Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator has been unveiled today [07/08/14] at Pembroke Port by The First Minister of Wales, the Rt. Hon. Carwyn Jones AM. The patented DeltaStream device developed by Cardiff-based tidal stream technology company Tidal Energy Ltd will be installed in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire, following its unveiling…

The release of a new type of switchgrass specifically designed for bioenergy generation has been announced by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers and their partners. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have spent decades working on different projects that contributed to the development of the cultivar “Liberty,” which can yield eight tons of biomass…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending up to PLN 295m (some EUR 71m) to the Polish energy company TAURON Polska Energia SA for its investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in Southern Poland, to be completed by the end of 2016. With the support of the EIB, TAURON Group…

New research outlines the path to a possible future for California in which renewable energy creates a healthier environment, generates jobs and stabilizes energy prices. Imagine a smog-free Los Angeles, where electric cars ply silent freeways, solar panels blanket rooftops and power plants run on heat from beneath the Earth,…

21.0 percent conversion efficiency research cell certified at Newport TAC Lab Performance exceeds longstanding mSi and latest CIGS records Company officials anticipate continued efficiency achievements TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 21.0 percent…

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Hydropower Market 2014-2018 About Hydropower Hydropower is the most mature, reliable and cost-effective renewable power generation technology where power is derived from the energy of water moving from higher to lower elevations. It is a proven,…

A powerful new tool that can help advance the genetic engineering of “fuel” crops for clean, green and renewable bioenergy, has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a multi-institutional partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The JBEI researchers…

Around the world, renewable energy systems have developed to the point where they are now a competitive, effective and preferable alternative to conventional electricity sources in satisfying fundamental human needs, ranging from health care to energy extraction and production. In Haiti, the internationally-renowned Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) turned to…

With increasing proportions of renewable generated electricity feeding into the distribution network, contributing to grid instability and with high voltage grids approaching their capacity in some regions, feed-in management is the topic currently surrounding larger commercial installations. It was certainly one of the considerations for installers sizing up a 1.2…

Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has built a new PV plant in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine. The 8 MW PV project, called Shargorod, represents one of the most challenging projects to date that the company has successfully completed in the country. Despite the complex political and economic events…