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More power to renewables through new joint venture

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 REM The Swiss energy supplier, EBM, has entered into a joint venture with power supplier Energy Water Bern to expedite the production of electricity from wind, small-scale hydro and solar power. The two energy ...

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 ...

Renewables M&A hits record highs rising 40% year-on-year

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 REM Deals for 'new generation' renewable technologies – wind, solar, biomass - are entering the big time driving the market to new record highs, reports the financial services firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers ...

Considerable potential for job creation in renewable energy, says IRENA

Friday, 27 January 2012 Toby Price The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published a new working paper entitled “Renewable Energy Jobs: Status, Prospects & Policies” setting out the potential for creating jobs in ...

President Obama calls for US to embrace ‘all of the above’ energy strategy

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Dan McCue

It was fitting that President Barack Obama paused last night to embrace Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Great progress made in 2011, says IRENA

Monday, 16 January 2012 Toby Price The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is still a few months shy of its official first birthday, but Adnan Z. Amin, its Director-General, is happy that "so much has been accomplished in ...

Investments in clean energy rise 5% in 2011 to $260 billion

Friday, 13 January 2012 REM Global investment in clean energy reached a new record of $260 billion in 2011, up 5% on 2010 and almost five times the total of $53.6 billion in 2004. Investment in solar far outstripped that in wind, ...

51% of German renewables owned by citizens

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 REM Feed-in tariff expert, Paul Gipe, looks at how individuals and farmers in germany are leading the renewables revolution there. A "Citizen Power" conference will be held in the historic chamber ...

Food-related renewables stories top this time last year

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Toby Price Renewable Energy Magazine has been delving into its archives to bring you a snapshot of what were hot topics in January 2011. Who would have thought that the relationship between food and renewable energy ...

Another black year for green shares

Tuesday, 03 January 2012 REM The 2011 stock exchange year once again disappointed the investors in green shares. The IWR, a renewable energy institute, reported in Muenster (germany) that the RENIXX World (Renewable Energy Industrial ...