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Who, besides maybe the oil and coal companies and their stockholders, wouldn’t want to move away from fossil fuels and build a future based on clean, renewable energy sources? After all, consider all the potential benefits (as this brilliant cartoon makes clear): less reliance on dangerous or unstable oil-producing
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Putting up a small wind turbine or solar panel on your roof might not only be a way to save money on your energy bill, but a way to make money as well. At least, it will be if you live in the UK. Starting this April, the British government
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Spending on clean energy and low-carbon technologies didn’t crash as much as feared as the global recession bit in 2009, but investments need to be ramped up much more if we want to prevent dangerous climate change. So says a new report released today at the World Economic Forum
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Most of the technology we need to switch from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy already exists — the greatest hurdles to making the shift involve planning and politics. Overcoming those hurdles could yield a 30 per cent decrease in global power demand, according to Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford
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Regions across England are likely to miss their 2010 renewable energy goals, with some parts set to achieve less than one-third of their targets, according to a new report from the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA). The UK has aimed to generate 10 per cent of its electricity from renewables
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The Scottish Government today published an action plan aimed at driving the development of renewable energy and capitalising on the country’s natural resources for maximum economic benefit. The Renewables Action Plan identifies collective actions by government, its agencies and partners, to ensure at least a fifth of Scotland’s
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One of the central tasks facing the global economy as it combats climate change is converting power supply systems to make greater use of renewable energies and climate friendly technologies, according to global insurance firm Munich Re. As a result, Munich Re has developed innovative insurance offerings to is help
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A simple and inexpensive device has just been launched that measures the amount of solar power and wind energy (PDF) that could be generated by home owners and businesses. Called the Power Predictor, the device forecasts how long it takes to recover the costs of installing renewable energy equipment. It
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Dell says it now sources 26 per cent of its global electricity needs from renewable energy sources, up from 20 per cent in 2008. The company attributes the increase to its new renewable energy partnerships in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Norway with utility providers Swalec, Scottish Power Energy Retail,
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The board of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) has launched a search for a successor to its director general Philip Wolfe, who plans to stand down next month. Wolfe was appointed to the post in 2003. “Philip’s departure will mark not just a change of leadership, but an exciting
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Which renewable energy installations are the biggest of them all around the globe? We’ve compiled the list here: * Largest solar (photovoltaic) power plant: NOBESOL’s Olmedilla de Alarcón, a 60-megawatt array of solar panels in Spain. Some vital statistics for Olmedilla de Alarcón: it has 162,000 solar modules,
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The UK could see a trade balance benefit of up to £12.6 billion per year by 2020 if it pursues its plans for energy efficiency and renewables, according to a new report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA). The REA commissioned the report from Delta-EE following the release of
