New York Times | Poland, Wedded to Coal, Spurns Europe on Clean Energy Targets New York Times Within the European Union, Poland has been increasingly active in trying to block more aggressive regulations to curb climate change, in contrast to Germany, for example, which has bet its energy future on clean, renewable technologies like wind and solar. |
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Solar industry manufacturers are rebounding from a two-year slump faster than technology companies recovered from the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/the-worst-is-over-solar-industry-rebounds?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
This month marks the anniversaries of two notable events, decades apart yet related in terms of historical impact, awareness of vulnerability, and challenge to business as usual: the Arab oil embargo 40 years ago (Oct. 19-20, 1973) and Superstorm Sandy, which hit the Northeast on Oct. 29 last year. Both events sparked a national and global focus on two concepts I’ve been hearing quite a bit about in recent months: adaptation and resilience.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/the-arab-oil-embargo-sandy-and-adapting-to-new-realities?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
SunPower Corp., the second-largest U.S. solar-panel maker, plans to boost manufacturing capacity 25 percent as it runs its existing plants at full speed to meet surging demand.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/sunpower-to-boost-capacity-25-with-plants-running-at-full-speed?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
Crowdsourcing is taking off in almost every area one can imagine – including energy. In fact, energy was one of the first areas to be crowdsourced, but under the very unsexy name, “feed-in tariff.” Congress passed the first crowdsourcing of energy law, under the also-very-unsexy name, the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), in 1978.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/crowdsourcing-energy-a-case-for-feed-in-tariffs?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
Over the past few years, the terms 'crowdfunding' or 'kickstarting' have taken off, much like the projects or startup companies that the fundraising campaigns are helping reach fruition. Now a somewhat unlikely organization has jumped into the fray, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which is aiming to install solar on schools as soon ashttp://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/10/nrdc-launches-solar-schools-crowdfunding-campaign?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
One of Europe’s largest utilities is on the cusp of reportedly transforming its business from being a traditional energy provider into a renewable energy provider.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/major-european-utility-set-for-dramatic-transformation?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
Most people go to SPI to see the latest and greatest solar products. As a solar marketing pro, I go to see the latest and greatest in solar event marketing trends. How are people grabbing people’s attention? What are people doing at their booths? Are booths bigger? Smaller? More interactive? I gained a lot of insights from what I observed this yearhttp://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/10/spi-13-solar-event-marketing-trends-the-good-the-bad-and-the-hmm?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
In recent years the use of renewable technologies to generate power has increased at an exponential rate. This growing focus on new sources of energy has seen increased investment in renewable technologies across the globe.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/managing-and-reducing-risk-for-renewable-technologies?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
About the only thing we know that twists in more gut-wrenching ways than global oil prices — or, even, the twisting Alpengeist rollercoaster at Williamsburg’s Busch Gardens — has to be the global bioenergy mood.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/make-hay-the-global-bioenergy-mood?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
Atlantic Grid Development LLC, the company planning an undersea power-transmission line backed by Google Inc. (GOOG), is shifting its goal to moving electricity across New Jersey instead of connecting offshore wind farms.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/google-backed-atlantic-offshore-wind-cable-shifts-focus-to-new-jersey?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ
Stem Inc., a provider of energy-storage technology, is offering battery systems to commercial and industrial customers with no upfront costs by adapting a financing model that’s accelerated the installation of rooftop solar panels.http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/10/stem-offers-power-storage-systems-using-solar-lease-model?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