China Three Gorges Corp., operator of the nation’s biggest dam, agreed to pay HK$2.1 billion ($269 million) for a 29.1… By Aibing Guo (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, December 12, 2011; Image: cpne
Paris based EDF Energies Nouvelles gives up on bid to construct offshore wind farm at Le Treport. “We’ve taken this decision in order to concentrate on the four other zones,” said David Corchia, CEO of EDF Energies Nouvelles, reports Les Echos. In July French government launched €10 billion offshore
A new EU-funded initiative is set to give the marine renewable energy sector a boost worth EUR 9 million. The MARINET (‘Marine renewables infrastructure network’) initiative will give companies access to test facilities in specialist marine renewable energy centres across Europe. Led by researchers
SCOTLAND could earn billions of pounds a year by exporting electricity if Holyrood was handed full powers over the country’s energy sector… By Andrew Whitaker (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, December 12, 2011
The Tongxiang International New-Energy Market, the world’s first new-energy trade market, was officially opened in Tongxiang City… By Pan Shaojun (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily, December 09, 2011
The joint exhibition stand of BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH and ‘ep4 offshore’ at the EWEA Offshore event 2011 in Amsterdam was very well attended. “We raised BBB’s visibility on the offshore market and strengthened our partnership with Heinrich Duden and ‘ep4 offshore’ “ said Joachim Binotsch . Both compa
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or “the Company”) today announces financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended October 31, 2011. “We ended the second quarter of fiscal 2012 with further progress on PowerBuoy deployments, and a number of business development initiatives to commerc
Shanghai Electric Group Co. (2727) and Siemens AG (SIE) will invest 169.1 million euros ($226 million) to form two wind-power … By Joshua Fellman and Sally Bakewell (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, December 09, 2011; Image: siemens
Corvallis-based M3 Wave Energy Systems debuted its power-generating technology last week at the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at… (sustainablebusinessoregon) [mappress] Source: sustainablebusinessoregon, December 08, 2011; Image: m3wave
The number of grid-connected wind farms in China reached 486 by the end of August 2011, with the total installed wind power capacity… By Bao Dan (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily, December 08, 2011
Over a trillion dollars have been invested in renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart energy technologies since records began in… (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, December 08, 2011
Already since May 2011 the wind farm EnBW Baltic 1 has been delivering green power from the Baltic Sea – since Friday its long-term financing is also in place: a banking syndicate comprised of the European Investment Bank (EIB), KfW IPEX-Bank, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) and NIBC Bank N.V. w
The construction of new renewable energy generation capacity has fallen dramatically, as the big six energy suppliers pursue a “dash for gas… By Fiona Harvey (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, December 05, 2011
The amount of venture capital entering cleantech will decline in 2012 for the first time since the global economic downturn in 2008, according to cleantech analysis and consulting company Kachan & Co. The firm, with offices in San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver, has published a set of predictions
