Recently in the press there has been quite a focus on guns and their impact on society, including the potential public policy implications. Coinciding with the extra press have been some efforts to reduce their numbers, such as a guns for cash exchange in Marin County near San Francisco, which … [continued]
Spanish photovoltaic developer Abengoa has designed and built a 10-megawatt solar thermal plant for Minera El Tesoro, part of the Antofagasta Minerals mining group. This is the first operational solar thermal plant in South America, and is located in the Antofagasta region of Chile. The installation is spread over 6 hectares of … [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]
Latin America’s largest wind power project is being planned by Generadora Eolica Argentina del Sur SA. The renewable-energy company is being assisted by a very hefty three billion dollars in funding from the China Development Bank Corporation. This organization focuses on the financing of international transactions, infrastructure, and grassroots projects. (It … [continued]
The global wind industry is set to install more than 46 GW of new wind energy this year and, according to a new five-year industry forecast published today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) at the EWEA 2012 Conference at Bella Center in Copenhagen, total global wind power … [continued]
Some top cleantech policy stories from around this week: 1. Clean Energy Standards Create Clean Air & Water with No Cost to Economy The U.S. is sorely in need of a clean energy standard. A recent post by Richard Caperton, Director of Clean Energy Investments at the Center for American Progress, … [continued]
