Posts Tagged ‘clean energy’

Renewable energy in ‘green gold rush’

By admin • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Energy, Featured, Global Warming, Sustainable Resources

Labelled a “green gold rush,” global investment in renewable energy surged some 60 per cent to $148 billion in 2007Global investment in renewable energy surged 60 per cent to $148 billion (74.3 billion) last year and is still accelerating despite the slowdown in the wider economy, according to the United Nations.
Wind energy attracted the biggest […]



Britain set to miss EU renewable energy target

By admin • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Conferences & Events, Environmental Policy, Featured, Global Warming, Sustainable Resources

Britain could invest more than £100bn in renewable energy over the next decade and still fail to meet an EU target on clean technology, the government’s own renewables advisers have warned.The Renewables Advisory Board (RAB), made up of senior figures from across the industry, says the best the UK could realistically hope for is to […]



Clean Energy: It’s Getting Affordable

By admin • Mar 18th, 2008 • Category: Business, Energy, Environmental Projects, Featured, Life, Sustainable Resources

The argument that we can’t afford renewable sources of energy falls flat when considering the growth in solar, wind, biofuels, and fuel cells.
Clean-energy critics are fixated on cost. To them, the use and deployment of renewable sources of energy simply doesn’t make financial sense. That’s why we’ve got to continue doing things the old-fashioned way, […]