The UK Government has announced it will invest over £200 million on innovation centres focusing on green and renewable energy, and £20m into two clean technology funds.
27 May, 2011
Wind Prospect Group has launched a £10 million corporate retail bond onto the UK market for renewable energy.
26 May, 2011
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable has given more detail on the governance and business model of the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
25 May, 2011
Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) says it will reduce production of solar wafers, cells and modules, from 1 July in response to the current market conditions, cutting 500 jobs.
25 May, 2011
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is one step closer to operation as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg outlines further details.
24 May, 2011
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has signed a distribution agreement with RES On-Site Ltd to market, sell, install, and service Ceramic Fuel Cells’ BlueGen™ solid oxide fuel cell gas-to-electricity units in the UK.
24 May, 2011
Gamesa will invest up to €50 million over the next five years to buy stakes in companies developing promising renewable energy technologies.
23 May, 2011
The UK is to put in place the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gases of any developed country, with the Government saying it will halve carbon dioxide emissions by 2025.
19 May, 2011
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said in a recording played at All-Energy that the Scottish Government aims for 100% renewable energy by 2020.
18 May, 2011
Scottish Renewables has outlined what the re-elected Scottish Government must do to meet its proposed target of 100% renewable energy by 2020.
18 May, 2011
The UK could be sitting on a renewable energy goldmine if the Government gets the Electricity Market Reform right, according to KPMG.
17 May, 2011
The UK Government should be upfront about nuclear ‘hidden’ subsidies, warns the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) in its review of the Electricity Market Reform (EMR).
16 May, 2011
The electricity authority of Ecuador adopted a system of feed-in tariffs for the development of renewable energy in April 2011. The regulations cover both continental Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.
16 May, 2011
The Republic of Korea’s Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is establishing its first regional office outside the Republic of Korea at Risø DTU in Denmark.
13 May, 2011
Gamesa has seen a 67% jump in net profit to €13 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011 with international markets driving sales.
13 May, 2011
SolarWorld has seen a strong first quarter (Q1) of 2011 with net income more than doubling to €12.5 million compared to the same period last year.
12 May, 2011
Conergy has seen an 8.6% rise in sales in the first quarter of 2011 to €163.3 million despite difficult market conditions.
12 May, 2011
Q-Cells’ first quarter (Q1) results have been hit by weak demand and regulatory uncertainty in France and Italy with sales dropping 46% to €125.1 million.
12 May, 2011
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments declined in Q1’11 compared with the previous quarter, for the first time since the beginning of 2009, says IMS Research.
11 May, 2011
US solar thin-film giant First Solar has entered a strategic cooperation framework agreement with China Power International New Energy Holding Ltd (CPINE) for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in China, the US and other international markets.
11 May, 2011
Renewable energy could contribute 80% of global energy supply by 2050, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
10 May, 2011
The UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has concluded that a renewable energy share of around 30% by 2030 would be “appropriate.”
09 May, 2011
Insurance provider GCube and South African underwriter C&G have entered a partnership with a total capacity available of just under ZAR4 billion for new renewable energy projects in South Africa.
09 May, 2011
The UK think tank Policy Exchange is calling on the UK to abolish its EU renewable energy target and rather focus on energy efficiency and other low-carbon technologies.
06 May, 2011
Italy has passed Conto Energia IV under which current renewable energy tariffs will be reduced on a monthly basis until the end of 2012, effective from 1 June 2011.
06 May, 2011
Conergy Group is launching its Conergy ON solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to the Canadian market and has entered a manufacturing agreement in Ontario to ensure the solar modules are compliant with Ontario feed-in tariff requirements.
06 May, 2011
There is a need for specific offshore wind regulations to prevent accidents when developing offshore wind farms, according to offshore safety professionals.
05 May, 2011
Sunways AG has reported an EBIT loss of €3.5 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011 compared to an operating profit of €4.7m in the same period last year.
04 May, 2011
Vestas has seen its net loss more than double to €85 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 due to a low level of activity during the period.
04 May, 2011
Oil and gas giant Total is buying 60% of SunPower’s Class A and B common shares for US$23.25 per share.
03 May, 2011