CleanTechnica » Ukraine 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 Wiki-Solar Claims Global Utility-Scale PV Capacity Passed 30 GW http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/wiki-solar-claim-global-utility-scale-pv-capacity-passed-30-gw/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/wiki-solar-claim-global-utility-scale-pv-capacity-passed-30-gw/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:10:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74464 Figures released late October by solar PV deployment information group Wiki-Solar show that the global capacity of utility-scale PV generating capacity has now reached 30.3 GW, a growth of 8.8 GW since the beginning of the year, which marks the fifth consecutive record year for the sector. The growth of the sector has been helped

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/wiki-solar-claim-global-utility-scale-pv-capacity-passed-30-gw/feed/ 6 Australia Falls Out Of The Top 15 Utility-Scale Solar Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:30:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74447 RenewEconomy. Sophie Vorrath. The global utility-scale solar market has clocked its fifth consecutive year of record growth, with newly released data showing total capacity has now reached 30.3GW, up from 21.5GW at the start of 2014. Figures released on Tuesday, along with the chart below, show that at the end of September the US was

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/feed/ 8 Ukrainian Government Approves Ambitious New Wind Energy Goals http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/12/ukrainian-government-approves-ambitious-new-wind-energy-goals/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/12/ukrainian-government-approves-ambitious-new-wind-energy-goals/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:05:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73303 A new National Action Plan state decree for the development of wind energy was recently issued by the Ukrainian government, after being approved by the country’s cabinet. The ambitious new goals called for by the decree include increasing the wind energy capacity of the country up to 2.28 GW by the year 2020 — which

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/12/ukrainian-government-approves-ambitious-new-wind-energy-goals/feed/ 14 EU Looking To Speed-Up Creation Of Common Energy Market Following Conflict With Russia http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/eu-looking-speed-creation-common-energy-market-following-conflict-russia/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/eu-looking-speed-creation-common-energy-market-following-conflict-russia/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:00:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73089 The political conflict between Russia and the Ukraine is apparently having a knock-on effect regarding the EU’s plans for the creation of a common energy market, helping to speed up said plans. The main stated reasons for creating a common market are the benefits that would go along with a broad shift to a low-carbon economy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/eu-looking-speed-creation-common-energy-market-following-conflict-russia/feed/ 6 The Future Is Now (Video) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/10/future-now-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/10/future-now-video/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:32:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70425 During my speaking tour in Ukraine last year*, I gave 4 speeches in 3 different locations. A couple of the speeches were recorded by a professional videographer and were supposed to be passed on to me, but it seems that the people who were working on that got distracted with much bigger things that started happening

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/10/future-now-video/feed/ 19 Coworking Space In Kiev (Ukraine) Is Totally Awesome http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/05/coworking-space-kiev-ukraine-totally-awesome/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/05/coworking-space-kiev-ukraine-totally-awesome/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:05:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70256 On a cleantech speaking tour of Ukraine, I was introduced to a wicked awesome coworking space in Kiev, Chasopys. Pictures below. Ukrainian green incubator Greencubator and solar company Activ Solar hosted me on a cleantech speaking tour around Ukraine last year. Lucky for me, this was before all of the political turmoil there and I got to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/05/coworking-space-kiev-ukraine-totally-awesome/feed/ 3 Time To Improve Energy Security http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/14/time-improve-energy-security/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/14/time-improve-energy-security/#comments Wed, 14 May 2014 13:50:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66726 Originally published on EnergyPost. By Luca Bergamaschi  Poland’s proposal to reduce the EU’s energy dependence on Russia by collective buying of gas and maximising domestic production of coal shows a reactive, “security-as-usual” approach that is totally behind the times, writes Luca Bergamaschi of think tank E3G. According to Bergamaschi, the EU should instead improve its

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/14/time-improve-energy-security/feed/ 19 Electric Cars Travelled Over 500k Miles On Britain’s Electric Highway http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/electric-cars-travelled-500k-miles-britains-electric-highway/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/electric-cars-travelled-500k-miles-britains-electric-highway/#comments Mon, 12 May 2014 06:50:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66537 Originally published on Ecotricity. Drivers of electric cars travelled over half a million miles over the last twelve months using Britain’s Electric Highway, it was revealed [last week]. The Electric Highway, Ecotricity’s national network of electricity pumps for electric cars, and the biggest network in Britain, has grown rapidly in reach over the last year

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/electric-cars-travelled-500k-miles-britains-electric-highway/feed/ 2 Brits Unhappy With Conventional Energy Sources, Love Renewables http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/05/renewables-shine-uk-report-showing-dissatisfaction-mainstream-energy-industry/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/05/renewables-shine-uk-report-showing-dissatisfaction-mainstream-energy-industry/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 18:50:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66280 Originally published on Solar UK. Solar rates as the most trusted energy source amongst UK consumers with a call to nationalise the energy market. Continued low levels of trust in the UK’s energy industry could be remedied by an increase in Government intervention in the market, according to new analysis from Edelman’s 2014 Trust Barometer.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/03/solar-2/feed/ 7 Netherlands Shows How Liberal Energy Market Works http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/02/energy-market-europe/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/02/energy-market-europe/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 09:50:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66204 Originally published on EnergyPost. By Karel Beckman The EU has set itself a deadline to “complete” the internal energy market by 2014. However, many EU member states have not yet adequately implemented the EU’s energy directives. There is still a lot of scepticsm in Europe about the blessings of a competitive, integrated  energy market. One of the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/02/energy-market-europe/feed/ 2 1st Ukrainian Solar Hackathon In Kyiv http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/first-ukrainian-solar-hackathon-kyiv/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/first-ukrainian-solar-hackathon-kyiv/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:50:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65855 Originally published on EnergyTorrent. The first Ukrainian solar hackathon will take place on June 6–8, 2014 in Kyiv. A joint event by EnergyTorrent and Geek Workspace will gather hacker teams willing to compete for the name of the best solar hacker team and a nice set of prizes. Focus on CSP This first solar hackathon

