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Latest World News
December 18, 2012
400,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2013
Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2013 By the end of 2013, nearly 400,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will be driving on roads around the world. Consumers will be able to choose from a greatly enhanced selection...[more]
December 5, 2012
Campaign for 100 % Renewable Energy Necessary
Necessary - Conclusions from REN Alliance COP18 Side Event[more]
December 5, 2012
Offshore wind better than natural gas for UK
A Study into the Economics of Gas and Offshore Wind. Launched by Greenpeace and WWF-UK, November 2012 There are arguments for and against each of these strategies: on the one hand new gas plants are cheap to build, but are...[more]
November 29, 2012
REN21 releases new Global Status Report
REN21 head Christine Lins called 2011 a “solar year”, with solar making up 47% of newly installed capacity in the EU. But the main finding was that investments in renewables outstripped investments in conventional energy...[more]
November 24, 2012
Zero Emission Ship runs on 100% Renewables
An emission-free passenger ferry that holds 1,500 people and about 1.3 miles of parking spaces will be operating between Denmark, Germany and Sweden within the next five years. An emission-free passenger ferry that holds 1,500...[more]
November 8, 2012
Iceland - 100% Renewable Electricity Supply
Iceland--an Example of the High Penetration of Renewables in the Modern Era 100% Renewable Electricity SupplyAmong World's Highest Geothermal PenetrationHighest Per Capita Geothermal Development in the World Iceland's famous...[more]
November 6, 2012
WWF applauds Scotland’s new interim renewable target
Responding to the Scottish Government announcement at the Renewable UK conference in Glasgow of a new interim target that will see 50 per cent of Scotland’s electricity demand met from green power by 2015. Dr Dan Barlow, Head of...[more]
October 31, 2012
Renewable energy will overtake nuclear power by 2018, research says
Renewables will provide enough power for one in 10 British homes by 2015 if current growth rates continue[more]
October 23, 2012
IKEA Group become energy independent
New strategy will see IKEA Group become energy independent and help millions of people live an affordable, sustainable life at home. (Netherlands – October 23, 2012) The IKEA Group today released a new, ambitious...[more]
October 11, 2012
African Inventor
Anastase Tabaro This self-taught Rwandan has built a small hydro-electric dam that supplies electricity to the inhabitants of the Ngororero village. Anastase Tabaro has no technical training and did not attend school. However,...[more] |