Sempra US Gas & Power has acquired and will develop the Broken Bow 2 wind project in Nebraska.
30 September, 2013
Vestas Wind Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) dedicated to offshore wind energy.
30 September, 2013
The Nordex Group has been awarded its largest ever contract for a German wind farm with N117/2400 turbines by STEAG New Energies GmbH.
30 September, 2013
E.ON says that it is considering repowering Wales' oldest wind farm, Rhyd-y-Groes on Anglesey, after more than 20 years of generating electricity, may be repowered.
27 September, 2013
Iberdrola Ingeniería, in partnership with Swedish company CorPower Ocean and Portuguese marine research centre WavEc, have begun R&D the HiWave wave energy convertor.
27 September, 2013
Abengoa has been selected to construct and operate a new 70 MW wind farm in Palomas, in the Salto Department, Uruguay.
27 September, 2013
Infinis has appointed Ian Marchant as Chairman of Infinis Energy plc, a new company that is being incorporated as a holding company for the Infinis group of companies, in preparation for a possible initial public offering (IPO).
26 September, 2013
US based financial investor Kawa Capital Management Inc plans to purchase Conergy’s sales and service units in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Australia.
26 September, 2013
Wind turbine blade supplier LM Wind Power has confirmed its intention to establish manufacturing of blades in South Africa.
26 September, 2013
Prepared by GL Garrad Hassan on behalf of Scottish Enterprise and The Crown Estate, this publication aims to outline the scale and nature of the opportunities offshore wind operations and maintenance presents.
25 September, 2013
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the world’s largest solar thermal plant, has produced its first output of energy with its Unit 1 station synchronized to the power grid for the first time.
25 September, 2013
Two of First Wind’s proposed Maine wind power projects have been selected by Massachusetts utilities to provide clean wind energy to homes and businesses.
25 September, 2013
TÜV NORD and OutSmart have formed a strategic partnership to strengthen their international presence in the energy market and to offer more services in the field of wind energy.
25 September, 2013
Toshiba has made its first steps into the wind power generation business by acquiring Sigma Power Janex Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Kyushu-based Janex Co Ltd which operates wind farms in Kyusyu, Japan.
25 September, 2013
Algae-derived biofuel can reduce life cycle CO2 emissions by 50 to 70 per cent compared to petroleum fuels, according to a new peer-reviewed paper published in Bioresource Technology journal.
23 September, 2013
Siemens has recently received an order from Spanish wind developer Cobra Energia for the supply, delivery and commissioning of a total of 11 wind turbines with a total capacity of 32.1 megawatts (MWs) in Peru, near the city of San Juan de Marcona.
23 September, 2013
Global installations of photovoltaic (PV) storage systems for commercial use, currently the smallest part of the global solar energy storage business, are projected to expand by a factor of 700 in the coming years and become the largest market segment in 2017, from only 3.2 MW in 2012.
23 September, 2013
This white paper from Kimberly-Clark looks at how organisations can adopt ‘Lean’ systems to get to grips with the problem of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions reduction.
23 September, 2013
Munich municipal utility Stadtwerke München has acquired a further wind farm from Nordex SE.
20 September, 2013
Fortum, DCNS and AW-Energy have signed an agreement to develop and demonstrate 1.5 MW WaveRoller power technology.
20 September, 2013
Google has agreed to purchase the entire output of the 240 MW Happy Hereford wind farm outside of Amarillo, Texas.
19 September, 2013
Gamesa has signed an agreement to supply of 20 MW of its new G114-2.0 MW turbines, which are designed to yield more power at lower cost at medium and low-wind speed sites.
19 September, 2013
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Florida-based Chemergy Inc plan to demonstrate a bioenergy technology that converts wastewater treatment plant byproducts into hydrogen gas to produce electricity.
18 September, 2013
Abengoa has bought Siemens' concentrated solar power (CSP) assets through its subsidiary Rioglass Solar.
18 September, 2013
Soitec says that its new concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) module has a record power-generating efficiency of 31.8%, the highest efficiency of any commercial product available for multi-megawatt installations.
17 September, 2013
Ashden is today launching its call for entries for the 2014 Ashden Awards.
17 September, 2013
Finnish wave energy developer, Wello Ltd, has received better than expected results in tests of its Penguin wave energy converter installed in Orkney, Scotland.
17 September, 2013
Italian-based Acta SpA has signed a contract with a new customer for a trial of its Acta Power backup power system for telecommunications applications. The fuel cell-electrolyser system will be placed on trial with a second major mobile telecoms company at a telecom base station in the Philippines.
17 September, 2013
Gamesa and the University of Istmo, located in Oaxaca, Mexico, have agreed to develop specialist wind power learning in the region, the windiest part of Mexico.
16 September, 2013
With wind energy capacity growing at a rapid pace, the value of the operations and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to increase from US$3 billion in 2008 to US$19 billion by 2020, says GlobalData.
