Poland’s solar market ready for take-off
Thursday, 21 March 2013 REM “Photovoltaics is gaining more and more importance. Poland must not miss out on this development,” said Dr. Stanislaw Pietruszko of the Polish Photovoltaic Association in his welcome address to th...
IRENA hails launch of Shams 1 CSP project in UAE
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 REM The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) welcomed the activation of the world’s largest operational Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility on Sunday, 17 March, as the Middle East turns to...
First sale of ‘power–to-gas’ plant in Germany
Thursday, 14 March 2013 REM ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has won a competitive tender process, based on both price and performance, for a Thüga Group project, to supply a 360kW Power-to-Gas energy stora...
How much do you know about Small Wind?
Thursday, 14 March 2013 By Marcus Wiemann, Secretary General of the Alliance for Rural Electrification Small and Medium Wind Turbines (SMWT) often offer the most environmentally friendly and cost-competitive technology for ...
Denmark
Danish farmers increasingly want to invest in solar energy
Thursday, 14 March 2013 Robin WhitlockSolar energy investment is of increasing interest to Danish farmers since the government changed the subsidy rules for solar last December
Massive global increase of installed solar capacity forces utilities to review their energy strategies
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 Robin WhitlockThe impact of millions of PV systems has forced companies to renew their business models
Brechfa Forest West wind farm given planning permission
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 Robin WhitlockRWE Npower expects the project to generate enough power for up to 39,700 homes while providing 224 jobs during each year of construction
Qatar
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) to power Qatar’s first passivhaus
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 Robin WhitlockReal estate company Barwa presented with the first of 136 solar modules to be used for the project
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 08/03/2013
Friday, 08 March 2013 REM • Study: batteries causing renewable energy bottleneck Wired • Alternative energy getting a fair chance? Atlanta Journal Constitution • TERI developing renewable energy based cooling technolog...
Alta Devices achieves 30.8 percent efficiency record with new generation solar cell
Friday, 08 March 2013 Robin WhitlockThe new technology will enable significant battery life extension in mobile and consumer devices