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Boost for wind energy in Israel

Multimatrix Invests Millions In Israel’s Small Wind Market, Green Prophet by Maurice Picow on May 8, 2010 “…..now, according to an article published in Reuters, the idea of using wind energy is about to get a big boost in a deal involving an Israeli company Multimatrix, which is in the process of buying half of Mei Golan (a subsidiary of the Mei Eden water company), the company operating the wind turbines. Continue reading →

May 10, 2010 Posted by | Israel, renewable | , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy can be used to build more renewable energy

Renewable Breeders (environmentalresearchweb blog), 10 May, 2010, “……………….we will have to replace the existing fossil plants anyway in the years ahead, as they get old and are retired. Moreover, the energy (and carbon) debt from replacing the existing system with renewables should be less that either building more fossil plants, or even than going nuclear e.g. the embedded energy content of wind turbines is low- typically you get around 80 times more energy out over their lifetimes operation than is needed for their construction.

By comparison, according a 2002 Hydro Quebec study, the output from nuclear plants over their lifetime is only around 16 times the energy needed for their construction and for the (energy intensive) production/processing of their fuel…….. Continue reading →

May 10, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Germany assisting Pakistan and 40 other countries in renewable energy

Germany is currently assisting more than 40 countries worldwide in energy projects focusing on the use of renewable energies like hydropower, wind and solar.

Germany to start financing renewable energy in Pakistan, Daily Times , 8 May 2010, ISLAMABAD: Germany has started its financial cooperation and assistance to Pakistan in the power generation sector through renewable energy to meet the present energy crisis.“Pakistan and Germany have recently signed two agreements for producing solar and wind energy, and work will be started before the end of the year on these projects,” Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by | Germany, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Non profit organisations find ways to fund decentralised renewable energy

“If we can deliver energy on site, whether it’s a school, college or small town, all that infrastructure is already in place. We just have to bring in the actual equipment. We don’t have to build tens of millions of lines,” said NexGen President John Brown, formerly of NREL.

(USA)  Nonprofits Find Ways To Pay For Renewable Energy, Colorado Business News, CATHERINE TSAI, Associated Press Writer, May 2, 2010DENVER (AP) ― The Upper Scioto Valley School District in Ohio, battered by a slowdown at a nearby Ford Motor Co. plant, wanted to explore alternative energy when it developed a plan to fix its budget and create jobs. Continue reading →

May 3, 2010 Posted by | decentralised, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Millions of jobs developing in Europe’s renewable energy future

by 2020 more than 2.7 million people would be employed in the renewable energy sector, culminating in more than 6 million jobs by 2050.

Europe’s Pathway to 100% Renewable Energy CALFINDER< 28 April 2010, The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) just released RE-thinking 2050, a report outlining a pathway that would lead the European Union to 100-percent renewable energy by 2050. Continue reading →

April 28, 2010 Posted by | EUROPE, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Wind energy growing fast in several U.S. states

U.S. Wind Energy Industry Reports Growth in 2009An Annual Report from the AWEA Reports Record Growth Green Chip Stocks, By Hilary Stingley , April 23rd, 2010 Amidst a slowly improving economy, the wind energy industry saw a lot of growth and movement in 2009.An annual report released in early April by the American Wind Energy Association showed the addition of more than 10,000 MW of new wind power across the U.S.-bringing the total to more than 35,000 MW overall. Continue reading →

April 24, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Finland to add new renewable energy

“This addition of renewable energy is equivalent in scale to three big nuclear power plants.”

