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Bioenergy favourite with readers this time last year

Wednesday, 09 May 2012 Toby Price A round-up of our most popular articles in May 2011 reveals a penchant among readers for news on bioenergy as the spring blooms arrived. The same month, the UK’s respected Committee on Climate Change ...

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. ...

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.

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.

Mexico

Central American state an attractive spot for renewable energy investors

Monday, 05 March 2012 REM The Mexican government’s Secretaría de Energía (SENER) is the department responsible for energy production and regulation, promoting the use of renewable energy sources in reducing fossil fuel dependence. ...

A mixed bag March this time last year

Friday, 02 March 2012 Toby Price While the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident overshadowed all other news during March, our most read stories this time last year didn’t actually focus on events unfolding there. This, ...

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 ...

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 Union’s ...

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, ...

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 ...