As delegates and observers get ready for the annual UN conference on climate change which begins next Monday in Doha, they will have lots of reports to consider as they being working towards the goal of extending the existing Kyoto Protocol designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. According to one of those studies, The … Continue reading Wind power can help governments deal with accelerating climate change crisis
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Greenhouse-Gas Concentrations Reach Record High
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2011, according to a recent report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2011, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Between 1990 and 2011 there was a 30% … Continue reading Greenhouse-Gas Concentrations Reach Record High
Continue readingGlobal CO2 emissions rising to record levels in 2011
The global CO2 emissions in 2011 have again reached a new record high. With 34 billion tons (2010:. Around 33.2 billion tonnes) was as much carbon dioxide from fossil fuels into the atmosphere than ever before, announced the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) in Münster. Following the decline in emissions in 2009 … Continue reading Global CO2 emissions rising to record levels in 2011
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EU greenhouse gases in 2011: emissions fall 2.5%
Emissions of greenhouse gases in the European Union (EU) fell on average by 2.5 % from 2010 to 2011, although several countries increased emissions. Almost all European countries are individually on track towards their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol compared to last year, according to two reports published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). … Continue reading EU greenhouse gases in 2011: emissions fall 2.5%
Continue readingReason Foundation FAIL on wind energy and emissions
A number of fossil fuel-funded groups recently set out to attack wind energy by paying for a new report (http://reason.org/news/show/the-limits-of-wind-power) claiming wind energy is difficult to integrate onto the utility system and doesn’t provide the expected benefits. The only problem? The Reason Foundation’s analysis ended up producing results that contradict those claims and actually support … Continue reading Reason Foundation FAIL on wind energy and emissions
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European leaders need to set tougher emissions targets
It’s very gratifying to see the world’s leading financial daily underlining points which European Wind Energy Association and many others have been making for years: the Emissions Trading System (ETS) urgently needs to be fixed. Thankfully the European Commission has proposed an important first step: to delay the auctioning of yet more carbon allowances. This now … Continue reading European leaders need to set tougher emissions targets
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Electric cars: is now the time to plug in?
There are electric-only cars, plug-in and normal hybrids, and even diesel models that promise (on paper at least) to do 80 miles per gallon (mpg). The car that’s best for your wallet will largely be determined by the type of journeys you make. Drivers looking for an environmentally friendly car that is cheap to run … Continue reading Electric cars: is now the time to plug in?
Continue readingClimate Change and Wind Energy
Geological Survey researchers and their U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service colleagues are working together to help provide solutions for reducing harmful effects of wind turbines on bats.
Continue readingMEPs reject plans for fossil fuel subsidies
For every $1 of government support given to renewable energy around the world, at least $5 are given to fossil fuels, according to the International Energy Agency.
Continue readingWind Energy in Ukraine, Market Outlook to 2020
The research details renewable power market outlook in Ukraine (includes wind power, biopower and solar power photovoltaic.
Continue readingAlternative to rare earth metals
A world-leading team of UK engineers has been charged with developing a new motor for electric vehicles that will significantly reduce our future dependency on rare earth metals.
Continue readingFree access to unique wind energy measurements
The wind power project, which has aroused great interest among scientists, has now been published in the journal ?Boundary-Layer Meteorology?, giving the public free access to the measurements.
Continue readingEntech Solar Successfully Completes Testing Required for IEC 62108
Entech Solar announced that the Company’s latest concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module has met the CPV module testing.
Continue reading26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference
The Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit will be exhibiting at this year?s 26th annual European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) from September 5-8 in Hamburg, Germany.
Continue readingWind power project picks EPC contractor
Wind Capital Group LLC selected RMT Inc. to design and build its 150 MW Osage County Wind Energy Facility in Oklahoma. The wind farm will use 94 GE 1.6 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingNew Nissan Electric Vehicles Leaf could power your home for days
The electric car’s lithium-ion batteries can store up to 24kWh of electricity, which can power an average Japanese household for about two day.
Continue readingWind energy project in Quintana Roo
The investment will be by Cannon Power Group, as part of a wind power project that includes three wind farm plants in Mexico, one in Baja California, one in Zacatecas and Quintana Roo.
Continue readingVestas enters the Finnish wind energy market
Vestas has received an 18 MW wind power order for delivery and installation of six V112-3.0 MW wind turbines in a wind farm in Finland.
Continue readingWind energy in Chile – Barrick Gold?s wind farm
Construction is now 60 per cent complete on the first phase of Barrick Gold?s Punta Colorada wind power plant in Chile, which will begin operating in July. The first phase includes 10 wind turbines.
Continue readingPressure grows for stronger EU climate and energy action
European Wind Energy Association fully supports a 45% renewable energy target for 2030. 400 billion Euro need to be invested in new wind power generation over the next two decades.
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