Did you know it takes 100,000 gallons of water to produce a single megawatt hour of electricity?
27 September, 2012
Our next webinar on October 24 will give a snapshot behind the development of Energy-from-Waste, and highlight the benefits of Advanced Conversion Technologies...
27 September, 2012
The agency’s first solar power project in South Africa will be a 60MW plant aimed at diversifying the country’s electricity generation
27 September, 2012
A report looking into the sector's development to date claims that more could be done to encourage clean local energy and economic development by implementing critical policies to encourage investment.
27 September, 2012
Onshore wind farms need to "provide benefits to the communities that host them", such as reduced electricity bills and investment in local infrastructure...
27 September, 2012
juwi CEO Matthias Willenbacher has criticised the German government for backtracking on its energy revolution agenda and looking to slow it down on the basis of cost.
20 September, 2012
The European Commission (EC) is preparing new rules on indirect land use change (ILUC) for the biofuels sector, but the current draft, if adopted, will have a number of negative impacts on biofuels sector, according to the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM).
19 September, 2012
Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Research, and Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister of Environment have invited 450 experts to discuss how market instruments could be used to achieve sustainable production, pricing and consumption.
19 September, 2012
The development of offshore wind resources will be "vital for many of the Baltic nations, as they look to meet their commitments to boost renewable energy generation", reports Garrad Hassan.
19 September, 2012
In 2011, Japan accounted for 7% of total installed PV capacity, according to a new research report.
17 September, 2012
The company says that after closing some of its solar cell production lines in China, its operational solar cell capacity will be temporarily reduced to 1.8GW, affecting some 1,500 jobs.
17 September, 2012
The company says it is optimising its business operations in the face of an increasingly competitive landscape.
17 September, 2012
Replacing federal tax credits with cash incentives for renewable energy could deliver big savings for taxpayers, according to a new report.
17 September, 2012
The Biofuels Producers Coordinating Council (BPCC) has urged President Barack Obama to maintain the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a series of regulations requiring the blending of renewable fuel into transportation fuel with a current target of 36 billion gallons by 2022.
11 September, 2012
SolarVision LLC has successfully completed an $18mn transaction using new market tax credits (NMTC) in order to fund a 5MW solar power system in Celina, Ohio.
11 September, 2012
The Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Hawaii has contracted SolarCity to provide it with solar electricity for the next 20 years.
11 September, 2012
As it builds up for rapid expansion, Global renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power has signed an agreement for €60mn in corporate funds to be provided by Macquarie Group.
10 September, 2012
There needs to be less vertical integration in the wind industry and companies in the sector need to start working together better, according to Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, President and CEO of wind turbine generator supplier The Switch, based in Finland.
07 September, 2012
When David passed on the editorial metaphorical torch to me for Renewable Energy Focus, I knew it was going to be a whirlwind first month or two...
05 September, 2012
Renewable Energy Focus' e-newsletter service returns after an unscheduled break...
05 September, 2012