News in brief - 27 August 2008

Polymer PV backsheet technology agreement
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, USA, August 29, 2008. DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials (PVFM) has signed a Technology Licensing Agreement with Toppan Inc. Priting Co. Ltd in Tokyo, Japan to commercialise backsheet for photovoltaic (PV) modules using DuPont's technology.

Flexible nanoantenna arrays capture solar energy
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, USA, August 28, 2008. Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources.

WaveProtector development deal
WATERFORD, IRELAND, August 28, 2008. Technology from Ideas Limited (TfI) has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with DuPont to jointly develop passive protection material technology for the wave energy sector.

Solar industry faces hard times
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, August 28, 2008.  Solar energy (PV) module production capacity will be almost twice as great as global market demand for PV by the end of this year. This could lead to an oversupply situation and can put many manufacturers in a difficult position.

Anaerobic digestions is ‘way forward’
LONDON, UK, August 27, 2008. According to UK Minister for Waste, Joan Ruddock, anaerobic digestion taking food waste turning it into electricity and compost is “the way forward”.

Q-Cells opens research centre
BITTERFELD-WOLFEN, GERMANY, August 27, 2008. Q-Cells has opened its photovoltaic (PV) research centre: the ‘Reiner Lemoine Research Centre’, in Thalheim, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany.

Trilliant raises US$40m for smart grid
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, USA, August 26, 2008. Smart Grid technology provider Trilliant Incorporated has closed a US$40 million equity investment from an affiliate of MissionPoint Capital and zouk ventures.

SunEdison and Q-Cells sign 800 MW deal
BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, USA, August 26, 2008. SunEdison and Q-Cells International USA Corporation have entered into a five-year 800 MW development agreement in North America.

Google invests US$10m in geothermal
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, USA, August 26, 2008. Google.org is awarding US$10 million in investments and grants in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) technology as part of its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative.

China overtakes UK for renewables investment
LONDON, UK, August 22, 2008. China has displaced the UK in the top five most attractive countries for investment in renewable energy for the first time in the Ernst & Young country attractiveness indices’ five-year history, according to Ernst & Young.

US wind markets surge to new heights
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, August 22, 2008. On the back of three years of consistent growth, the US wind market is poised for a record-breaking surge with cumulative installed wind capacity to surpass 150 GW by 2020, according to a recent market study from research and advisory company Emerging Energy Research (EER).

E.ON plans 150 MW biomass plant
COVENTRY, UK, August 22, 2008. E.ON says it plans a 150 MW biomass power station at the Port of Bristol, UK.

101 MW of Siemens turbines to Oklahoma
ERLANGEN, GERMANY, August 22, 2008. Siemens will supply 44 of its 2.3 MW SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines for Keenan wind farm in Woodward County, Oklahoma, USA.

- 29 July 2008 -

Denmark continues its renewable tradition

Denmark has been a strong supporter of renewables since the early days, seen as the initial trailblazer of the windpower industry and always willing to look at alternative sources of energy. But as the country embraces its role as host of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in 2009 – and bids to host the 22nd World Energy Congress in 2013 – Denmark as a whole, and especially Copenhagen, is more than keen to showcase its renewables industry.

This new online service from Renewable Energy Focus allows you to find the product your company needs...

Product Finder online lists some of the most innovative and up-to-date solutions for the renewables industry, broken down into easily browsable sections. See it for yourself!

To have your product included contact our advertising team.