03/07/2009 - New investment in clean energy worldwide rallied in the second quarter of 2009, reaching $24.3bn, according to figures published today by New Energy Finance. The data, based on actual deal and project transactions, show that Q2 was a big improvement on the first quarter of 2009, when investment was just $13.3bn, but it was nevertheless well down on the same quarter of last year, when the figure was $36.2bn. Behind the improvement compared to Q1 were two main changes – a jump in asset finance of projects such as wind farms and solar parks, and a sudden resumption of equity issuance on public market by quoted clean energy firms.
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03/07/2009 - RWE Innogy, the renewables division of German energy giant RWE, has gotten the green light from Dutch authorities to build the 300-megawatt (MW) ‘Tromp Binnen’ wind farm off the northern coast of the Netherlands.
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03/07/2009 - Coca Cola Enterprises signed a 10-year contract with UTC Power that will bring two fuel cells to its southern New York bottling plant. The UTC Power fuel cells will produce heat and energy that can satisfy nearly a third of demand at Coca Cola’s bottling plant in Elmsford, N.Y. The project received $2 million in funds from the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority. 
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03/07/2009 - In just five months, the U.S. government has gone from being a casual supporter of renewable energy to the one of world's biggest investors in the space. Now the private sector is trying to figure out what role it will play in this new era of government involvement. 
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03/07/2009 - Meteorology and oceanography (metocean) have a major impact on design and operations in all elements of the offshore industry. From a business perspective, it is imperative that users of metocean information in the offshore oil and gas and marine renewables industries are fully aware of the implications that the weather, waves, currents and water levels can have on their operations or design work. Experience has shown that if they are not, things can go wrong, with serious health and safety and economic consequences. Following the success of the first Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) three-day Metocean Awareness Course, held earlier this year, the second in the series is to be held Tuesday 15-Thursday 17 September at IMarEST headquarters at 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ in the heart of the City of London.
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03/07/2009 - A cross-section of the motor industry representing volume manufacturers, niche vehicle producers and component suppliers met for the first time to form the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' new Electric Vehicle Group. Seeking to interact with government, stakeholders and industry both in the UK and internationally, the Electric Vehicle Group will promote a collaborative industry-wide approach to the development of ultra-low carbon technologies.
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All-Energy '09 has now closed...


The conference presentations are now online - just go to the conference section of the website, click on the session in which  you are interested and then on the topic and you will see the presentation as well as biographical details of the presenter. A selection of images can be found here , you can also click here to see all the available photographs on the Royale Photographics website.

Don't forget - All-Energy Australia, Melbourne, Australia, October 7/8 2009 - more info here. Be there!