According to a new report recently released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) coal could become the world's top energy source by 2017 along with oil. The IEA expects an increase in coal demand all over the world except the US, where natural gas is replacing the black mineral as feedstock for the production of electricity.
read more... 18/04/2013
American Wind Energy Association has recently announced that US wind power increased 28% in 2012, bringing its total capacity to over 60 GW, 13 GW of which was added last year.
read more... 18/04/2013
According to a report released by Pew Charitable Trusts clean energy investments worldwide dropped 11% in 2012 to $269 billion from 2011 levels, weighed down by regulatory uncertainty and policy changes in big markets such as the US, India, Spain and Italy.
read more... 17/04/2013
China Wind Power Group Ltd and CNNC Rich Energy have signed a strategic cooperation to invest in wind and solar energy projects with a target of some 700 MW by 2015. The two companies will jointly finance and develop 100 MW of renewable energy projects in 2013, a mix of solar and wind, and are targeting 200 MW of solar and 500 MW of wind projects in the next two years.
read more... 16/04/2013
Lark Energy has obtained the approval from Charnwood Borough Council in November 2012, and has built the solar farm in a record time of less than 8 weeks.
read more... 15/04/2013