Report from Japan A year later, the cleanup is just beginning Wanting to remember the victims - both living and dead - of the Great East Japan Earthquake, our blogger Richard Crume, looks at what the country is doing to get back on its feet a year on from the disaster. He reports that renewable energy remains a promising replacement for Japan’s lost nuclear capacity. | Japan Desertec signs MoU for Asian renewables super grid A year after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, the Desertec Foundation and the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) will start to co-operate on promoting an Asian Super Grid necessary for the expansion of renewable energy in Asia. | UN helping rural poor to use clean energy Rural households in developing countries will soon be able to swap kerosene lamps and diesel generators for clean renewable energy thanks to a financial incentive provided under the emissions reduction mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), it was reported today. | Panorama Scotland Who needs oil and gas when you can have renewables? United States UCLA working on building a smarter, greener power grid Top stories in March 2011 A mixed bag March this time last year US Army seeks comments on $7 billion in potential renewable energy opportunities PV Germany Solar industry takes to streets over tariff cuts Italian designer spreads climate change message through clothing Forget Avatar, firm touting benefits of cost-effective solar 3-D United Kingdom Harsh words for Government’s stance on solar PV Africa Pay-as-you-go solar arrives in world’s newest nation Solar Thermal Electric MENA Developers head for desert sun as sun goes down in west Leading CSP companies form advocacy alliance to bolster US market India Feeding the Indian CSP supply chain proves a challenge John Joshi United States How much does solar cost? Agenda South-East European Solar Exhibition 7th AsiaSolar PV Industry Exhibition CSP Today India 2012 |