Siemens AG says its new transformerless solar inverters have achieved an effiency of 98 per cent — 2 per cent higher than other inverters.

Intersolar Europe and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung present the Job & Career Forum The need for workers in the solar industry is continually growing. In 2009, 80,000 people were employed in the industry in Germany alone. In collaboration with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Intersolar…

Dow Corning has announced that it will invest up to $13 million (USD) to expand its European capabilities to innovate with silicon-based materials and technologies.

Encouraging news in the renewable energy come from solar thermal industry that, in 2009, has experienced considerable growth and that seems destined to play an even more important in coming years.

Iberdrola Ingenieria, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, has received a $99 million contract to construct a wind farm at Piedra Larga in Oaxaca state, Mexico.

Co-finance 1,235 million euro in R&D in order to achieve competitiveness in all its market segments>

Nordex will be supplying the wind turbines from its European production facility in Rostock in September.

There’s more to solar energy than rooftop panels and solar farms. Dr Keith Bowen of Circadian Solar looks at how a combination of concentrated photovoltaics and micro-generation could provide clean, fresh water to places where it is needed most.

Collaborative effort underway to develop, commercialize and fly aviation biofuel.

Pöyry awarded EUR 1.7 million HVAC design contract for pumped storage hydropower plant in Switzerland.