Feb 08, 2011
The U.S. government has identified four zones for offshore wind energy projects in a bid to accelerate the development of renewable energy projects.
Feb 07, 2011
In a bid to make solar energy as cheap as fossil fuels by the end of the decade the Department of Energy has announced that it will spend $27 million to reduce the cost of solar power by 75%.
Feb 03, 2011
A recent joint report by conservation group WWF and energy consultancy company Ecofys shows that all but 5% of the world’s energy requirements could be met by renewable sources by 2050.
Feb 02, 2011
Obama’s clean energy standard received a boost recently when the head of the Senate energy panel announced that he could back the idea of including nuclear power in the fuel mix.
Feb 01, 2011
In an attempt to unblock the deadlock on finding a successor to the UN’s Kyoto Protocol for slowing global warming, climate negotiators from almost 200 nations are to meet in Bangkok in April for an extra session.
Jan 27, 2011
France recently announced that it is to build its first offshore wind project in a bid to gain ground on its European neighbors in the development of renewable energy.
Jan 27, 2011
A United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change official says that the European Union’s upcoming ban on carbon credits linked to some gasses will increase demand for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Africa.
Jan 26, 2011
The U.S. President has set a target for power plants to produce mainly clean electricity by 2035, including power from sources such as clean coal and natural gas.
Jan 25, 2011
CME’s Green Exchange LLC recently said it was to launch a post-2012 contract for UN carbon credits at the end of February.
Jan 24, 2011
Greece’s Public Power Corporation is to issues a tender to build a 200MW solar farm and PV factory expected to cost $814 million (€600million.)