Clean Technica: Google Backs New Plan For Utility-Supplied Renewable Energy Option

Jay OwenGreentech

Top cleantech news of the day from CleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website: Google Backs New Plan For Utility-Supplied Renewable Energy Option EV & Bike News Roundup (Chevy Spark EV In US, Guerrilla Bike Activists…) Clean Power News Roundup (Energy Transition In NL, Physicians For Solar…) Why Europe’s …

Alternative Energy: EU Parliament Voted No, So Now What for the Emissions Trading System?

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy EU Parliament Voted No, So Now What for the Emissions Trading System? Google Backs New Plan For Utility-Supplied Renewable Energy Option UN Says Air Pollution Kills More People Than AIDS and Malaria Combined; Clean Energy Could Halve Death Toll EV & Bike News Roundup (Chevy Spark EV In …

The ‘unstoppable’ renewable grid

Jay OwenResource Efficiency, Greentech

Chris Nelder, SmartPlanet, April 3, 2013 The energy transition juggernaut I previewed last May is rolling on unabated, despite U.S. natural gas prices falling to 10-year lows last year. According to a new Gallup poll, two-thirds of Americans would like to see more emphasis on solar, wind and natural gas, …

Alternative Energy News: Electric Motorcycle Travels Around the World in 80 days for $400!

Jay OwenGreentech

Electric Motorcycle Travels Around the World in 80 days for $400! Renewable Energy Revolution: Declining Costs, Surging Capacity Research paves way for larger, safer lithium ion batteries Obama Makes Climate Change a Priority in Inaugural Speech Cleantech & Climate News Of The Day 300 MW Of Wind Power Go Online …

Earth Emergency – WFC issues Global Policy Action Plan

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen

As governments have failed to agree upon appropriate action in the interest of future generations at the Rio+20 Summit this summer, the World Future Council is now calling on governments, parliaments, media, youth and citizens to accelerate action towards a fair and sustainable shared future. The WFC has outlined required …

No Wonder

kristyResource Efficiency

Report Renewable Energy Thursday 29 March 2012 No wonder When it comes to “the energy transition”, there are no simple solutions. Most people would agree that it would be desirable if we could switch from fossil fuels to “renewable energies”, if the costs can be limited. But those who know …

Energy transition: power companies can’t do it on their own

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

Most readers will probably remember the “Roadmap 2050” that was published last year by the European Climate Foundation (ECF). It made quite a splash in Brussels and internationally. The Roadmap has led a quiet existence since that time, but ECF itself has continued working hard to influence climate policy in …

Solar Developer Profile: Scatec North America

kristyGreentech

Solar Developer Profile: Scatec North America An emerging solar project developer in North America with 156 megawatts permitted. China’s Self-Sustaining Solar Economy If global solar demand were to evaporate, China could weather the storm. Mixed Greens: SmartSynch and Qualcomm Open an Apps Storefront, eMeter Takes MDM to the Cloud Partnerships …

A Global Shift to Renewable Energy

kristyGreen Prosperity

www.earthpolicy.org/index.php?/book_bytes/2010/pb4ch05_ss1 By Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Release Book Byte August 24, 2010 As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, …