Posted in Energy, Europe, General, Policy on 2007-12-28 | No Comments »
New EU legislation aimed at having green energy account for 20 percent of the union’s overall energy consumption by 2020 is taking concrete shape, with draft proposals indicating that each EU state should contribute at least 5.75 percent to an overall target. Rich member states will carry a heavier burden, however.Full Story
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Posted in Economics, Electricity, Solar Energy on 2007-12-28 | No Comments »
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved its four new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA). The four projects — three utility-scale solar and one geothermal — will generate approximately 585 megawatts (MW) of electricity for PG&E’s customers in northern and central California.
The first of PG&E’s [...]
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2007-12-28 | No Comments »
Pyron Solar Inc. has announced the closure of a Series A equity financing with New Energies Invest Ltd. (NEI). According to the company, the funds will be used to improve product reliability, expand its team, and begin the transition from the demonstration phase to low levels of production.
Pyron is currently developing projects in Spain and [...]
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2007-12-28 | No Comments »
Advanced Tower Systems (ATS) has signed an agreement with Siemens Wind Power for the delivery of an SWT2.3-93 wind turbine to be used in an ATS prototype-project to build a hybrid tower on the testfield of WINDTEST Grevenbroich in Germany. The installation of the tower and the wind turbine will be in September 2008. The [...]