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/first-ukrainian-solar-hackathon-kyiv/feed/ 0 Smart Energy Forum & Smart Energy Hackathon In Lviv, Ukraine http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/19/smart-energy-forum-smart-energy-hackathon-lviv-ukraine/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/19/smart-energy-forum-smart-energy-hackathon-lviv-ukraine/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:35:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65664 While Ukraine works to figure out where it is headed politically, other aspects of life continue on. For example, our good friends at Greencubator are helping to organize a Smart Energy Forum and Smart Energy Hackathon next month in Lviv, Ukraine. I was invited to be a speaker, but unfortunately have other commitments at that

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/19/smart-energy-forum-smart-energy-hackathon-lviv-ukraine/feed/ 3 Peter Terium (CEO Of RWE) On Energy Transition (INTERVIEW) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/14/peter-terium-ceo-rwe-energy-transition-interview/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/14/peter-terium-ceo-rwe-energy-transition-interview/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:50:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65234 Originally published on EnergyPost. By Karel Beckman RWE, the German utility known for its reliance on large lignite, coal and nuclear power stations, and its high CO2 emissions, is undergoing a fundamental transformation. “We want to use our leading market position to take our customers into a new future”, explains RWE’s Dutch CEO Peter Terium

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/14/peter-terium-ceo-rwe-energy-transition-interview/feed/ 4 Political & Economic Consequences Of Imported Energy In Europe http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/31/europe-political-economic-consequences-imported-energy-updated/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/31/europe-political-economic-consequences-imported-energy-updated/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:00:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64578 Originally published on ABB. By Hannu Vaananen Europe needs to become more intelligent if it is to stop paying more than one billion USD every day for imported energy The share of imported energy in Europe is growing and every day it pays more than one billion USD for its energy dependency, one that also has

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/31/europe-political-economic-consequences-imported-energy-updated/feed/ 3 Why The Oil & Gas Industry Makes Such A Big Deal Of The Shale (Retirement) Party http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/30/interview-energy-expert-arthur-berman/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/30/interview-energy-expert-arthur-berman/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:00:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64517 Originally posted on EnergyPost and Oilprice.com. By James Stafford How much faith can we put in our ability to decipher all the numbers out there telling us the US will soon be cornering the global oil market? There’s another side to the story of the relentless US shale boom, one that says that some of the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/30/interview-energy-expert-arthur-berman/feed/ 31 Ukraine Crisis Is Connected To Climate & Energy Policy http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/ukraine-crisis-connected-climate-energy-policy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/ukraine-crisis-connected-climate-energy-policy/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:40:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64388 Originally published on EnergyPost.eu. By Sonja van Renssen Decisions on a new European climate and energy policy for 2030 are relegated to autumn as heads of state are caught up in the Ukraine crisis. At their spring summit in Brussels, EU leaders gave centre stage to energy dependence. First climate change, then competitiveness, now security of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/ukraine-crisis-connected-climate-energy-policy/feed/ 27 EUEA: Ukraine Will Continue Providing FiT To Solar Power Plants In Crimea http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/26/euea-ukraine-will-continue-providing-fit-solar-power-plants-crimea/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/26/euea-ukraine-will-continue-providing-fit-solar-power-plants-crimea/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:10:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64348 The Ukrainian government will continue to support the solar energy feed-in-tariff program in Crimea, for the time being, regardless of the recent annexation of the region by Russia, according to predictions from the prominent lobby group European–Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA). While the decision isn’t down to the EUEA (of course), the group does certainly have

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/26/euea-ukraine-will-continue-providing-fit-solar-power-plants-crimea/feed/ 1 Putin Can’t Turn Off Europe’s Wind http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/14/putin-cant-turn-europes-wind/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/14/putin-cant-turn-europes-wind/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:00:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63843 So said the President of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Andrew Garrad, at EWEA’s annual conference in Barcelona. Of course, this was in reference to the potential European energy problems that come from the turmoil in Ukraine, but it really makes a much broader point: wind energy and solar energy provide better energy security. For

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/14/putin-cant-turn-europes-wind/feed/ 23 The Impact Of The Ukrainian Crisis On The Gas Market http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/14/impact-ukrainian-crisis-gas-market/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/14/impact-ukrainian-crisis-gas-market/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:00:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63811 Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman. A new report by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies discusses what the current Ukrainian crisis could mean for EU and global gas markets. According to the report, “The change of government in Kyiv, the Russian military action in Crimea, the diplomatic reaction by the western powers,

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