Renewable Energy

Ahead of WSP Group preliminary 2011 results, the UK top brokers Jefferies has recommended 'Buy' rating on the stock, while Espirito Santo has assigned 'Outperform' rating with a target price of 300 pence per share. The consultancy company is scheduled to report its preliminary 2011 results on February 27, 2012.

In order to ensure the country retains their global leadership on wave and tidal power, the UK government has been told, by its Members of Parliament on Sunday, they ought to have a more visionary approach.

Rambler stumbled across 5,000-year-old monument on Carmarthenshire mountain.

With over 100 turbines generating power for around 320,000 homes, the Walney project is regarded as the world's biggest offshore wind farm. It will be officially launched on Thursday, by the British government.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in India, to attend the 12th meeting of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.

Despite the economic slowdown, exports of goods and services over the last twelve months have reached $2.089 trillion; an increase of 32.64 percent when compared for the same period in 2009.

Five in Five report highlights the technology that will change the way we think and act over the next five years, according to IBM analysts.

PlanetSolar’s MS Turanor continues its global journey towards the Persian Gulf after making a stop in Mumbai.

The bank ends sponsorship of Climate Week event following claims of “corporate greenwash”.

Green Party said comments by Duke of Edinburgh undermine the efforts of renewable energy solutions.

An ongoing summit organised by the Met Office bids to showcase how its latest technical innovations can boost the hunt for clean and sustainable energy options and sources.

The International Energy Agency has warned that if fossil fuel infrastructure is not radically and rapidly re-thought, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid devastating climate change.

A month to forget is quickly turning into a year to forget for Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM), which has come bottom of a list of the greenest electronics firms.

NASA has won a GreenGov Presidential Award from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The GreenGov awards celebrate exceptional efforts to promote sustainability in federal agency operations.

On 15 September 2011 the Office for National Statistics reported that the level of unemployment had remained unchanged at 7.9 per cent but only because the estimated number of people employed in the economy, had fallen by 69,0000 in the three months to July, to total 29.17 million, of whom 23.13 million are in the private sector 23.13 million and 6.04 million in the public.

Russia said on Tuesday it is close to finalising a huge gas supply deal with China, in what would be a landmark trade agreement, but while officials insist cooperation between the two wary neighbours is only set to improve, lengthy negotiations prove the distrust is still hampering the Sino-Russian relationship.

Saudi Arabia plans to spend over $100 billion to build 16 nuclear reactors in an effort to meet its growing domestic energy needs, the kingdom's former Saudi intelligence chief and former ambassador to Washington said in a recent speech.

German manufacturing corporation Siemens is likely to withdraw completely from the nuclear trade.

The United States sent a representative for the first time to the annual memorial service for victims of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, one of two nuclear attacks that led Japan to surrender in World War II.

New research suggests solar pv panels could provide a cheap alternative to air-conditioning.

While announcing that the U.K. had exceeded its target to reduce its carbon emissions, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne warned that global warming and its affects could reverse the progress of civilisation leading to all-out wars between nations.

Japan is planning to conduct "stress tests" on all of its nuclear power plants to address safety fears and avoid possible power shortages when demand reaches peak levels later this summer.After the11 March accident at Fukushima Daiichi power plant, reactors had to be shut down and delays in restarting others already undergoing regular maintenance checks mean that only 19 of Japan's 54 reactors are currently operating, hindering the county's effort to recover after the tsunami and...

UK Government plans published yesterday revealed that Wales faces the prospect of new nuclear power stations in the north and near the south coast.

Newly sworn in Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has expressed his desire for Scotland's energy be 100 percent renewable by the year 2020.

The Scottish government's 2020 target for generating renewable electricity has been raised from 80 to 100 per cent.

Nominations for the election of a new Scottish Liberal Democrat leader close today, Tuesday,17 May 2011 at midday. This follows the resignation of Tavish Scott, MSP for the Shetland Isles after the Lib Dem's disastrous 05 May 2011 Election results for the Scottish Parliament reduced their membership to five.

The government's new environmental deal counters criticism from environmental charities that the coalition is failing to live up to its ambition of becoming the "greenest government ever".

Shares in Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the energy company said it would be selling three of its wind farms.

2010 may well be regarded as one of mixed fortunes for Britain's renewable energy industries; a year opening with triumphs and ending with a few tribulations. Here's a brief resumé of some of the progress made to date in the task of reducing the UK's dependence on fossil fuels and an indication that there is still a long way to go.

National Grid, the UK's electricity and gas networks operator, has announced today a new strategy in a 2 for 5 rights issue worth £3.2 bn.