Posts tagged: Ireland

Calpak-Cicero Hellas S.A.

Calpak has more than 30 years of experience in the conversion of sunlight into thermal energy and the provision of innovative solar thermal equipment at an unparalleled price-quality ratio.
Calpak was established in 1976 by BP (British Petroleum) and ever since has remained in the lead of research, development and production of solar thermal products [...]

EU Nations Expect to Meet the EU’s Clean Energy Targets

 
 

The EU will meet its 2020 20% renewable energy target – slightly exceeding it – according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of all 27 Member States’ national forecast documents.
The EWEA analysis shows that EU member states are on course to achieve over 20% renewable [...]

Sunbolts And BizLink Technology

 
Sunbolts is the brand of BizLink’s solar energy connectivity solutions, started as part of BizLink’s long term corporate goal to be a part of the global movement for new clean energy. Sunbolts main activity is located in BizLink’s headquarter in Fremont California from where the development of its products are controlled. Being a part [...]

Seagen Tidal Energy Turbine Passes 1000 Operational Hours

 
SeaGen, the world-leading prototype commercial tidal energy turbine designed and deployed by Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) has exceeded 1000 hours of operation in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough. It is the first and only tidal current or wave energy system in the world to have achieved this milestone.
The 1.2MW tidal [...]

ACCIONA Leads A Consortium of 17 European Organizations to Research The Integration of Different Marine Energy Sources

The MARINA project brings together companies, technology centers and universities from twelve EU countries.
The project comes under the 7th Framework Program for R&D+i of the European Union with a European Commission contribution of €8.7 million, supplemented by own resources from all participants.
The objective is to develop deepwater structures that can exploit the energy from wind, [...]

Marine Current Turbines Awarded £2.7M by Carbon Trust to Improve its SeaGen Tidal Energy System

Marine Current Turbines has secured funding of £2.7million from the Carbon Trust’s Marine Renewables Proving Fund (MRPF) to support the enhancement of SeaGen, the world’s largest and so far only megawatt scale grid-connected tidal current energy system which has been supplying electricity to customers in Northern Ireland since December 2008. [...]

Scotland’s Largest Biomass Power Plant Update

Contract milestone for Scotland’s largest biomass power plant

RWE npower renewables has announced its key contractors for the £200 million, state of the art, biomass combined heat and power plant at Markinch in Fife. Metso (Finland) and Aker Solutions (Norway) have been appointed as main contractors to take forward the project. Metso, a global supplier of [...]

New Energizer® Solar Powered Charging Stations Announced at Consumer Electronics Show

www.energizersolar.com showcases state-of-the-art innovative solar solutions
January 07, 2010 – ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR.OB, FRANKFURT: K1U.F), a developer and marketer of innovative, proprietary solar panels, solar chargers, energy meters and other solar powered devices, today announced the launch of www.energizersolar.com, the online retail store for purchasing selected Energizer® solar powered charging solutions and accessories [...]

AES Wind Generation Brings Armenia Mountain (US) Wind Farm In Operation

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan 04, 2010 — AES Wind Generation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), announced the start of commercial operation for its 101 MW Armenia Mountain wind farm in Pennsylvania, one of the commonwealth’s largest. Located in north central region of Pennsylvania in Tioga and Bradford Counties, the wind farm [...]

UK’s First Commercial-Scale Tidal Energy Farm Coming

Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has raised £3.5m from an investor group led by Carbon Trust Investments Limited and including Bank Invest, EDF Energy, High Tide and a group of significant private investors.  The funding will help MCT in its plans to deploy the UK’s first commercial tidal energy farm in UK waters within the next [...]