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The Largest Renewable Energy Projects of 2010

Last year was a strong year for renewable energy despite the after-effect of the global recession. This article provides facts of large clean energy projects originally collated by Renewable Energy World. Wind Power: Offshore Offshore wind has gained popularity in 2010. In January of the previous year UK’s Crown Estate announced the development of 32 [...]

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$630 Million in Renewable Energy-Loans Provided To India by Banks from Japan and Germany

An agreement will soon be consolidated between Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) and banks from Japan and Germany. The agreements will provide India with $630 million of loans for the implementation of renewable energy projects. IREDA was founded in 1987 by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the function of providing finance [...]

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U.S Outlook for Renewable Energy Employment in 2011

In America the growth of the clean energy industry is expanding at a rampant pace. Green energy employments are being spurred across the nation. America’s unemployment figures are getting worse as the clock ticks by. In regions such as California the unemployment rate has reached 22 percent. Such grim figures haven’t been experienced since the [...]

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A New Geothermal Power Plant Has Been Established By Enel Green Power

In the Province of Siena Radicondoli 2 is expanding through the advent of Tuscan geothermal centre of Enel’s renewable generation company. Enel Green Power is constantly striving towards growth by setting up one of the world’s largest geothermal power plant. Radicondoli 2 is the latest geothermal power plant in the province of Siena. The additional [...]

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Geothermal Energy Growing In The Philippines

Philippine is currently ranked as the world’s second-largest developer of geothermal energy. It is now going for a colossal expansion. A plan to provide contracts for another 19 geothermal power plants amounting to a total of US$2.5 billion (private investment) is soon to be launched. In the coming months, the Philippine’s government will be confirming [...]

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Renewables: Geothermal Energy & German’s Early Expansion

Germany is a key player in the emergence of renewable fuel sources. They did through the implementation of the Electricity feed laws establish a world record in 2006, where investment in German’s green industry rose to more than US$10 billion, including research and development as well as the erection of wind turbine, expansion of solar [...]

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Interesting Facts about Renewable Energy (Water, Geothermal and Bio-Energy): Part 1

This article provides a few interesting facts related to sources of renewable energy like water, geothermal and bio-energy. The potential of renewable energy is phenomenal. Water (as a source of energy) There is a vast depository of water on the earth surface. Did you know? 1. Water is the most known sources of renewable energy, [...]

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Renewable Energy Options in The Caribbean; Part 2

Renewable energy options are being implemented in various parts of the world. Caribbean is not an exception, they are going towards a potential clean energy policy. Here are a few examples where they can progress. 1. Hydro Power Hydropower has been used for years. Countries like Canada and Norway depends heavily on hydropower. However, hydropower [...]

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Geothermal Energy Is It Really Safe?

The world is slowly going towards green technology. It appears that for some it seems much easier to go green than for others. A demarcating example is Klamath Falls. In the small city of Oregon geothermal energy has been used since the early 90s to heat homes and businesses. In that time, it was not [...]

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Renewable Energy in Iceland a Top Priority

Iceland is reckoned as a forerunner in the field of renewable energy. The country is generating around 81 percent of its primary energy needs from renewable sources. There are even plans to go fully green. Figures in 2007 said that geothermal energy accounts for 66 percent of primary energy, hydropower 15 percent and fossil fuels [...]

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