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:: Solar Industry CEOs Launch Global Solar Council
+ 05.05.2012 +
Representatives of leading international companies in the solar photovoltaic industry today announced the founding of the Global Solar Council, a CEO-level industry coalition whose aim is to expand the global deployment of solar energy in a sustainable and cost-competitive way.
:: 21st-Century Evolution of Greenland Outlet Glacier Velocities
+ 05.05.2012 +
Earlier observations on several of Greenland’s outlet glaciers, starting near the turn of the 21st century, indicated rapid (annual-scale) and large (>100%) increases in glacier velocity.
:: Japanese Proposed Tariffs Submitted
+ 04.05.2012 +
World's Highest Feed-in Tariffs. Differentiated by Technology. But Otherwise Little Further Differentiation. Are the Tariffs too High?
:: Prototype for transparent thermal collector for window integration
+ 04.05.2012 +
This new transparent solar thermal collector will at the same time allow visual contact to the exterior, provide solar and glare control and it will generate heat.
:: The Race for What's Left
+ 03.05.2012 +
The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources
:: IEA Report: Tracking Clean Energy Progress
+ 01.05.2012 +
A new IEA-report finds that while some progress has been made, most clean energy technologies are not on track to make their required contribution to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and thereby provide a more secure energy system. It highlights that getting back on track is possible, if timely and significant policy action is taken.
:: US solar market will explode within five years
+ 30.04.2012 +
Within the next five years solar energy in a large portion of the US will be cheaper than power from the grid. Costs of solar panels and installation keep moving down, wile the transportation costs of electricity move up.
:: Solar Farming in Africa: Green Electricity Powered by the Sun - iq2 Shorts
+ 28.04.2012 +
In the fourth installment of our iq2 Shorts series, Professor Michael Düren of DESERTEC argues that we can harness the African desert sun to power the world.
:: Nuclear Famine: climate effects of regional nuclear war
+ 27.04.2012 +
Nuclear Famine Report: Limited nuclear exchange in one of world's regions would trigger mass global starvation after slashing Chinese, US food production.
:: Strong international support for IRENA Global Atlas initiative Launched
+ 27.04.2012 +
International cooperation on renewable energy passed another milestone at the third Meeting of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM3) taking place in London (April 25-26), when a dozen influential countries expressed their commitment to the development of the Global Solar and Wind Atlas initiative, being managed by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
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