Solar Thermal
16.05.2012

Apricus receives IAPMO certification

Apricus, a Chinese manufacturer of solar thermal products, has received Uniform Solar Energy Code (USEC) certification for 14 new residential solar hot water system packages from the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO).  These systems feature the Apricus vacuum tube solar collector with a number of storage tank options and include all major components for residential drain-back solar thermal systems.  Nigel Ruddell, Vice President at Apricus, commented, "Receiving more...

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British-German cooperation to build biogas plants

The British company Material Change is operating its first biogas plant with anerobic digestion. The commissioning phase of the 1.4 MW plant is completed. The £ 5 million plant has been built at a farm in Suffolk, UK, and will generate electricity sufficient to power 3,000 homes. The plant has more...

Saudi Arabia: Plans for 41 GW of solar power until 2032

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plans to install a 54 GW of renewable-generating capacity until 2032. A corresponding proposal for the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) procurement programme was presented at the 4th Saudi Arabia Solar Forum on May 8/9 2012. K.A.CARE's board yet has to more...

Financing for Chile’s largest wind farm secured

In its latest renewable energy financing in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented a group of international lenders in providing US$ 225 million in financing for the development of Chile’s largest wind farm. Leading US wind and transmission company Pattern Energy Group LP is developing the El more...
CSP
16.05.2012

New parabolic trough collector from 3M and Gossamer

3M and Gossamer Space Frames have unveiled a new parabolic trough solar collector for CSP power plants. The Large Aperture Trough 73 (LAT 73) features a concentration factor of over 100 and an aperture height of 7.3 m and length of 192 m, which is achieved by 16 elements of each 12 m length. The total collector area is about 1,400 m2.The system uses a high reflectivity solar mirror film more...
Bioenergy
16.05.2012

New York’s largest on-farm biogas power project generates renewable energy for nearly 1,000 homes

In the state New York, USA, one of the largest on-farm, co-digestion biogas power plants was opened. The US company CH4 Biogas LLC built, owns and operates the project under the name Synergy Biogas LLC. The Synergy Biogas LLC plant also is one of the state’s first biogas projects specifically designed for the co-digestion or processing of animal and food wastes. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority more...
Wind Energy
15.05.2012

Successful first quarter for the US wind industry

The US wind industry installed 1,695 MW during the first quarter of 2012 bringing the total US wind power capacity installations to 48,611 MW through the end of March. During Q1 of 2012 the US wind industry installed 52 % more MW than during the first quarter of 2011. The five traditional wind power states California, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Pennsylvania installed the most new capacity, but New Hampshire and more...
Bioenergy
14.05.2012

BioConstruct builds biogas plants in Estonia

KMG Inseneriehituse AS, an engineering company located in Estonia, Tallinn, which was founded in 2007, has placed the order for two biogas plants. The German supplier of biogas plants BioConstruct won the tender for these projects in Estonia, both of around 1.2 MW electrical capacity. The projects are fully permitted and ready to start construction. Indrek Pappel, Managing Director of KMG Inseneriehituse AS: “We are happy to have contracted BioConstruct. more...

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