IEA ocean energy technology initiative publishes tenth annual report
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby Price The Executive Committee of Ocean Energy Systems (OES), an International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology Initiative, announces the publication of its most recent Annual Report that presents the activiti...
Gamesa enters distributed and community wind market in the US
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REMGamesa is entering the distributed and community wind energy market through an agreement that makes Harvest the Wind Network a primary distributor of Gamesa's family of G5X-850 kW turbines.
The nihilistic political campaign against the Chevy Volt…and against American industry
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 Michael Hoexter Our blogger Michael Hoexter recently took a very satisfactory test drive in the US’s new Chevy Volt electric car. However, lower than expected sales and a fire after a crash test have been exploited...
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Renewables create jobs, expand businesses in Nevada says Senator Reid
Friday, 16 March 2012 REM United States Senator Harry Reid released a new report this week that puts a bright spotlight on the importance and benefits of federal and state policies to support the development of renewable energ...
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Ethanol helping to fuel economy, says RFA
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 REM According to analysis commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and published at the end of February, the production of an estimated 13.9 billion gallons of ethanol directly employed 90,20...
Siemens takes stock one year after Fukushima
Tuesday, 13 March 2012 Toby Price Coinciding with the first anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Siemens has published a paper examining how the Fukushima nuclear disaster has changed opinion in Germany and what the new ene...
Leading CSP companies form advocacy alliance to bolster US market
Thursday, 08 March 2012 REM Three of the world's leading concentrating solar power companies -- Abengoa, BrightSource Energy and Torresol Energy -- have formed an alliance to advocate for the technology to US regulators, utiliti...
$145 billion to be invested in North American wind by 2017
Tuesday, 06 March 2012 REM Pike Research shows cautious optimism about North American wind energy industry, despite it lagging in key areas compared to Europe and Asia. Falling costs and larger, more efficient turbines are help...
Bio-energy leaders latest to press US for extension of tax supports
Thursday, 01 March 2012 REM The leaders of more than 30 advanced bio-fuel companies have signed their names to a letter urging the US Congress to extend two tax supports that say are critical to the continued advance of bio-fuel...
United States
$180-million "ambitious new initiative" for offshore wind deployment
Thursday, 01 March 2012 REM As part of President Obama’s all-out, all-of-the-above approach to developing every domestic energy resource, Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the start of an ambitious initiative to capt...
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A perspective on Indian renewables
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The Indian biomass sector (part 1) - The story thus far
Nova Scotia unveils plan to have tidal energy meet 10 percent of its energy needs
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