US ENERGY BILL TO REMOVE SUPPORT FOR RENEWABLES?
STOP PRESS: Washington DC, 13 November 2007. Reports coming out of Washington this week appear to suggest that both the US House of Representatives and the Senate - in committee - are to remove planned concessions that would have given the renewables industry in the US a huge boost.

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WIND ENERGY DEVELOPERS BENEFIT FROM SWISS INCENTIVES
Switzerland, 13 November 2007. Swiss energy company REnInvest has announced its intention to construct eight turbines, each 78 metres in height, at between 2 000 and 2 100 metres above sea level, in the St Gotthard Pass, Switzerland.

TRINA SOLAR FAST TRACKS INTO CHINA PROGRAM
Barcelona, 12 November 2007. Trina Solar Limited, an integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules (founded in 1997) has been ranked number 1 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2007 programme. 

NEWS IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 14, 2007
- SCHOTT has announced the inauguration of a new thin-film production plant in Jena;
- Phoenix Solar AG has signed contracts for the turn-key construction of three solar power plants with a peak output of 5.4 MW;
- OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, a global manufacturer of production systems, components and services for high-tech industrial applications, has created Oerlikon Solar as a new segment within the Oerlikon Group;

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COLORADO'S ENERGY REQUIREMENTS WILL EXCEED THAT OF RENEWABLE LEGISLATION
Colorado, USA, 13 November 2007. A new study concludes that the state of Colorado will need to build a significant number of power plants in the next 18 years - in addition to aggressively building new renewable energy facilities and increasing energy conservation efforts - just in order to meet the state's anticipated growth in demand for electricity.

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THE RIO +15 INITIATIVE: LOOKING TOWARDS BALI
Jill Barker of carbon trading organisation EcoSecurities reports back from the Rio+15 conference, which aimed to address the issues related to climate change mitigation in the run up to the upcoming UNFCCC Bali conference.

SHELL AND CODEXIS EXPAND BIOFUEL COLLABORATION
12 November 2007. Royal Dutch Shell plc has expanded its collaboration with Codexis Inc. to develop new super enzymes to convert biomass to fuel.

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SCOTTISH EXPERTS SHOULD 'SHARE KNOWLEDGE.'
Scotland, UK, 12 November 2007. Scotland needs to pool resources to become a world leader in marine energy. That was the message, delivered at a major conference of marine energy experts in Dundee on 9 November, by Neil Kermode, Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.

EPIA ADDRESSES SOLAR POWER FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Brussels, 8 November 2007. The 5th European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) round-table in a cycle of six debates, running until December 2007, focused on the EU's development policy, and how photovoltaic (PV) energy can provide cost competitive, tailor made and sustainable technological solutions for rural electrification.