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Europe: Five-fold growth in smart meters by 2017

Europe could experience five-fold growth in the installed base of smart meters by 2017, according to analyst Frost & Sullivan.
09 February 2012

Honeywell launches smart grid project in England

Honeywell is launching a smart grid project that will connect up to 30 commercial and industrial buildings in the Thames Valley area west of London, together with utility SSE.
09 February 2012

Solvay unveils Nedstack 1 MW PEM fuel cell in operation Solvay unveils Nedstack 1 MW PEM fuel cell in operation

Solvay has demonstrated the new Nedstack fuel cell system in operation at its SolVin chlorine plant in Antwerp-Lillo, Belgium. The 1 MW PEM Power Plant – one of the largest PEM fuel cell systems yet – runs on by-product hydrogen produced at the SolVin plant.
06 February 2012

Gamesa enters electric vehicle market

Gamesa is entering the electric vehicle and energy efficiency market, taking a stake in N2S, a Spanish start-up specialising in intelligent energy services management.
31 January 2012

Renewable Power Generation - 2010 figures

Missed our report into 2010's renewable power generation figures? Catch up here...
19 January 2012

England relaxes planning permission for heat pumps

There has been a change in the planning permission rules in England so that homeowners no longer need planning permission for air source heat pumps
29 December 2011

Top 5 favourite content 2011

Which content on our website had the most number of hits during 2011?
28 December 2011

Scotland set for record year for renewables

According to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, in the first nine months of this year, Scotland had already generated 94% of last year's output.
23 December 2011

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to attend WFES 2012

The 5th annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES) will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from 16-19 January at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
21 December 2011

FuelCell Energy, Abengoa partner to develop fuel cell power plants for Europe and Latin America

US-based FuelCell Energy has announced a partnership with Abengoa in Spain to develop localized stationary fuel cell power plants for markets in Europe and Latin America. The partners will also install a 300 kW pilot project at the Abengoa headquarters in Seville.
13 December 2011

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