News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Abu Dhabi – Constructing A City with No Carbon and Waste

There is a new eco-city that is being constructed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will be known as the Masdar City. The city will be the very first clean technology city in the world that will completely rely on renewable energy sources and which will be free from skyscrapers, cars and waste. The [...]

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The Kahuku Wind Project In Hawaii Has Started

A 30 MW wind project has been started at Kahuku by First Wind. It will be the only utility-scale wind energy project undertaken at Oahu, as well as amidst the hugest energy supplies in Hawaii. The Kahuku wind project will definitely elevate Hawaii to energy security. The Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle says that wind energy [...]

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China Plans Renewable Energy Demonstration City

The Chinese Government is serious when talking about small or large-scale projects. They do not stop halfway. Currently, the government is emphasising on reducing the country’s heavy addiction to coal. It is therefore, going for renewable energy. The central government has already approved a plan to construct a renewable demonstration city in Turpan (Xinjiang Uigher [...]

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Germany Focusing on the Demise of Fossil Fuel by 2050

Germany can become the world’s first developed nation to end the dependency on Fossil Fuel. The Federal Environment Agency says that they might by year 2050 supply its entire electricity requirement through renewable sources. The renewable energy track record for Germany is already placing the country as a global leader in both exporting clean technology [...]

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How Much Money Should Be Spent On Renewable Energy?

Tilak Doshi who is the chief economist at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore is questioning whether renewable energy can decrease carbon emission at a reasonable price. The emergence of climate change through the use of fossil fuels is portraying clean and renewable energy as a global saver. However, money is a problem [...]

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In 2009 Renewable Energy Represented 62 Percent of The total Electricity Expansion in the European Union

In 2009, approximately 19.9 percent (608 TWh) of Europe’s Total Electricity consumption (3042TWh) was generated from alternative energy sources. Hydropower is the biggest contributor accounting for 11.6 percent and subsequently, wind (4.2 percent), biomass (3.5 percent) and solar (0.4 percent). The expansion of electricity capacity for 2009 was of a total of 27.5 GW. Renewable [...]

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Two Solar Power Companies Are Entrusted Nearly $2 Billion

President Barack Obama announced during the first weekend of July that New Financial schemes of almost $2 billion have been made available through the US recovery Act. Two large solar companies have been entrusted to make things happen. In Obama’s weekly address, he announced that US Department of Energy would disburse $1.45 billion of controlled [...]

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Time To Tax Electric Cars in Britain

It might be necessary to tax electric cars to provide sufficient funds to expand the national grid and establish power stations. Energy firms are warning that electric cars could be a source for power cuts. According to a recent calculation from an analyst at Saturn Energy a tax of 10 pence per mile would be [...]

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Sunlight and Carbon dioxide Can Be Used To Generate Car Fuel

Innovative “photosynthesising” technology might soon be able to generate “petrol” for cars from sunlight and carbon dioxide. Fascinatingly, solar-powered reactors can be used to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide. Besides, this reactor can also change water into both oxygen and hydrogen. These two elements (oxygen and hydrogen) can be processed to produce hydrocarbon fuels. [...]

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Renewable Energy Producers in Spain Are Unsettled About slashing Subsidies

Spain is a leader in renewable energy. However, the government has reached an agreement together with energy producers to cut subsidies for both wind and solar power. The premium grants offered for wind energy will be slashed by 35 percent as per its current expire date, which is on 1st of January 2013. The industry [...]

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