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Would you believe, an electric Batmobile?
One-hundred-and-four years after Henry Ford introduced the affordable Model T – a car that proved so popular that five years later he had to create the modern assembly line just to keep up with demand – we’re told that we stand on the threshold of a new era for the automobile. But are electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles something that Americans will ever truly come to love? | United Kingdom
How to re-energise our communities through transformative capitalism 
A new green paper by ResPublica entitled “Re-energising Our Communities: Transforming the energy market through local energy production” concludes that the UK government must bring an end to the “closed shop” energy market, which is dominated by the Big Six energy companies who currently produce and supply a staggering 99 per cent of the UK’s energy needs, through “transformative capitalism” and “community energy”. | SunEdison releases study promoting solar PV self-consumption
The solar PV multinational, Sun-Edison, has prepared a report which argues that a policy framework to recognize “consumers’ right to self-consume their own electricity” at European level is needed. This right may be explicitly reflected in existing directives, such as the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy directives, or have its own directive. | PV Israel’s “solar village” boasts solar power on over 70 percent of its roofs Plans in place to integrate organic solar panels into building façades Same PV array boasts double the output in Africa than in Central Europe, finds JRC Solar Thermal Electric Why solar chimneys could be the way forward Solar industry calls on Spain to continue support for renewable energies New analysis suggests CSP could be enabler for spread of other renewables Richard Crume Is climate change really happening? Just ask your insurance agent! Panorama “Renewable energy is the future: nuclear energy is the past,” says Greenpeace MIT recognises six clean energy firms in its Technology Review 50 list IEA recognises ascent of “recession busting" renewable energy market United States
Native American clean energy projects awarded $6.5 million by DoE Electric/Hybrid Smart thinking spurs European e-mobility projects Researchers find E-car-related pollution in China more dangerous than that from traditional cars Agenda 4th Guangzhou International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition 2012 The Solar Future India II Solar Maghreb | 
