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AN ECO-FRIENDLY energy company from South Yorkshire is squaring up to wind power after proving that its technology can generate predictable flows of electricity from tides flowing in shallow water

A new breed of flexible solar power cells that are cheap and easy to make are one step closer to reality, researchers have said

The number of wind turbines is set to quadruple over the next decade under government plans to force through wind farm planning applications

Bosch has bought a minority position of almost 40 percent of Aleo Solar AG’s shares. The company said it paid €46 million (about $65.7 million) for the Oldenburg (Germany) based manufacturer of solar modules. At the same time, Bosch issued a tender offer to the shareholders, offering €9 which is…

Renewable Energy Strategy, a consultation organisation launched by John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, has announced a proposal designed to restrict the amount of organic waste that typically goes into a landfil

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US have recently conducted work to deepen their understanding of the complex organic films at the heart of the new solar technology. Organic photovoltaics, which rely on organic molecules to capture sunlight and convert it into electricity, in…

The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells

The second quarter of 2009 presented the expected slowdown in wind energy project activity as banks underwent stress tests

Wafer-based silicon will continue as the dominant technology, but amorphous thin-film and cadmium telluride (CdTe) technologies will gain ground, and are expected to account for a combined 22% of the market by 2014, according to a major new study by IntertechPira. The Future of Global Photovoltaics Markets provides detailed five-year…

Conference and exhibition attendance records surpass expectations Intersolar North America, the most diverse global business-to-business exhibition in the United States dedicated to the transformation of the solar marketplace, showed continued growth with 2009’s exhibition and conference. The…