News in brief - 15 October 2008

Scotland delivers RE framework
SCOTLAND, October 15, 2008. Scottish Renewables, the green energy trade body, has welcomed the launch of the Scottish Government’s renewable energy framework with a strong focus on delivering renewable heat alongside renewable electricity, but has called for close working between Holyrood and Westminster to deliver UK and Scottish renewable energy targets.

AMSC licenses technology to Hyundai
DEVENS, MA, USA, October 15, 2008. American Superconductor Corporation, has announced that it has licensed two of its proprietary wind turbine designs to South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Co., Ltd., the world’s largest shipbuilder, a global leader in turnkey power plants and offshore projects, and a major global supplier of high voltage electrical equipment.

NEF: clean shares take "pounding" in Q3
LONDON, October 14, 2008. When the economic background gets tough, it is the defensive sectors of the stock market that tend to out-perform and the young, growth sectors that tend to be shunned. That was the case in the third quarter of 2008, as clean energy shares took an even colder shower than the stock market as a whole.

Aviation industry looks to 2nd generation biofuels
SEATTLE, USA, October 13, 2008. Boeing has, along with other leading air carriers including Honeywell's UOP - a refining technology developer - established a group to accelerate the development and commercialisation of sustainable new aviation fuels.

100% auctioning for EU emission credits?
EUROPE, October 10, 2008. The EU Environment Committee has backed the European Commission’s plans to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions from most industrial sectors by 21% from 2005 levels by 2020, and phase out free emission permits leading to full auctioning.

AMSC partners with China’s XJ Group
DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, October 10, 2008. American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) subsidiary AMSC Windtec will provide China’s XJ Group Corporation with designs for the 2 MW WT2000df doubly fed induction wind turbine under a “multi-million-dollar” contract.

Oxfam: “Forecast for Tomorrow”
OXFORD, UK, October 9, 2008. A new report from NGO Oxfam argues that the UK Government must work together with the public and private sectors, as well as turn away from high-pollution policies and projects that stand to jeopardise the UK’s carbon emissions reductions target.

UK advised to cut GHG by 80% in 2050
LONDON, UK, October 9, 2008. The UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has advised that the UK needs to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% in 2050, and that this is achievable at a cost of 1-2% of GDP in 2050.

Siemens and E.ON to build 207 MW offshore wind farm
ERLANGEN/DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY, October 9, 2008. E.ON has placed a €275 million order with Siemens Energy for the supply of 90 wind turbines for the 207 MW Rødsand II offshore wind farm off the coast of Denmark.

Vattenfall acquires AMEC Wind Energy
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, October 7, 2008. Vattenfall AB is acquiring 100% of AMEC Wind Energy Limited, a major UK developer of commercial wind farms for around £126.6 million.

Round 3 offshore wind farm tender opened
LONDON, UK, October 7, 2008. The British Crown Estate has issued an ‘Invitation to Negotiate’ to registered developers for the Round 3 offshore wind farm leasing programme for the delivery of up to 25 GW of new offshore wind by 2020.

Fuel cells in the air
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY, October 7, 2008. A manned airplane that can take-off and fly exclusively with a fuel cell has been presented at Stuttgart airport by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).

REC to deliver US$450m of wafers
SANDVIKA, NORWAY, October 6, 2008. REC has entered into a US$450 million long-term agreement for the supply of multi-crystalline silicon wafers to Taiwanese Neo Solar Power until 2015.

Masdar invests €120m in WinWinD
ABU DHABI, UAE, October 6, 2008. Abu Dhabi’s Masdar renewable energy and clean technology initiative has bought a €120 million equity stake in WinWinD Oy, a Finnish wind turbine manufacturer.

39.7% solar cell efficiency
FREIBURG, GERMANY, October 6, 2008. A 39.7% efficiency for a multi-junction solar cell has been reached by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.

First phases of Roscoe wind farm opened
ROSCOE, TEXAS, USA, October 6, 2008. E.ON Climate & Renewables has officially opened the first two phases of its wind farm in Roscoe, Texas.

US Congress passes PTC/ITC extensions
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, October 6, 2008. Solar is the big winner after the US Congress passed the tax credits extensions for renewable energy generation on Friday 3 October as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

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