International Business News - renewable energy http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares in solar power companies fell on Thursday, led by a 14-percent drop in LDK Solar Co Ltd, which posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090814/solar-stocks-down-on-dim-results.htm Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:11:43 EDT Q-Cells, one of the world's largest maker of solar cells, has no liquidity problems at the moment, its chief financial officer told Reuters on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090813/q-cells-says-has-sufficient-liquidity.htm Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:08:12 EDT Solar cell manufacturing capacity will grow 56 percent in 2009 despite weakened demand for renewable energy projects in the face of tight credit markets and a global economic recession, a report issued on Monday by research group DisplaySearch said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090811/solar-cell-production-seen-growing-56-percent.htm Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:53:22 EDT China started construction of the country's first 10-gigawa wind power base in Jiuquan of northwest Gansu province on Saturday as Beijing seeks more clean power to fuel its fast economic growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090810/china-starts-building-first-10-gw-mega-wind-farm.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:43:18 EDT UK-based waste treatment company New Earth Group aims to raise 15 million pounds ($25.14 million) to diversify into power generation and says it can generate 20 percent-plus returns under new incentives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090810/uk-waste-company-seeks-cash-develop-energy.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:41:53 EDT Coal-dependent China will unveil a plan to foster the development of "new energy" sources, including wind, solar and nuclear, by the end of this year, state media on Monday quoted a senior energy policy official as saying. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218278-china.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090810/china-unveil-plan-energy-end.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090810/china-unveil-plan-energy-end.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:38:17 EDT Denmark's DONG Energy will build and run an up to 33-megawatt wind farm in the northern Norway municipality of Narvik in cooperation with its local affiliate Nordkraft, DONG said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/denmarks-dong-says-build-north-norway-windpark.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:28:44 EDT China is winning a global race to create "green collar" jobs, six months after countries worldwide launched $500 billion spending plans to drive a low-carbon economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218131-wind-turbines.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/china-leads-global-green-jobs-race.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/china-leads-global-green-jobs-race.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:51:13 EDT A group of small U.S. manufacturers and trade associations is endorsing a bill it says will boost the number of green manufacturing jobs in industries like wind and solar power in the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218097-clean-energy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/150-businesses-support-bill-fors-green-jobs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/150-businesses-support-bill-fors-green-jobs.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:09:34 EDT Hong Kong's power plant operator GCL-Poly Energy Holdings will invest about $200 million to build a solar wafer plant in the Chinese city of Xuzhou, banking on a recovery in polysilicon prices and robust demand from China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/gcl-poly-energy-invest-200-mln-solar-wafer-plant.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:01:35 EDT Public Service Enterprise Group Inc unit PSE&G can spend $515 million of ratepayer money for 80 megawatts of solar power projects, New Jersey utility regulators ruled on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090730/psegets-nj-approval-spend-515-million-on-solar.htm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:43:03 EDT New installments of U.S. wind energy in the second quarter of this year fell by more than half from the first quarter as the recession helped cut contracts for new turbines, an industry group said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217588-wind-turbines.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090729/uwind-power-installation-slows.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090729/uwind-power-installation-slows.htm Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:13:22 EDT The Cape Cod resort area, famous for sandy beaches and centuries-old fishing villages, could in the next few years claim a new title of home to the United States' first offshore wind farm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/offshore-wind-could-be-next-wave-fors.htm Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:23:55 EDT India will unveil its first solar power target as soon as September, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as it firms up its national plan to fight global warming, draft documents show. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217468-india.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/india-unveil-20gw-solar-target-under-climate-plan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090728/india-unveil-20gw-solar-target-under-climate-plan.htm Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:53:29 EDT European solar cell and module makers may be forced to speed up shifting production to Asia, rattled by rapid price declines and falling market shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090727/europe-solar-groups-look-rising-asia-answers.htm Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:13:38 EDT Investors are looking for signs of a recovery in solar panel demand when manufacturers report earnings in the coming weeks, though panel prices are still falling fast and earnings may not see a meaningful improvement until 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217239-tom-werner.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090723/wall-st-seeks-sunny-forecasts-solar-earnings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090723/wall-st-seeks-sunny-forecasts-solar-earnings.htm Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:15:44 EDT The Pacific island state of Tuvalu set a goal Sunday of a 100 percent shift to renewable energy by 2020, hoping to set an example to industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gases it blames for rising sea levels. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090720/risk-from-rising-seas-tuvalu-seeks-clean-power.htm Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:07:13 EDT Chinese solar panel maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd said on Wednesday it is opening two U.S. regional headquarters in New York and San Francisco, marking the company's latest bid to expand its business in North America. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090716/yingli-opening-offices-california.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:08:06 EDT Four North American geothermal companies announced plans to merge on Wednesday and raise C$100 million ($90 million) to develop key projects to produce clean power. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/four-geothermal-companies-plan-merger.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:07:21 EDT The United States will press China this week to lower its tariffs on clean energy technology as one of many steps the two countries can take to fight global warming, U.S. officials said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090714/uto-press-china-on-tariffs-on-clean-energy-trade.htm Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:45:54 EDT