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The university’s marine energy testing facility, FloWave, has been given ministerial approval. Amber Rudd, newly appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, officially opened the facility, which she described as being at the cutting edge of academic and commercial research. The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility,…

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB in Ilmenau are developing information technology to make water power generation systems more efficient. The Advanced System Technology (AST) department is creating simulation and optimization models that consolidate external factors such as weather data, water levels and…

36.7 Percent for New Solar Module Using Highly Efficient Multi-Junction Solar Cells The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been successfully developing concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology for many years. In this technology Fresnel lenses are used to bundle sunlight and focus it onto miniature, highly efficient solar cells.…

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…

BAODING, China, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) module manufacturer in the world, known as “Yingli Solar,” today announced  that the Company has surpassed 10 gigawatts (GWs) of cumulative solar module deliveries worldwide. The company realized…

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,…

ELECTS TO DIVEST STAKE IN PROJECT THAT IT CO-DEVELOPED, ATTRACTING FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AMMAN, Jordan/DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – August 4, 2014 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has signed an agreement to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the 52.5 megawatt (MWAC) Shams…

Wuxi, China, : Wuxi Suntech, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PV modules, announced that it will provide PV panels for 7.5 MW of off-grid projects to power rural schools and villages in Malaysia. The announcementfalls under a government initiative, the Rural Solar Hybrid Electricity Project for Villages and…