A recently announced project, known as Forward (Fukushima floating offshore wind farm demonstration), will be delivered by a consortium of 11 companies and join two floating scale pilots already in Japanese waters. Funded entirely by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the ... The first stage, already underway, consists of one 2-MW floating wind turbine, the world's first 66-kV floating power substation and an undersea cabling system
compositesworld.com via Google News
2013-06-01 12:45:39
Hold on to your umbrella: The world is getting windier. A new report projects a 34% wind-power production increase in the next three years, boosted higher by new tax-credit rules. Putting politics aside, let's look at three companies poised to profit from wind's ...
Motley Fool via Google News
2013-06-01 06:46:10
What if we could harness the limitless power of the sun to carry water to the crops of millions of small poor farmers around the world? If I want to water my petunias, I turn on the tap outside my house, hold my thumb over the end of a battered green hose and water away.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-05-31 12:07:46
Electrawinds NV, a Belgian renewable-energy developer, will work with the World Bank's International Finance Corp. to build a 180 million-euro ($234 million) wind farm in Kenya as the nation adds clean power to cut oil imports. The wind farm in Mpeketoni, ...
BusinessWeek via Google News
2013-05-31 09:50:24
Japan’s solar installations surged by 270 percent (in gigawatts) in the first quarter of 2013, to surpass Germany to become the world’s largest photovoltaics (PV) market in terms of revenue in 2013.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-05-31 04:25:53
Japan's solar installations surged by 270% (in GW) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world's largest solar market in terms of revenues in 2013, according to market research institute IHS.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-05-31 03:37:48
UNITED NATIONS/OSLO - Big companies should report their impact on the environment in addition to their earnings under a U.N. plan to boost economic growth and ease poverty by 2030, according to recommendations by a panel of world leaders released on Thursday.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-05-30 16:44:55
Ethiopia's construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the world's longest river threatens to affect flows of water to Nile-dependent, water-starved Egypt, where there is growing outrage, anger and fear.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-05-30 14:56:39
Ethiopia's construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the world's longest river threatens to affect flows of water to Nile-dependent, water-starved Egypt, where there is growing outrage, anger and fear.
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! News
2013-05-30 14:30:56
UNITED NATIONS/OSLO (Reuters) - Big companies should report their impact on the environment in addition to their earnings under a U.N. plan to boost economic growth and ease poverty by 2030, according to recommendations by a panel of world leaders released on Thursday.
Reuters via Reuters
2013-05-30 14:02:54
The report begins with an analysis of what is concentrated solar power (CSP) and the requirement for CSP in today's world. We look at the types of CSP technologies that are available today such as central receiver/solar tower, parabolic troughs, parabolic ...
Wall Street Journal (press release) via Google News
2013-05-30 11:17:43
The Alter bike is making use of several technological solutions including a new breed of hydrogen fuel cells. NICE, France – It operates without long battery charging times and plug-in socket requirements. Just replace the ready-to-use energy cartridges which ...
evworld.com via Google News
2013-05-30 10:31:23
"We have not run out of oil," Garry states, referencing previous market concerns over peak oil. "We've proved... that there is plenty of oil left in the world." In which case, why not invest in oil companies? According to Garry, the chief problem is that most of the oil ...
Telegraph.co.uk via Google News
2013-05-30 08:17:37
Hopes for a speedy transition from a carbon economy to clean energy have been dashed. Which technologies offer the best chance of turning things around?This month, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. If the trend continues, the International Energy Agency has warned, the world could warm by 6C by the end of the century
Guardian Unlimited via Guardian Unlimited
2013-05-30 07:55:14