Renewable News
The latest renewable energy news and information from the alternative energy industry.
Major Climate and Energy Bill This Year? Don't Bet On It
It wasn't that long ago when candidate Obama wooed us with pledges to get the country on track with an aggressive renewable energy program and serious carbon emissions controls. Times have changed. Now, we don't think anyone really expects to see an extensive climate and energy bill from Congress this year. At best, advocates are hoping for more legislative support for renewable energy pr…
Ferrostaal receives order intake for solar power plant in Spain
Ferrostaal AG will present its activities in the field of solar power at the World Future Energy Summit, which will take place in Abu Dhabi from January 18 to 21. At the same time the company will announce the order intake which it has received to construct the parabolic trough power plant Andasol 3 in southern Spain.
One prerequisite for the order to build Andasol 3 w…
German Solar Industry Could Face Subsidy Cuts Close To 30% Sources
Germany's photovoltaic-solar-energy industry faces a reduction in state subsidies that could be close to 30%, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen next week plans to present a proposal that foresees cutting solar subsidies by a double-digit percentage, the people within the industry told Dow Jones newsletter Energy Daily.…
Solar energy in Oklahoma could have hot future
In the heat of an Oklahoma summer, it often seems like the sun never stops shining.
That is likely the reason Oklahoma is among the states with the highest potential for harnessing solar energy.
The same is true for wind, which is why western Oklahoma is awash with towering turbines, but it's hard to find signs the state is taking advantage of the sun's rays…
SGS Opens First Independent Laboratory for Natural Stone and Homogeneous Material in Xiamen, China
On August 7th, 2009 SGS China officially opened its laboratory for natural stone and homogeneous material in Xiamen in response to the high demand for testing and certification services in the region.
Strategically positioned in the port of Xiamen, one of the main stone production and export bases in China and a leading base in the world, the laboratory has been design…
European offshore wind power set to increase tenfold
The development of a new European industry - offshore wind power - took an important step forward today with the announcement by the British government of the go-ahead for offshore wind farm development areas with a capacity ten times greater than Europe's existing European offshore wind energy capacity.
A total of nine development zones - with a capacity of just over …
Sputnik Engineering launches the MaxVisio touch-screen unit
MaxVisio displays the daily values of a photovoltaic plant in a single view. Sputnik Engineering launched the new display unit shortly before Christmas. It features a colour touch-screen and can be hung on the wall or placed on a desktop. It can display both the actual output of a photovoltaic plant as well as a record of its monthly, yearly, and total outputs. If the MaxMeteo sensor is a…
Applied Materials Aquires Semitool Inc
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Semitool, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMTL). This acquisition expands Applied's capability to address emerging opportunities in the high-growth wafer packaging market and provides complementary systems and technology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
On December 21, 2009, Semitool w…
World needs global climate leadership from EU - and to continue UN talks
The EU should continue leading by example despite the failure of the UN climate talks, the wind industry says. Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive of EWEA, said: "The world needs global climate leadership from the EU in 2010 more than ever, now that the other super-powers have shown their lack of ambition."
The Copenhagen Accord is the lowest common denomina…
Phoenix Solar AG founds subsidiary in Oman
Phoenix Solar AG, a leading photovoltaic system integrator listed on the TecDAX, has founded Phoenix Solar L.L.C. in Muscat which is the capital city of the Sultanate of Oman. Phoenix Solar AG holds 70 percent and Silver Circle Overseas L.L.C. (SCO), its local partner in Oman, 30 percent in Phoenix Solar L.L.C. The newly founded company will realise solar projects in Oman and in the Gulf …
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