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Goldman to plow $40 bn into green energy
25/05/2012 9:33 am
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs plans to invest $40 billion into projects linked to renewable energy over the next decade, a company spokesman said Thursday. Read more
Work on Africa's biggest wind farm in Kenya to begin
26/03/2012 8:57 am
The construction of what is to become Africa's biggest wind farm will start by June in an arid region of northern Kenya, the project's officials said on Saturday. Read more
Drought: first desalination opens in mainland Britain as water bosses warn of price rises
16/03/2012 11:47 am
Cet été, les londoniens pourront boire de l’eau dessalée en provenance de la Tamise. Read more
France's EDF says owed 4.8 bn euros for green scheme
15/03/2012 5:29 pm
French power giant EDF is owed 4.8 billion euros by the French state as part of an elaborate scheme to encourage investment in renewable energy, chief executive Henri Proglio said Wednesday. Read more
Liquid battery could charge green energy
02/03/2012 9:32 am
Engineering professor Donald Sadoway on Thursday used an old-school chalk board at the prestigious TED gathering to write the formula for a liquid battery that could one day cut the need for new power plants. Read more
Italian engineer invents floating solar panels
22/02/2012 9:52 am
Rays of the winter sun bounce off gleaming mirrors on the tiny lake of Colignola in Italy, where engineers have built a cost-effective prototype for floating, rotating solar panels. Read more
WWF urges banks to block Sakhalin oil plan and save whales
10/02/2012 9:22 am
Environment group WWF on Thursday urged three European banks to block Russian giant Sakhalin Energy's plan to build an oil drilling platform that the group claims could harm the endangered grey whale. Read more
Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency
05/02/2012 10:32 am
The launch of Sierra Leone’s first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the country’s rich natural resource sector. Read more
UN panel says retool world economy for sustainability
31/01/2012 9:11 am
The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday. Read more
Fossil fuel subsidies: a tour of the data
25/01/2012 9:46 am
Fossil fuels are subsidised in much of the world, causing billions of tonnes of addition CO2 emissions. Read more |