Finland Announces Plans to Use More Renewable Energy Greenfudge.org,  by Arkisaeo, 23 Apr 2010 Finland announced plans to step up and meet EU requirements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions this week.The EU requirement is to raise the share of renewable energy to 38% of energy consumption by 2020. In order to meet this goal, Finland must raise renewable energy production by 38 terawatt hours. How do they plan to reach this goal?…… Finland also plans on adding wood-based and wind energy systems, plus increasing the use of biofuels and heat pumps. Continue reading →

April 24, 2010 Posted by | Finland, renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

Solar energy could outdo nuclear power

Ontario Solar Power could match US Nuclear Power, Alternative Energy April 20th, 2010 –

Queen’s University Applied Sustainability Research Group located in Kingston, Canada comes out with two studies that claim solar power in southeastern Ontario can be created in abundance. The natural question is how much abundance?. The answer is mind-boggling. Southeastern Ontario has the potential to produce almost as much power as all the nuclear reactors in the United States! Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by | Canada, renewable | , , , , , | Leave a comment

World Bank urges renewable energy investment for East Asia

through additional fiscal investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, the bank said in a new report….Renewable energy could take up a big proportion of East Asia’s energy demands by 2030, the World Bank suggested.

East Asia must begin clean energy revolution now – World Bank, EcoSeed, 19 April 2010 , By Claire M. Umali[ ] China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam can simultaneously stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without compromising growth.East Asia’s six major energy-using countries will need to mobilize about $80 billion in investment yearly, as well make domestic policy and institutional reforms, to attain sustainable energy growth, said the World Bank. Continue reading →

April 20, 2010 Posted by | ASIA, renewable | , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy investment doubling in Germany

German investment in renewable energy to double , Ebeling Heffernan Live Trading News , Paul A. Ebeling, Jnr., April 18, 2010 A new study shows that Germany’s annual investment in renewable energy will be doubled to US$37B by Y2020, and the industry will become a main creator of jobs, and an investment growth factor. Continue reading →

April 19, 2010 Posted by | Germany, renewable | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Most of world’s electricity could come from renewables

A World Run On Low Carbon Energy No Pipe Dream : Renewable Energy News, 15 APRIL, 2010 |The myth of low carbon and renewable energy sources not being able to supply the majority, if not all, the developed world’s electricity requirements in the near future is being busted almost weekly in recent months. Continue reading →

April 16, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | , , , , , | Leave a comment

France’s Feed-In Tariff – 50% Renewables by 2015

Revised Feed-in Tariff in France: To Drive Sustainable Renewable Market Development, WORLD WIDE POSTS,  13 April 2010   GlobalData Renewable energy sources offer viable options to address the energy security concerns of a country. France has been making consistent efforts to increase the presence of renewables in the country’s energy basket. France has set a target of a 21% share of renewable energy in the electricity consumption of energy by 2010 and 50% by 2015. Continue reading →

April 15, 2010 Posted by | France, renewable | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Desert solar energy in Ontario could provide immense electrical power

“Nuclear power for all of the United States is about 100 gigawatts. We can produce 90 on barren land with just solar in this tiny region

Solar Power in Ontario Could Produce Almost as Much Power as All U.S. Nuclear Reactors, Studies Find ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2010) — Solar power in southeastern Ontario has the potential to produce almost the same amount of power as all the nuclear reactors in the United States, according to two studies conducted by the Queen’s University Applied Sustainability Research Group located in Kingston, Canada. Continue reading →

April 15, 2010 Posted by | Canada, renewable | , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Renewable energy to have record growth in 2010

2010 will see record overall new investment in clean energy.

Global increase in renewable energy investments in Q1 2010 Alternative energy news,  April 13, 2010,New financial investment in renewable energy worldwide totaled $27.3bn in the first quarter of 2010, up from $20.8bn in the same period a year earlier Continue reading →

April 14, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy gets big boost in Ontario

Ontario Issues $8 Billion in Renewable Energy Contracts – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com April 9, 2010, By JOHN LORIN An Ontario government agency yesterday announced $8 billion in new renewable energy deals under the province’s bulked up feed-in tariff program, with 184 wind, solar, hydro and landfill gas projects winning long-term contracts to provide a total of about 2,500 megawatts of green power…..

Ontario Issues $8 Billion in Renewable Energy Contracts – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com

April 10, 2010 Posted by | Canada, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment