Monthly Archives: June 2012
SCORE! – 20% of UK Households powered by Wind
New Government stats show that in the first quarter of 2012 the UK’s wind fleet produced enough power to meet the needs of over six million homes Wind output increased by half compared to same period last year Electricity from renewables now represents over 11% of all generation RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for [...]
Brightsource Energy names Matthew Brett Senior Vice President of International Development
Mathew Brett Senior Vice President to lead International Development to Capture the Growing Global Demand for Cost-Effective and Reliable Clean Power BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has named Mathew Brett as senior vice president of international development. Brett brings two decades of experience in international energy development and project financing to [...]
Aquamarine Power wins innovation award
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power was honoured with a major award for innovation yesterday [June 27] in recognition of its cutting edge Oyster wave energy technology. The company won first prize in the ‘Product and Innovation’ category at the inaugural RenewableUK Energy Awards which were held in London last night. Earlier this month, operational testing [...]
ACCIONA, in a Consortium with other Companies, will build a Solar Thermal (CSP) Plant near the Kalahari Desert
At a budget of around 300 million euro, the Bokpoort solar facility is the third large contract obtained by ACCIONA in the African country in 2012, A project led by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power has been announced as preferred bidder by South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) to develop the 50MW Bokpoort CSP plant, not [...]
AES Sells 100% of its Interests in French Wind Assets
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced today that it closed the sale of its interests in wind generation assets in France for approximately €34 million (US$ 42 million) to Boralex Europe S.A. Through its subsidiary AES Southern Europe Holdings, B.V., AES sold the 34.5 MW St. Patrick wind farm and its minority share of InnoVent [...]
Envisioning the Future of Biorenewable Energy
The Iowa Energy Center recently convened a blue ribbon panel of experts to discuss the next generation of biorenewable technologies. The panel met last month at the Energy Center’s Biomass Energy Conversion (BECON) facility in Nevada, Iowa. Their main focus was not only the future of biorenewables, but also related research and education programs needed [...]
SolarCity and City of San José Flip Switch on First in Series of Solar Projects Expected to Save City Millions
Sixteen projects underway, 14 additional sites under consideration The City of San José and SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy products and services, have completed the first of a series of 16 solar power projects totaling nearly 2.5 megawatts, and are evaluating 14 additional sites for potential projects later next year. Installations at Kelley [...]
Solarcentury launches in Benelux & teams up with ‘Smart Grid Expert’ ProxEnergy
Solarcentury, the UK’s most experienced solar energy company, is expanding in Benelux after teaming up with Dutch solar and smart grid development company ‘ProxEnergy’. The launch of Solarcentury Netherlands comes a month after Solarcentury appointed the former founder and CEO of ProxEnergy, Frans Van den Heuvel, as its new Chief Executive and hinted at further [...]
EU Leaders: decide to invest more in European energy jobs, less in Russian
At the EU summit held today in Brussels EU Leaders are urged by the European Wind Energy Association to: Agree on investments in renewable energies, and end fossil fuel subsidies Increase EIB capital to fund renewable energy Agree on procedures to divert EU funding towards renewable energy projects Earmark EU Cohesion and Research funds for [...]
FERC Approves Final Rule to Integrate Variable Energy Resources
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued on June 21 a final rule that requires transmission providers to offer customers the option of scheduling transmission service at 15-minute intervals instead of one-hour intervals. The rule also requires generators using variable energy resources, such as wind and solar, to provide transmission owners with certain data to [...]