A total of 8.9 megawatts in Piemonte and in Apulia More projects at the negotiation stage Phoenix Solar AG, a leading photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX, is building two solar power plants in Italy with an overall peak power of 8.9 megawatts (MWp). The customers are two project companies belonging to E.ON [...]

Tidal turbine BELUGA 9, with a capacity of 1 MW and designed in Alstom Hydro’s new Nantes offices, to be deployed in 2012 Alstom, a world leader in the supply of equipment and services for electricity generation, today inaugurated the new premises of Alstom Hydro’s Ocean Energy activities in Nantes. Alstom marked the occasion by [...]

  Initial investment in Taiwanese CIGS thin film manufacturer Minority stake costs single-digit amount in millions of euros Joint development of second thin film generation centrotherm photovoltaics AG has purchased 14.4 percent of the share capital of Taiwanese CIGS thin film solar module manufacturer Sunshine PV Corp. Wholly-owned centrotherm photovoltaics subsidiary Photovoltaics Asia Invest Pte. [...]

REC has recently launched their first building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solution combining the high performing REC Peak Energy Series Module and the proven Solrif installation system developed by Ernst Schweitzer AG. The REC Peak Energy Integrated Solution is designed for building in-roof solar systems that combine the reliable power output of REC solar modules with [...]

Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power today announced its next-generation Oyster wave energy device is to be built in Scotland by leading fabrication contractor Burntisland Fabrications Ltd (“BiFab”). The news follows last week’s announcement of £11 million new investment in Aquamarine Power by multi-national power company ABB and existing shareholders including SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy). [...]

Total investment of approx. EUR 235 million 250,000 metric tonnes of carbon emissions saved per year 40 skilled long-term jobs created RWE npower renewables, the UK subsidiary of RWE Innogy, has started to build its biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Markinch, Fife (Scotland). The new plant is the biggest of its kind [...]

  The project is being developed by IBERDROLA RENOVABLES’ UK subsidiary, ScottishPower Renewables, in conjunction with Sweden’s Vattenfall Agreement has just been reached to connect the East Anglia Array, with a projected capacity of up to 7,200 MW, to National Grid’s land-based transmission network East Anglia ONE, the first phase of the development, will have [...]