Cleantech News from CleanTechnica: Clean Energy Powers Up North Carolina’s Economy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Cleantech News from CleanTechnica Clean Energy Powers Up North Carolina’s Economy Chattanooga Bike-Sharing Pilot Program A Big Success LightSail Gets $5.5 Million For Compressed Air Energy Storage Buy An Electric Vehicle, Get Cheap Solar Power (Honda & SolarCity Team Up) How A City Can Get More Clean, Local Energy Tesla …

NewEnergyNews: Ultracapacitators

Jay OwenGreentech

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/     On The Road Reading, Thursday, January 17:    While NewEnergyNews is on the road covering wind and solar conferences, check out these pieces written recently for Greentech Media. Back soon.   * On The Road Reading: Has Ioxus Built a Better Ultracap? Flat cells …

Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace

kristyGreentech

Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace J. Matthew Roney http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2012/update106 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update August 16, 2012 Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power …

Wind Tops 10 Percent Share of Electricity in Five U.S. States

kristyGreen Prosperity

Wind Tops 10 Percent Share of Electricity in Five U.S. States J. Matthew Roney www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2012/highlights27 Earth Policy Release Data Highlight April 14, 2012 A new picture is emerging in the U.S. power sector. In 2007, electricity generation from coal peaked, dropping by close to 4 percent annually between 2007 and …

World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011

kristyGreentech

WORLD WIND POWER CLIMBS TO NEW RECORD IN 2011 J. Matthew Roney www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C49/wind_power_2012 Earth Policy Release Eco-Economy Indicator March 14, 2012 Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, …

Four thousand Eiffel Towers

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency, Greentech

Offshore wind is one of the most talked-about forms of renewable energy. No doubt when the European Commission will publish its Energy Roadmap 2050 in December, it will be crucial in reaching the EU’s renewable energy and climate targets. Yet in practice not too many offshore wind parks have been …

UN-Backed Report Shows Strong Performance By Renewable Energy Sector

kristyGreen Prosperity

UN-BACKED REPORT SHOWS STRONG PERFORMANCE BY RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR New York, Jul 13 2011 12:05PM The renewable energy sector has continued to perform well despite the global economic slowdown, cuts in incentives, and low natural-gas prices, according to a United Nations-backed report unveiled today, which shows that the sector supplied …