Recent Industry News
EU destroys Competitiveness – throws away 1.1 Billion Euros per day
More wind energy will increase Europe’s competitiveness, which is being undermined by increasing fossil fuel import costs. As EU Heads of State and Government meet to discuss Europe’s energy policy on 22 May, they should remember that the EU paid 406 billion Euros for oil and gas imports in 2012 (1.1 billion Euros per day), [...]
JinkoSolar Introduces New Series of Highly Efficient Modules at SNEC
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a leading global PV solar power product manufacturer, today unveiled its new series ‘Eagle II’ solar modules at the 7th SNEC International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition in Shanghai. Like its predecessor, the ‘Eagle II’ series represents another new standard for high performance and [...]
SolarCity and Goldman Sachs Create Largest U.S. Rooftop Solar Lease Financing Platform
Collaboration Expected to Fund more than $500 Million in Solar Projects, 110 Megawatts of Solar Capacity SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY), a leading provider of clean energy, today announced a lease financing agreement with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to fund more than $500 million in solar power projects; an estimated 110 megawatts in generation capacity for homeowners [...]
Information in the Market regarding Delay of Vestas contract in Mexico
Today, there is information in the market that the installation of the 396 MW Mareña Renovables project in Mexico (ref. company announcement No. 14/2012 of 12 March 2012) has been delayed. Vestas can confirm that access to the project sites has continued to be impacted by minority opposition groups, which has caused significant delays in [...]
DOE Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on May 13 launched H2USA, a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The new partnership brings together automakers, government agencies, gas suppliers, and the hydrogen and fuel cell industries to coordinate research [...]
$16 Million Set for Small Businesses Focused on Energy Technologies
The Energy Department on May 9 announced that it will award 88 grants to small businesses in 28 states to develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation. These awards, totaling more than $16 million in investments, will help small businesses with promising ideas that could improve manufacturing processes, boost [...]
National Laboratory Announces New Potential Approach to Creating Hydrocarbon Fuels
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)—one of the Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO) research partners—published a report in the Nature Chemistry journal that describes a new approach to creating hydrocarbon fuels. “The Hydrodeoxygenation of bioderived furans into alkanes” discusses the research and testing LANL has done to create a new compound carbon molecule. This molecule is created [...]
Ram Power announces 2013 First Quarter Results
Ram Power, Corp. (TSX: RPG) (“Ram Power” or the “Company”), a renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, is pleased to announce itsoperating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. This earnings release should be read in conjunction with Ram Power’s financial statements, and management’s [...]
Finavera Receives Judgment in Scott & Associates Engineering Lawsuit
Finavera Wind Energy Inc. (‘Finavera’) (TSX-V: FVR) announces that the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has issued reasons for judgment in the case of Scott & Associates Engineering Ltd. (‘Scott’) v. Finavera Wind Energy Inc. Scott was claiming a constructive trust over a wind energy project known as the Three Hills Project (‘Three Hills’), which [...]
Carmanah Reports First Quarter 2013 Results
Year over Year Revenue Growth in Excess of 30% Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (“the Company” or “Carmanah”) today reported its first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2013. For the quarter-end March 31, 2013, the Company recorded revenue of $7.0 million, a net loss of $0.7 million, and an Adjusted EBITDA [...]