June 17–20, 2013, the accompanying Intersolar Europe Conference offers additional insight into and an overview of the most important technologies and trends world-wide. Solar process heat, the use of solar heat for industrial production processes, is one of the most promising markets of the future for solar thermal technology. Improved subsidies provided by the Federal … Continue reading Intersolar Europe 2013 focuses on renewable heat and solar thermal
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New BTM Wind Energy Report: World Market Update 2012
Report Highlights Regional Trends, Production Data, Demand Drivers & Forecast 2013 – 2017 Navigant Research announced today that it has released the annual BTM wind report International Wind Energy Development: World Market Update 2012. The 180+ page BTM wind report, World Market Update 2012, published by Navigant Research, is the eighteenth edition of this … Continue reading New BTM Wind Energy Report: World Market Update 2012
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Women
In association with MENASOL 2013, CSP Today and PV Insider have announced they will host this year’s Women’s Solar Seminar in Dubai, with leading speakers including Mona Ghalayini – Chairman Founder of Arab Society for Environmental and Sustainable Development and Lori Atwater – Senior Project Engineer at SolarReserve. After the success of Women’s Solar Seminar … Continue reading Women
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Suntech’s fall rings alarm bell for China’s solar energy industry
The bankruptcy of Chinese leading solar panel maker Wuxi Suntech stunned the domestic photovoltaic (PV) industry last week, raising wide speculations on the future of the company and the whole sector. On Wednesday, the Wuxi City Intermediate People’s Court approved the company’s bankruptcy and ruled that it was undergoing “bankruptcy reorganization.” The announcement came two … Continue reading Suntech’s fall rings alarm bell for China’s solar energy industry
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Acciona wins Project Finance Magazine Deal of the Year prize for innovative wind farm project bonds
The prize recognises ACCIONA’s pioneering use of project bonds to finance wind farms in Mexico. The placement with institutional investors potentially opens up a new market for the long-term finance of sustainable energy projects in Latin America. ACCIONA, a global renewable energy, infrastructure and water services group, has been awarded one of Project Finance Magazine’s … Continue reading Acciona wins Project Finance Magazine Deal of the Year prize for innovative wind farm project bonds
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Gaelectric completes $84 million funding round for on-shore wind energy portfolio in Ireland
Renewable energy generation and energy storage group, Gaelectric, has raised $84 million in funding for its portfolio of on-shore wind energy projects on the island of Ireland. The portfolio comprises 164 MW of generation capacity across 13 projects which the Group plans to develop out by 2017, representing a total investment in the region of $325 … Continue reading Gaelectric completes $84 million funding round for on-shore wind energy portfolio in Ireland
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Wind Energy Update: Foundation Costs Top List of Industry Focus Points
As organisations across Europe use task forces to drive down the cost of offshore wind energy, Wind Energy Update [WEU] reveals the importance foundations has to the overall levelised cost of energy [LCOE]. In a recent survey conducted by WEU, five sub areas of wind power plant installation were selected for cost reduction. The sub … Continue reading Wind Energy Update: Foundation Costs Top List of Industry Focus Points
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Suzlon to sell $650 mn overseas bonds as part of CDR
Suzlon Energy, which recast its loans in January, is hitting the overseas bond markets to raise $650 million to prepay its forex debts, making it the first domestic company under CDR to do so, according to company and merchant banking sources. The $650-million dollar-denominated bonds sale programme, beginning Monday, is necessitated by the fact that … Continue reading Suzlon to sell $650 mn overseas bonds as part of CDR
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Wind energy powers over 10% of UK electricity needs
Wind power generated enough electricity to power four out of 10 UK homes last week – and that during a freezing March day and at a time when gas prices were at a seven year high. From 9.30pm last Thursday night for the rest of the night and day, wind power generated 5 GW of … Continue reading Wind energy powers over 10% of UK electricity needs
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More misinformation from Bryce on wind energy and birds
Anti-wind advocate Robert Bryce penned a recent column on wind and birds for the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal. As with his previous writings on wind, Mr. Bryce again ignores a balanced analysis in favor of misinformation. No source of energy production is without potential risk to wildlife. However, the wind energy industry
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Life After Oil and Gas
The New York Times devoted most of the front page of its Sunday Review section to a story promoting the green dream of “Life After Oil and Gas.” The story cites an article by Stanford engineers published in the journal Energy Policy, titled “Providing all global energy with wind, water, and solar power.” According to … Continue reading Life After Oil and Gas
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Enel Green Power: first wind farm in Chile enters service
The Talinay plant has an installed capacity of 90 MW and is capable of generating over 200 million kWh annually. Construction of the new plant required an investment of around 165 million US dollars. Enel Green Power has connected to the grid its first wind farm in Chile, located in Talinay (region of Coquimbo). The … Continue reading Enel Green Power: first wind farm in Chile enters service
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Kiribati residents set to benefit from reliable solar energy
Today the World Bank signed a formal agreement with the Government of Kiribati to deliver reliable solar energy to the people of the Pacific island nation. The project will be jointly funded by the Australian Government and the Global Environment Facility.Kiribati residents set to benefit from reliable solar energy Auckland, 25 March 2013
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Batteries the biggest obstacle to solar power in the Pacific
The rapidly falling costs of electricity produced from the using photo-voltaic cells makes solar power one of the best options for remote Pacific Islands, but the cost and short lifespan of current battery technology is still a limitation. Speaking from an international donors
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The UK Green Investment Bank announces first direct equity investment in offshore wind power
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is pleased to confirm its first direct equity investment in offshore wind through the acquisition of a 24.95% stake in Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Limited (Rhyl Flats) from companies owned by RWE AG (RWE) for a cash consideration of
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France publishes 1GW offshore wind energy tenders
France has officially moved ahead with a second round of tenders for offshore wind farms, thorough which it seeking 1 gigawatt of new capacity. First announced in September by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and confirmed in January by French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho, terms of the tenders were officially published … Continue reading France publishes 1GW offshore wind energy tenders
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Gas Natural Fenosa to build its first wind farm in Mexico
Gas Natural Fenosa has started construction of a wind farm in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the company’s first facility of this type in Latin America, executives told Efe. The wind farm, which will have 234 MW of installed generating capacity, is expected to be finished in 2014. The wind power plant will be … Continue reading Gas Natural Fenosa to build its first wind farm in Mexico
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Wind energy in Philippines: Negros wind farm may start in 2015
FMIC President Francis Paderna said the company’s 50-megawatt (MW) Pulupandan wind power facility is already in the “advanced stage” of construction. The company has also submitted a letter of declaration of commerciality for the wind farm to the Department of Energy. The said letter informs the energy department that FMIC has already completed the wind … Continue reading Wind energy in Philippines: Negros wind farm may start in 2015
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Techno Electric plans big wind energy expansion
Network18online reported that Techno Electric & Engineering may not have added any wind energy capacity in the current financial year it has big plans to expand in 2013 to 14 according to a top company official. The Kolkata based company so far has wind power generation capacity of 207 mega watt of which 162 mw … Continue reading Techno Electric plans big wind energy expansion
Continue readingEnel Green Power signs loan agreement with Bbva in Chile
Enel Green Power S.p.A. (“Enel Green Power”), through its subsidiary Enel Latin America (Cile) Ltda, has concluded an agreement with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Cile (BBVA) for a 100 million US dollar loan to be used to partially cover its planned investments over the next few years in Chile. The 5-year loan will be disbursed … Continue reading Enel Green Power signs loan agreement with Bbva in Chile
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