16 September, 2013
According to EuPD Research's latest research, a large majority of German end-users of PV products are not told about possible battery storage solutions.
16 September, 2013
Vestas has received a 42 MW order from Bordelum III GmbH & Co. KG for their public-owned wind power plant in northern Germany.
13 September, 2013
ABB has launched a series of free educational webinars covering investment in smart grid and distribution grid management.
13 September, 2013
A joint venture owned by DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar, has sold transmission assets at the world's largest offshore wind farm to Blue Transmission London Array Limited.
13 September, 2013
The US Department of Energy has unveiled the National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center, a unique national secure data facility dedicated to the independent analysis of advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
13 September, 2013
Elsevier and the UK professional institution the Energy Institute (EI) have organised the first Energy Systems conference to be held 24-25 June 2014 in London.
13 September, 2013
A new standard covering renewable energy has been approved by the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) as an independent criteria scheme (ICS).
12 September, 2013
WIRSOL has begun construction of the biggest solar park of the Caribbean, in the Dominican Monte Plata province.
12 September, 2013
A survey set up by the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) to understand and monitor public attitudes says that 76 per cent of people surveyed support the use of renewable energy sources to generate the UK’s electricity, fuel and heat.
12 September, 2013
First Solar Inc and Belectric Holding GmbH have formed a joint venture (JV) to develop photovoltaic (PV) power projects independently acquired or developed by either of the two companies in Europe, North Africa and the United States.
12 September, 2013
Denmark’s Port of Frederikshavn, Aalborg University and energy specialist Steeper Energy, have partnered to establish the world’s first biomass-based plant producing a sustainable marine fuel.
11 September, 2013
Weltec Biopower GmbH and partner Domaix Energie in have begun rolling out four agricultural biogas plant projects in France.
11 September, 2013
The North Pacific Renewable Energy Efficiency Project (North-REP) has been boosted by an investment of almost €2 million from an EU agency.
11 September, 2013
Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 m blade for its V164-8.0 MW offshore wind turbine at its R&D centre on the Isle of Wight, UK.
11 September, 2013
The first two fuel cell-based combined heat and power (FC-CHP) units have been officially installed in Germany by the ene.field project partners Baxi Innotech GmbH and Elcore GmbH, in homes in Homburg and Munich, respectively.
10 September, 2013
Hannover Fairs USA to host international pavilions at 2014 Electric Power and RETECH Shows
10 September, 2013
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10 September, 2013
The Bodangora Wind Farm in central west New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has received development consent by the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
10 September, 2013
Moventas Group has acquired its sister company David Brown’s wind gearbox business and established a UK-based company that significantly increases its wind gear manufacturing and service footprint.
10 September, 2013
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10 September, 2013
The US Energy Department has announced an investment of US$16 million in seventeen projects to capture energy from waves, tides and currents in a sustainably and efficient way.
09 September, 2013
Reed Elsevier has announced the winners of the 2013 Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge, which supports innovative solutions to improve sustainable access to safe water and sanitation.
09 September, 2013
Worldwide market shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters declined by 5 per cent year-on-year in the Q2 2013, the first such decrease since Q3 2011.
06 September, 2013
Siemens has officially opened the Anholt offshore wind power plant, Denmark’s largest wind power project, with a total electrical generating capacity of 400 MW.
06 September, 2013
Chemicals specialist Clarian has received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in Straubing, Germany, which was opened in July 2012.
06 September, 2013
SunEdison Inc has approved initial public offering of its semiconductor business to create SunEdison Semiconductor Inc.
04 September, 2013
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) to a group of 22 qualified solar technology contractors.
04 September, 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Indonesia plan to build a cross-border power transmission line linking West Kalimantan with Sarawak, Malaysia, bringing hydroelectricity to West Kalimantan and adding 8000 households to its power grid.
04 September, 2013
M+W Americas (M+W), a company of M+W Group, acquired 100% ownership of Gehrlicher Solar America Corporation.
03 September, 2013
According to the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA), 62 countries now have biofuels friendly policies in place, by which ethanol production alone has replaced the need for over 2 million barrels of crude oil per day.
03 September, 2013
Bechtel has completed construction of the Catalina solar photovoltaic generating facility, a 110 MW alternating-current solar plant located in Southern California's Kern County.
03 September, 2013
Power and automation technology group ABB has installed what it says is the world’s highest-voltage offshore converter station in the North Sea.
03 September, 2013
Savills and R K Harrison have developed a new UK-based insurance product to support developers and operators of bioenergy plants by providing insurance against lost income arising from previously uninsurable failures within the feedstock supply chain.
02 September, 2013
Turbine manufacturer Nordex has more than doubled its sales volume in Germany, installing wind farms with a combined capacity of 109 MW n the first half of 2013.
02 September, 2013
Growing demand in developing regions will create the first increase in industry-wide capital spending in three years in 2014, according to a new report.
02 September, 2013