Spain's Solar Sector Sues Government Over Retroactive Tariff Cuts-Renewable Energy

    Spain's struggling solar-power sector has announced it will sue the government over two royal decrees that will reduce tariffs retroactively, claiming they will cause huge losses for the industry. ...[Full story]

[4-3-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Schneider Electric Recalls Inverters-Renewable Energy

    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the Schneider Electric announced a voluntary recall of about 25,000 Xantrex Grid Tie Inverters. According to a company pr...[Full story]

[2-1-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Uganda Launches Sophisticated Feed-in Tariff Program-Renewable Energy

    Last week it was Turkey. No newcomer to the concept, Turkey revised their program, expanding it modestly, and added a new twist with bonus payments for "Made in Turkey" products. ...[Full story]

[1-31-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Best Cost-Performance Ratio Solar Water Heater from China

   ATELIVING Solar Technology Co. Ltd mainly supply Spilt Active Solar Water Heater,Non-pressurized / Pressurized passive Solar Water Heaters,Flat plate solar water heater collector, Solar Work Station.etc[Full Story]

[08-11-2010] [Solar Water Heater]

Virtual Power Plants Set To Potentially Change Power Structure-Renewable Energy

    The traditional vertically-integrated power utility may be supplanted in the future by distributed generation and various renewables, meaning that the classic linear structure of power could be replaced by a mixture of genera...[Full story]

[1-30-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Masdar Institute Tour: A Living Energy Efficiency Laboratory-Renewable Energy

    Entering the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology is like walking into a model community showcasing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. There are solar electric and thermal panels on the rooftops. The c...[Full story]

[1-28-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Turkey Adopts Limited Feed Law-Renewable Energy

    Turkey has had a limited feed-in tariff policy since 2005. The previous policy paid the equivalent of $0.07 per kWh for wind energy for a period of seven years. By international standards, the policy was a failure. ...[Full story]

[1-27-2011] [Solar Energy] 

European Supergrid Slowly Coming into Focus-Renewable Energy

    In early December 2010, as Europe was grappling with sovereign debt crises and angry protests swept through its cities, a group of Ministers and grid operators met quietly to sign a deal that could help to secure the developm...[Full story]

[1-26-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Buy American Policy for Solar -- Who Cares?-Renewable Energy

    A lot of energy has been devoted to the "Buy American" clause in a bill signed by President Obama last week that requires the Defense Department to buy U.S.- made solar panels. It's a sexy subject because it st...[Full story]

[1-25-2011] [Solar Energy] 

Solar Energy:Can I Build A Solar Water Heater?-Green Renewable Energy

    Building a solar water heater is practical, economical, and surprisingly easy. Unfortunately, the majority of the population has never even heard of such a thing. Solar water heaters have been around for ages. The first patent ...[Full story]

[1-13-2011] [Solar Water Heater] 

Estimation of Water Flow Rate for Evaluating a Small Hydropower Site (Float Method)-Green Renewa

    Note: Due to friction, bottom irregularities, etc. this is the least accurate measurement. It is likely only about 15-20% accurate at best. Concrete channels are best and rough streambeds the worst cases for using this method. St...[Full story]

[1-4-2011] [Hydropower] 

Energy Transition From Renewable Energy-Green Renewable Energy

   Without one of those (and the chances are dicey) the working classes will be in a trick. Rush and Al and all their little friends will do just fine, thank you very much. The rest of us will make other plans.The rest of us will j...[Full story]

[1-1-2011] [Hydropower] 

Top 25 U.S. Energy Lobbyists of 2010-Green Renewable Energy

    Since the beginning of the decade, energy companies have spent more than $2.5 billion to lobby members of Congress, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. While oil, gas and utility companies have spent most of that...[Full story]

[1-1-2011] [Bioenergy] 

The Big List: 2010's Biggest Renewable Energy Projects-Green Renewable Energy

    The largest hydro project in North America that went online in 2010 was the Toba Montrose project in British Columbia. After three years of construction, Plutonic Power completed the $663 million Toba-Montrose run-of-river projec...[Full story]

[12-31-2010] [Bioenergy] 

Quick Look: Renewable Energy Development in the UK-Green Renewable Energy

    Here is the firm’s assessment of the UK. Policy The UK Government recently announced the results of its Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), unveiling £83b (€97.4b, US $129.8b) of spending cuts in a bid to reduce...[Full story]

[12-31-2010] [Bioenergy] 

Spanish Renewables Grew 30% in 2010-Green Renewable Energy

    Spain's fast-growing renewable energy industry grew 28% last year to contribute 0.81% to the country's GDP, according to a Deloitte consultancy study commissioned by the country's primary renewable energy lobby...[Full story]

[12-31-2010] [Bioenergy] 

Quick Look: Renewable Energy Development in China-Green Renewable Energy

    Wind GWEC has confirmed that China now ranks as the world’s largest wind power market, and is likely to surpass the US as the leader in cumulative wind power capacity by the end of the year. A recent GWEC study forecasts th...[Full story]

[12-31-2010] [Bioenergy] 

2011 Looking Good for Geothermal-Green Renewable Energy

    Geothermal Industry Grows Abroad: New projects or extensions were brought on line over the past year in Turkey, Italy, and Kenya. Chile, Central America, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, and parts of Africa and Europe saw m...[Full story]

[12-31-2010] [Geothermal Energy] 

California Enacts New Cap and Trade Program-Green Renewable Energy

    The cap-and-trade program and the other measures to reduce greenhouse gases provide a model for action that could be used at the federal, state and regional levels. As climate policies are being addressed worldwide, California&r...[Full story]

[12-31-2010] [Geothermal Energy] 

Quick Look: Renewable Energy Development in Germany-Green Renewable Energy

    Since 2003, global consultancy Ernst & Young has released its Country Attractiveness Indices, which gives a numerical ranking to 30 global renewable energy markets by scoring renewable energy investm...[Full story]

[12-30-2010] [Geothermal Energy]