VertAx Wind to Utilize C-Gen Magnet Generator British company, VertAx Wind, and the University of Edinburgh, have signed the first commercial licensing agreement for the C-Gen Permanent Magnet Generator developed at the University. | Australia Construction Begins on Innovative Kennedy Energy Park Construction of the first utility-scale wind, solar and storage hybrid generator connected to the national electricity network is set to start today in North West Queensland, Australia. | Offshore Wind Farm Control Strategies to Be Put to the Test The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator’s €2.3 million ($2.7 million) project, Wind Farm Control Trials, is designed to demonstrate how effective implementation of control strategies can reduce the cost of offshore wind. The project will take a holistic approach, investigating the impact of strategies aimed at improving energy generation across an entire wind farm, rather than individual turbines. | Wind Rocky Mountain Institute showcases Dutch wind power PPA partnership Commissioning Complete at Bluff Point Wind Energy Peikko Delivers Gravity Foundations to Wind Park in Sweden Siemens Gamesa to Install FES Heat-Storage for Wind Energy Welsh Government calls for more support for UK wind and solar energy from Westminster PV Scatec Solar secures 40 MW solar PV project in Malaysia African Development Bank Approves $265 Loan for Solar Project H&H Energy Completes Two Solar Projects in Iowa British Solar Renewables to manage pioneering community-owned solar farm Energy saving Nigeria New analysis identifies a $9.2 billion off-grid electrification opportunity in Nigeria Stem and Mitsui Patner on First Energy Storage Virtual Power Plants in Japan Massachusetts Awards Grants for Development of Energy Storage Exelon and Albermarle Partner to Form Volta Energy Technologies Electric/Hybrid Verizon replaces conventional fuelled vans with hybrids Sweden NEVS resurrects the Saab 9-3 as an EV Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens Launch E-Fan X Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator Biogas Clearfleau Building New Biogas Plant in Scottish Highlands Anaerobic digestion is central to UK Government policy says Lord Deben Sweden Carlsberg Group Now Running Sweden's First Carbon-Neutral Brewery Panorama Paris One Planet Summit Marks Two-Year Anniversary of Paris Agreement Bloomberg and Carney announce growing support for climate-focused financial taskforce GE to Cut 12000 Jobs Worldwide Obama Tells Mayors They Can “Inspire the World” Geothermal New Zealand Top Energy agrees to contracts for expansion of New Zealand geothermal plant New York State Announce $3.8 Million Available for Statewide Geothermal Clean Energy Challenge Al Maiorino Solar Energy: The Future of Africa Agenda 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Resources International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum |