The room split into two camps. On one side, environmental activists argued for a strong government role in helping these relatively nascent industries grow and flourish. On the other, conventional economists argued that we should allow the markets to determine which industries would s...
EON AG and RWE AG, the country’s two biggest utilities, are using technologies that reduce noise from driving turbines into the seabed after nature groups complained that the work damages the sonar-like hearing of porpoises. Unexploded mines from World War II also are holding up work....
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), published quarterly by the Cleantech Group at Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. provides an indication of the trend of innovative activity in the Clean Energy sector from 2002 to the present. Results from the Q1 2012 reveal the CEPGI ...
The room split into two camps. On one side, environmental activists argued for a strong government role in helping these relatively nascent industries grow and flourish. On the other, conventional economists argued that we should allow the markets to determine which industries would s...
Solar module prices continued their downward trend in July, falling by more than 2% over June's average prices and 44% annually, according to the latest monthly module price report from IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc.). PV module prices had enjoyed a short period of stabil...
Car Dealerships Embrace the Sun Thursday, August 16th 2012 9:55 AM By GetSolar Staff. Most businesses can expect to realize energy savings by using solar power, and car dealerships are starting to gain these savings. With ample open space in the form of parking lots and high electrici...
will provide a $2 million investment over five years to GRID Alternatives , a nonprofit organization that brings solar technology to low-income communities. GRID Alternatives plans to expand its services from California to Colorado and then to other states nationwide. Since 2007, Well...
Investors who in the small-cap sector are familiar with the profile: a company with a great invention that ends up with a business narrowly-focused on a particular market or customer group. If it is a public company, the stock price is equally thin - if it trades at all. Energy Recove...
Solar Power International is pleased to partner with Solar Energy International (SEI) and North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) to provide free technical training for installers, salespeople and other solar energy professionals during SPI ‘12. As the industry...
The agency determined that 130 wind turbines in the Nantucket Sound won’t affect planes in the area, according to a statement today. “Having sold more than three quarters of its power in long-term Power Purchase Agreements with Massachusetts electric utilities, Cape Wind has commenced...
(August 16, 2012) Washington - Two separate studies released this week by leading university agricultural economists concluded that waiving the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would not result in meaningfully lower corn prices. The analyses, released by Iowa State University and Purdue ...
Speaking about the deal, Aviva fund manager Ian Berry said: "In a challenging macro-economic environment where yields remain low, especially on government bonds, institutional investors are looking for diversified sources of stable income. "Almatret is representative of the asset and ...
If an 'industry' collapses without subsidies, it isn't an industry, it is a charity. A journalist should know better than to quote job numbers from an advocacy group (American Wind Energy Assoc.). The Washington Post actually did their own research and found that as of the end of 2011...
Sustainability will not be forgotten at Paralympics, EDF tells NewNetp 16 Aug 2012 UK-based utilities group EDF Energy has partnered with the London 2012 Paralympics to push the importance of sustainability and has told NewNet it believes its green focus during the recent Games helped...
A reader asked that I comment on this fairly euphoric piece , suggesting that the world economy can and will be revived with the aggressive adoption of electric transportation and photovoltaics. Here are a few bits and pieces of my reaction. • There are quite a number of industry obse...
The Washington Post article, Green Jobs Climate Heats Up in D.C. Region , was published in the weekend job section on 08/09/12. It quotes me several times, and lists TheGreenJobBank at the top of a list of green websites. It's an excellent article, and I'm happy it was finally publish...
Some of the Home Energy staff at work, along with resident "sustainable" pup Cooper. Carol Markell, our sales manager extraordinaire, always appreciated the people in this industry because she found them to be conscientious, hardworking, and generally a kind and socially engaged commu...
Offshore oil & gas production in China Offshore oil, and to a lesser extent gas, play an important and growing role in securing China’s energy supply. The country currently obtains roughly 15%, or more than 600,000 bpd, of its domestic oil production from offshore fields. This makes C...
