Project development usually gets the headlines, but it's O&M that makes wind power a reality.  By John Dunlop, AWEA

All new homes built in Germany from January 1st 2009 will be required to install renewable energy heating systems under a new law called the Renewable Energies Heating Law (Erneubare-Energien-Wärmegesetz).  By Jane Burgermeister

Germany's biodiesel production capacity is set to rise to a record 5 million tons in 2007, but analysts have warned that the boom in the country's biodiesel industry is coming to an end after the industry failed to block the government from rolling back a key tax relief scheme in court this July. By Jane Burgermeister

In February 2006, President Bush launched an ambitious plan called the "Advanced Energy Initiative." Its aim is to reduce America's crude oil imports from the Middle East by 75 percent by the year 2025.  By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service

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"This book is a magnificent resource for students, practitioners and concerned citizens. It belongs on one’s desk as a constant reference source and, in these times, not on the shelves ... The author combines an encyclopaedic knowledge with a lucid writing style that places this book in the Meadows, Carsons and Lovins class as one who can turn around mindsets but also provide a vision ahead."
Dr Pem Gerner - Cityscape News and Comment, March 2007

During the Cold War, the ques­tion of the century was: Com­munism or capitalism? Now, in times of climate change, the millennial question is: Cli­mate protection or climate disaster? Is nuclear energy a way out of the climate catastrophe? Wouldn't it be much simpler, safer and cheaper to use renewable energy sources?

Photovoltaic (PV) panels have long served as a cost-effective solution to provide power to remote cabins and homes built far from the power grid. To reduce the money spent on a home solar energy system, off grid system designers emphasize the importance of minimizing end use loads by using the most efficient lighting products and appliances available in the market, and foregoing certain unnecessary amenities. By Steven Letendre, Ph.D., Prometheus Institute

Energy is a basic need of our economy. Yet the world relies primarily on the polluting and exhaustible fossil energies. By Dr. Wolfgang Palz, Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energies.

Wind energy continued its dynamic growth worldwide in the year 2006. 14.900 MW were added in the past year summing up to a global installed capacity of 73.904 MW by the end of December 2006. The added capacity equals a growth rate of 25 %, after 24 % in 2005.