proceed, according to environmental group Greenpeace.
21 March, 2013
Suntech Power Holdings, the China-based maker of solar panels, declared bankruptcy on Wednesday, the state news agency Xinhua said.
20 March, 2013
Government incentives such as feed-in tariff systems, along with support mechanisms for energy independence, have promoted the use of renewable energy, thereby lending momentum to the inverter market for renewable energy systems in Europe, according to new research by Frost & Sullivan.
20 March, 2013
The order, from Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Pattern Energy Group LP is for the supply and installation of 124 wind turbines for the South Kent wind project in Canada.
20 March, 2013
The test stand has taken two years to develop, in collaboration with experts at TÜV Rheinland PTL in Arizona.
20 March, 2013
Narec will test the prototype power train for the SeaGen-S 2 megawatt (MW) device developed by Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT).
19 March, 2013
Scientists working for the organisation say they have developed a redox flow battery that reaches stack power up to 25 kW, with a cell size of 0.5 square metres, 8 times larger than the previous A4-sized systems.
19 March, 2013
The SolarExcel company, based in Venray (Netherlands), has developed a proprietary light trapping technology that it says can significantly increase the efficiency of solar panels.
19 March, 2013
Planning consent was given today for construction of the first new nuclear power station in the UK since 1995.
19 March, 2013
Following testing, LeitWind's 4Q frequency converter technology, LeitDrive, will be installed across Leitwind's turbine range.
19 March, 2013
Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that the energy reserves contained in wind and bioenergy projects in the US and Brazil are significant compared to oil and gas.
19 March, 2013
ABB, the global power and automation technology group, has led a $12mn investment in Scotrenewables Tidal Power, a provider of tidal turbine systems, to support the rollout of a new hydrokinetic device and expand ABB’s renewable energy assets.
18 March, 2013
The inauguration of Shams 1, a 100 MW solar thermal plant, is a major milestone in the development and deployment of renewable energy in the Middle East.
18 March, 2013
A new report suggests that Japan could overtake Germany and the US
18 March, 2013
The UK Renewable Energy Association has published its first ever industry confidence survey, finding "modest optimism" in the short term, but some doubts over key policies.
18 March, 2013
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15 March, 2013
EU Member States will have to plan the use of their sea space and work together where they share a sea basin, according to a proposed European Commission Directive on maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management published today in Brussels.
14 March, 2013
the European Parliament has called for the "successful" 2020 renewable energy target to be prolonged to 2030.
14 March, 2013
The solar industry in the US added a record 3.3 GW of Capacity last year...
14 March, 2013
The company says it will have a prototype ready for display at the Intersolar Munich event later this year.
14 March, 2013
The projects in Somerset, Devon and Buckinghamshire range from 2.2MW to 5.8MW
14 March, 2013
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13 March, 2013
The cost of enzymes, pre-treatment and fermentation have fallen significantly, but cellulosic biofuels still have some way to go to reduce project capital expenditure if they are to be competitive with corn-based ethanol and with gasoline, according to new research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
13 March, 2013
Researchers at King Saud University (KSU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have developed, engineered, and built an innovative and low-cost system of concentrating solar collectors that is currently being tested at the KSU campus in Riyadh prior to commercialisation.
13 March, 2013
Centrosolar says it will shortly begin offering solar energy storage systems, providing round-the-clock access to electricity produced by photovoltaic plants.
13 March, 2013
Solar Frontier has announced today achievement of bankability with UniCredit Leasing, a leading European company for asset-based financing solutions.
13 March, 2013
Developer RWE Npower expects the project to power the equivalent of up to 39,700 homes and to support up to 150 jobs during its construction phase.
13 March, 2013
The two test centres feature indoor testing facilities of more than 27,000 square metres.
12 March, 2013
The Wind Review’s wind index concludes that the windiest locations, compared against long-term average, were Iceland, the Baltic and Denmark.
12 March, 2013
Provisional Nordex Group sales rose by 17.3 percent to EUR 1,075.3 million (versus previous year EUR 916.8 mn). Earnings before interest, taxes and exceptionals rose to EUR 14 million, overturning a previous year's loss of EUR 7.6 million.
12 March, 2013
Rohit Khanna, program manager of the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, will deliver keynote remarks at the conference, to be held on April 11 at the Marriott Marquis New York.
12 March, 2013
The company has opened a regional office in Boston to cover the US North-East markets.
12 March, 2013
Garrad joined the wind energy industry in 1979 and was President and later Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan...
08 March, 2013
The study, conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), investigates whether wind can still serve as a cost-effective hedge against rising natural gas prices, given the significant reduction in gas prices in recent years, coupled with expectations that gas prices will remain low.
08 March, 2013
The annual US$4 million prize recognises individuals, companies, organisations and schools making a significant impact in the fields of renewable energy and sustainability.
08 March, 2013
The first orders from a new production line have been delivered, and the company reports having over 200 megawatts (MW) of orders booked.
07 March, 2013
Alstom and NaturEner Energy Canada will supply up to 414 MW of wind turbines for NaturEner’s Wild Rose Projects in Alberta.
07 March, 2013
A new survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV systems.
06 March, 2013
In the study by NREL's National Center for Photovoltaics, Silicon Energy’s modules outperformed five other module designs with respect to degradation mechanisms such as potential-induced degradation, delamination and corrosion.
06 March, 2013
The award has been made as part of the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme, which is aimed at technologies that have the potential to reduce the cost of offshore wind.
05 March, 2013
The installation of the 5 MW high-speed drive trains - for CSIC (Chongqing) Haizhuang Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd - was the company's first in China.
04 March, 2013
Over recent weeks, more than 30 institutions and companies have joined the umbrella association that promotes the further development of energy storage
04 March, 2013
The new polycrystalline module features cells based on Q.ANTUM technology, which the company says generates higher module power.
04 March, 2013