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25th May 2012

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Renewable Energy


Induction bending and cold bending techniques

Providing protective sleeves for the power cables deployed from offshore turbines to the shore
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In search of tomorrow's biofuels

Once seen as the solution for climate change, biofuels have since come under attack because of the use of fertile land to grow core biofuel crops. Now teams are developing biofuels that really could help save the planet
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Side-agitator technology offers biorefinery improved efficiency and reliability

Innovative side entry agitator technology and a rigorous R and D process have led to side-agitators aiding fermentation at Vivergo Fuels' 27-acre plant MORE »

Photovoltaic metallisation solution optimises solar cell manufacturing

DEK Solar’s PV3000 metallisation solution honoured by EM Asia Awards MORE »

// - How feed in tariffs could 'democratise' renewable energy generation

// - German photovoltaic installations soar by 71 per cent in 2010

// - Ultra pure water system for solar cell fabrication

// - Feeding the national grid

// - Making the case for new renewable energy materials

// - Finding the perfect site for a wind farm

// - Budget 'delivers boost for UK engineers'

// - Plant operator looks to clean energy receives

// - Quality assurance of wind turbines using displacement sensors

// - Co-generation plant powers ski resort

// - Hybrid schemes feature in solar investments

// - High quality photovoltaic installations at a low cost

// - Impact assessment for potential pilot park for floating wind turbine

// - Current transducers have operating temperature range of -40 to 105°C

// - Large space structure manufacturing a step closer

// - £1.6m wind energy centre to develop technologies of tomorrow

// - What do we do until renewables are in place?

// - Asian power behemoths drive world electricity demand outlook

// - Keeping solar park on track

// - Top 10 solar PV power plants

// - Offshore wind test rig crucial for UK offshore industry

// - Large scale energy storage technologies to capitalise on renewables

// - How long will Germany remain world’s largest PV market?

// - Software helps schedule offshore wind farms maintenance

// - Order for 200 wind turbine structures

// - Biofuels make a comeback despite tough economy

// - Photovoltaics among fastest growing industries in the world

// - Scientists lay out plans for efficient solar energy harvesting

// - REpower and Vattenfall to install 122MW wind farm in the Netherlands

// - The Solar Future: Italy

// - New production line for solar inverters

// - Offshore Maintenance: where offshore wind meets oil and gas

// - One of UK's largest solar schemes gets underway

// - Getting the most from biomass in combined heat and power plants

// - Flowmeter for biomass fermentation and biogas processes

// - Automating functions at a Peruvian hydropower plant

// - South American power producers invest for a mixed fuel future

// - Europe is leading the way in marine energy

// - Reliable rotors for the wind industry

// - GE wind turbines power Suncor Energy Ontario Wind Project

// - Coloured solar cells could make display screens more efficient

// - Solar PV data management service unlocks Feed in Tariff revenue

// - Solar PV micro inverters 'out-perform string inverters'

// - Ice detection for wind turbines

// - The future of onshore and offshore wind power

// - Simulation aids design of wind turbine generators

// - Generation begins at major wind farm projects

// - Dealing with the energy bottleneck with minimal disruption

// - On-line monitoring of wind turbines

// - Lack of skills and labour for plant management restrains market growth

// - Exploring alternative energy options for mine sites

// - Catch the next wave

// - Greater consolidation for the wind energy market

// - Could urine be the future of electricity generation?

// - Floating wind farms

// - An ill wind blows on China’s turbines industry

// - Nordex preferred supplier for two wind farms in South Africa

// - Fatigue analysis of offshore wind turbine structures

// - Onshore wind development: £9.7m smart grid system

// - Nordex completes installation of the first N117 wind turbine

// - Solar powers bright future for unemployed

// - Solar modules with increased break resistance

// - Wind turbines: solutions for every bearing position

// - COP17: Reactions from the carbon and climate change industry

// - Top 10 polycrystalline silicon modules

// - Wind power report ‘relies on the work of cranks’

// - Schools beat solar deadline

// - Energy storage technologies capitalise on renewables

// - Italian solar PV market: expected to plummet to 2.5 GW in 2012, say experts

// - Waste to energy business bought

// - Brazil Wind Energy Conference

// - Digital prototyping to cut costs for solar panel manufacturer

// - Record year for UK manufacturer of small wind turbines

// - Sustaining concentrated solar power growth in India

// - 73 wind turbines with hot climate option for 150MW project in US

// - Wind turbines: electric linear acutators off performance solution

// - Bearings selection and calculations for wind power plants

// - Wind turbine maintenance

// - Wind energy generator technology transfer

// - Environmental evaluation and PV cell characterisation

// - Researching solar cells and silicon-based materials

// - Hydrogen fuel cells

// - Noise testing for wind turbines

// - Use and capacity of global hydropower increases

// - RenewableUK: Policy Exchange ‘wrong to be worried about offshore wind’

// - Major potential for wave and tidal energy production near US coasts

// - Grouting contract for offshore wind farm

// - First marine energy park for UK

// - Test lab verifies high break resistance of solar PV modules

// - 3D computer models could be used to assess new wind farm schemes

// - Biomass: Unlocking the supply chain

// - Flexible conduit protects power and data for station

// - VIDEO: Submerged tidal turbine goes with the flow on green energy

// - Nordex awarded contract for 30MW wind farm in Spain

// - Wind industry becoming 'a powerhouse of job creation' at all levels

// - Wind energy has 'widespread public support and offers value for money'

// - VIDEO: SMEs turning to renewable energy generation

// - Windows could 'act as solar panels'

// - Sun shines on new ‘eco hotel’

// - Continued growth in shale gas and offshore drilling and production throughout the US

// - Accessing key wind farm performance and maintenance data

// - Growth in demand for material for wind turbine blades

// - Award for Durch solar company

// - Belgium solar energy grows against the current

// - Germany: 36 per cent of electricity in to be generated from renewables by 2020

// - Offshore wind floating system demonstration project

// - Linear actuators boost solar power generation

// - Bearings and simulation software key to future renewable energy systems

// - Solar energy in off-grid locations

// - Solar experts share their outlook on the state of the industry in 2012

// - Wind turbine bearing test rig now operational

// - Belgium’s 2011 PV market beats previous record year 2009

// - Wind power soars – nearly five million UK homes powered in 2011

// - World Forum on ‘Fuel, Food and the Environment: The Bioenergy Challenge’

// - Real time bolt measurement

// - VIDEO: Offshore turbine achieves reliability run with 99.05 per cent availability

// - Improving the efficiency and reliability of wind turbines

// - Bird monitoring at wind farms

// - Growth predicted at 12 per cent for world wind turbine market

// - World first for full scale autoclaving with wet AD

// - 67 per cent in favour of the use of wind power in the UK

// - Latest tests confirm increased energy generation of small wind turbine

// - Video: On-farm biogas power project generates energy for nearly 1,000 homes

// - Consent granted for 299MW wind farm

// - 2.5MW wind turbines with 103m rotors to power four Polish wind projects

// - Support for wind in countryside strong – two-thirds of rural residents back wind power

// - Solar mapping marketing service launched

// - European biopower market 'growing'

// - Single-phase solar inverters

// - Custom tape-in-frame solution

// - Bright future for solar power in space

// - Flexible organic solar film converts light to electricity

 
 

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