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 €84bn in 2010. The main cause of this increase is additional market activity, with the volume of carbon changing hands increasing by 22% from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, some [...]
Global investment in clean energy reached a new record of $260bn in 2011, up 5% on 2010 and almost five times the total of $53.6bn in 2004. Investment in solar far outstripped that in wind, and perhaps of most note, US clean energy investment moved back ahead of China for the first time since 2008, [...]
Indices for Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Oceania, and then for sub-sectors such as solar and wind, will offer fresh insight for investors and ETF providers NYSE Euronext in partnership with research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance have announced that they will launch three regionally-focused clean energy stock indices, enabling the quoted companies most active in [...]
With electricity demand weak and stimulus funds dwindling, the US renewable energy sector must attract new investors and make use of unique tax-based financing structures in the next 18 months or risk a sharp drop in new project builds, according to new research by specialist research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance commissioned by Reznick Group. [...]
London and New York, 16 November 2011 – The annual value of renewable energy capacity installed will double in real terms to $395bn in 2020, rising to $460bn in 2030, compared with $195bn in 2010 – according to analysis company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. As a result, in 20 years’ time 15.7% of total energy [...]
Construction began on Wednesday for a major solar power plant in northwest Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as part of China’s efforts to accelerate the development of renewable energy. The Hanas New Energy Group, based in Yinchuan, Ningxia, plans to invest 2.25 billion yuan (354 million U.S. dollars) to build a solar farm in Yanchi county [...]
Since January 1, 2011, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has added more than 1,200 megawatts (MW) of clean, green energy to its renewable portfolio. Today, the utility announced it has signed two more contracts: a 25-year power purchase agreement for 150 megawatts (MW) of solar power with Solar Gen 2 LLC and a one-year [...]
Telvent will design, install and manage the distributed control system (DCS) for Shams Power Co.’s Shams-1 solar thermal power plant in Madinat Zayed, 75 miles southwest of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Chromasun Announces SRCC Certification of Its MCT Solar Thermal Panel Industrial rooftop solar solutions company Chromasun announced today that the Solar Ratings & Certification Corporation (“SRCC”) has officially rated the Chromasun MCT panel as the highest temperature solar collector ever tested.
China bullish as it soars ahead of competitors Countries around the world are increasingly broadening the scope of their renewable energy portfolios amid challenging market conditions, according to Ernst & Young’s latest quarterly global Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices.
Luis Ramírez, CEO of GE Energy Industrial Solutions this week joined Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and GE employees to unveil the GE Electric Vehicle (EV) Solar Carport in Plainville, Conn. The GE EV Solar Carport Project, one of the most expansive undertakings of its type in North America, uses GE’s new smart EV Charging Stations [...]
Washington, DC – U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Dr. Francis Eberle, Executive Director of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), today to announce the launch of a new energy education initiative: America’s Home Energy Education Challenge.
SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission today awarded $2,872,755 for four research projects. The research areas include renewable energy, climate change, and the safety of natural gas pipelines. Funds for the projects come from the Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program.
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