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Renewable Energy Focus News - 1 Sep 2010

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Unlocking Asia's renewable energy potential Asian and Australasian countries are brimming with renewable energy resources that have never been fully exploited. Poor infrastructure is one of the main obstacles to development, says Stewart Taggart, but successful European models can provide a blueprint for the future. More

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Solar electricity

Phaesun sets up solar shops in Mozambique
Phaesun GmbH has started a project of rural electrification through off-grid solar systems in Pessene, Mozambique.... More

UK offers £7m for solar nanotechnology
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is launching a competition for £7 million for research into solar nanotechnology.... More

Solar Project Development Conference & Expo US
4th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit EU

Photovoltaics (PV)

Johanna Solar Technology becomes Bosch Solar CISTech
Johanna Solar Technology GmbH is changing its name to Bosch Solar CISTech GmbH as part of its integration into the Bosch Group's Solar Energy Division.... More

Solar PV module leader knocked off top spot
IMS Research shows that crystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) module supplier Suntech shipped more modules during Q2 ‘10 than any other company, beating previous market leader and solar thin-film rival First Solar.... More

Sheffield solar farm opened
University of Sheffield is now home to 70m² solar photovoltaic (PV) panels - expected to generate 8 MWh per annum.... More

Vigorous testing for solar PV backsheets
Madico, a supplier of solar photovoltaic (PV) backsheets announce that its Protekt backsheet products are the most thoroughly tested on the market.... More

Tokuyama builds Malaysian polycrystalline silicon factory
Japan-based Tokuyama Corporation will build a polycrystalline silicon factory for use in photovoltaic (PV) solar cells.... More

Innotech Solar launches off-grid solar module
Designed for grid-independant solar installation, the Innotech Solar (ITS) 'off-grid' solar module allows different solar cell types to be used, including half and third cells.... More

LDK Solar increases polysilicon production
LDK Solar Co Ltd’s second polysilicon production facility with an output of 5000 mega tonnes has completed the commissioning process and commenced commercial production.... More

British Gas introduces solar PV panel scheme
The utility firm takes advantage of the UK Government’s recent feed-in-tariff (FITs) to encourage people to generate their own low-carbon energy including solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.... More

Wind power

PNE WIND completes second repowering project
PNE WIND AG has completed its second wind farm repowering project with the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany, quintupling the output.... More

Goldwind buys wind turbine components from Semikron
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd has signed a sales contract with Semikron China for continued supply of SKiiP power modules and complete Semistack power electronic assemblies for Goldwind wind turbines.... More

Forewind Consortium appoints General Manager
The Forewind Consortium which will develop Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK, has appointed Lee Clarke, former Senior Corporate Development and Strategy Manager with RWE npower, as its new General Manager.... More

New partner for Irish onshore wind project
Canadian energy producer Finavera Rewables Inc has sold its majority interest for Cloosh Valley Wind Project, County Galway, Ireland, to Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) . ... More

REpower opens wind power technology centre
REpower has officially opened its new wind turbine technology centre in Osterrönfeld in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Germany.... More

AMSC delivers wind turbine components to India
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will deliver 17 wind turbine electrical control systems to Inox Wind Ltd, part of India’s Inox Group of Companies.... More

Chinese wind turbine production in Northern Ireland
Chinese manufacturing company Xiangtan Electrical Manufacturing Corporation Ltd (XEMC) may set up wind turbine production facilities in Northern Ireland.... More

Scottish offshore wind worth £7.1bn
Scotland’s offshore wind industry could contribute £7.1 billion of investment and create up to 28,000 direct jobs by 2020, according to Scottish Renewables and Scottish Enterprise.... More

BASF exhibits turbine products at Husum WindEnergy 2010
Chemicals company BASF will showcase its products for the manufacture of wind turbines at the Husum WindEnergy trade show in September. ... More

Bioenergy

Shell and Cosan JV on sugarcane ethanol
Shell and Cosan have signed a US$12 billion joint venture (JV) agreement to produce and commercialise ethanol and power from sugarcane.... More

Advances made on next generation biofuel
Life Technologies and SG Biofuels report completion of sequencing the Jatropha curcas genome.... More

Food crisis caused by biofuels?
There are conflicting opinions over a World Bank report which suggests biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%.... More

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2. PV innovations: Solar thin-film technology update
3. Fossil fuel subsidies are 12 times support for renewables, study shows

DIREC2010
Last week's top stories at www.renewableenergyfocus.com

1. The power of the concentrated sun
2. British Gas introduces solar PV panel scheme
3. Solar thin-film reaches 20.3% efficiency

Energy infrastructure

GE launches smart grid monitoring and diagnostics service
GE Energy has launched a remote Monitoring & Diagnostics service for smart grid applications.... More

Policy, investment and markets

North Sea renewable energy cooperation
The UK and Norway will cooperate on offshore renewable energy in the North Sea, according to a joint ministerial statement on climate change and energy security.... More

DNV Sustainability & Innovation set up
Risk management firm Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has set up a Sustainability & Innovation division to “steer DNV towards green service growth and sustainability services.”... More

Top stories on @REFocusmag last week

1. Goldwind buys wind turbine components from Semikron
2. UK offers £7m for solar nanotechnology
3. Vigorous testing for solar PV backsheets

Events

Global Demand Conference
Dates: 06 September 2010 until 07 September 2010
Location: Valencia, Spain
Website: http://www.globaldemandconference.com
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25th EU PVSEC and 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
Dates: 06 September 2010 until 10 September 2010
Location: Valencia, Spain
Website: http://www.photovoltaic-conference.com
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1st CSP Today Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India
Dates: 07 September 2010 until 08 September 2010
Location: New Delhi, India
Website: http://www.csptoday.com/india
More

HUSUM WindEnergy
Dates: 21 September 2010 until 25 September 2010
Location: Husum, Germany
Website: http://www.husumwindenergy.com/
More

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