Trade Skills 4U, (TS4U) whose bursaries are aimed at ex-service personnel who have slipped through the resettlement net, is offering £100,000 worth of training for those seeking a new career path in the electrical and renewable energy industries. The centre is urging
Work on the world's largest wind project is under way as the first wind turbines have arrived at the Shepherds Flat site in Oregon, it was reported reported today at the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) Windpower 2011 Conference & Exhibition. More
Hadley Barrett, CEO of the Oxford Sustainable Group, has welcomed the findings of the CBI's latest report, ‘Risky business, investing in the UK's low-carbon infrastructure', and urged the government to listen to the CBI's recommendations if it wants green investors to return
The new PV100 solar installation test kit from Seaward is an all-inclusive electrical test solution designed specifically for those involved in solar panel installation. The test kit is capable of carrying out all electrical tests required by IEC 62446 on grid connected
Enecsys, a supplier of long-life solar micro inverter systems for residential and commercial applications, has secured a further £25m in equity financing to invest in its growth plan. Enecsys was founded in 2003 and its patented technology was originally developed at Cambridge
Offshore wind turbines of the future should have much larger blades resulting in lower costs and cheaper electricity, according to the Energy Technologies Institute. The ETI's Helm Wind project was set up to deliver step-change improvements in the economics of the offshore
The recent government announcement of a review of the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) payments has seen a flurry of worried solar companies clambering to condemn energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, and predicting a gloomy future for the solar energy market. However, Ploughcroft
The Solar Satcom Pod is a compact solar powered remote satellite telemetry system utilising the latest satellite and internet technologies to bring data from a remote location to your computer in near real time. The satellite internet telemetry system includes a data
Wagner Solar UK, the UK branch of German solar power and solar heating supplier Wagner & Co Solar Technology; has announced it will donate 3% from the sales of Sanyo modules during the entire month of April, to the relief and development
ABB has won a $50m (£31m) order from Phenix Renewables to deliver a 24 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Lazio, central Italy. Once connected to the grid, the Phenix solar plant will supply up to 35 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of
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