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22 February 2012
Finance provided to the offshore wind sector from the European Energy Programme for Recovery has aided European competitiveness in the technology, but may have not stimulated planned short-term economic benefits, according to a study by the European Wind Energy Association.
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22 February 2012
There is a huge market opportunity in utilising industrial waste for energy storage and production, according to one UK start-up looking to enter into this space.
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22 February 2012
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Yingli Green Energy said preliminary indications suggest a 30 per cent decrease in quarterly PV module shipments for the end of fiscal 2011.
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22 February 2012
Canadian Solar has updated its fourth quarter guidance and now expects module shipments in the range of 430MW to 440MW, significantly up from the original forecast of 340MW to 360MW.
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22 February 2012
German solar company Solarlite has completed installation of a solar thermal and biomass demonstration plant at the University of Phitsanulok’s School of Renewable Energy Technology in Thailand.
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22 February 2012
US energy storage specialist Aquion Energy has selected a site in Pennsylvania for its first full-scale manufacturing plant.
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22 February 2012
US biofuel manufacturer Solayme made a fourth quarter net GAAP loss of $15.6m, which compares to a $2.9 profit in the same period in 2010.
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22 February 2012
Drax, the operator of the UK’s largest biomass facility, has scrapped plans to build a pure bio unit and instead will switch its strategy to co-firing, but will only do so if there is enough government support.
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21 February 2012
Institutional investors with a combined value of $10tn have called on the CEOs of 415 of the world’s largest public companies to implement measures to reduce their carbon emissions.
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21 February 2012
US cleantech developer Renewable Energy Solutions Americas has completed installation of the 227.5MW Crossroads wind farm in Dewey County, Oklahoma.
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21 February 2012
A UK-based renewables consultancy and Scottish university are looking to develop a system that will reduce the cost and expand the lifetime of offshore wind farms.
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21 February 2012
Building a track record long enough to get insurers to cover renewable energy projects is proving difficult in newer technology areas, a group of experts told NewNet.
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21 February 2012
Legislation has been put in place to encourage alternative fuels, but the potentially significant biolubricant opportunity has been slower to progress.
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21 February 2012
Global electronics giant Apple is planning to construct a solar energy array at its $1bn data centre in Maiden, North Carolina.
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21 February 2012
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has opened a hydrogen refuelling station for fuel cell buses and cars in Hamburg, Germany.
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21 February 2012
Japanese technology company Meidensha has completed installation of a 10MW photovoltaic plant in the Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo in Japan.
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20 February 2012
Dutch transmission company TenneT has unveiled a structure to steer Germany’s transition to a low carbon economy with 35 per cent of energy coming from renewables by 2020.
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20 February 2012
There is a huge variety in the way US state authorities evaluate the benefits of energy efficiency initiatives, outlining the difficulties in evaluating a particular projects effectiveness.
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20 February 2012
AIM-listed cleantech developer Wasabi Energy has completed installation of the first Kalina Cycle EcoGen unit at a Japanese hot spring.
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20 February 2012
New York-listed solar company Suntech Power enjoyed a stronger than expected end to 2011, despite some cautious early guidance.
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