Climate Vulnerable Island States Get Boost For Moving Into Renewable Energy

13/12/2010Some of the smallest and most vulnerable island nations in the world will benefit from a new initiative signed off in Cancun last week, aimed at increasing these countries' access to renewable sources of energy.A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Government of Denmark, the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), recognising the disproportionate harm of...

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Benefits Of Solar Power

The sun is responsible for the production of high levels of heat that travels to the surface of the Earth. These sun rays are not as intense, due to the redirection of the heat before it reaches the atmosphere of the Earth. During summer, it's easy to take this fact for granted as we complain about the heat. Instead of complaining about it, we should be thinking about the benefits of solar power. People grouse about the high temperatures do not...

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Community Energy Shines

TRESOC is poised to launch the Shine Project! This is an extensive social housing roof-top solar project in the South Hams. It is worth noting that in 2014, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), more than 125,000 homes in the UK installed roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The Shine Project alone will add over 70 homes to the 2015 tally. The installations will benefit from the feed-in tariff (FiT) offered by Ofgem,...

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Vote Top 6 Finalists In Heatsprings Solar Startup Competition

IT'S TIME TO START THE VOTING FOR HEATSPRING'S SOLAR STARTUP ALLEY COMPETITION. On December 1st, 2014, we introduced our online solar startup competition. We received more than 30 submissions and during December we picked the best 6 to go to the next round based on specific criteria. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMPETITION FOR TWO REASONS: First, we like to keep our readers up to date with the latest innovations in the industry. Second, we're excited...

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Should You Invest In Solar Stocks

"Historically, I have discouraged friends from jumping into hydrogen and solar stocks. Well, once dissed as hippie energy and Obama power, Wall Street has gone green. Some notes: * Christian Zabbal: solar and wind have become so safe and overcrowded that they're no longer attractive to cutting-edge investors. Black Coral Capital, where he is managing director, is getting out of solar. Apparently, the clean-power revolution is for real. * Green electricity...

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Rich Nations Fossil Fuel Export Funding Dwarfs Green Spend

Rich nations provided around five times as much in export subsidies for fossil-fuel technology as for renewable energy over a decade, according to OECD data seen by Reuters. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) figures on export credits are central to a debate on targeting funding ahead of UN climate talks in Paris at the end of the year. Just when the European Union is leading the push for a new global deal on curbing...

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