First Financial Instrument to Hedge Wind Power Variability Risk Now Available

Galileo and 3TIER Offering to Lower Cost of Development Capital SEATTLE, Wash.—3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, and Galileo, a global leader in weather risk management, announced today their collaboration in offering the first financial products designed to assist the wind power industry in hedging the financial risk of wind variability. Galileo’s [...]

Solar Millennium expands its solar strategy

  CEO Dr. Christoph Wolff: In the future we want to offer solutions for all areas of solar energy and, in doing so, further expand our technology base Solar-thermal power plants remain the essence of the brand and the focus of activities Numerous synergy effects expected for project development, financing and power plant construction Solar [...]

Consumer Acceptance of Biobased and “Green” Household Products Set to Rise

    New Survey Reveals U.S. and Canadian Attitudes and Recent Purchases New consumer research released today demonstrates the market potential in North America for biobased and “green” household products with environmental benefits. The Genencor Household Sustainability Index found that four in ten American consumers and about a third of Canadian consumers already have heard [...]

IPCC Report Highlights Potential of Renewables and Advantages of PV Solar Electricity

  Call for accelerated renewable energy policies The new report launched on 9 May by the United Nations-supported Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms the importance and benefits of a future powered by renewable energy including solar electricity. The report, one of the most comprehensive analysis to-date of trends and the outlook for renewable [...]

KACO to give away blueplanet 02xi residential inverter at the PV America show in Philadelphia , April 3-5th, booth #1041

  KACO new energy, one of the world’s largest inverter manufacturers – with nearly 3 GW of PV inverters in the field to date – will give away one of the first US made blueplanet 02xi inverters at the PV America show KACO new energy, one of the world’s largest inverter manufacturers – with nearly [...]

Pelamis Wave Energy Projects Submitted to European Bid

A collaborative project bringing together three of Europe’s leading utilities and two wave energy technologies has been selected by the UK Government for a major European funding bid. The Pentland Orkney Wave Energy Resource (POWER) Ltd project is the only wave energy bid being put forward by the UK Government to the European Investment Bank [...]

IBC SOLAR Presents Intelligent Solar Power Storage Solutions At Intersolar 2011

  IBC SOLAR AG, a worldwide leading photovoltaic specialist, will show two power storage solutions for photovoltaic installations at this year’s Intersolar trade show in Munich from June 8 to 10. Owners of photovoltaic systems will be able to use a much larger percentage of the energy they are producing, even when the sun doesn’t [...]