UK launches new energy saving advice line
Monday, 02 April 2012 REM The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched new telephone line to give the public advice on how to save energy in their homes and businesses, while bringing them updates on renewables ...
Scotland
Scottish commitment to renewables starts paying dividends
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby PriceScotland clean energy drive has been given a massive boost after it was chosen as the site of a new multi-million pound offshore wind base by the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa.
Part two of an on-going series
Policy needs to be 'loud, long and legal' to support renewable investment
Tuesday, 27 March 2012 Dan McCue In August 2011, a group of experienced finance practitioners gathered at Chatham House in London to discuss the then-pending creation of a $100 billion Green Climate Fund and what they wanted to contr...
Lessons in renewable energy at America’s greenest hotel
Monday, 26 March 2012 Richard Crume Richard Crume uses one hotel in the US as an example for his renewable energy students to study. The hotel has achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy costs compared with other hotels of the same si...
Part one of an on-going series
Despite Europe's economic woes, hunger for renewables project investment remains
Monday, 26 March 2012 Dan McCue In the nearly four years that have elapsed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the onset of the global financial crisis, the economic news coming across the Atlantic from Europe to American has ...
Cabo Verde
African island goes green with solar micro-grid
Monday, 26 March 2012 REM A new rural solar photovoltaic (PV) micro-grid has been commissioned on the island of Santo Antão (Cabo Verde) financed under the ACP-EU Energy Facility programme and led by local private water compa...
Germany
Country needs to protect solar leadership, warns analyst
Monday, 26 March 2012 REM As a global leader in research on the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, Renewable Analytics feels compelled to address political leaders in Germany regarding several key points to put emphasis on the ...
Denmark
Danish commitment to renewables reflected in launch of new trade fair
Friday, 23 March 2012 REM Denmark has decided to increase its renewable energy resources, with the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy clearly laying out its plans for the next years last November. The Danish strategy presen...
LED: lighting the way to a better tomorrow
Friday, 23 March 2012 REM LED lighting expert Rob Lobitz takes a look at the past, present and future of light emitting diodes: one form of energy efficient lighting that thanks to its wide range of applications is quietly and...
United Kingdom
Coordinated approach could save offshore wind billions, says energy regulator
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 REM The UK’s Energy regulator, Ofgem, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published a report at the start of the month showing how more coordination in the development of offshore lin...
ritesh pothan
A perspective on Indian renewables
India
The Indian biomass sector (part 1) - The story thus far