| Speaking at Carbon Finance 2008 | 20/08/2008 |
| IT Power has been invited to speak at the forthcoming Carbon Finance 2008 Conference in London on the 8,9 & 10 October. This highly successful conference series brings together the key actors in the Global Carbon market. IT Power will participate on day one where the focus will be on the EU ETS, CDM / JI and voluntary markets with regional focus on Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. IT Power will use its expertise to present on the CDM / JI markets, giving a market update, a view on the role of renewables and a future market outlook. Other peers presenting include ... read more | |
| Tidal Power Energy Converter nears completion | 11/08/2008 |
| Pulse Stream 100 is an oscillating hydrofoil tide energy converter, designed primarily for shallow water sites. IT Power is in the final stages of assembling the Pulse Stream 100 device, as part of a BERR funded prototype project which aims to prove the device in expected operating conditions and pave the way for larger commercial units to be installed in similar estuary and shallow water sites around the world.... read more | |
| Sustainable Energy Projects in the Pacific Islands | 06/08/2008 |
| By the end of May 2008, the European Union had signed off 11 contracts worth more than 6.3 million Euros to supply renewable energy and energy efficiency equipment to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Nauru, Niue, Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The contracts will cover off-grid and grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV), solar water heating (SWH), liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cook stoves and prepayment meter technologies. ... read more | |
| IT Power invited onto Panel at Energy Trading Conference | 25/07/2008 |
| IT Power has been invited to participate in EMART Energy, the annual energy trading conference organised in cooperation with the European Federation of Energy Traders, EFET. IT Power will be on a renewable energy Panel focusing on the outcome of the directive on energy from renewable sources and its consequences. Moderator for this panel will be Marc Wallraff, VP Commodity Markets, E.ON. Other invited panelists come from RECS, Statkraft, Electrabel and AIB. EMART Energy will be held in Geneva Switzerland on 29 and 30 October 2008.... read more | |
| Technology Work Group at Alliance for Rural Electrification | 16/07/2008 |
| As a Member of the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), an organisation founded by the the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), IT Power helped kick off the ARE “Technological Solutions” Work Group in Frankfurt. The purpose was to discuss how to foster Rural Electrification by massive deployment of Renewable Energy technologies. ... read more | |
| First AGM of the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) | 03/07/2008 |
| The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) held its first Annual General Meeting in Aix-les-Bains in June. The Alliance was formed by the renewable energy trade associations as an EPIA initiative. Under the leadership of Ernesto Macias (President) and Paula Llamas (Secretary General), the ARE now has 24 members, including IT Power. At the AGM, Bernard McNelis was elected to the Board of Directors. Paula is now on maternity leave and Simon Roland (Communications Manager) looks after operations until Guido Glania takes over as Secretary General in September.... read more | |
| Installation has started of a new tidal stream generator | 20/06/2008 |
| Following the recent granting of planning permission by the Secretary of State, John Hutton, the Pulse Stream 100 tidal energy converter project has commenced installation in the Humber Estuary, one kilometre off the south shore of the river between Immingham and Grimsby. Piling of the foundation structure was completed in May 08 by contractors Humber Work Boats. The structure is now ready to receive the main structure and foils, which are to be delivered later in the summer.... read more | |