Air travel these days inevitably involves some airport downtime. My deal for Greenhouse blog followers is this: I promise to use all my airport downtime to blog about cleantech stuff, but you have to promise to read it!
OK, so reflecting on a great day in Christchurch at the EIANZ/NZIM seminar, where I spoke about the …
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More green shoots to lift renewables sector
COPENHAGEN/FRANKFURT, February 8 (Reuters) – The outlook forrenewable energy groups might be lighting up enough to give investors an opportunity to benefit from the struggle against climate change.
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas, Norwegian solar industry group Renewable Energy Corp and French renewable energy producer EDF Energies Nouvelles are set to send signs of hope for …
Plans for 150 coal plants scrapped: Sierra Club
NEW YORK, February 4 (Reuters) – Purdue University’s decision tocancel plans for a new coal-fired plant at its Indiana campus brings the total number of abandoned plants to 150 since 2001, the environmental group Sierra Club said on Friday.
Purdue said in a release on Friday that its Board of Trustees halted plans to install the …
Businesses ready for WindMade label, PwC analyst says
By Oliver M. Bayani
Groups behind the push for a label that will identify which products in the market were manufactured using wind energy are confident the world’s corporations are ready for the WindMade label.
On Tuesday, January 18, environment and business groups agreed to develop the first global consumer label which identifies products manufactured using wind energy …
Low-Carbon Energy Investment Hit a Record $243 Billion in 2010, BNEF Says
Global investment in low-carbon energy surged to a record $243 billion last year, boosted by a 30 percent spending increase in China and a burst in small-scale solar-power installations.
The figure eclipses the $186.5 billion spent in 2009 and is more than double the level in 2005, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said today in a statement. The …
Germany raises R and D budget for renewables
By Rowena F. Caronan
Germany’s environment ministry will expand its budget for renewable energy research and development to about 128 million euros ($165.15 million) this year.
Federal Ministry for the Environment minister Norbert Röttgen said they will increase the research funding significantly to support German companies and research institutions involved in renewable energy and make them more competitive in …
France guarantees fast-start climate financing for Africa
By Rowena F. Caronan
The French government said it will speed up the climate financing intended for African countries, which was earlier promised during last year’s climate change conference in Copenhagen.
The Franco-Kenyan initiative aims to maximize the flow of funds dedicated to the production, distribution and connectivity of clean energy in countries most vulnerable to climate …
