Top 10 stories in May 2011 Bioenergy favourite with readers this time last year A round-up of our most popular articles in May 2011 reveals a penchant among readers for news on bioenergy as the spring blooms arrived. The same month, the UK’s respected Committee on Climate Change said that a renewable energy share of around 30% by 2030 would be appropriate, with scope for a higher share (e.g. up to 45%). | WATT, did you say? New interactive e-book launched The US’s leading clean energy youth empowerment organisation, Focus the Nation, has published an new interactive e-book entitled The WATT to complement and enhance its user's guide to energy in the 21st Century. The aim of the initiative is to help combat what the organisation described as “energy illiteracy”. | Africa JRC shares knowledge on renewables in Africa The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's in-house science service. It has released a report entitled “Renewable energies in Africa: Current knowledge”, with contributions from Institute for Energy and Transport and the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, which screens Africa’s renewable energies potential. | Panorama United Kingdom Queen announced reforms of electricity market Biofuels Australia Biofuel tree project discovers indigenous partners Europe "Biofuels fuelling Europe’s economic recovery", echoes ePURE PV World PV market will not shrink in 2012 says IHS analyst Asia and other emerging markets poised to be world's solar leaders, report says United Kingdom After the cuts, what does the future hold for the solar energy industry? Ocean Energy Scotland "World's first" ocean energy engineering firm launched Australian government to provide $10 million to support wave energy project Energy saving Europe Proposed energy efficiency targets slashed Agenda GeoPower Mexico 3rd Annual Green Fuels & Vehicles China 2012 Mexico WindPower 2012 |