The January issue of PVNews features GTM Research’s outlook on the Ontario solar market in 2012, which, after a massive growth year in 2010, generated much buzz going into 2011. With 2011 now come and gone, relatively little has been heard about major capacity gains in the province. What does …
SPI Solar contracted to build New Jersey PV facility
4 January 2012 News and Analysis Deal News SPI Solar contracted to build New Jersey PV facility Suzlon wins US order for 57 turbines Nordex wins 42MW turbine order in Ireland BASF invests $30m into US biofuel supplier Renmatix LDK Solar reveals plans to purchase Sunways Vestas wins 31 wind …
Hoku Solar’s Factory to Get Its Power Disconnected
DAILY NEWSLETTER | Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Hoku Solar’s Factory to Get Its Power Disconnected The ironies stack in the saga of Hoku Solar. Green Jobs: Good and Bad News for Solar Sector Personnel movement at Suntech, Hoku, SunRun, SolarCity, Sungevity, and Sun Edison Trend Spotting: 12 Greentech Startups to …
UN Officials Link Rio+20 Success to International Solidarity
Latest News – 22 December 2011 Last Update for 2011 We_at_IISD RS wish you all the best for this holiday season and throughout the coming year. We will resume publication of our knowledgebases on 3 January 2012. Thank you for your support during 2011. continued… UN Officials Link Rio+20 Success …
Three Big Winners from Ending Ethanol Subsidies
A day many thought might never arrive is finally just around the corner. Today, December 23rd, Congress finished their work to head home for the holidays, and we can now say confidently that ethanol’s 30-year-old tax credit and import tariff will finally expire on December 31st. Ending these costly and unnecessary subsidies …
Discover who’s speaking at Environmental Bonds 2012
For Environmental Bonds 2012 we’ve recruited a panel of expert speakers – including top-level investment specialists. Why not join them in London on 15 February to review the growing interest in the green bonds market, from both the public and private sector, and to assess its potential to attract billions …
Natural Power wins engineering contract for Scottish wind farm
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter Natural Power wins engineering contract for Scottish wind farm UK waste management company Sterecycle raises £5.1m KKR teams with Google, Recurrent Energy for first US cleantech venture Abengoa secures $200m credit line Fuel cell developer CellEra secures Vodafone investment Kraft contracts NRG to deliver world’s …
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican gives second boost to solar sector
MidAmerican Energy, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has given a second capital boost to the solar sector in a deal with NRG Energy that will see it acquire a state in the Agua Caliente project. Read more headlines from NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter…
EU needs 2030 greenhouse gas target – Oettinger
EU needs 2030 greenhouse gas target – Oettinger A ‘realistic’ legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions needs to be agreed for 2030 if the EU is to achieve its ambitious aim of zero emissions by 2050, the EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger said today as he launched the …
Who Will Control the Green Economy?
Who Will Control the Green Economy? New report on Corporate Concentration in the Life Industries From the UN Rio+20 preparatory meetings in New York, ETC Group today launches Who Will Control the Green Economy? The 60-page report connects the dots between the climate and oil crises, new technologies and corporate …