February 28, 2008 (Renewable Energy World) -
Moser Baer PV steps up its plans to change the way India receives electricity.
The company, a relatively new entrant in the solar photovoltaic (PV) market, has recently announced a series of new initiatives. These include setting up India’s largest grid-connected solar farm in the sunshine abundant state [...]
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Scaling up solar in India
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, India, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement, Solar, Thin-film Solar on March 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
NorSun to build $300M Singapore solar plant
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Renewable Energy, Singapore, Solar on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
March 4, 2008 (AP) – A Norwegian manufacturer of solar panel components will start building a wafer plant in Singapore this year, the company said Tuesday.
“Solar energy will be the dominant source of energy in the future. It’s a very exciting industry to be part of,” said NorSun AS founder Alf Bjorseth, at a press [...]
Japan may invest $1.93 billion in climate fund
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Japan, Solar, U.K., U.S., Wind on March 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
March 3, 2008 (Reuters) – The fund, to be set up jointly with the United States and Britain, is expected be the largest ever of its type, with total investment of about 500 billion yen ($4.82 billion), the Nikkei said.
By investing in technologies such as wind and solar power in less developed countries, participating governments [...]
Green developers get S$20m fund (Singapore)
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Legislation, Singapore, Solar on March 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
March 4, 2008 (Today Online) – Developers of new and green buildings can now tap into a S$20 million fund set up by the Government – a decision that is certain to sit well all-round as oil prices continue to surge.
The fund will partly offset the cost of integrating solar panels into new buildings “which [...]
Japanese govt to push high-tech ways to reduce CO2
Posted in Carbon Offset, Carbon capture, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Japan, Legislation, Solar on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
March 2, 2008 (Daily Yomiuri) – The government and business groups are set to jointly promote the use of 21 revolutionary new technologies, such as an advanced form of solar-power generation and underground storage of carbon dioxide emissions, as part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, government sources said Saturday.
Adoption of the plan, [...]
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 »
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 [...]
China’s Topraysolar shares surge fivefold in debut
Posted in China, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Solar on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 28, 2008 (Reuters) – Shares in Shenzhen Topraysolar Co, a maker of solar power cells, jumped nearly fivefold when they began trading on Thursday, riding a wave of investor interest in China’s clean energy companies.
Topraysolar, the country’s first specialist maker of solar cells to list domestically, closed at 51.62 yuan on the Shenzhen Stock [...]
Poonpirom wants to make Thailand world-class ‘green energy’ hub
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biomass, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Solar, Thailand, Wind on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
February 28, 2008 (Bangkok Post) – Thailand is developing a master plan to build the country into the world’s second largest green energy producer after Brazil. Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptapanlop said she wanted to see the country become a net exporter of green energy to tap strong global demand.
To achieve the goal, authorities plan to [...]
Sharp looks abroad for thin-film solar cell output
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Japan, Solar, Thin-film Solar on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 27, 2008 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sharp Corp, which aims to become the world’s biggest maker of solar cells, is looking abroad to raise annual output of thin-film solar cells by sixfold to 6,000 megawatts after 2012 and beat silicon shortages.
Sharp aims to raise its annual thin-film solar cell production capacity “as soon as possible” [...]
Victoria to get solar power plant
Posted in Australia, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Solar on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 25, 2008 (The Age) – A project to build a solar power plant in Victoria with $79.5 million promised by the former Howard government has been launched by new Climate Change Minister Penny Wong. Despite the former Howard government committing the money to the project she was launching, Ms Wong attacked her predecessors, saying [...]
