Europe
Proposed energy efficiency targets slashed
Thursday, 10 May 2012 Toby Price The energy ministers of the 27 EU Member States have agreed to cut the energy savings targets for 2020 outlined in the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive by almost 62%. For Spain’s Renewable Energ...
Top 10 stories in May 2011
Bioenergy favourite with readers this time last year
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 Toby Price A round-up of our most popular articles in May 2011 reveals a penchant among readers for news on bioenergy as the spring blooms arrived. The same month, the UK’s respected Committee on Climate Chang...
India
The Indian biomass sector (part 1) - The story thus far
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 Ritesh Pothan In the first of a two-part blog piece, Ritesh Pothan's colleague, Jai Rathod, takes a look at the milestones reached by India's biomass sector. Jai reports that India's biomass industry faces a numb...
This is the seventh and final installment of a series.
EXCLUSIVE: Mindshift needed - Energy efficiency, not the ability to waste it, should be point of pride
Tuesday, 17 April 2012 Dan McCue As should already obvious from the first installment of REM's exclusive interview with Michael Liebreich, CEO of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, he is an energetic man -- and no less energetic talker --...
This is the sixth installment of an ongoing series
EXCLUSIVE: Advocates for renewables need to change their messaging, BNEF founder says
Monday, 16 April 2012 Dan McCue Before Michael Liebreich established New Energy Finance in 2004, those who were deeply interested in renewable energy were essentially typecast into two distinct folds -- either they were engineers an...
Top 10 stories in April 2011
A shower of news on Germany bioenergy and Spanish CSP this time last year
Friday, 13 April 2012 Toby Price In our regular look back at news this time last year, two themes stand out: Germany’s domination of the biogas market and the rise and rise of solar thermal electricity worldwide, especially in Spai...
100,000 unique visitor milestone reached for first time
Renewable Energy Magazine smashes 100,000 user mark
Thursday, 12 April 2012 Toby Price Renewable Energy Magazine registered 104,554 users or unique visitors in March, according to data provided by OJD/Nielsen. This figure is almost double that a year ago, demonstrating the extraordinary...
Chile
juwi and Kaltemp construct Chile's largest PV array
Friday, 23 March 2012 REM The sunny Región de Coquimbo in northern Chile is becoming an electricity producer. On unused land close to the City of Vicuña, German renewable energy specialist juwi and Chilean engineering compan...
United Kingdom
Wave and tidal can create 10,000 jobs, but needs significant investment
Friday, 23 March 2012 REM In a new report, RenewableUK, the trade association representing the renewable energy industry, has called for a significant increase in investment by the UK and Scottish Governments to realise the wa...
Mexico
With 396 MW order, Vestas is on the rise in Latin America
Monday, 12 March 2012 REMVestas' fortunes are on the rise in Mexico with the confirmation of a 396 MW turbine order that will lead to the creation of the largest wind energy project ever undertaken in Latin America.
French company announces new four-junction solar cell
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