31.01.2011
UK government split over Green Investment Bank
The proposed Green Investment Bank (GIB) to be set up in the UK has caused friction between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Treasury as factions form over the extent to which public funds will be used. |
31.01.2011
Coal still king in EU, despite wind growth
Despite considerable growth in wind energy in 2010, the European Union (EU) installed more coal than it decommissioned last year for only the second time since 1998. |
28.01.2011
Gamesa to install 8MW New Zealand project
Gamesa, the world’s second largest wind turbine maker, is to supply nine 850kW turbines to Pioneer Generation for the Mount Stuart wind farm in New Zealand. |
27.01.2011
Green Earth Energy to distribute Ascent modules in Europe
Belgium-based distributor Green Earth Energy and Technology is to sell thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module developer Ascent Solar Technologies’ copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) modules and portable power solutions in Europe under a newly-inked agreement. |
26.01.2011
Bosch acquires control of solar subsidiary
Bosch has gained control of its solar subsidiary ersol Thin Film, acquiring the minority stakes held by Ventizz Capital Fund III and Ventizz Capital Fund IV. |
24.01.2011
UK FIT scheme ‘simpler’ than US incentives
The UK feed-in tariff scheme, that provides guarantees rates of return from energy produced by sub-5MW renewable energy installations, does not suffer from the complexities as incentive schemes in the US. |
24.01.2011
Solar stocks rise in rush to beat German FIT cuts
Germany said last week that it would cut feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar power producers by three per cent in July, assuming that a 3.5GW threshold for new installations is reached this year, as seems likely. |
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