Denmark
Danish commitment to renewables reflected in launch of new trade fair
Friday, 23 March 2012 REM Denmark has decided to increase its renewable energy resources, with the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy clearly laying out its plans for the next years last November. The Danish strategy presen...
Scotland announces £103 million fund for renewables
Thursday, 22 March 2012 REMScottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has unveiled a new, £103 million investment fund which he says will drive the growth of renewable energy in Scotland for generations.
Japan
Towards a new energy paradigm in Japan
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REM Last week, experts, visionaries, and authorities from Japan and around the world gathered for two days to discuss priorities for a transformation of Japan’s energy system. The high-level conference ...
Europe
European Parliament calls for binding 2030 renewables target
Thursday, 15 March 2012 REMThe European Parliament voted today for the first time in favour of setting a binding renewable energy target for 2030.
Siemens takes stock one year after Fukushima
Tuesday, 13 March 2012 Toby Price Coinciding with the first anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Siemens has published a paper examining how the Fukushima nuclear disaster has changed opinion in Germany and what the new ene...
Does UK want to treat nuclear same as renewable energy?
Monday, 12 March 2012 Toby Price According to an article published in the Guardian newspaper yesterday, a leaked document shows that the UK government wants nuclear power to be given parity with renewables in Europe, which could boos...
Japan
Desertec signs MoU for Asian renewables super grid
Monday, 12 March 2012 REM A year after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, the Desertec Foundation and the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) will start to co-operate on promoting an Asian Super Grid necessary for the exp...
Off-gird power secures energy supply for security systems
Monday, 12 March 2012 REM Colin Sworder of KraftMaus, which specialises in off-grid renewable energy applications, explains how reductions in power demands for security systems due to lower power electronics are opening the d...
Scotland
Who needs oil and gas when you can have renewables?
Friday, 09 March 2012 Toby Price A day doesn’t go by without Scotland appearing in the news in relation to its push to ramp up its renewables capacity and generate wealth and jobs while doing so. Earlier today we reported on an agr...
UN helping rural poor to use clean energy
Tuesday, 06 March 2012 REM Rural households in developing countries will soon be able to swap kerosene lamps and diesel generators for clean renewable energy thanks to a financial incentive provided under the emissions reductio...
Execs in solar, wind, ethanol and electric vehicles top Forbe’s list of green billionaires
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