Guardian to provide solar mirrors for Ivanpah CSP project
Friday, 06 April 2012 REMGuardian Industries is providing its EcoGuard Solar Boost mirrors for use in the massive Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California's Mojave Desert.
Kemberg II wind farm sold to EnBW Baden-Wuerttemberg AG
Friday, 06 April 2012 REMPNE Wind AG sold its 10 MW Kemberg II wind farm to EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG for an undisclosed amount.
Despite inconsistent government policies in the US, geothermal industry is seeing steady growth
Thursday, 05 April 2012 REM The US geothermal industry continued its steady growth adding approximately 91 MW of newly installed capacity in the past year, according to the annual update on the sector from the Geothermal Energy ...
Sensus £5 million investment in Navetas secures exclusive US license to smart grid technology
Thursday, 05 April 2012 REM US-based smart grid infrastructure firm Sensus has invested £5 million in Navetas, a technology spin-off from research first performed at Oxford University, in exchange for a 15 percent stake in the ...
Finavera Wind receives approval for 49.6 MW project in British Columbia
Monday, 02 April 2012 REM Canada's Finavera Wind Energy has received an Environmental Assessment Certificate from British Columbia's Ministries of the Environment and of Energy and Mines for a planned 49.6 MW wind farm to be l...
Part four of an on-going series
Potential investors in renewables are everywhere, but debt finance is hard nut to crack
Thursday, 29 March 2012 Dan McCue Why should energy-intensive corporations invest in green power plays like wind and solar farms? According to Fintan Whelan, corporate finance director and co-founder of Mainstream Renewable Power, be...
Uruguay
Agro-industrial waste to generate 30% of energy in 2015
Thursday, 29 March 2012 Toby Price The target was announced recently by Uruguay’s Director of Energy, Ramón Méndez, who said efforts will focus on transforming waste generated through wool washing, dairy operations, pig breeding an...
Denmark
New energy agreement applauded, sets 50% wind target for 2020
Thursday, 29 March 2012 Toby Price Denmark is continuing to make use of its EU presidency to lead by example in the clean energy space. It has just announced an ambitious energy agreement, taking it a decisive step closer towards a soc...
Part three of an on-going series
Want to finance big wind? Look at how they do nuclear
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Dan McCue Writers take an idea and commit it to the page. Painters gaze upon an scene and apply brush to canvas. But it's a decidedly rarer sort who can look at an open field or expanse of water, envisage a wi...
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...