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First Permanent Hydrogen Refuelling Station at Gothenburg to Open on 26 October, 2015

Gothenburg's first permanent hydrogen refuelling station will be launched at October 26. The hydrogen refuelling station is located next to PowerCell Sweden AB's premises at Hisingen in Gothenburg, Sweden.

7 Oct 2015

Alliant Energy Issues RFP for New Solar Generation in Iowa

Alliant Energy is seeking to expand its renewable energy generation with solar power. Alliant Energy's Iowa utility is issuing a request for proposals for new solar projects that could increase its system-wide solar generation by 50 percent.

6 Oct 2015

International Climate Agreements Could Discourage Investment in Renewable Energy

International climate agreements like the Kyoto Protocol may discourage much-needed investment in renewable energy sources, and hence be counterprodutive, according to new research.

6 Oct 2015

The Algae Foundation Awarded Department of Energy Grant to Develop Algae-Focused Curriculum

The Algae Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the algae industry, has been awarded a multi-year grant from the Department of Energy to develop a college degree in algal cultivation technologies as well as an aquaculture extension training program.

5 Oct 2015

European Research Project Introduces Technical Improvements to Turbines to Reduce Cost of Wind Energy Generation

A European research project aims to reduce the cost of wind energy generation by introducing technical improvements to turbines, which will have to be much quieter in the future than is the case today.

5 Oct 2015

U.S. Now Further Away from Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Deployment

University of Delaware faculty from the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE), the College of Engineering and the Alfred Lerner School of Business and Economics say that the U.S. has fallen behind in offshore wind power.

1 Oct 2015

Tidal Power Company, Minesto, Applies for Listing on First North at NASDAQ Stockholm

The Board of Swedish marine energy company Minesto has decided to apply for listing of the companys shares on First North at NASDAQ Stockholm and conduct a new issue of units directed to the public in Sweden of appoximatley EUR 10 million.

1 Oct 2015

NPL Supports Rollout of Hydrogen Vehicles Through its Hydrogen Purity Laboratory

As the UK's first renewable hydrogen refuelling station opens, the Gas Metrology team at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is supporting the rollout of hydrogen vehicles through its hydrogen purity laboratory, which provides quality assurance to refuelling stations.

30 Sep 2015

Yingli Signs Solar Panel Supply Agreements with Qingdao New Energy Solutions

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that it recently signed several agreements with Qingdao New Energy Solutions Inc. (NESI), a leading provider of agricultural and industrial building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) and utility-scale solar solutions, for the supply of 130 megawatts (MW) of high quality solar panels. Yingli has begun to deliver the first 30 MW and expects to complete the delivery by the end of September 2015.

25 Sep 2015

SolarWorld Signs Supply Agreement with Panasonic for 65MW of 72-Cell Solar Panels

SolarWorld– the largest U.S. crystalline silicon solar manufacturer for 40 years, with well over 1 gigawatts of annual production capacity to its name – announced today that the company and Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Co., a division of Panasonic Corp. of North America, have signed an agreement for SolarWorld to supply 65 megawatts of the company’s high-efficiency, 72-cell solar panels for a solar farm planned in remote southeast Oregon. The contract, to be fulfilled in 2016, encompasses the largest single project supply in the company’s history.

24 Sep 2015