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Speakers at Thin Film Europe 2012 answer your crucial questions about the industry

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:31 GMT

During our recent webinar on the future of thin film, your peers sent in countless questions about how this burgeoning technology will fare in 2012. So, we went away and asked our industry contacts and upcoming conference speakers – read on to see iSuppli & Solar Buzz respond to your questions on the future of Thin Film for 2012 and beyond.

South Africa: Solar investment appeal

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:45:56 GMT

Wind Farm O&M: Predictive vs. Preventative Maintenance

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:41:25 GMT

...or 'reactive' when a turbine's component is damaged causing the machine to shut down. New 'preventative' maintenance practices are now being developed, using high tech condition monitoring technologies, which aim to reduce the overall turbine O&M lifetime costs.

Webinar – Phase I JNNSM and the future of Indian CSP

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:02:52 GMT

CSP Today have released details of their hotly anticipated free webinar looking at the impact of phase I of the national solar mission on future market growth in India, taking place Wednesday 1st February

What's in store for CSP in 2012?

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:47:01 GMT

The flurry of activity seen in the last 6 months demonstrates that CSP is a young but rapidly-evolving industry. In the second half of 2011 several plants were connected to the grid, new projects were announced and substantial projects were cancelled. So, what´s in store for the CSP industry in 2012?

WEU: GROWING IMPORTANCE OF O&M

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:38:14 GMT

Now that North America nears 50,000 MWs of wind power in operation, it is vital that wind farm owner/operators get the most out of their O&M expenditure, maximize generation and ensure the safety of their employees and contractors on site.

Gemasolar to tower over New Delhi

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:53:21 GMT

Torresol Energy will present the critical lessons learned from Gemasolar to the Indian CSP community

Offshore wind supply chain to exceed demand for the next decade

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:54:26 GMT

In relation to the renewable energy industry is news that the utility giant RWE has announced its plans to invest €5bn in both the UK and Poland. There is also to be an additional €1bn investment in offshore wind developments in the German North Sea.

South Africa: Coming up aces for Abengoa

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:30:08 GMT

Abengoa's plans for multiple plants at its Khi Solar and Kaxu Solar sites are a sign of bigger things to come in South Africa

Indian CSP Powers Towards National Solar Mission Targets

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:04:31 GMT

Experts at CSP Today believe important steps have been taken to sustain CSP growth in India

C-Si and the Chinese Market: recent webinar shows experts opinions

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:22:38 GMT

A global recession may play a significant part in the big player drop-outs within Thin Film, but the real fear is derived from the ever decreasing price of C-Si and the state of the Chinese market resulting overcapacity in the European market.

Wind farm O&M: Best practice on cost containment elusive

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:51:27 GMT

The challenge, however, is how to achieve that one percent improvement in the face of operations and maintenance (O&M) costs that are double or even triple initial projections.

Joint Ventures: Moving forward the offshore wind

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:42:14 GMT

With the new developments moving further from shore and into deeper waters, the challenges present at every stage of each project now urge for 'out of the box' thinking.

Indian CSP - Concentrating efforts to meet the JNNSM deadline

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:05:49 GMT

Offshore wind 2011: the facts

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:34:45 GMT

...The renewable energy sector is quickly turning into a profitable business: in 2010 investment in the renewable energy projects exceeded the ones in fossil fuel demonstrating a new trend in investors' strategy.

Aalborg CSP delivers the steam generator for the first 50MW CSP plant in India

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:15:35 GMT

In cooperation with the Japanese trading company Sojitz, Aalborg CSP decided in spring 2011 to enter the Indian CSP market.

Industry selects winners of 2nd International Tidal Energy Awards 2011

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:10:45 GMT

During this meeting, the industry selected the winners for the 2nd Annual Tidal Awards Ceremony and Tidal Today is now pleased to announce who they were

Dexia: attracting investors to the offshore wind industry by a better understanding of the risks

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:47:46 GMT

Predictions go as far as to say that France could lose its AAA index if the country has to provide bigger proportion of the bailout than it was originally expected.

Policies and Regulations for Offshore wind: to what extend can the industry rely on institutional support

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:40:49 GMT

The growth of the industry is rather impressive with more than 500 turbines installed since 2003. Despite this, governmental and institutional supports are still critical for the majority of the projects and all the businesses involved.

Output capacity: the only wind measurable that matters?

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:44:11 GMT

As world energy needs come to the forefront of political and consumer discussion once again it appears the only criteria that matters to wind operators is generated power.