In July, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore issued a challenge to Repower America with 100% clean electricity within ten years. Building on that challenge, the "We" Campaign is launching a major advertising…
China Announces Massive Solar Projects
The Chinese government has planned massive solar projects during the last six months far outstripping the US in planned capacity. In January 2009, the Qinghai province Haixi region rolled out the world's first 1GW solar…
China Plans to Cut Cost of Solar Power…
Solar cell companies in China recently submitted a scheme to the Ministry of Science and Technology to cut the cost of solar power generation to $0.146 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2012. This is three years…
Renewable Energy Companies That May Benefit From Obamas…
President Obama's renewable energy policy looks set to encourage the renewable energy sector. The three main sectors that will be encouraged by the new policies are wind, geothermal and solar. Wind Power the American Wind…
10 New Developments in Renewable Energy: Week 2
This is the second installment in my series of 10 New Developments in Renewable Energy This Week detailing all the important events of the last week or so. Barack H. Obama was sworn in as…
10 New Developments in Renewable Energy This Week
There is a lot of breaking news everyday around the globe in the renewable energy, or clean tech sector. Here is a summary of what has happened over the last week, mostly in China, and…
World’s Largest Solar Power Project Announced
Image above is of the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in the United States at Nellis Air Force Base producing 15 megawatts of power. On Friday, two Chinese companies announced plans to build a solar…
Asian Cities Smothered in Killer Smog
History has a nasty habit of repeating itself and this photograph looks like it could be from 1950's London. Unfortunately it is from Beijing circa 2007. Natural light is now 10 to 25 percent dimmer…
Beijing to Spend $34B by 2012 on Traffic…
China Daily reported that Beijing will spend 240 billion yuan (US$34 billion) by 2012 to upgrade its traffic infrastructure. In the five years before the Olympics, the city spent 170 billion yuan. “We will make…