Panorama

US President speaks at length about renewables, climate change in State of the Union

Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Dan McCue Declaring that the US is " finally poised to control our own energy future," President Barack Obama last night used the occasion of his annual State of the Union address to speak at length about ...

Zayed Future Energy Prize ceremony receives WindMade label

Thursday, 17 January 2013 REM The Zayed Future Energy Prize, the world's pre-eminent award for innovation in renewable energy and sustainability, has announced that this year's award ceremony has obtained the WindMade renewable energy ...

More than 150 countries to be represented at upcoming IRENA Assembly in UAE

Tuesday, 08 January 2013 REM Representatives of more than 150 countries determined to double the world's reliance on renewable energy by 2030 will gathering in Abu Dhabi next week to chart their forward in collaboration with the International ...

BioTherm Energy announces financial closing on three South African projects

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 REM

BioTherm Energy, one of South Africa’s best known renewable energy developers, has closed financing of one wind and two solar PV renewable energy projects located throughout the country.

Wind farm O&M costs plummet, Bloomberg finds

Thursday, 01 November 2012 REM The wind energy sector is making significant improvements not just in the capital cost and performance of its turbines, but also in the ongoing cost of operating and maintaining them once installed, according ...

Europe

EU: an internal energy market by 2014?

Friday, 21 September 2012 REM A new report released yesterday by the European wind energy Association argues that EU electricity market rules must reflect the energy generation mix of the future and help usher in a flexible power system ...

Spain

6% tax on renewables could lead to exodus of wind companies

Monday, 17 September 2012 Toby Price The Spanish cabinet approved putting its new Energy Bill before Parliament on Friday. The new legislation sets out so called “fiscal measures for sustainable energy”, and is intended to “tackle the ...

Obama assails Romney for position on wind energy tax credit

Thursday, 09 August 2012 REM Speaking in Pueblo, Colo., just miles from a Vestas facility that employs nearly 2,000 people, President Barack Obama today restated his commitment to the production tax credit for wind energy production, ...

Ireland

Irish must push further toward a low-carbon economy

Monday, 16 July 2012 Toby Price Despite a severe economic downturn, Ireland has held to its ambitious energy targets to move itself towards a low-carbon economy. But to reach its goals and break its heavy use of imported fossil fuels, ...

IRENA announces “ambitious” additional funding for renewables in developing countries

Monday, 09 July 2012 Toby Price In pursuit of its mission to rapidly promote the development and widespread use of renewable energy, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has announced the first funding cycle from the Abu ...