Floating Wind Turbines Get Off The Ground With France’s Alstom-DCNS Mashup
Floating wind turbines are ready to bust open the deep water wind market, with the mashup of French wind and marine energy powerhouses Alstom and DCNS.
Floating wind turbines are ready to bust open the deep water wind market, with the mashup of French wind and marine energy powerhouses Alstom and DCNS.
We’ve been covering floating wind turbines for years. The idea is one that forever seems to be on the horizon (no pun intended), which may make it seem like a dead end, but I’m actually really bullish about floating wind turbines. We have to recognize that floating wind turbines are … [continued]
A new report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated the global energy efficiency market to be worth at least $310 billion annually, a figure that is growing, and leads the IEA to confirm energy efficiency as the world’s “first fuel.” “Energy efficiency is the invisible powerhouse in IEA countries and … [continued]
The UK’s economy could receive a significant boost — of up to £62 billion a year, and 40,000 new jobs created — with a 40% cut in energy use by 2030 achieved through tougher energy efficiency measures, according to a recent study. Even with lower cuts, the economic boost/savings would … [continued]
A new report from the European Commission has found that 14 European Union member states will fail to meet their 20% renewable energy target by 2020 based on current progress. The EU Tracking Roadmap released by the Keep on Track! monitoring body warned that Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, France, Greece, … [continued]
Planetsave. This report isn’t brand new, but I somehow missed it when it came out a few months ago. It’s a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which is quite a respected global organization. If anything the IEA has a history of being anti-renewables, but the new(ish) report notes … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport The first 100% green grid is online, figuratively speaking. Philip Hiersemenzel of Younicos said there is no such thing as a Mecklenberg grid (the part of Germany in question), only a European continental grid that stretches from Poland to Portugal, from the northern tip of Denmark … [continued]
Elon Musk this week tweeted news of Tesla Motors’ planned Supercharger expansion for winter 2014–2015 in Europe, with expansion to spread to Madrid. The Tesla Map is being updated to all of Spain and Portugal by the of 2015. It was not updated on the Supercharging site today; however, Tesla … [continued]
Editor’s Note: This is a great summary piece on the renewable energy revolution from one of CleanTechnica’s daily readers. Unlike with many of the recent reader articles we’ve published, this one doesn’t come from a frequent commenter but from one of the many, many lurkers who read CleanTechnica daily and … [continued]
Spain continues to build renewable energy infrastructure, and produce more clean energy with it. Solar and wind power met 38% of demand in July 2014.