Norway
Biofuels “promising” method for cutting carbon emissions says Norwegian airport operator
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 Toby Price Norway’s Avinor, which is responsible for planning, developing and operating the Norwegian airport network, is working with a number of airlines to study biofuel production because it wants to be ...
Research and innovation in US wind will not die with expiration of PTC
Tuesday, 03 April 2012 Dan McCue While one might be tempted by headlines to assume that wind energy-related activity in the US will come to a screeching halt at the end of the year, with the seemingly almost certain expiration of the...
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 28/03/2012
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 REM • UK: Ocean energy firms wants more state energy funds Google News • Solar power towers overpower PV panels by 20X The Register • China Now World's Leader in Wind Power OilPrice.com • Qanta...
IEA Ocean energy technology initiative publishes tenth annual report
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby Price The Executive Committee of Ocean Energy Systems (OES), an International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology Initiative, announces the publication of its most recent Annual Report that presents the activiti...
Scotland
Inventor of Pelamis wave converter receives recognition
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby Price More news from Scotland today as Dr Richard Yemm, inventor of the Pelamis wave energy device, was honoured on Tuesday at the 2012 Scottish Renewables Annual Conference, entitled 'Scotland Unlimited: R...
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 26/03/2012
Monday, 26 March 2012 REM • Japan to Ease Regulations on Solar, Wind Power, Nikkei Reports Bloomberg • Bangladesh: Energy research council to be formed: Taufiq The Financial Express • Absent financiers the missing link...
Portugal
Finnish wave energy developer on a roll
Thursday, 22 March 2012 Toby Price As spring arrives, Finnish company, AW Energy Oy, is preparing to roll out three 100-kW modules of its WaveRoller Ocean energy converter. The pre-commercial versions of its device were shipped to the ...
Why aren't UFOs drawn to renewable energy sites? Or are they?
Thursday, 15 March 2012 Dan McCue Witnesses says they've seen them near nuclear facilities, oil rigs and even hovering above active volcanoes. But UFOs -- whatever they are and whomever may be controlling them -- seem to have turned a...
Scotland
Who needs oil and gas when you can have renewables?
Friday, 09 March 2012 Toby Price A day doesn’t go by without Scotland appearing in the news in relation to its push to ramp up its renewables capacity and generate wealth and jobs while doing so. Earlier today we reported on an agr...
Cross-global collaboration: Scotland, Japan in marine energy deal
Friday, 09 March 2012 REM Scotland's groundbreaking European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will collaborate with officials and scientists from Japan's renewable energy sector to create the Asian nation's first marine energy rese...