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Q.CELLS SE: business operations stabilised

Mon, 23 April 2012 Production at the insolvent solar cell manufacturer Q.CELLS SE has started back up following the company’s filing for preliminary insolvency on 3 April 2012, after restructuring during the months prior was blocked by a court ruling.

Samil Power secures 200 MW project

Tue, 17 April 2012 Solar inverter manufaturer Samil Power has secured a 200 MW solar photovoltaic project in Suqian, Jiangsu province in China, worth $3 billion.

Vestas CEO sees Australia’s wind potential

At the State of Green event held in Melbourne in late 2011, EcoGeneration’s Lucy Rochlin interviewed Ditlev Engel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vestas Wind Systems.

History and outlook on renewable energy policy in the US

The United States of America is a big and complex country. In that context, public policies for renewable energy exist at the Federal, state and local levels. They include regulatory mandates, tax incentives, cash subsidies, financing guarantees, and research funding; and apply methods differently to each of a spectrum of technologies including wind, solar, hydro, ocean, geothermal, biomass and other forms of renewable, clean and new energy technologies such as energy efficiency, smart grid, demand response, and advanced vehicles – to name some of the most significant ones.

Waste-to-Energy research in Indianapolis

At the Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, Dr Tom Iseley directs a team committed to developing integrated solutions for two major global challenges: waste and energy.

2010 emissions surge a one-off: ANU

Thu, 22 March 2012 A surge in 2010 in the growth of worldwide carbon emissions was an effect of that year’s global financial crisis and is unlikely to re-occur, a study by the Australian National University has found.

Leaders plan for change at climate convention

Tim Hall from Change&Switch reports on the activities and outcomes of the 2011 United Nations climate change convention in Durban, where the co-located World Climate Summit proved itself as the arena for business and industry leaders to plan clean technology solutions.

KLNE secures funding for growth

Mon, 19 March 2012 Kinglong New Energy has secured funding from new investor Shenergy Group, which the company intends to use for further expansion and growth.

Champion inverters arrive in Australia

Wed, 7 March 2012 Solar inverter manufacturer Samil Power has opened its Australian subsidiary and a service call centre in Sydney, New South Wales.

Hot Rock Limited enters JV with EDC

Thu, 9 February 2012 Australian geothermal company, Hot Rock Limited, has announced a joint venture agreement with the Philippines-based Energy Development Corporation, to develop four geothermal projects in South America.

KUTh adds Saipan to portfolio

Mon, 6 February 2012 KUTh Energy Ltd, an Australian geothermal energy company, has announced that Saipan, a United States territory of the Northern Marianas, has issued the company a Notice of Intent to Award a contract for the development of geothermal electricity for the Saipan grid.

Meridian rethinks Project Hayes wind farm

Wed, 25 January 2012 New Zealand energy retailer, Meridian, has withdrawn its applications for resource consents for Project Hayes, a 633 MW wind farm the retailer had proposed for the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago, New Zealand.

AUS and US collaborate for biofuels

Wed, 25 January 2012 Federal Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson recently met with United States Secretary Ray Mabus, to discuss opportunities for collaboration between the two countries in advanced biofuels research and commercial development.

Chilling with solar in the desert

As desert temperatures soar in the Middle East, Masdar City stays cool with one of the world’s largest solar thermal-driven cooling systems.

The China story: a policy driven narrative

We are often barraged with the phenomenal numbers emanating from China in the clean energy space, whether those numbers concern installed generation capacity, dollars of investment, manufacture or intellectual property ownership figures.

Great Southern Press opens new office in China

Publisher of EcoGeneration, Great Southern Press, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Qingdao, China.

Benefiting from small-scale renewables

In a presentation that took place at the Renewable Energy World Asia Conference 2011 earlier this year, Maaike Gobel, Manager of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, discussed the organisation’s small-scale clean energy initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.

Shining future for clean energy in Australia

Thu, 8 December 2011 The 2011 Clean Energy Australia Report, produced by Clean Energy Council, was recently released at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Durban.

Launch: New Zealand Clean Energy Centre

A clean energy centre has recently been launched in New Zealand to facilitate the growth of renewable energy use across the country. Situated in a region that produces 75 per cent more clean energy than it uses, the centre is perfectly located to achieve this goal.

The energy revolution needed for the Asia-Pacific

An in-depth study of resource use in the Asia-Pacific region over the past four decades has demonstrated that dramatic changes to the region’s energy generation and emissions output are needed if its nations are to avoid significant environmental degradation.

Australian biofuel company sets up in Sri Lanka

Wed, 7 December 2011 Australian biofuel producer Algae.Tec has signed a collaboration contract with building materials company Holcim Lanka to build an algae biofuels production facility in Sri Lanka.

UN Climate Change Convention in Durban kicks off

Thu, 1 December 2011 The United Nations Climate Change Convention in Durban, taking place from 28 November to 9 December, has commenced.

IEA for global energy efficiency

Mon, 28 November 2011 At a recent G20 summit in Cannes, France, world leaders endorsed an International Energy Agency report entitled G20 Clean Energy, and Energy Efficiency Deployment and Policy Progress, which provides an overview of clean energy and energy efficiency technology deployment, and summarises support policies in place across G20 countries.

New World Energy invests in Filipino geothermal energy

Tue, 11 October 2011 Geoenergy, a subsidiary of Australian geothermal exploration and development company, New World Energy, will acquire interests in five geothermal energy projects in the Philippines.

The NZ ETS: carbon pricing in the neighbourhood

The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) was legislated in late 2008 as part of a suite of actions taken by the nation to ratify its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. New Zealand became the first country to implement an emissions trading scheme that included all gases and all major sectors.