Europe
11 EU leaders' letter to EC could be good for clean energy
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Toby Price Ahead of next week's European Council, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and 11 other European leaders have written an open letter to Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and...
Denmark
Danish commitment to 100% renewables applauded by IEA
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 REM Yesterday we published an interview with Martin Lidegaard, Denmark’s Climate, Energy and Construction Minister about his country’s target of 100% renewable by 2050. Today, the International Energy...
Australia
Skills: the route to a renewable energy future for Australia
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 REM Renewable energy production is excelling in Europe and making its name as a simple and cost effective alternative to fossil fuel power generation; meanwhile it is still developing within Australia and...
United Kingdom
How to re-energise our communities through transformative capitalism
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 REM A new green paper by ResPublica entitled “Re-energising Our Communities: Transforming the energy market through local energy production” concludes that the UK government must bring an end to the ...
United Kingdom
Longest HVDC cable in world to boost renewables grid access
Monday, 20 February 2012 Toby Price ScottishPower and National Grid have awarded contracts to deliver a major electricity grid upgrade comprising the first ever subsea link between Scotland and England/Wales to a consortium with the Mil...
Sweden
Vattenfall reveals how batteries enable “islanding”
Friday, 17 February 2012 Toby Price “Islanding” involves isolating part of a power grid to enable it to become self-sufficient. It is one avenue being explored as the capacity of wind energy and other intermittent renewable resource...
United States
Native American clean energy projects awarded $6.5 million by DoE
Friday, 17 February 2012 REM Described as part of the Obama Administration's “commitment to strengthening partnerships with Tribal Nations and supporting tribal energy development”, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced th...
Europe
Over 1 million jobs in European renewable sector
Thursday, 16 February 2012 Toby Price EurObserv’ER has released its latest report, providing a round-up of the state of Europe's clean energy sector in 2010. According to ‘The State of Renewable Energies in Europe’, the European Uni...
President seeks $2.27 billion to further US adoption of renewables
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 REMPresident Barack Obama has asked Congress for $27.2 billion for the US Energy Department for 2013, including $2.27 billion intended solely to help further the adoption of renewable energy in the US.
IRENA’s Second Assembly ends on auspicious note
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 Toby Price The successful conclusion of the Second Assembly of IRENA in Abu Dhabi (January 14-15) signalled a new era for the Agency and recognition of the strategic importance of its mandate – to increase the...
michael hoexter
The energy future is now
Condors and wind turbines: Green-vs-green conflict revisited
Innovative new tyres launched for electric vehicles and hybrids
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