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The new test stand for parabolic trough collectors in Spain (Graphic: CTAER)

CSP

21.05.2013

Innovative installation for parabolic trough testing

The Advanced Technology Centre for Renewable Energies (CTAER) from Spain has signed a contract with IDOM engineering to start work on the construction of the variable geometry testing facility for the evaluation and characterization of solar collectors of the parabolic trough type. The construction phase has already begun. more...

Current News

Conergy in Spain: 1.2 MW on public buildings

Conergy and Gamma Solutions have implemented nine plants on public buildings as part of their partnership in Spain. The total output of the solar power plants adds up to 1.2 MW; planners expect a total energy output of 1.8 million kWh. The partner company Gamma Solutions is the investor and more...

Investment in British bioenergy market

Approximately 30 kilometres south-east of London, a biomass power plant with an electrical output of around 23 MW is taking shape. It is being built by the energy company MVV Energie from Mannheim, Germany. MVV Energie is investing around 140 million euros. Construction of the power plant began in April, more...

Austria's large plant subsidisation goes into the fourth round

In Austria, the fourth tender for large-scale solar installations has begun. Between the end of April and the end of September, applications for the subsidisation of demonstration plants of large solar thermal plants can be submitted to the Austrian Climate Fund. more...

Windpower 2013 ramped up in Chicago

AWEA Windpower 2013 Conference & Exhibition took place in Chicago from May 5 to 8, 2013. New leadership for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) was inducted, followed by a packed schedule of educational sessions and a dynamic exhibition covering the area of 11 football fields. more...

Wind Energy

04.04.2013

Enercon awarded contract for Finland

Enercon is to install the first E-92 wind turbines in Finland this year. Construction is scheduled to start at the end of September. Enercon has recently signed a contract to this effect with the Finnish power supply company Kotkan Energia Oy. more...

Review

03.04.2013

Nuclear strike on RES

The renewables industry in Poland, waiting for two years in vain for a new renewable energy sources act, was struck last week by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who gave some quite negative comments on supporting green electricity sources. The Prime Minister said that Poland would accomplish 15 percent RES in final energy use "and nothing more". “We will not create more ambitious tasks,” he said. more...

Bioenergy

03.04.2013

Finland wants to cut its coal use with biomass

The bio-gasification plant was constructed next to the existing power plant. (Photo: Metso)

A large biomass plant was inaugurated on Finland's western coast. The 140 MW biomass gasification factory is expected to cut coal use by up to 40%. more...

Photovoltaics

02.04.2013

Bulgarian court: no more access fees for renewable energies

The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) in Bulgaria revokes “the access fee” to the power grid for renewable energy plants. “The decision introduced by the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission is illegal”, this is the result at which the Court arrived in the midst of March. The fee was introduced in September 2012. more...

Photovoltaics

02.04.2013

Wallonia adopts new green certificates scheme

A new green certificate (GC) mechanism aimed at opening up renewables to low income households has been adopted by the government of Wallonia, Belgium. The Wallonia government hopes the newly approved “Qualiwatt” certificate, which supersedes the “Solwat” GC, will simplify and speed up administrative procedures as well as decrease the cost of renewables installations. more...

Review

28.03.2013

Enough renewables to power every Scottish home

With a new record breaking year of installations Scotland is on track achieving its target of producing an equivalent of 100 % of its citizen’s electricity demand from renewable energies. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has welcomed figures published today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change showing that the amount of renewable electricity generated in 2012 rose almost 7 % on 2011 to more than 14,600 GWh more...