HSBC put out its first report on Iberdrola Renovables, the Spanish wind-power giant. The bank set out to answer a question flummoxing investors everywhere: How do you put a value on growth prospects for a player in an industry constantly buffeted by fickle regulatory regimes, unpredictable order books, and supply-side woes?The upshot of HSBC’s report? [...]
Archive for February 9th, 2008
What Price Wind Power’s Pipeline?
Posted in Economics, Energy, Research, Wind Energy on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
Norway to assist in climate research in Himalayas
Posted in Climate, Ecology, Research on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
The effect of climate change for the countries in the Himalayan region was a central topic during Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s one-day visit to Nepal.
“In no other part of the world are so many people so dependant on river water from snow and glaciers as in the Himalayas. There is a strong [...]
Teaching Teachers About Wind Power
Posted in Science, Wind Energy on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
When science teacher Michael Arquin started educating students about wind power, he had no idea his curriculum would come to influence thousands of teachers and students all across the country.
After earning his B.S. in Biology and Environmental Studies from UC Boulder and a M.A.T. in Science Education from Cornell, Arquin, 37, taught for five years [...]
Combined heat and power system
Posted in Energy, Fuel Cells on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
Direct Energy’s parent company Centrica announced recently that it had invested around £20 million in Ceres Power, which is in the process of developing a combined heat and power system (CHP) based on solid oxide fuel cell technology.The boilers are expected to be available commercially in the UK within the next two to three years, [...]
Not Another Solar-Energy IPO
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
The filing to take Real Goods Solar public is somewhat unusual. The company isn’t a major manufacturer of photovoltaic panels. It hails from Colorado instead of China. Oh, and its parent is a company associated more with yoga mats and new-age CDs than with sucking juice from the sun.
Gaiam (Nasdaq: GAIA) is a lifestyle-media [...]
A New Frontier for Solar Professionals
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
SMA America, Inc., the United States division of global solar technology giant SMA Technologie AG, is excited to announce the launch of its new business-building program, Sunny PRO Club. This valuable marketing services package, available exclusively to solar professionals who sell and install SMA products, combines SMA’s world-class products and marketing expertise with local solar [...]
