Here’s some more cleantech news from around the interwebs from the past few days or so (enjoy!): Clean Energy (In General) Punjab’s New Energy Policy Aims For 10% Renewable Energy By 2020: “On Thursday, the Punjab government gave its nod to ‘New and Renewable Sources of energy (NRSE) Policy- … [continued]
I know there are a number of folks working to create cleantech-focused crowdfunding sites, but I’m not sure if any are actually up yet. Sunny Crowd may be the first. Here’s more from Solar Love: The English translation (from German) of the homepage of sunnycrowd.com says that it is … [continued]
Here’s some more clean energy, climate change, and policy news from the past couple weeks: Clean Energy (In General) & Climate Change Policy Iowa Scientists Warn of Need for Climate Change Action: “A group of scientists in the top U.S. grain-growing state of Iowa said on Monday that this … [continued]
Here’s new on a mixture of different topics, to supplement our own 15 or so stories a day and the solar energy news and clean transportation news roundups I just published. Enjoy! Politics & Policy This November, Our Energy Future Hangs In The Balance: “‘I like coal.’ Governor Romney’s love note … [continued]
The vast majority of Germans are continuing to support their government’s decision to phase out the use of nuclear power and transition to renewable energies within the decade, regardless of increased electricity costs, according to a new poll. The poll for was taken by the German news magazine Focus, … [continued]
Despite publishing about 35 articles on solar power in the past week, there are still a ton of big solar news stories we couldn’t get to but that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Here’s a quick summary of them: 25MW California Solar Project Now Under Construction: SolarWorld has … [continued]
Small towns have no more excuses. Bavarian village Wildpoldsried, with a population of about 2,600, has created a local economy that produces 321% more energy than it needs, selling the excess back to the national grid at a rate of $5.7 million annually. This little German powerhouse has utilized … [continued]
Editor’s note: this wonderful Radiohead song came to mind when reading this article, so I thought I’d drop it here: The two largest electricity utilities in Germany – E.ON and RWE – have declared they will build no more fossil fuel generation plants because they are not needed, challenging … [continued]
Somebody recently dropped me a note about the YouTube video series “Fully Charged” — a series on electric vehicles and clean energy. Here’s one fun video from the series, covering Germany’s solar energy transformation. It’s a fun, highly-recommended video:
During the first half of 2012, the share of renewable energy sources in the electricity supply has risen significantly in Germany, rising to a sensational 25.97%. That’s a massive increase compared to 20.56%, the percentage during the same period in 2011, and 18.3% in H1 2010. PV-Solar Contribution Increases 47% … [continued]
