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Soitec takes another step in South african expansion

Tuesday, 06 November 2012 Dan McCue

Soitec has taken another step forward in its expansion in South africa by signing a power purchase agreement covering its soon-to-be-built 44 MWp Touwsrivier power plant.

Finance needed for renewables projects in africa, IRENA says

Tuesday, 23 October 2012 Dan McCue Speaking at the World Energy Forum in Dubai this morning, Frank Wouters, Deputy Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), said africa needs ambitious financing for renewable ...

Gamesa intensifies diversification strategy

Thursday, 04 October 2012 REM Gamesa has unveiled plans to diversify its business through subsidiary Gamesa Electric by pursuing opportunities in the hydroelectric, solar photovoltaic, energy quality, electric traction and marine propulsion ...

UK lagging way behind in renewable energy drive

Friday, 28 September 2012 REM The UK is a long way off the standards set by the world's leading proponents of renewable energy, argues window treatments specialist, Direct Blinds. The company has produced a map using the typical energy ...

Germany and Denmark top green economy index

Tuesday, 11 September 2012 Toby Price Results from the 3rd edition of the Global Green Economy Index (GGEI) show that expert practitioners in the green economy rank Germany as the top national green performer while an index defined by 32 datasets ...

US to provide $2 billion to fund renewable energy ventures in South africa

Monday, 06 August 2012 REM The US Export-Import Bank has told officials in South africa that it will provide the country with up to $2 billion in low-interest loans to support renewable energy projects in the nation undertaken by ...

Africa

africans slow in opening up to renewables, but capable of creating a “Green africa”

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 REM Europe, North America and some other major economies such as India and China are already well on their way to a clean energy future, but africa, however, is lagging. Evidence of this is that there is currently ...

Ban announces over 100 commitments to sustainable energy at Rio+20

Monday, 25 June 2012 Toby Price Speaking at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Friday that more than one hundred commitments and actions have been already mobilized ...

Rio+20: Resource mapping critical to wind, solar deployment

Wednesday, 20 June 2012 Toby Price Ministers and senior officials participating in a side event at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development yesterday stressed the importance of international cooperation for mapping ...

Solar drives global renewable energy investments to record high

Monday, 11 June 2012 REM Solar generation surged past wind power to become the renewable energy technology of choice for global investors in 2011, helping to push up total investments in renewable energy capacity worldwide by ...