renewable energy

Jul
05

OM targets alternative energy market with $1bn acquisition

OM Group Inc. plans to purchase the German advanced materials firm Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. (VAC) for around €700 million
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Jan
13

Masdar City aims at 'greatest challenges'

It’s an ambitious vision, but one its planners believe is achievable: a six-square-kilometre planned development in the United Arab
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Sep
17

Energy aid to poor benefits us all

One of the interesting concepts explored during the recent IBM sustainability summit was how to encourage renewable energy in the
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Mar
17

Bloomberg: Renewables spending needs to reach $500bn by 2030

Global spending on renewable energy projects could more than double by 2030, but that alone won’t be enough to
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Jan
06

Going green in the coldest place on Earth

Antarctica’s the coldest, driest continent on the planet, and it’s also the windiest. Couple that with the fact
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Aug
20

Cleantech apocalypse: Cons of green energy

Could clean energy, rather than being the saviour of our civilisation, actually lead to TEOTWAWKI (as in, “The end of
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Jun
04

More renewables means more jobs, revenues, EU says

By promoting innovation in renewable energy sources (RES), the European Union could see a gross domestic product in 2020 that’
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Jun
01

Nominees named for British Renewable Energy Awards

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released its shortlist of nominees for the fourth annual British Renewable Energy Awards. The
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May
11

Rule change to speed low-carbon grid hookups

Energy regulator Ofgem has said that it will allow a temporary relaxation from the rules governing the electricity networks to
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May
07

€4.7 million for 49 clean-energy projects

Europe’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) plans to fund 49 new clean-energy projects in 25 developing nations
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