Amidst the world economic recession and credit crisis, the solar industry is quickly amassing nearly as many predictions of gloom and doom as it attracted wildly optimistic forecasts a year ago. Some analysts claim the worst is not yet over and...
Despite headline-making growth figures, the wind industry is still a relatively young one and as such, optimization of the technology continues. Indeed, it has been argued that some wind turbines have been pressed into production prematurely and have suffered from design-related...
This spring, building activities for WeserWind GmbH Offshore Construction Georgsmarienhütte’s huge new 45 metre-high manufacturing facility for 5–6+ MW class offshore wind turbine substructures, were in full swing....
In mid-2007 Multibrid GmbH inaugurated a new assembly plant for its innovative 5 MW M5000 offshore wind turbine model in Bremerhaven, Germany. The same year AREVA Group, world leader in nuclear power and electricity transmission and distribution, acquired a 51% majority...
Commodities lawyers have in recent years seen a marked growth in work relating to renewable energy. This was to be expected, even inevitable, as renewable energy products, notably biofuels, come to be traded as commodities....
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is one of the youngest nations in the world, released into independence in 1986 after a tumultuous history under various colonial powers. FSM covers a land area of just 702 km-squared but an enormous Exclusive...
American Electric Power’s high voltage transmission map is the proverbial picture that is worth a thousand words. The map shows the new 765 kV lines that the US needs to make wind energy capable of producing 20% of electricity supply. They...
The use of tracking technology allowing solar modules to follow the course of the sun (and so optimize the incident angle of sunlight on their surface) can increase electricity production by around a third, and some claim by as much as...
At this spring’s gathering of the European wind industry at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC), the mood was upbeat. There was little evidence that the economic downturn will spell long-term stagnation for the wind sector. Indeed, far from...
Walking down the cobblestone pathway that connects the buildings of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Dr Brigitte Knopf looked up at the white stucco Einstein Tower looming above her. Built in 1920, the observatory was designed to celebrate...
If the Green Energy and Green Economy Act (Bill 150) is passed as expected in May 2009, Ontario will become the first North American jurisdiction with an incentive system modeled after German feed-in tariffs (FITs), according to incentive expert Paul Gipe....
'This would be our largest renewable energy project thus far,' said Michael W. Allman, president and chief executive officer of Sempra Generation, 'and move us closer to our stated goal of becoming the first US company to own 500 MW of...
The power industry is widely recognized as one of the main actors in efforts to control increasing levels of global carbon emissions. With mounting pressure from global leaders and regulators such as those governing the European Union, evolving and stringent climate...
The team behind a new solar heating plant recently unveiled in Arizona expects the performance not only to be "sensationally high," but that this may turn out to be the solar array with the best output worldwide. The plant provides industrial...
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