Panorama

All eyes turn to Abu Dhabi as MENASOL 2012 approaches

Monday, 30 April 2012 REM

Scores of renewable energy industry insiders and government officals are poised to gather in Abu Dhabi 16-17 May to discuss future for solar in Middle East and North Africa at MENASOL 2012.

23 governments commit to clean energy in London

Friday, 27 April 2012 Toby Price Leaders from the 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative yesterday outlined specific commitments by ...

Europe

More ambitious carbon cuts would only cost equivalent of a few cups of coffee each

Thursday, 26 April 2012 REM Raising Europe’s carbon reduction target for 2020 from 20% to 30% will cost EU countries under 0.04% of GDP, with some member states getting a net benefit. The cost would be no more than the equivalent ...

Japan and US at top of energy-related patents in 2011

Friday, 13 April 2012 Toby Price The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently revealed that international patent filings experienced record growth in 2011. Worldwide, electrical machinery, apparatus and ...

A shower of news on germany bioenergy and Spanish CSP this time last year

Friday, 13 April 2012 Toby Price In our regular look back at news this time last year, two themes stand out: germany’s domination of the biogas market and the rise and rise of solar thermal electricity worldwide, especially in Spain. ...

100,000 unique visitor milestone reached for first time

Renewable Energy Magazine smashes 100,000 user mark

Thursday, 12 April 2012 Toby Price Renewable Energy Magazine registered 104,554 users or unique visitors in March, according to data provided by OJD/Nielsen. This figure is almost double that a year ago, demonstrating the extraordinary ...

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.

Rise of urbanism sure to color discussion at the upcoming Smart City Asia Congress 2012

Tuesday, 10 April 2012 REM Rapidly accelerating urbanism, a dramatic expansion of the middle class and the issues stemming from both are sure to prove ample fodder for conversation and debate at the upcoming Smart City Asia Congress ...

Part five of an on-going series

The long and short of it is good projects do get funded, but it's not easy

Tuesday, 03 April 2012 Dan McCue

Like the expression "all the good ones are taken," the proposition that all good renewable energy projects are bankable is both vague and frustrating.

Japan

Towards a new energy paradigm in Japan

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REM Last week, experts, visionaries, and authorities from Japan and around the world gathered for two days to discuss priorities for a transformation of Japan’s energy system. The high-level conference marked ...