Solar panel manufacturers in China are to source components from Taiwan in an attempt to sidestep US anti-dumping tariffs of at least 31 per cent announced by the US department of commerce last week.

Siemens has received its first wind turbine order from Chile, for a total capacity of 115 MW, at the El Arrayán wind power project, l400 kilometers north of Santiago.

Hydropower holds the key to energy integration between South American countries, according to Brazil’s energy minister Altino Ventura Filho.

American gas utility Sempra Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is to join forces with BP Wind Energy NYSE: BP to develop the Auwahi Wind farm in Hawaii, US as part of an ongoing strategic partnership in wind generation development.

China Sunergy has completed delivery of 5 MW in solar modules for the Yerussalimovo solar park in Bulgaria.

Apple says that all three of its server centres will be run by solar power alone in the very near future.

The US has voted to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese solar panels, with duties expected to range between 31 and 250 per cent.

A decision on whether to impose anti-dumping measures on Chinese solar manufacturers is expected to be made shortly by the US Department of Commerce.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed her Environmental Minister, Norbert Röttgen.

Coal power generators, Drax are reaping the benefits of lower costs in producing power, while sales are on the rise.

Brazilian firm Wind Power Energia (WPE) has confirmed it has received the second and final part of a $150m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.

Reservoir Capital, has received approval for the construction of the Brodarevo 1 and 2 hydroelectric projects and related infrastructure on the River Lim in Serbia.

RusHydro in partnership with Alstom has started the construction of a $159m hydro power equipment manufacturing plant in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan.

The UK government’s Electricity Market Reform will lead to a “train wreck” in the country’s power sector, according to six of the country’s leading renewable energy firms.

Leading renewable energy company Eco Environments has seen its turnover grow to more than £6m ($9.6m) – compared to £1.3million last year.

A $5bn transmission line which is intended to send power from wind farms off the East Coast of the US has overcome a legislative obstacle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said.

By the end of this year, the national wind energy association expects Mexico to be number 20 on the list of countries ranked in terms of wind power energy.

Germany’s troubled solar energy sector has won some breathing space after the country’s regional government blocked subsidy cut plans tabled by Berlin in the upper house of parliament, leading to hope for solar companies that they might avoid the full force of cuts being proposed.

Engineering company South Auckland Forging Engineering (SAFE), is the owner of New Zealand’s largest solar power plant to date, with the opening of the new facility in the town of Drury.