News in brief - 19 November 2008

IdaTech strategy update
BEND, OREGON, USA, November 21, 2008. IdaTech is outlining changes to its business strategy as a result of the contract to supply up to 30,000 5kW hydrogen fuel cell systems over the next four years to the ACME Group, a provider of passive infrastructure systems to wireless telecom companies throughout India.

LG Electronics abandons Conergy JV
HAMBURG, GERMANY, November 19, 2008. LG Electronics has informed Conergy AG that it currently does not wish to proceed with the acquisition of a majority stake in Conergy’s solar module production in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, through a joint venture (JV).

Alternative energy threatened by crisis?
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, November, 19, 2008. The global financial crisis is threatening alternative energy, if we are to believe headlines in mainstream media. William Ambrose, Emerging Energy Research’s President & CEO thinks otherwise.

Vattenfall acquires British offshore wind farm
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, November 19, 2008. Vattenfall has acquired the 300 MW Thanet Offshore Wind project off Margate, Kent, UK, for £35 million.

Marine – a huge potential for the UK
LONDON, UK, November 19, 2008. Global warming, energy security and rising oil prices have resuscitated the marine energy sector. Ocean energy is a predictable and abundant source of energy with the ability to supply approximately 10% of the world’s electricity needs, writes analyst Frost & Sullivan.

Obama = green USA?
USA, November 18, 2008. Many in the renewable energy industry and other “greens” have supported Barack Obama’s campaign to become US President, but will he be able to deliver?

UK’s first advanced thermal conversion waste plant
ISLE OF WIGHT, UK, November 18, 2008. An advanced thermal conversion technology has been applied to a UK waste stream at the Energos gasification plant on the Isle of Wight.

Renewable energy revolution can become reality
BERLIN, GERMANY, November 17, 2008. The Energy Watch Group study “Renewable Energy Outlook 2030” has come to the conclusion that phasing out the use of fossil and nuclear fuels can be accomplished at a manageable investment level.

IEA World Energy Outlook 2008
PARIS, FRANCE, November 17, 2008. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2008 (WEO-2008) warns of dire consequences of an inadequate response to the climate crisis, and calls for a radical retooling of the global energy system.

E-Energy joint project
ERLANGEN/DORTMUND, GERMANY, November 17, 2008. RWE Energy, Siemens and partners have kick started a project focused on developing and implementing integrated concepts to harness and exploit the optimisation potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) in decentralised electricity markets.

Spain not ready for private rooftop systems?
BONN, GERMANY, November 14, 2008. The booming Spanish market is not yet ready for private rooftop systems, writes Bonn-based market researcher EuPD Research.

SANYO could become a Panasonic subsidiary
OSAKA, JAPAN, November 14, 2008. Panasonic and SANYO Electric have started discussions for a capital and business alliance between the two companies that could result in SANYO becoming a subsidiary of Panasonic.

International Renewable Energy Agency
MADRID, SPAIN, November 12, 2008. The Statute for the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has been agreed upon by 51 states.

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