London 2012 criticised for missing RET
LONDON 2012 will miss its target to obtain 20 percent of its electricity from new local renewable energy sources, the London Assembly have heard.
Click here for full storyRenewable energy consumption rose 0.6% in the EU in 2008 to 10.3%, compared with 9.7% in 2007 and 8.8% in 2006. Of the EU's three biggest economies, France boasted the highest share at 11% of gross final energy consumption generated by renewable energy sources, followed by Germany's 8.9% and the UK's 2.2%.
Click here for full storySunPower Corp. and Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the biggest solar-panel supplier in the U.S. and the world’s largest wind turbine maker, are losing more than Big Oil from BP Plc’s spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Click here for full storyA study of South Australia's renewable energy potential says the state could export green power to eastern Australia.
Click here for full storyThe EU's Eastern European newcomers, who still need to catch up with the rest of the Union in terms of economic and social development, face an uphill battle to attain the 'climate targets' laid out in the bloc's 'Europe 2020' strategy, a round-up of articles from the EurActiv media network reveals.
Click here for full storyAustralia's renewable energy target is a mandatory national scheme that aims to boost green energy generation and give investors in large renewable energy projects more certainty on investment returns.
Click here for full storyClean energy accounted for 60 percent of new capacity in Europe, and more than half of new power generation in the U.S., UNEP said today in an e-mailed statement. Alternative power now accounts for about a quarter of global generating capacity, or 1,230 gigawatts out of 4,800 gigawatts, the group said.
Click here for full storyU.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy.
Click here for full storyThe doubled Victorian Energy Efficiency Target is promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.4 million tonnes a year - roughly equivalent to 1 per cent of national emissions.
Click here for full storyThe Victorian government has beaten the federal government to the punch on climate-change policy, announcing it will double an existing state energy efficiency target.
Click here for full storyThe Climate Institute has declared that the Coalition's policies would more effectively tackle climate change than those announced so far by the government.
Click here for full storyAustralia's government has agreed new policies on climate change, a sensitive issue for voters in upcoming elections, including a commitment to set an interim price on carbon, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Click here for full storyBP has no plans to sell its renewable-energy businesses as the British oil giant seeks to sell billions of dollars of assets in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the head of the company's wind-power unit said Wednesday.
Click here for full storyAustralia has called on China to do more to tackle climate change - despite not having its own climate scheme in place.
Click here for full storyThis week the federal government is expected to announce a national energy efficiency scheme following months of consultation with industry and numerous submissions from stakeholders.
Click here for full storyGE, in conjunction with a group of venture capital funds, has pledged to invest $US200 million in the best ideas to accelerate the development of a smart electricity grid.
Click here for full storyEuropean renewable energy installations hit record levels, and will grow strongly over the next decade, despite the global recession woes. Will the US and Japan turn to space solar energy as described in Sunstroke by David Kagan and dominate the industry?
Click here for full storyUS President Barack Obama's top Senate ally said Tuesday he and other senior lawmakers had drawn up a "rough draft" of climate and energy legislation to be introduced in two weeks.
Click here for full storyGE announced today a $200 million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unveiled the challenge, the "GE ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid," here today.
Click here for full storyPower company Verve Energy has defended its push to expand coal-fired power generation saying it is essential to energy security in the state.
Click here for full storyScientists say a plant that can be grown in far north Queensland could help to provide renewable energy to the rest of the world.
Click here for full storySiemens is set to unveil a strategic partnership in Russia that will see Europe’s largest engineering group enter the country’s fledgling wind energy market.
Click here for full storyTHE power industry has criticised claims greenhouse gas emissions can be cut without increasing electricity prices, saying political parties are failing to have an ''adult discussion'' about climate change.
Click here for full storyAustralia's energy grid could run entirely on renewables such as wind and solar power within 10 years, according to a report to be released tomorrow.
Click here for full storyBritain faces soaring bills and the risk of power cuts unless major changes are made to the country's energy infrastructure, a manufacturing organisation has claimed.
Click here for full story"This is such an important time for the industry," was the first thing said to me by Acciona Energy North America CFO Susan Nickey, who was fresh from meetings in Washington, D.C.
Click here for full storyThe ascension of Julia Gillard provides an opportunity for Labor to reorient its climate change policy agenda.
Click here for full storyOcean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) ("OPT" or "the Company") announces its financial results for the year ended April 30, 2010.
Click here for full storySouth Korea, Asia’s fourth-biggest crude oil importer, is considering expanding the list of alternative-energy equipment eligible for a tax benefit to cut reliance on fossil fuels.
Click here for full storyRoss Garnaut called climate change a “diabolical policy problem” but of course it’s turned out to be a diabolical political problem as well. It killed off two Opposition leaders and gave Kevin Rudd a healthy shove. And it certainly didn’t help John Howard’s desperate attempts to retain power.
Click here for full storyOpposition Leader Tony Abbott says Labor will play "me too" on his climate change plans when MPs work on a new policy on Tuesday.
Click here for full storyAustralian business groups are calling on the government to use tax breaks to improve energy efficiency, rather than the " heavy-handed" approaches of a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme, until there is an international consensus on climate policy.
Click here for full storyForget the Toyota Prius; a team of students and professors from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia are attempting to turn algae from Lake Matoaka into biodiesel for cars.
Click here for full storySubocean won the 'Best Company' accolade at last month’s Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) British Renewable Energy Awards.
Click here for full storyThe New South Wales Government says it has had around 20 nominations to join its advisory committee for the south coast and ACT renewable energy precinct.
Click here for full storyGünther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, said last week (8 July) that he would assess the need for stronger EU regulation on energy efficiency in the context of a new policy "action plan" to be presented in 2011.
Click here for full storyPoultry farms in the U.S. generate roughly 17 million tons of chicken manure annually, creating a huge disposal problem. Some energy researchers believe they have a solution: use that manure to create electricity.
Click here for full storyOne of the ironies of globalisation is that in every country in the world you can probably find a majority of people who think their country is getting a raw deal and the rest of the world is ripping them off.
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