Solar manufacturer Conergy AG has reached an agreement with its financing banks to extend its loans to the end of 2011.
30 July, 2010
Sharp Corporation is doubling its annual production capacity for crystalline solar cell modules to 500 MW at Sharp Manufacturing Company of U.K. (SUKM).
30 July, 2010
Spanish wind turbine producer Gamesa saw a 65% tumble in net profit in the first half (H1) of 2010 to €22 million.
30 July, 2010
SolarWorld AG has reported a 6% increase in profit after tax to €29.6 million for the second quarter (Q2) of 2010.
29 July, 2010
The renewable energy industry in the UK is positive overall, to the announcements from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
28 July, 2010
The UK Government has announced its plans for the future of the UK’s low-carbon energy future, with action points towards 2050.
28 July, 2010
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a list of 32 action points for saving energy through the Green Deal, ensure energy security and a low-carbon energy future, manage the UK’s energy legacy and drive ambitious action on climate change domestically and internationally.
28 July, 2010
Solar power will generate 126 TWh of renewable power around the world by 2020, more than the 108 TWh to be generated by geothermal facilities, according to the latest International Energy Outlook 2010 from the US Department of Energy.
28 July, 2010
The global energy industry remains focused with encouraging levels of new projects emerging according to EIC Monitor, a quarterly report from the EIC, the trade association for UK companies that supply capital goods and services to the energy industries worldwide.
27 July, 2010
Wind turbine manufacturer REpower says its result for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2010/2011 fell 29% to €204 million.
27 July, 2010
The solar photovoltaic (PV) module market is set to decline from 2011, according to IMS Research.
26 July, 2010
The UK South West RDA (regional development agency) has invested £2.5 million into the South West Cleantech Co-investment Fund.
23 July, 2010
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Mitsubishi will cooperate on low-carbon energy developments.
22 July, 2010
Applied Materials is discontinuing sales of its SunFab lines for thin-film solar panel manufacturing to new customers in a restructuring of its Energy and Environmental Solutions segment.
22 July, 2010
The UK has launched a Parliamentary forum for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.
20 July, 2010
REC Group has reported a net profit of NOK757 million in the second quarter (Q2) of 2010, compared to a loss of NOK684m in the same period in 2009.
20 July, 2010
The UK Carbon Trust has launched a service to stimulate investment in early-stage cleantech and low-carbon companies.
19 July, 2010
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has appointed one of Australia’s leading retailers, Harvey Norman, to distribute its BlueGen™ solid oxide fuel cell gas-to-electricity generators, through the Harvey Norman Commercial Division.
19 July, 2010
Up to $500 million could be invested in Canadian renewable energy following a recent meeting in China, says Canadian Bioenergy Association (CanBio) President and Executive Director, Douglas Bradley.
16 July, 2010
The UK is cutting £34 million of low carbon and renewable energy spending, says the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
16 July, 2010
Renewable energy topped fossil fuels and nuclear for the second year in a row in the USA and Europe in 2009, according to the Global Wind Energy Association (GWEC).
16 July, 2010
South Korea is setting up a 1.5 trillion won (~US$1.25 billion) green fund.
15 July, 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q2’10 to 3.7 GW, generating US$7.1 billion in revenues according to IMS Research’s latest quarterly report on the solar cell & module market.
14 July, 2010
RenewableUK has welcomed the UK Government’s announced consultation process for a new Microgeneration Strategy, aimed at helping communities become more energy self-sufficient and use more renewable energy.
14 July, 2010
The revisions to the Italian feed-in tariff are welcome, according to Italian clean energy products company Acta.
13 July, 2010
The UK Government will help communities become heat and power self-sufficient through the use of renewable microgeneration, amongst other things, says Climate Change Minister Greg Barker.
12 July, 2010
Centrosolar Group AG says it is almost doubling its earnings forecast for 2010 from €14-16 million to €24-28m.
12 July, 2010
Global electricity demand growth is set to resume in 2010 following the temporary fall in demand in 2009.
09 July, 2010
Downing Corporate Finance Ltd and Low Carbon Investors Ltd have launched the Downing Low Carbon EIS [enterprise investment scheme) Fund for renewable energy installations qualifying for UK feed-in tariffs.
09 July, 2010
Renewable energy could supply 97% of the European Union’s electricity supply by 2050, according to the study ‘Energy [R]evolution – Towards a Fully Renewable Energy Supply in the EU 27’ by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace.
09 July, 2010
A ban on councils in the UK selling green electricity into the national grid is to be overturned, UK Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne announces.
08 July, 2010
Energy efficiency could have twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear and clean coal combined, according to the Energy Efficiency Council of Australia.
08 July, 2010
Denmark's Dong energy will receive a £250m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to build the 1GW London Array offshore wind farm.
08 July, 2010
Many countries are well-suited to solar power, and incentives and low-cost financing mechanisms should be offered to make the energy transition possible, says the head of the region’s largest funding agency.
07 July, 2010
The Federal Network Agency announcement shows a ten-fold increase in comparison to the previous year, reports EuPD Research.
07 July, 2010
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07 July, 2010
The new office will features a solar product training centre for distributors and installers.
07 July, 2010
The "Renewable Energy Snapshots" report, published today by the EU Joint Research Centre's Institute for Energy (IE), shows that renewable energy sources accounted for 62% (17GW) of the new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU27 in 2009.
07 July, 2010
Following weeks of discussion between the German Parliament and the Federal States on the funding of Solar Photovoltaic (PV), the mediation committee seems to be heading towards an agreement.
06 July, 2010
Global photovoltaic demand continues to soar in 2010 and is currently projected to double the rate of installations compared to last year, according to the international solar energy market research and consulting company
06 July, 2010
Korea’s conglomerate said it plans to almost double its annual module and cell production capacity from the current levels of 320MW and 370MW to 600MW, respectively, by early 2011.
06 July, 2010
As of July, 8, 2010, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) will be a fully fledged international organisation.
05 July, 2010
Renewable energies must generate almost half of the world’s power by 2050, up from the current level of 18%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
02 July, 2010
UK service provider of renewable energy systems, Ownergy, has launched an online ‘Simple Guide to Renewable Energy Tariffs.’
02 July, 2010