A report in RechargeNews.com claims that authorities in Austria have confirmed that a former American Superconductor (AMSC) employee, accused of selling wind-turbine technology secrets to China's Sinovel, has admitted a charge of "fraudulent misuse of data processing."
Japan will join the race to develop floating wind turbines to use in deep water off its tsunami-stricken northern Pacific coast as it rethinks energy sources after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, writes Reuters.
Taiwan's Economic Affairs Minister, Shih Yen-shiang, has used a meeting of APEC Energy Security Policy Roundtable to highlight the country's “green growth” achievements.In 2010, the country's green technology competitiveness was ranked sixth globally and second in Asia by the International Institute for Management and Development
Japan's plans to move away from nuclear power and replace it with renewable energy sources will cost the country around USD280 billion in new investment by 2020 according to Greenpeace.
NASDAQ has warned China's Cleantech Solutions International it could be thrown off the exchange. The market says Cleantech is in violation of a rule that stipulates shares maintain a USD1.00 minimum bid price to continue being listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. Cleantech's share price fell below USD1.00 for each day of trading over a 30-day period from 27 July to 7 September.
With China planning to expand its offshore wind power capacity to 5 gw by 2015, the world’s wind manufacturers are lining up to capture a piece of the action.
Not planning to be left on the sidelines, one of the world’s largest wind turbine companies, Spain’s Gamesa Corp Tecnologica SA, says it will invest 90 million euros (USD128 million) by 2012 in China, the world's largest wind power country, according to the company’s new chairman, Jose Antonio Miranda.
The results of Ernst & Young's latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indicies show that little has changed at the top of the rankings since the previous quarter. China still tops the All Renewables Index although India has fallen one position to fourth, trailing the US and Germany.
While other large car companies have been announcing deals to develop new technologies, Mitsubishi New Zealand has signed up SolarCity to provide its new EV car customers with a rooftop solar system, which should pay for the car's use. Laudable as Mitsubishi's marketing strategy is, the scheme brings into sharp focus dark shadows around New Zealand's policy on solar energy.
Several well-known companies in China's nuclear power sector gathered recently in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to sign a raft of large-scale energy project contracts.
Thai industrial conglomerate Loxley Plc has announced a plan to build a solar farm with over 8mw capacity in a bid to expand into the green energy business through a variety of renewable sources, including seaweed, waste and wind.
China's GD Power Development, a unit of State-owned Guodian Corp, said Wednesday it would issue 5.5 billion yuan (USD862 million) in convertible bonds to fund power projects across the country.
The Malaysian Government has pushed back implementation of its feed-in tariff (FiT) system for the renewable energy sector from 1 September to 1 December.
The announcement of a new wind turbine deal in Vietnam might also highlight the ever-increasing tensions over the resources around the islands of the South China Sea.
China's National Energy Bureau (NEB) approved a series of technical standards designed to improve standards and process in the country's wind industry which will go into effect on November 1, 2011.
NYSE-listed China Ming Yang Wind Power Group has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with China Three Gorges New Energy Corp (CTGNE) to focus on offshore wind power development in Guangdong.
The agreement giving Ming Yang preferential supplier status in CTGNE wind power projects in Guangdong and paves the way for future joint developments in the domestic and international markets.
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has landed a contract from Powerica to supply 26 units for a 46.8MW facility for its Vandiya Power Wind Farm project in Gujarat, in the west of India.
The contract is for Vensta's V100-1.8MW turbine, which is designed for high productivity from low wind sites common in India, and includes supply and installation as well as a ten-year service and maintenance agreement.
China's Gansu province, with the country's second-largest installed wind power capacity is still on track to take the lead and produce more than 10GW of installed wind capacity.
The news from the People's Daily is that the provincial government is determined to overcome a series of setbacks to its wind, including a scaling back of planned projects and the disconnection of some existing ones from the grid.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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