Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Wind Market Quarterly Report Q4 2012” report to their offering. In 2012, China surpassed 50 GW of grid-connected wind capacity and is currently on track to add roughly another 18 GW, representing a 40 % growth rate. The country has quic
GE’s Power Conversion business has taken an important step in testing a viable way of producing large amounts of electricity from renewable resources using superconductors running at relatively high temperatures. The company has successfully completed trials of Hydrogenie, a power generator incorpor
Already in commercial production, FusionDrive, the market’s smartest gear and generator combination, is now proven to work well in its test field. The full load test run of FusionDrive recently started in the Moventas R&D center in Finland. The gear and generator combination, now in commercial produ
The welcome arrival of warm weather should also be sounding warning bells for developers and community groups who are exploring the potential for new renewable energy schemes. “Spring is peak survey season for many of our protected species and, if you miss the window, your project could delayed sign
A call for renewable energy project funding, which potentially totals tens of millions of Euros under NER300, was launched by the European Commission (EC) today. NER300 is the EU’s funding programme for innovative demonstration projects for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Howe
Mecanoo Architects designed the model EWICON (Electrostatic WIndenergy CONvertor) using technology developed by researchers Johan Smit and Dhiradj Djairam from the Delft University of Technology in a consortium with Wageningen UR and commercial companies in an economy-ecology-government partnership
From Wednesday, March 27, a scale model of a bladeless windmill can be viewed in front of the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at Delft University of Technology. Mecanoo Architects designed the model EWICON (Electrostatic WIndenergy CONvertor) using technology deve
Pavol Bauer (UHD, Electrical Power Processing section) received subsidies from the top sector Energy for a grand total of three projects. The total subsidy of the projects amounts to one million euros for research and half a million euros for components and equipment. It concerns research on Integra
The plans for construction of a subsea technology center have been welcomed by NOF Energy’s CEO George Rafferty, informs The Northern Echo. He welcomed the decision to build the Neptune National Center in the North-East on the River Tyne in Newcastle. “The region has one of the most vibrant subsea s
Professor David MacKay FRS, Chief Scientific Advisor at the UK’s Department of Climate Change and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, is speaking about how the laws of physics constrain sustainable energy options in the following video from TE
The net support costs for society of offshore wind in Belgium is lower than in neighbouring countries. Gross income for the various projects also lies below the European average. This appears from a comparative report by an independent consultancy firm, 3 E, in which the various support systems of 6
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Program announced today up to $1.9 million to reduce market barriers commonly faced by the marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology industry. Through this competitive funding opportunity, the Energy Department will collaborate with the Bureau of Ocean
Navigant Research announced today that it has released the annual BTM wind report International Wind Energy Development: World Market Update 2012. The 180+ page BTM wind report, World Market Update 2012, published by Navigant Research, is the eighteenth edition of this annual wind energy market repo
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has selected The Glosten Associates as the company which will design its offshore wind floating platform system demonstrator. Glosten, a US-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, will design a tension leg platform (TLP) by developing what is com
