Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Bloomberg New Energy Finance are proud to announce the latest results from the Corporate Renewable Energy Index or “CREX”

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Companies are increasingly becoming important drivers of demand for renewable energy worldwide. In addition to government mandated renewable energy purchases, which are usually well-tracked for legal compliance reasons, the voluntary demand for renewable energy results in significant investments in green energy worldwide. Read more…

The First Biomimicry Summit in Europe: Switzerland’s Financial Capital is Seduced by Nature’s Genius

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The First Biomimicry Summit in Europe: Switzerland’s Financial Capital is Seduced by Nature’s Genius Jamie Brown, Project Director, BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy); former Head of Secretariat, UNEP Sustainable Energy Finance Alliance, Switzerland 3 Sept. 2012 Nearly 100 leaders from fields spanning industry, finance, architecture, engineering, government and academia …

Invitation: OECD green growth side-events at Rio+20

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You’re invited: OECD green growth side-events at Rio+20 Tailoring green growth strategies to country circumstances: practical steps to achieve sustainable development 21 June, 17:00-18:30 RioCentro Conference Centre, Room: T-9 This side-event will feature a dialogue between the OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, representatives from the Governments of Colombia, Korea and Mexico …

US PREF Releases White Papers to Highlight Success of Renewable Energy

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US PREF: Cindi Eck [email protected] ACORE: Turner Houston [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance (US PREF) to Recommend Balanced, Business-Oriented Approach to Assure Continued Private and Public Sector Investment in Renewable Energy; US PREF Releases White Papers to Highlight Success of Renewable Energy in Driving Down …

The Solar South Africa survey: the results are in!

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Over the past two weeks, professionals active in the South African solar market have been confidentially giving their feedback on the REIPPP. How successful has it been? What challenges still remain? What is the confidence in the future of the program? The results have been collated and have been released …

Cleantech News: Solar Energy Financing on Brink of Transformation; Obama Iowa Wind Power Speech; Clean Coal Not a Thing; Greenpeace & Apple Continue to Dance…

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Cleantech News: Solar Energy Financing on Brink of Transformation; Obama Iowa Wind Power Speech; Clean Coal Not a Thing; Greenpeace & Apple Continue to Dance… Posted: 25 May 2012 11:11 AM PDT More cleantech news from around: Solar Energy US Solar Financing on Brink of Transformation: “Financing of US solar …

9th Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street

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The Waldorf=Astoria, New York City June 19 – 20, 2012 *** Register online now *** As the renewable energy industry begins to show signs of reaching price parity, with PPAs coming down, now is the time to put the sector into a broader energy context. In a new session for the Renewable Energy …

Electric ‘Water Karts’ for Canals of Paris, Venice

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Electric ?Water Karts? for Canals of Paris, Venice,? Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT Following up on the solar-powered Elekra electric hobby plane, here?s our next cool electric vehicle to check out ? electric ?karts? being used in Dubai and Thailand, which are actually aimed for cities with potential …