A look back at REM this time last year
February 2011’s top ten a mixed picture
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Toby Price This month last year, Adnan Amin was battling to win the post of Director General he currently holds at IRENA during a period which saw mixed fortunes for different renewables technologies. German sol...
Unique business model helps Harvest Power bloom in North American market
Monday, 23 January 2012 Dan McCue While wind and solar power dominate the headlines when American television and newspapers turn their attention to renewable energy, the biggest trend in the sector actually involves materials that are...
UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bundchen talks renewables in Kenya
Thursday, 19 January 2012 REM On her first official visit to Africa, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and Victoria Secret supermodel Gisele Bündchen, went to the grassroots level in Kenya to experience the reality of energy poverty and t...
Güssing Renewable Energy, ClearEdge Power sign $500 million clean energy deal
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 REM Güssing Renewable Energy GmbH, a provider of carbon-neutral energy solutions, has selected ClearEdge systems, of Hillsboro, Oregon in the US, to assist in achieving its goal of producing 50 MW of cle...
51% of German renewables owned by citizens
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 REM Feed-in tariff expert, Paul Gipe, looks at how individuals and farmers in Germany are leading the renewables revolution there. A "Citizen Power" conference will be held in the historic chamber in Bonn...
Most read in January 2011
Food-related renewables stories top this time last year
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Toby Price Renewable Energy Magazine has been delving into its archives to bring you a snapshot of what were hot topics in January 2011. Who would have thought that the relationship between food and renewable en...
Ireland
Irish Biogas research fuelled by new funding
Monday, 09 January 2012 REM Ground-breaking research into the use of renewable gas at University College Cork’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Ireland has received a €0.25 million boost for 2012. The initiative wh...
Nepal
Mountain kingdom exports Biogas expertise
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 Toby Price The Himalayan nation of Nepal has found it has become an expert in using cow dung to produce Biogas, and is now sharing its knowledge with other countries around the world. It has installed over 200,0...
Vattenfall to turn wind into gas
Friday, 09 December 2011 REM Swedish utility Vattenfall, the world's second biggest offshore wind operator, has announced its participation in a project to turn wind energy into hydrogen gas via electrolysis. In effect, the proje...
Chevron: oil... yes, but geothermal, solar and biofuels too
Friday, 25 November 2011 Toby Price As funding for new renewable projects exceeds that for fossil fuels, Renewable Energy Magazine is witnessing how an increasing number of oil companies are turning their attention away from black gold ...