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Chevron: oil... yes, but geothermal, solar and biofuels too

Friday, 25 November 2011 Toby Price As funding for new renewable projects exceeds that for fossil fuels, Renewable Energy Magazine is witnessing how an increasing number of oil companies are turning their attention away from black gold and ...

Offshore wind star of the show in third quarter financing activity

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 REM June to September saw a surge in wind farm and solar park financings, as well as in merger and acquisition activity, despite the unfolding European financial crisis and a slump in clean energy share prices ...

South Africa calls for bids to meet renewables target

Wednesday, 03 August 2011 REM

The South African government has invited proposals to build renewable energy projects, a move intended to allow the country to meet its target to build 3.8 GW of capacity in the next five years.

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 ...

Renewables meet 16 percent of global final energy consumption in 2010

Tuesday, 12 July 2011 Toby Price The REN21 Renewables 2011 Global Status Report released today shows that the renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, incentive cuts, and low natural-gas ...

Ongoing competition between CSP and PV to take centre stage in Las Vegas

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 REM

The ongoing competition between CSP and PV will b front and centre at the upcoming CSP TODAY USA 2011, which is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada in the US 29-30 June.

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 ...

Positive outlook for renewables set to boost mergers and acquisitions

Friday, 10 June 2011 Toby Price The renewable energy space is expected to see a high level of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the next 12 months, with Europe predicted to be the most active, according to a new report published ...

Spain

Ten years at the heart of clean energy journalism…

Friday, 13 May 2011 Toby Price …and prepared to continue for many more. This is how Pepa Mosquera and Luis Merino, editors and directors of Energías Renovables (our Spanish sister publication), ended their speech at a ...

World's first Renewable Heat Incentive launched

Friday, 25 March 2011 The world’s first financial incentive of its kind to revolutionise the way heat is generated and used in buildings has been launched by the UK’s Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne. The Renewable ...