Doubling Renewable Energy Could Help Mitigate Climate Change
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency in New York states scaling-up renewable energy to 36% of the world’s total final energy consumption by 2030 is possible, affordable. According to REmap 2030, doubling renewable energy [...]
The ADB's Dirty Little Coal Secret
Lurking beneath the Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s clean energy exterior is a dirty secret: despite their promises to bring clean energy in the … See the rest here: The ADB's Dirty Little Coal Secret 111 total views, no views [...]
China is clean energy superpower; $54B investment in 2013
Clean energy investment is soaring in Asia, according to the 2013 Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? report by Pew Charitable Trusts, Triple Pundit reports. In the Asia and Oceania regions, renewable energy capacity grew by 64% in 2013, [...]
Sinovel Wind faces securities regulators investigation
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd. on Monday said it is being investigated by securities regulators, Xinhua reported. China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is investigating the company for suspected violations [...]
ADB: 5 Asian countries improve energy efficiency by 30%
Philippines, which is known as an IT outsourcing hub, is doing a great job for clean energy development projects and energy efficiency initiates. A new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reveals that five Asian countries, including [...]
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 [...]
Older Entries
Coal and Mining