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Reportlinker Adds Utilities Go Green: Worldwide Utility Solar Market Shares, Forecasts, and Strategies, 2008-2014

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

Reportlinker Adds Utilities Go Green: Worldwide Utility Solar Market Shares, Forecasts, and Strategies, 2008-2014

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0153925/Reportlinker-Adds-Utilities-Go-Green-Worldwide-Utility-Solar-Market-Shares-Forecasts-and-Strategies-2008-2014.html

As coal, gas, and oil usage are taxed to help prevent pollution and stimulate use of renewable energy sources, solar energy becomes more attractive to the utility grid electricity providers. The environmental impact of energy use choices promises to be an ongoing factor in energy grid supply. Continue reading →

October 9, 2009 Posted by | 2 WORLD, ENERGY | , , , , | Leave a comment

Natural gas can bridge the way to renewable energy

Is natural gas a real low-carbon option?

October 5, 2009

by Ed Crooks

Using natural gas instead of coal for power generation is a clear improvement in terms of carbon dioxide emissions: Continue reading →

October 7, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | | Leave a comment

Plan for new, decentralised renewable energy

San Antonio Business Journal  October 2, 2009, CDTS, San Antonio is developing sustainable-energy plan for future San Antonio Business Journal Continue reading →

October 3, 2009 Posted by | 1, ENERGY, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Spain will gradually close nuclear plants

Spain says has power to spare, can phase out nukes  Sep 28, 2009  By Martin Roberts MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s top energy official said on Monday the country had enough spare generating capacity to phase out nuclear power stations Continue reading →

September 29, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, ENERGY, Spain | , , | Leave a comment

New Solar online forums for scientists and public

Energy Matters Launches Australian Solar Power Online Forums
Melbourne, Victoria, September 25, 2009. Energy Matters, a national provider of solar power solutions for home, business and community groups has launched an online community to cater to supporters of solar power and other forms of renewable energy in Australia. Continue reading →

September 26, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, climate change, ENERGY | , | Leave a comment

USA Business leaders urge solar power support

Business leaders urge solar power support
San Francisco Chronicle J ennifer A. Dlouhy, Hearst Washington Bureau September 25, 2009 The wide deployment of solar power across the nation hinges on federal policies that mandate renewable power and government spending to promote the technology, utilities and manufacturers told Congress Thursday….. Continue reading →

September 26, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, ENERGY, USA | , | Leave a comment

Solar subsidies at some risk in German election

Center-right coalition could slash solar subsidies

By Polya Lesova, MarketWatch 22 Sept 09

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — Though broad political support for renewable energy is certain to stay in place regardless of what government emerges after Sunday’s national election, a center-right coalition will likely push for bigger cuts to the state subsidies that have helped make Germany one of the global leaders in green energy. Continue reading →

September 24, 2009 Posted by | 1, ENERGY, Germany | | Leave a comment

Suntech Breaks Solar Panel Efficiency Record – Again

Suntech Breaks Solar Panel Efficiency Record – Again
Energy Matters 24 SEPTEMBER, 2009
“…… The company announced yesterday it had again beaten all previous records for polycrystalline silicon module conversion efficiency. The new world record conversion efficiency (aperture area only) was measured at 16.53% by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Germany. Continue reading →

September 24, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, ENERGY | | Leave a comment

Decentralised renewable power, not centralised nuclear, is the answer

the true Solartopian solution to our energy crisis.
COUNTER PUNCH Harvey Wasserman 23 Sept
Mycle Schneider, Paris-based author of WHAT FRANCE GOT WRONG in NUCLEAR ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, gets it right: “For least cost and greatest security, the energy future lies in affordable, distributed, superefficient technologies, smart grids and sustainable urbanism. Continue reading →

September 23, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, ENERGY | , , , | Leave a comment

Germany OKs Huge Offshore Wind Farms

Germany OKs Huge Offshore Wind Farms
The German cabinet has approved a plan for 40 more North Sea and Baltic wind parks that could create 30,000 jobs and power 8 million homes

SPIEGEL ONLINE September 21, 2009, Continue reading →

September 22, 2009 Posted by | 1, ENERGY, Germany | | Leave a comment

US govt considers phasing out fossil fuel subsidies

White House eyeing phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
(ChattahBox) 20 Sept 09 —Ending subsidies to dirty fossil fuel industries is on the agenda for the upcoming G-20 summit to be held in Pittsburgh later this month. Continue reading →

September 21, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, ENERGY, USA | | Leave a comment

‘Clean coal’ funds robbing renewable energy

Clean coal funds are robbing renewable energy

COAL MINING 16 September 2009

CAPRICORN Conservation Council vice-president Ian Herbert says money spent on clean coal should be funding renewable energy technology.

Clean coal technology is an umbrella term used to describe technologies being developed that aim to reduce the environmental impact of coal energy generation such as carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Herbert claims clean coal is still unproved and Australia would be far more advanced if the funds were spent on developing renewable energy sources.

The representative says even if clean coal is proven, workable clean coal technology is still at least 20 years off.

Clean coal funds are robbing renewable energy – Coal Mining

September 19, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, ENERGY | , | Leave a comment

Myth that nuclear power promotes ‘energy security’

European Expert: U.S. Policymakers Are ‘As Wrong As They Can Be’ About The French Experience With Nuclear Power Marignac Says

REUTERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire

“………– Nuclear power in France has not promoted energy independence. Nuclear power in France is a major presence, providing 76 percent of electricity produced in 2008. However, electricity accounted for only 20.7 percent of the final energy consumption in France that year. Excluding electricity exports, the overall contribution of nuclear power to France’s final energy consumption is only in the range of 14 percent. Continue reading →

September 16, 2009 Posted by | ENERGY, France | , , , , | Leave a comment

International energy agency says India could be renewables leader

sunIndia has potential to be leader in renewable energy: IRENA
Business Standard Press Trust of India / New Delhi September 11, 2009,
India has the potential to be the leader in the renewable energy sector, International Renewable Energy Agency chief Helene Pelosse said today….. Continue reading →

September 12, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, ENERGY, India | , , , | Leave a comment

Renewables, not nuclear, best for India

Energy – Indian Perspective
MyNews.in 11-Sep-2009  Dr. Hitesh Bajpai
“…………….Solar power relies on the energy produced by nuclear fusion in the Sun. This energy can be collected and converted in different ways, such as simple water heating for domestic use or by the direct conversion of sunlight to electrical energy using mirrors, boilers, or photovoltaic cells. The technology is improving and the economics are getting more competitive. Continue reading →

September 12, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, ENERGY, India | , , , | Leave a comment

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