Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 28/04/2011
Thursday, 28 April 2011 • Major polluters say 2011 climate deal "not doable" Reuters• India’s Rusting Wind Farms Help Gamesa, Vestas Expand Foothold Bloomberg• ‘US must step up efforts on renewable...
Latin America
Development funding driving wind growth in Latin America
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 Toby Price Around Latin America, funding from several development banks and foreign investors is enabling an increasing amount of wind capacity to be installed. The Dominican Republic, Argentina and Brazil are a...
China
10% of vehicle sales will be EVs in 2020, says World Bank
Thursday, 21 April 2011 According to a new study financed by the World Bank, plug-in vehicle will likely comprise 10 percent of new vehicle sales by 2020. China is to emerge as an important test-bed for innovation as countri...
Australia
Datang Renewable forms JV for €4.4 billion in Australian wind, solar projects
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. Ltd., the renewable energy subsidiary of China Datang Corp., has finalized a joint venture with CBD Energy Ltd and Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric Co. Ltd. to d...
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 19/04/2011
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 • New-energy vehicles take spotlight at Shanghai show Reuters• U.S. Offers $2.1 Billion Backing for Solar Power Plant Bloomberg• Egypt starts to build wind power stations Al Bawaba&bull...
Policy uncertainties dampened Q1 investment in renewable sector
Friday, 15 April 2011 The first quarter’s investment in solar, wind, geothermal and forms of renewable energy was the lowest in two years, dampened by subsidy cuts in Europe and low natural gas prices in the US, acco...
Brazil
Finnish biomass researchers head to Sao Paulo
Thursday, 14 April 2011 Increasing demand for biomass and sustainable development technologies brings a Finnish research centre to Sao Paulo in Brazil. VTT Technical Research Centre’s objective is to “optimise th...
German firms to drive global biogas market close to $9 billion by 2017
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 A comprehensive new report on biogas plants published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. concludes that the world’s desire to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, heightened attention to eco-friend...
Spain
Germany loses top spot in European wind output league table
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 Toby Price The beleaguered wind industry in Spain is fighting back after it was knocked sideways two years ago by damaging legislative changes that led to an exodus of companies in search of new markets in the U...
United Arab Emirates
Renewable energy firm establishes headquarters in Dubai
Monday, 11 April 2011 Rubenius, an alternative energy and smart grid enabler, has established its global headquarters in Dubai’s Internet City, hoping the emirate will prove to be as much of an clean-energy hub in th...
Globeleq inaugurates 44 MW wind farm in Nicaragua
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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