Panorama

Clean energy investments feel the squeeze in 2012

Thursday, 12 April 2012 REM

After clocking up a record in 2011, new financial investment in clean energy in first quarter of 2012 was the weakest since the depths of the financial crisis in Q1 2009.

A look back at REM this time last year

February 2011’s top ten a mixed picture

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Toby Price This month last year, Adnan Amin was battling to win the post of Director General he currently holds at IRENA during a period which saw mixed fortunes for different renewables technologies. German solar ...

IEA report highlights “end of cheap oil”, says Global Renewable Fuels Alliance

Thursday, 10 November 2011 Toby Price Yesterday’s release of the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook in London has again confirmed the end of cheap oil says the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, which highlights that ...

2Q clean energy boom as solar thermal attracts billions

Tuesday, 19 July 2011 REM Financial new investment in clean energy in the US jumped in the second quarter of 2011 to reach $41.7 billion. This was 27% above the figure for the first quarter and 22% higher than the equivalent for ...

Clean tech will be third largest sector in the world in 2020

Friday, 10 June 2011 Toby Price A report by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants y WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) reveals that the market for clean technology will top €1,600 billion in 2020, making it the third largest industry ...

United States

A southern state grapples with its renewable energy future

Thursday, 10 March 2011 Dan McCue Everything you want to know about the current shape of renewable energy in the southeastern US state of South Carolina can be divined from a project now nearing completion on Joe White Avenue in the coastal ...

The Netherlands

Renewables generate 10,000 jobs in Netherlands

Thursday, 10 February 2011 Toby Price As part of the EU project EurObserv’ER, the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has analysed the turnover and employment of renewable energy companies in the Netherlands, finding that ...

Ukraine Partnership Bureau searching for sponsors for new renewables research study

Thursday, 09 December 2010 The Ukraine Partnership Bureau, a business initiative comprising young people who see advantages in joint efforts and actions to improve the business environment and solving problems associated with the ...

250% growth in global end-use clean-tech market by 2019

Wednesday, 07 July 2010 According to business intelligence provider, IntertechPira, the total value of clean technologies by end-use category globally is expected to rise by over 250% to a sizeable $525 billion in 2019. This ...

Chinese steel city maps out a low-carbon energy future

Friday, 13 November 2009 Panzhihua (China), a booming steel city of more than 1 million people, has adopted an exhaustive long-term roadmap to introduce cutting edge sustainable energy solutions. The plan, partially funded by ...