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Welcome to the new website for Renewable Energy World Magazine. As you can see, we have joined forces with the former RenewableEnergyAccess.com website, now RenewableEnergyWorld.com. The Renewable Energy World brand has been rolled out across all PennWell's renewable energy properties - magazine, online and events in North America and Europe. So now at RenewableEnergyWorld.com you will find not only current and archived magazine features (searchable by issue and topic) and latest news from around the world, but also regular podcasts, video and more.

If you are a regular online visitor of the former RenewableEnergyAccess.com and you don't yet know our magazine, please browse now. The magazine is published every two months, is read in over 160 countries, and is free of charge to renewables professionals. It's available in print and digital formats.

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Volume 11  Issue 3
May/June 2008
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The global wind industry has grown rapidly in recent years, manufacturing capacity is increasing and the component supply chain is stretched to its limits. Eize de Vries reports on some of the challenges of this pace of growth, investigating some of...
A key technology required for the exploitation of renewable resources is the humble inverter. Widely regarded as a 'black box' component, highly efficient inverters are crucial to enable the widespread introduction of grid-integrated price parity renewables. David Appleyard reports....
Animal by-products such as fats and oils are usually a waste product with a related disposal issue, but they can be converted into a renewable fuel. Marty Weil reports on one US meat processing company's efforts to explore the commercial development...
With ten highly prominent initial public offerings (IPOs) racked up already, China's solar energy industry is poised to make a major impact on worldwide polysilicon capacity and solar cell production. However, determining who will succeed among the new firms in the...
One reaction to climate change is investment in renewable energy and, today, spending on renewable energy technologies is growing dramatically. However, business strategist Aiman El-Ramly, questions whether the current trend is economically and technology feasible when baseload energy requirements need to...
Into thin air: Vacuum solutions for photovoltaics
- by Katherine Hutchison and Peter Holland
Crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturing requires vacuum-based processing tools for many critical steps, from mono- to polycrystalline silicon growth to thin-film depositions on silicon wafers. Careful attention to vacuum systems can make a significant contribution to reduced costs, ultimately permitting profitable...
Utilities in the US Northwest and California are scrambling to meet requirements set out in state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) legislation in the face of rising prices and shrinking availability of wind turbines. Lisa Cohn reports....
We all know that concentrating solar thermal technology in California has been delivering 'no fuel' electricity for two decades. Now advanced solar thermal electric options are dropping in price and some companies are introducing thermal storage to match power demand. Here,...
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