EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy, Nass&Wind Offshore, Poweo ENR, wpd offshore and Alstom are pooling their expertise and their investment capacity within a consortium created to respond to the “offshore wind energy” call for tenders launched on July 11 by the French government. These partnerships illustrate a shared commitment to create, in a team spirit, [...]

  The solar thermal power plant Andasol 3 in Andalusia, southern Spain, for the first time produced solar generated steam during a test phase in which the rows of parabolic mirrors were aligned with the sun. This test is another successful step on the way to completing and commissioning the solar power plant which will [...]

  Company achieves another milestone on its technology roadmap Continuing innovation will lead to lower-cost solar electricity United Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq:ENER) and a leading global manufacturer of light-weight, flexible thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved a world record efficiency of 16.3% for thin-film [...]

3TIER’s Analysis Shows Influence of Climate on Wind Power 3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today released a wind performance map for the second quarter of 2011. The map illustrates that wind speeds were above their seasonal averages for a majority of the continental United States. 3TIER’s second quarter map indicates departures [...]

  SOLON Corporation, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants and photovoltaic products in the U.S., today announced an expanded physical presence beyond its Tucson, Ariz. headquarters to include new office openings in Phoenix, Ariz. and San Francisco, Calif. SOLON’s San Francisco office will feature a dedicated project finance team, which brings [...]

  Suntech’s new 300W Vd Series Solar Module Achieves Up To 15.5% Conversion Efficiency   Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world’s largest producer of solar panels, unveiled the Suntech 300W Vd series, a new generation high-efficiency solar module, for Israel, available immediately. Powered by Suntech’s SuperPoly processing technology, a superior silicon casting [...]

  This week Solar Trust of America, the American business unit within the Solar Millennium Group, received the CSP Today award for “Most Effective Environmental Stewardship of the Year” for the Blythe project at the annual conference in Las Vegas. With this, the company established itself against a number of competitors. The finalists in each [...]