Other renewables

18 hydropower sector leaders from around the world have been elected to the board of the International Hydropower Association.

ABB Energy Industries is partnering with Enel Green Power to deliver predictive maintenance solutions that will help lower costs and improve the reliability of its hydropower plants in Italy.

Aries Clean Energy has received all approvals required to construct biosolids-only gasification facility in New Jersey, USA.

Stealth Power's automatic idle reduction system reduces harmful emissions.

Velocys, the renewable fuels technology company, has announced that it has secured £7 million (gross) by way of a placing.

Ormat Technologies has announced that it has signed and closed a set of agreements to acquire subsidiary 49% in the Ijen Geothermal Project Company, which holds the license to develop the Ijen project in East Java, Indonesia.

The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and China’s Tus Hold-ings have extended their international collaboration in marine renewable energy.

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has joined an EMPIR research consortium which aims to improve the accuracy and durability of commercially available meters for renewable gases.

According to research by Fior Markets, the global industrial hemp market expected to reach US$14.67 billion by 2026.

Attis Industries, Inc., a technology holding company with a production asset in Fulton, New York, that produces corn-based ethanol, has announced that it has joined the Advanced Biofuels Association.

Russian inventor Dahir Semenov has designed an electric train-plane hybrid; view the concept video.

BMW have unveiled a new electric Mini at its Cowley factory, Oxfordshire, UK, The Guardian reports.

Reuters is reporting that although solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity generation, equipment prices have fallen in recent years in the face of Chinese competition and increased production.

Approval has been given to a BGS application to sink 50 boreholes as part of research into harnessing underground heat and steam power, according to BBC News.

Anesco has completed work on a 20 MW battery storage project in the North West of the UK, taking the company’s storage portfolio to 147 MW.