Indian Aluminium Maker Announces 100 MW Wind Energy Project Days After Its Coal Mine Is…
After losing one of its coal blocks to a court decision, India’s National Aluminum Company Limited announced plans for a large-scale wind energy operation.
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Solar Energy & Energy Efficiency News Carnival
As with electric vehicle news, there’s simply too much big solar energy and energy efficiency news for CleanTechnica to cover it all. So I’m back to doing some news roundups so that I can at least share with all of you all of the big or interesting stories I see. Enjoy! … [continued]
Solar & Global Politics, & Why Ukraine & Qatar Are Critical Hubs There
Originally published on SolarWakeup. By Yann Brandt Solar may be a small portion of energy production globally but the importance in geo-politics continues to grow. All energy usage may be local, when a homeowner plugs in their cell phone charge into the wall but when it comes to energy production, it … [continued]
Why The Oil & Gas Industry Makes Such A Big Deal Of The Shale (Retirement)…
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 … [continued]
Gulf Cooperation Council’s Renewable Energy Targets — Considerable Or Weak?
Much has been made of renewable energy growth targets recently made by key Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Clearly, when oil-rich nations start pouring money into renewable energy, a global energy transition is ashift. However, it’s worth putting these investments into … [continued]
Showtime To Air Top-Notch Climate Change Series With Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Alec Baldwin, James…
Here’s some recent climate change, climate policy, and fossil fuel news for you, in case you missed it (a lot going on this past week): Climate Change, Climate Politics, & Climate Policy Showtime To Air Climate Change Series From James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger: “‘YEARS OF LIVING … [continued]
Qatar Aiming For 16% Electricity From Solar By 2018
Qatar is aiming to generate 16% of its electricity from solar power by 2018, according to Fahad Bin Mohammed al-Attiya, chairman of the organizers of the climate change conference in Doha. Qatar, an OPEC nation, currently has the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world, and is … [continued]
Zero-Carbon Stadium Nominated for Engineering Award
The 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Showcase is already exciting. Arup Associates‘ stadium, one of the stadiums to be used for the big soccer event, has been nominated for World Architecture News’ 2012 Engineering Award. The zero-carbon stadium, which has a distinct futuristic look, runs on solar power, is capable … [continued]
Mid-Month Cleantech Link Drop
We can’t cover every cool clean tech story on here every day (and probably shouldn’t), but to share more cool stories with you that we don’t have the opportunity to get to, I’m going to start a weekly or bi-monthly “link drop” here on Cleantechnica. Most sites do this, so … [continued]
Sheik Says Biofuels Are Prohibited by Islam
Biofuels may have hit an unexpected roadblock with a pronouncement by Sheik Mohamed al-Najimi of the Saudi Islamic Jurisprudence Academy that the fuel may be prohibited by Islam. According to al-Najimi, the prophet Muhammad prohibited the buying, selling, transporting, drinking, and manufacturing of alcohol – including the ethyl alcohol present … [continued]
