Rame scoops Punta Colorada monitoring job
Energy consultant Rame Energy has won a wind monitoring contract at the Punta Colorada wind farm in Chile.
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Aberdeen council planning second hydrogen station
A second hydrogen refuelling and storage station could be built in Aberdeen.
Drax shares tumble on court subsidy contract ruling
Drax Group fell the most in three and a half months after the UK Court of Appeal ruled one of its power-generating units is not eligible for a government contract that pays guaranteed electricity prices for 15 years.
Wales launches first tidal generator
The first full-scale tidal energy generator to be deployed in Welsh waters has been unveiled by the country’s First Minister.
Scottish referendum halts Infinis decision on windfarm programme
Infinis Energy, a renewable-power company backed by Guy Hands’s venture capital fund, said it is holding off on a decision on whether to build two wind farms until Scotland decides whether it will remain part of the UK.
China adds solar capacity the size of Australia in energy push
China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, accelerated solar power installations in the first half, adding enough capacity in the period to equal Australia’s entire supply of power from sunlight at the end of last year.
High hopes for All-Energy 2015 on Glasgow move
Glasgow organisers have predicted a key renewable energy conference will start to grow attendance numbers again after relocating from its home in Aberdeen.
Borkum West enters commissioning stage
A 200MW offshore wind project in the German North Sea has closed its first development stage with the installation of the final offshore wind turbine.
Good Energy sells Norfolk farm
Renewable power supplier Good Energy Group has sold its 49.9MW solar site at West Raynham, near Fakenham, Norfolk.
Thialf installs latest platform in German offshore grid
Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2, working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT.
Research points to serious under-reporting of wind turbine fires
Fire is the second main cause of accidents in wind turbines, after blade failure, according to research at Edinburgh University, Imperial College and Sweden's SP Technical Research Institute.
India plans solar parks for up to 20GW capacity
India will provide low-cost loans and grants to set up solar power parks across the country to host as much as 20GW of capacity, about 10 times what it has built to date.
Areva shares plunge after forecast rethink
Areva fell the most in 22 years after reducing its 2014 forecasts and announcing a new cost-cut target as the French maker of nuclear reactors and fuel posted a first-half loss on weakening demand.
Ecosse scoops third seabed clearance deal
Engineering specialist Ecosse Subsea Systems has won its third seabed clearance contract in the North Sea for Dong Energy's newest wind farm offshore Yorkshire.
Statkraft sells 49% stake in UK wind farms
Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, sold part of its stake in three wind farms in the UK to Gingko Tree Investment of China to fund investment in new projects.
Finnish atomic reactor set for EDF boost
EDF, the world’s biggest nuclear operator, is considering helping to complete an atomic reactor in Finland plagued by delays, cost overruns and a dispute between the supplier and its customer.
Celtic Array scraps Rhiannon wind farm
Celtic Array, a partnership between Centrica and Dong Energy, looking to develop a huge wind farm in the Irish Sea has pulled out of the project.
Statoil’s Hywind open for Scottish business
Scottish renewables firms have been invited to submit proposals for Statoil’s Hywind floating turbine project, offshore Peterhead.
SMA Solar to cut 600 more jobs as it lowers full-year forecast
SMA Solar Technology, Germany’s biggest solar company, said it may lose as much as $60million this year because of “stagnating” demand in the solar industry. Shares fell the most in seven months.
Beatrice moves forward as partners choose base
The power giants behind plans for a huge offshore windfarm in the Moray Firth have struck a deal to use Wick Harbour.
Distillery goes green with £1million biomass boost
A Scottish distillery is going green with the help of an investment of about £1million to install a biomass boiler.
Climate change costs will increase 40% for every decade of inaction
As the Obama administration defends its efforts to curb carbon emissions this week, it’s taking a new tack: arguing that it is smart economic planning. A White House report released today says the cost of fighting climate change will increase 40% for every decade of inaction.
Sold-out crowds await US EPA at carbon-cutting rules hearings
The nation gets its chance this week to blast or praise the Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping plan to cut climate-warming emissions by 2030. Companies, environmental advocates and citizens will sound off at EPA hearings starting tomorrow in Atlanta, Denver and Washington about the 645-page proposal, unveiled two months ago, to limit carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants. A two-day hearing in Pittsburgh starts July 31. The agency says more than 1,600 people are scheduled to speak and by last week all slots were filled in Atlanta, Denver and Washington.
Opinion: First nail in the coffin for the hydro industry
The feed in tariff accreditation team at OFGEM must have been working all hours of the day and night to process the mountain of applications they got through in June. During the month, 13.25MW of hydro applications were processed, more than doubling the average for the year to date of 5.23MW. This will have a crippling effect on the hydro industry as the bumper month has triggered the threshold for accelerated reduction of the feed in tariff, the main source of support for developing green electricity from the UK’s rivers.
Video: Renewables made fun with new animation
A Scottish renewables trade body has taken a fresh approach to spreading the word about green energy – in a new online animation.