Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer has been opened by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honorable Julia Gillard. Also present were the SA Premier The Honorable Jay Weatherill, Federal Member for Makin Tony Zappia and SA Minister Tom Koutsantonis. Tindo Solar, Australia’s only manufacturer of solar (PV) modules. World class 60 MW solar module plant. [...]
Activists claim responsibility for viral sensation, corporate makeover NEW behind-the-scenes, the Yes Lab, and members of the Occupy movement are claiming responsibility for a set of actions that have focused intense attention on Shell’s Arctic drilling program. “This experience shows that a few energized people can compete with the billions that Shell spends on advertising [...]
the President will highlight the need to reduce our reliance on foreign oil and develop more secure domestic energy sources by investing in clean energy manufacturing.
SunEdison, a  worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.  has completed a €155 million non-recourse debt financing arrangement with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and UniCredit Group for SunEdison’s 60.4MWp solar power plant in Bulgaria. SunEdison expects to complete the sale of [...]
SolFocus, Inc. joined with Mexican land and real estate developer Grupo Musa and U.S.-based energy developer Synergy Technologies, LLC to announce the launch of a landmark solar power plant in Baja California near Tecate, Mexico. The project, planned as a 450 megawatt total capacity, will be built in 50 megawatt tranches, with construction on the [...]
According to a Reuters report, the British government on Friday lost a bid to ask the country’s Supreme Court to let it make an earlier than expected cut in subsidies for solar panels on homes, which it says cost too much. The government had introduced a cut to the  country’s solar subsidies beginning  Dec. 12, [...]
March 20, 2012 London – Summit Power Group, a Seattle-based developer of low-carbon electric power projects, today announced it has entered into an agreement with National Grid and Petrofac to seek funding for the development of a low-carbon power plant—including full-chain, commercial-scale carbon capture and storage—in the United Kingdom. The project, to be named the [...]
How has our ozone layer changed in the last 10 years? How do trace gases like nitrous oxides, carbon dioxide and methane influence our climate? How do environmental protection measures work? These were the questions that German researchers sought to address when, 10 years ago – on 28 February 2002, the European environmental satellite Envisat [...]
Polluters Move to Block Landmark Mercury Protections Washington, D.C. – Today representatives of the nation’s dirtiest polluters and their friends at special interest groups like the National Mining Association, filed the first lawsuits to block long overdue action to clean up toxic mercury pollution, acid gases and other hazardous air toxics. Toxic mercury is a [...]
A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity — not changes in solar activity — are the primary force driving global warming. The study offers an updated calculation of the Earth’s energy imbalance, the difference between the amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth’s surface and the amount returned [...]
America’s 3,000 fossil fuel-burning power plants continue to produce two-thirds of the region’s electricity and, at the same time, generate the majority of certain harmful air pollutants and emit more greenhouse gases than any other industrial sector. North American Power Plant Air Emissions, a new report and database released today by the Commission for Environmental [...]
Audio recorded during an American Petroleum Institute (API) commercial shoot reveals how the oil industry plans to stage citizen support for its agenda to influence the 2012 elections. The ads, which API officials said will launch in January and air during CNN’s election coverage, aim to demonstrate authentic citizen support for the oil industry’s agenda. [...]
Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that in spite of a poor last quarter to the year, the value of the world’s carbon markets expanded by 10% in 2011 According to analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the value of the world carbon market increased to €92bn in 2011, a rise of 10% on [...]
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