Features: by technology
29 May 2009
As financial markets deteriorated in October 2008, Solar Electric Power Association executive director Julia Hamm challenged the solar and utility industries to deploy solar power on a massive scale despite new economic barriers. SEPA, an organisation comprised of over 550 utilities and solar industry members, has also issued a report demonstrating how the industry has responded amidst a tough economic climate.
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28 May 2009
Global business leaders in Copenhagen for the World Business Summit on Climate Change have issued ‘The Copenhagen Call', a statement that sets out the elements business believes are required to forge an effective new global climate treaty.
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21 May 2009
US President Barack Obama has proposed a new fuel economy standard for the US auto industry, improving the energy efficiency of all US automobiles to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, an increase of more than eight miles per gallon per vehicle. This will result in projected reduction in oil consumption of approximately 1.8 billion barrels, or, in the President's words, ‘more oil than we imported last year from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya, and Nigeria combined.'
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20 May 2009
In this presentation from Juliet Davenport of renewable energy electricity supplier Good Energy group, she looks at the transmission and distribution issues of the UK renewable energy sector.
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15 May 2009
In an interview with FOX Business Network, energy tycoon and wind investor T Boone Pickens predicted oil prices will hit ‘$70 before $50' and that oil will be at ‘$75 a barrel by the end of the year'.
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14 May 2009
While governments around the world implement legislation to encourage the use of renewable energy, one sector still continues to divide public opinion: biofuels. With the need to couple increasing energy demand with a slash in greenhouse gas emissions, the use of biofuel has continued to gain momentum, in particular biodiesel. However, fears that it could result in mass deforestation and pose a threat to crop supply for poverty-stricken countries has led to calls for its abandonment.
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13 May 2009
The EBRD is to trigger investments in sustainable energy projects worth up to €15bn in the next three years in its drive to finance the development of new sources of clean energy and to reduce energy wastage throughout Eastern Europe.
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5 May 2009
The emphasis placed upon building a green economy in President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment plan has sparked a wave of interest in the growing renewables sector, with solar continuing to be one of the forerunners.
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27 April 2009
The mounting interest from political quarters on the need to tackle climate change and dependency on foreign oil by ramping up the use of clean technologies has done little to protect cleantech companies and new technologies from the financial downturn, with many now fearing for their survival in an increasingly difficult fundraising environment.
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24 April 2009
UK renewables industry leaders welcomed Alistair Darling's Budget announcement of a package of measures to build a low carbon economy and further decarbonise electricity generation. The proposals include a potential £525m of new money through a review of the support mechanism for offshore wind.
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23 April 2009
Speaking at a wind tower production facility in Iowa, US President Barack Obama laid out his vision for a new clean energy economy, independence from foreign oil, combating pollution and finally addressing the climate change problem that, according to him, has been neglected for decades in Washington.
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21 April 2009
Over the past four years, there have been more than 260 M&A transactions in the renewable energy sector. A new comprehensive guide to the industry prepared by commercial law firm CMS Hasche Sigle provides an annotated overview of the market situation and M&A strategies within the renewable energy sector.
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3 April 2009
Fears have been growing that the UK is no longer on target to reach its 2020 renewable energy goals amidst a flurry of major project closures. Energy majors such as Shell described alternative energy as uneconomically viable in times of financial uncertainty; a sentiment echoed around the camps of fellow players BP and Iberdrola Renewables.
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30 March 2009
According to leading experts from Spain and the US, investment in infrastructure and energy is one of the surest ways to stimulate the economy, create local jobs and help ensure a greener and cleaner future.
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24 March 2009
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) presented its annual market figures to its members last week. The global solar photovoltaic market grew to at least 5.5 GW in 2008 compared to 2.4GW in 2007. Spain ranks first, followed by Germany.
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12 March 2009
As the world wakes up to cleantech and governments introduce new legislation, with targets in place to boost investment in renewable fuels by 20 per cent by 2020, it is the lawyers who need to remain one step ahead, according to Tessa Laws of law firm Rosenblatt.
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9 March 2009
The solar industry was moving at a frantic pace through the end of 2008 in an effort to capture the solar tax credits that were set to expire at year's end, according to solar energy technology company Evolution Solar. Global demand for solar hit a whopping 5.3GW and saw the price of silicon skyrocket and solar panels became very scarce.
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9 March 2009
UK renewable energy trade association the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has welcomed UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's endorsement of the potential of renewable energy to create employment in the UK.
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9 February 2009
Per Regnarsson of corporate finance group Clean World Capital discusses opportunities in cleantech and the wind energy scene in Denmark.
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27 January 2009
As former COO at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy within the US Department of Energy, Paul Dickerson oversaw the US' programme for renewables and efficiency, with a budget of $1.8bn. Here, he discusses the outlook for clean energy in the US, the challenges faced for new technologies and what the incoming administration needs to do to push things forward.
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