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ClimateWorks announces $15M funding to support UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative
The ClimateWorks Foundation on June 22 announced its commitment of up to $15 million over the next three years to help India, China, Brazil and Mexico double both their rate of improvement in energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy...
ADB President: Asian countries need to boosts clean energy use
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda urged countries in the region to boost the use of clean energy and make it accessible to the poor as they also seek to improve their economies. Speaking at the opening of the seventh Asia Clean...
WWF Report: China leads global clean energy technology manufacturing race
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on June 7 said it has commissioned a new report stating that China continues to lead the global clean energy technology manufacturing race. WWF launched the third edition of its Clean Economy, Living Planet report...
Report: China installs the world’s largest battery
China now has the world’s largest battery with a storage capacity of 36MWh to combat any intermittence produced by wind and solar power at an adjoining farm. Brain the size of a planet, battery the size of a building – both sound like figures...
Abound Solar, Solarsis commissions 1-MW solar project in Andhra Pradesh, India
Abound Solar, a manufacturer of next-generation thin-film photovoltaic modules, and Solar Integration Systems India Pvt. Ltd., a solar system integration company in India, on January 16, 2012, said that they have commissioned a 1-MW solar photovoltaic...
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed inaugurates 5th edition of World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates has inaugurated fifth edition of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, United...
Asian energy corporates remain bullish in 2012: survey
Risk.com – Despite an uncertain global backdrop, energy companies in Asia retain a positive outlook for 2012, finds a survey commissioned by Standard Chartered Bank The corporate sentiment survey, carried out by independent research specialist...
China to boost Central Asia energy ties
China Daily.com – (BEIJING) China will continue to expand energy ties with Central Asian countries, which have proven to be a fruitful model of mutually beneficial cooperation, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday. Zhang Hanhui,...
Shanghai to spend EUR 2 billion for green energy development
Offshorewind.biz – In the latest example of cities getting behind wind power and other renewable energies, Shanghai has announced it might spend as much as €2 billion in the next four years to increase its capacity of green energy, with...