Spring 2008 (YES! Magazine, Anna Fahey) – Last summer, Chinese President Hu Jintao toured the country in short sleeves to show that his countrymen could turn their air conditioners down. In China, conservation is “in.” Fashions do change.
Global warming denial is out of vogue. Unfortunately, though, the climate change do-nothing set is sporting a new [...]
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China Goes Climate Cool
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, China, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Conservation, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Hydro, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Thermal, U.S., Wind on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thailand’s greener energy future
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Carbon Credits, Carbon capture, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Coal, Conservation, Crude Palm Oil, Energy Efficiency, Ethanol, GHG, LNG, Legislation, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Small-hydro, Solar, Solar Thermal, Thailand, Transportation, Waste Management, Waste to Energy, Wind on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 11, 2008 (Bangkok Post) – To cope with high oil prices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Thailand must pursue four options: development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. However, renewable energy has certain limitations, and options for each country are different depending on availability of natural resources, technologies [...]
6 Key steps to meet Singapore’s energy needs
Posted in Air Pollution, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Coal, Conservation, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Hydro, LNG, Legislation, Oil, Renewable Energy, Singapore, Solar, Solar Thermal on February 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
February 10, 2008 (Lin Yanqin and Esther Fung) Spiralling oil prices, growing global demand for energy, limited and uncertain supplies from oil-producing countries, climate change from greenhouse gas emissions – these are the challenges faced by a Singapore dependent on imports for energy needs.But even if Singapore has to be a “price-taker” in meeting its [...]
China Solar Energy Industry Research and Forecast, 2008-2010
Posted in China, Cleantech venture capital, Solar, Solar Thermal on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 11, 2008 (EnergyAsia) – A new study, “China Solar Energy Industry Research and Forecast 2008-2010″ has just been released, said online retailer Research and Markets Inc. China is expected to emerge as one of the greatest solar energy production bases in the world after 2008. Conditions are already in place in China for the [...]
Goldman Sachs and CDH Join Forces in Solar Energy Co.
Posted in China, Cleantech venture capital, Solar Thermal on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jan 14, 2008 (SinoCast via COMTEX) Shandong Himin Solar Energy Group Co, Ltd. is to speed up its IPO with the help of international investment companies. The private solar water heater and vacuum tube producer signed a letter of intent with Goldman Sachs, and CDH Investments on January 10, 2008, according to which its two [...]
2007: Did We Reach the Tipping Point?
Posted in Biofuels, Biomass, Carbon Credits, China, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, EU, Geothermal, Hydro, Solar, Solar Thermal, U.S., Wind on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 7, 2008 (Renewable Energy Access) – At the beginning of each year, as the renewable energy industry looks back on its progress over the previous 12 months, the phrase “tipping point” always seems to enter the discussion. But how will we know when renewables have truly hit that tipping point?Will one quarter of the [...]
Outback power to go green – Solar thermal to power Queensland town
Posted in Australia, Solar Thermal on November 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
November 16, 2007 (Gippsland Friends) – SOLAR thermal electricity generation soon to be used to power the northwestern Queensland town of Cloncurry is tipped to be the way of the future. And if it proves an engineering and financial success, the State Government will look at building green generators in other towns. Cloncurry’s solar thermal [...]
China Moves Towards Energy, Not Oil
Posted in China, Solar, Solar Thermal, Wind on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 22, 2007 (WorldChanging.com) – When China unveiled its’ ambitious renewable energy law in 2005, pledging that by 2020 15 percent of the country’s power would be drawn from renewable sources, it attracted more than a few raised eyebrows. Chinese leaders are fond of long-term plans and big targets. But how, exactly, did they plan [...]
