IEA continues with energy efficiency, renewables drive
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 Toby Price After unveiling an early excerpt of its Tracking Clean Energy Progress report – Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (release date June 2012) at the third Clean Energy Ministerial in London in April,...
New support schemes announced for renewables on either sides of Pacific
Monday, 14 May 2012 Toby Price This month, two new countries on opposite sides of the Earth have announced plans to introduce schemes to encourage the deployment of new renewable energy capacity. Japan has announced a series of fee...
Indonesia
Jakarta gathers steam to ramp up geothermal industry
Friday, 11 May 2012 REM Located in the infamous Ring of Fire, Jakarta is an apt setting for Green Power Conferences’ next geothermal event, which kicks off GeoPower Indonesia & Philippines event just 4 weeks away. Undo...
Canadian solar strikes deals at home and abroad
Thursday, 03 May 2012 REMCanadian Solar Inc. has signed a groundbreaking agreement with the Bank of China to finance construction of solar power plants in Ontario, Canada.
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems to deliver biomass plant in British Columbia
Thursday, 03 May 2012 REMPratt & Whitney Power Systems has been awarded a contract to deliver a 13 MW biomass heat recovery power plant for West Fraser Timber Company in British Columbia, Canada.
Mexico
“Exciting and hopeful time for renewable energy” as Mexican climate law passed
Monday, 30 April 2012 Toby Price Dr. Thiemo Gropp, Director of the non-profit Desertec Foundation and Brian Schmidly, Regional Coordinator of the Desertec Foundation in Mexico, have issued a statement on the recently enacted climate ...
Africa
Mali plays host to bioenergy forum
Thursday, 26 April 2012 REM A three-day Bioenergy Forum for the ECOWAS Region was held at the end of last month in Bamako, the capital of the African country Mali. The event formed part of efforts to support the development of r...
40 GW of new wind capacity in 2011, predicted CAGR of 7% to 2016
Friday, 20 April 2012 Toby Price MAKE Consulting has published its 2011 Global Wind Turbine Market Share report, highlighting that over 40 GW of new wind power capacity was commissioned globally in 2011, resulting in another annual r...
China
Guangdong backs development of local wind industry
Thursday, 19 April 2012 Toby Price The wind power industry is one of the fastest developing energy industries with a total of 41 GW installed worldwide in 2011, 50.4% of which is from China. Guangdong province is one of China’s most ...
Canada
Canadians on track to installing over 1.5 GW of new wind capacity this year
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 REM Canada will enjoy another record year for wind energy development in 2012 with the addition of approximately 1,500 MW of new installed capacity, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanW...
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
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