Wednesday, 22 May 2013
IBM collaboration aims to make a PV system that could power the Earth
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 Robin WhitlockA High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal system could harness the energy of 2000 suns
Spain
Hunger strike in defence of Spanish renewables
Thursday, 06 September 2012 Toby Price After the Spanish government ditched its support for renewables at the beginning of the year and introduced a moratorium on the feed-in tariffs for clean energy, the sector has grown increasingly weak...
CSP Today releases new LCOE data for solar thermal electric plants
Thursday, 23 August 2012 REM CSP Today’s CSP Parabolic Trough and the CSP Solar Tower technology reports have been published this month. The two in-depth reports provide real data on cost and performance to plan, measure and op...
France to join CSP elite
Monday, 06 August 2012 Toby Price Currently there are 679 MW of installed solar thermal electric capacity worldwide and more than 2,000 MW under construction. Until now, the US and Spain have been market leaders in terms of installed ...
South Africa
Sener and Acciona form consortium to build 50-MW CSP plant in Africa
Thursday, 05 July 2012 REM A consortium made up of Sener, Acciona, TSK and Crowie are to build a 50-MW solar thermal electric plant in South Africa. The Bokpoort power plant, estimated to cost €300 million, will have over 100...
Spain
Government to charge renewables a toll of €850 million
Thursday, 05 July 2012 Toby Price Spain has gone from being one of the world’s most attractive renewable energy markets to a challenging place for clean energy projects to get off the ground and survive. First the Popular Party, whi...
Germany
Renewable energy employs close to 400,000 in Germany
Thursday, 14 June 2012 Toby Price The renewable energy boom in Germany continues to create new jobs. According to a recently published study for the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, the development and production of renewab...
Top 10 stories in June 2011
Biodiesel: it may not be sexy, but it’s popular
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 Toby Price Our most read report in June 2011 looked at the environmental impact of Brazil's biodiesel programme. It was one of three articles focusing on bioenergy featuring in last June’s top 10. Other stand-...
PARIS "buffs up" solar fields
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 Toby Price PARIS is half vehicle, half robot. It has been designed, patented and manufactured by Sener as an automated parabolic trough cleaning system for solar thermal electric plants. According to its designe...
Spain
First Spanish-Korean renewable forum held in Madrid
Wednesday, 06 June 2012 Toby Price Korea is seen as “an opportunity for Spanish renewable energies”, and therefore the Madrid Science Park organised its First Hispanic-Korean Forum on Renewable Energy on 22 May; aware of the import...
Globeleq inaugurates 44 MW wind farm in Nicaragua
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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