CleanTechnica » peru http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Norway’s Statkraft To Invest $8 Billion In Renewables http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/norways-statkraft-invest-8-billion-renewables/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/norways-statkraft-invest-8-billion-renewables/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:58:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76893 Norway’s state-owned power company Statkraft announced earlier in the month that it intends to invest heavily in renewable energy both in Norway and abroad, to the tune of 60 billion kroner, or just over $8 billion USD. The announcement comes following the Norway Government’s decision to bolster the energy company’s equity by 5 billion kroner, pushing

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/australia-land-backward-policies-contradictions/feed/ 23 $3 Billion Rumored From USA For World Climate Fund! http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/14/3-billion-rumored-usa-world-climate-fund/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/14/3-billion-rumored-usa-world-climate-fund/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:31:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74881 We’ve thought for a while that the US had more leadership to contribute to the world climate process, so today’s news (still on the gossip vine at present) that President Obama has a $3 billion pledge in his pocket for the Global Climate Fund is not a total surprise. Growing out of a 2010 agreement made

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/01/solar-iq-rises-costs-fall/feed/ 12 Top 20 Utility Scale Solar Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/top-20-utility-scale-solar-countries-graph-of-the-day/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/top-20-utility-scale-solar-countries-graph-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:40:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56036 Originally published on RenewEconomy. The latest update of utility scale solar developments round the world shows that the US has just joined China as the second country to have installed more than 3 GW of “big solar,” and will soon be joined by Germany. But Australia still does not make the big solar top 20

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/top-20-utility-scale-solar-countries-graph-of-the-day/feed/ 4 633 Energy Storage Projects Now Underway Worldwide http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/10/633-advanced-energy-storage-projects-now-underway-worldwide/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/10/633-advanced-energy-storage-projects-now-underway-worldwide/#comments Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:02:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54956 633 advanced energy storage projects encompassing 865 separate systems are currently in operation or under development worldwide, according to Navigant Research’s “Energy Storage Tracker 3Q13.” The industry added 38 new projects during the first half of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/10/633-advanced-energy-storage-projects-now-underway-worldwide/feed/ 0 Peru Solar Power Program To Give Electricity To 2 Million Of Poorest Peruvians http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/15/peru-solar-power-program-to-give-electricity-to-2-million-of-poorest-peruvians/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/15/peru-solar-power-program-to-give-electricity-to-2-million-of-poorest-peruvians/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:55:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53966 This article was originally published on Planetsave. By Don Lieber Peru last week initiated a new program that will provide electricity to more than two million of its poorest residents using solar panels. Energy and Mining Minister Jorge Merino said that the program will allow 95% of Peru to have access to electricity by the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/15/peru-solar-power-program-to-give-electricity-to-2-million-of-poorest-peruvians/feed/ 10 Top Solar States vs Top Solar Countries (CleanTechnica Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/27/top-solar-states-vs-top-solar-countries-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/27/top-solar-states-vs-top-solar-countries-update/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:50:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53157 Following our top solar states rankings and our top solar countries rankings, below are rankings that mix the two. The rankings are for total and new solar power capacity per capita as well as total and new solar power per GDP. I thin the results are very interesting…. If you missed these previous rankings, also

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/27/top-solar-states-vs-top-solar-countries-update/feed/ 4 Top Solar Power Countries Per Capita & Per GDP (CleanTechnica Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/solar-power-by-country-solar-rankings-by-country/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/solar-power-by-country-solar-rankings-by-country/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:50:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53146 –> Update: Also see the new top solar power countries vs top US solar states rankings. Following up on my top solar power state rankings, below are rankings of the top solar power countries per capita and per GDP. These solar power by country rankings are key to seeing who the solar power leaders are in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/15/latin-americas-largest-solar-plant-receiving-40-mw-of-solar-pv-modules-from-yingli-solar/feed/ 0 ContourGlobal to Develop Peru’s First Large-Scale Wind Farms http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/06/contourglobal-to-develop-perus-first-large-scale-wind-farms/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/06/contourglobal-to-develop-perus-first-large-scale-wind-farms/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:12:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=43672 At a nameplate capacity of 114 MW, the two wind farms -- in Cupisnique and Talara -- will be among the largest in South America outside of Brazil. Peru and neighboring Andean nations are really just beginning to seriously examine and develop their relatively rich base of wind and solar energy resources, which offer a sustainable development path that minimizes depletion of natural capital.

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