Saturday, 25 May 2013
IEA sees world hitting the renewable accelerator over next five years
Thursday, 05 July 2012 REM The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its first-ever renewable energy market report this week, forecasting that global renewable power generation will increase by over 40% as deployment ...
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...
Europe
Winners of EU awards for sustainable energy announced
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 REM The winners of the Sustainable Energy Europe Awards (SEE) and the Managenergy Local Energy Action Award were announced on 19 June in Brussels (Belgium) during the annual EU Sustainable Energy Week. Th...
Europe
Solar thermal output driven by CSP in 2011
Tuesday, 26 June 2012 Toby Price Eurobserv’ER has published its latest Solar thermal barometer covering two technologies: solar hot water collectors and electricity production from concentrated solar power (CSP). The report support...
Europe
Oettinger calls for weather bulletins to include info about renewables
Saturday, 23 June 2012 Toby Price It might have been cloudy with sunny spells in Brussels on Wednesday, but the European Energy Commissioner’s forecast was far brighter, as he presented the weather report and outlook for renewables ...
Solaredge wins prestigious solar innovation award
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 Toby Price SolarEdge Technologies, a leading global provider of end-to-end solar power optimisation systems and monitoring solutions, has received the 2012 Intersolar AWARD for Innovation in the Photovoltaic cat...
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-...
Europe
Solar thermal market remains static in 2011
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 REM There are signs that the strong decline reported over the last two consecutive years came to a halt in 2011, according to the annual Solar thermal market statistics published yesterday by the European...
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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