 Call for $500 million to fund off-grid solutions ahead of Rio+20
Shortly after the IMF released details of a paper concluding that oil prices may double over the coming decade, twenty of the world's leading off-grid clean energy entrepreneurs have sent a letter to World Bank Group President, Robert Zoellick, requesting $500 million in financial commitments to help them deliver on the world's energy access goals. | EXCLUSIVE: Wind farm maintenance survey results
Much to improve,wind farm maintenance survey finds 
Our mission was not an easy one. Winf farm operators do not like to judge their maintenance services providers, seeing it as somehow cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. Nevertheless, the results of a recent survey conducted by our sister publication in Spain, Energías Renovables, should help the sector improve. After all, no other study of this kind has been performed before in Spain, and the results obtained are revealing. | New support schemes announced for renewables on either sides of Pacific
This month, two new countries on opposite sides of the Earth have announced plans to introduce schemes to encourage the deployment of new renewable energy capacity. Japan has announced a series of feed-in tariffs which are among the highest in the world, while El Salvador has approved a regulatory framework to promote the use of renewables. | Panorama Africa
JRC shares knowledge on renewables in Africa UN’s Action Agenda on Sustainable Energy for All will drive critical progress on energy, says WBCSD Wind United States
$4 billion offshore wind energy transmission line one step closer to reality US market conditions and regulatory uncertainty freeze installation of Gamesa turbine prototype Scotland
Repsol and SSE Renewables submit application for Beatrice offshore wind farm Peru
Small wind technology providing electricity for rural Peruvians Electric/Hybrid IEA details best electric vehicle practices, city by city Eight auto firms to develop standardised EV charger Miscellaneous Energy from renewable sources – illuminating grid vulnerability “Smart” will be buzz word in Asia this year Ocean Energy Scotland
"World's first" ocean energy engineering firm launched Australian government to provide $10 million to support wave energy project Agenda All-Energy 2012 Environmental Bonds 2012 B4E Global Summit 2012 Berlin | 
