?Solar thermal energy is one of the most promising and dynamic energy sectors in the world ? and growing,? said Elly Burghout, Application Technology Leader of Innovative Plastics at SABIC.

The DOE earlier this month announced $56m for concentrated solar power (CSP) technology research.

New Energy Technologies, Inc., together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a developer of next generation alternative and renewable energy technologies.

The wind power plant will boast 51, 2MW wind turbines and is planned for districts Penonomé and Coclé.

Spain is still the only EU country to have developed a large-scale Concentrating Solar Power sector and at the end of 2011 concentrated all of Europe?s commercial CSP operations within its borders, with 1151 MW.

Japan is poised to overtake Germany and Italy to become the world’s second-biggest market for solar power as incentives starting July 1 drive sales for equipment makers from Yingli Green Energy Holdings to Kyocera.

The WindFloat ushers in a new era in the offshore wind power industry permitting utilities to target the highest quality wind resources.

Applied Materials, the market leader in solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment, conducted the 2012 survey among consumers in four countries.

German utility RWE AG (RWE.XE) is considering investing in solar energy power generation in its home market, signaling yet another shift it is renewable energies strategy.

The Irish Infrastructure Fund has acquired a controlling stake in a portfolio of wind power farms from Viridian Group.

SunPower Corp.. (NASDAQ: SPWR) has announced the completion of a 1.8 MW photovoltaic solar energy system in Skillman, N.J. for Bloomberg news agency.

The organizers of the 2012 Olympic Games, in London, have vowed to make the London Games the greenest Olympics ever.

The federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC), the primary incentive that helps support growth of wind power in the U.S., stands as a poster child for that “inconsistent and erratic” policy.

Robert Bryce, of the fossil-fuel-funded Manhattan Institute, continues his long-running search for ways to criticize wind power.

Sustainable Energy Week is an initiative of the European Commission that first took place in 2006.

New Zealand last week geared up for Global Wind Day, with the NZ Wind Energy Association and its members focusing on the benefits of wind farm and enabling people to experience wind turbines.

Punta Sierra Wind Farm will have 36 wind turbines with a wind power capacity of 108 MW 
 in the town of Ovalle.