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Growth in offshore wind installations was the key driver behind the 9.3GW of new wind power capacity that was built in the European Union during 2010, according to new figures.
Investors risk compromising African communities and the environment by entering into hurried, clandestine or one-sided deals with African nations, the International Institute for Environment and Development has warned. 
A raft of measures, including the establishment of an independent body, should be taken to facilitate the transmission of renewable energy between Italy and Tunisia, a new report has advised. 
China has now officially overtaken the US as the country with the most installed wind energy capacity, according to the latest figures. 
Photovoltaic system installer and financing company SunRun has identified key areas in which the cost of solar power in the US could be brought down dramatically, helping the technology reach grid parity.
Confidence that the UK government will enable the growth of the UK’s cleantech sector over the next 12 months has fallen sharply after the electricity market reform and the Comprehensive Spending Review, according to new research. 
Pressure on local authorities to increase the rate of recycling to avoid exceeding landfill allowances could see the quality of recycled materials degrade to such an extent they are unusable and sent back to rubbish tips, according to the Institute for Civil Engineers. 
Despite there being no official consolidated opinion in the European Union over how a North Sea transmission grid to connect offshore wind farms should be developed, a number of issues have been set out that need to be examined by 2012 at the latest, a new report shows.
Many thought leaders have extolled the enormous potential of the smart grid and its value in delivering a worldwide low-carbon economy. But despite this there is an uncertainty about how the business will progress in this decade, according to an executive brief from business intelligence provider Memoori.
Affordable electric vehicles will not be available on the UK market until 2015 and their adoption will need to be supported by government subsidies, according to a new survey.
The Italian solar market is predicted to witness a doubling of installations in 2011 as global investment flows into the country, according to the latest research.
As Europe has already cut its emissions by 17 per cent, it is likely to surpass its 20 per cent greenhouse gas reduction target by 2020, according to a new report by the European Wind Energy Association. 
The agreement to develop a Green Climate fund to channel finance and transfer technology to poorer countries was one of the key accomplishments of the recent United Nations Cancún summit in Mexico, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
Scotland can plausibly generate almost all its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 as both nuclear and fossil fuel power plants get phased out, according to a new report. 
More rooftop solar panels were installed in Australia in 2010 than in the whole of the industry’s previous history in the country, a new report shows. 
The US has released its Critical Materials Strategy, which it said will be crucial to ensuring access to rare earths needed in the country’s move to a low carbon economy.
Time is running out to remove the major obstacles that stand in the way of growth in the UK’s clean energy and technology sector, according to a new study.
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in cleantech companies declined month-on-month in November, erasing two previous months of growth and putting deal volume and value back among the lowest levels recorded this year, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet.
Green infrastructure bonds offer the most attractive option for plugging a deficit in the UK that leaves the level of financing from utilities and infrastructure funds available in the next decade for low carbon infrastructure at only a quarter of the amount needed to make the transition to a low carbon society, according to a report by Climate Change Capital. 
