+ 05.06.2013 + Wild pigs with dangerous levels of radioactive Cäsium-137 were found in Austria.

+ 03.06.2013 + Australian clean-tech company and Dye Solar Cell industry leader, Dyesol Limited announced its solar-enabling technology has exceeded a key international photovoltaic industry standard test for long-term durability by 400 per cent.

+ 01.06.2013 + Japan’s solar installations surged by a stunning 270 percent (in gigawatts (GW)) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world’s largest photovoltaics (PV) market in terms of revenue this year.

+ 31.05.2013 + Researchers identified a number of hotspots both of global climate change impacts and the science that deals with them.

+ 30.05.2013 + In 2012, CO2 emissions in the EU27 are expected to have decreased by 2.1% compared with 2011.

+ 29.05.2013 + Russia approved an incentive program to boost renewable-energy production, targeting almost 6 gigawatts of new capacity by 2020 and its first solar parks.

+ 28.05.2013 + Energy analysts at global investment bank Citigroup suggest that the cost of solar PV modules could fall beyond most expectations in coming years – and reach a cost of just 25c a watt by 2020.

+ 27.05.2013 + CSUN, a specialized manufacturer of solar cells and modules will celebrate the official grand opening of its Turkey factory on May.

+ 25.05.2013 + Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to provide low-interest loans to companies that borrow residential rooftop space for solar power generation, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

+ 24.05.2013 + Almost unnoticed by the public, but also by energy experts in Germany, an energy revolution took place in Cuba ("revolución energética") which, in some respects, goes further than the German energy shift.