Cleantech

Which countries are taking the lead in the low carbon economy ?

Monday, April 26, 2010 / Sustainable development / 1 Comment

AccountAbility in association with the UNEP released their Climate Competitiveness Index 2010. This report analyses the progress of 95 countries accounting for similar shares of greenhouse gases emissions. To the CCI : ” (i)n spite of uncertainty surrounding international climate negotiations (…) One third of countries show promising gains in low carbon economic growth since …

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Worth an article – my March 2010 tweets

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 / Sustainable development / 1 Comment

I have been committed for three years to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector. However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. However, many more great news …

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Who’s winning the clean energy race ?

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 / Energy / 2 Comments

The PEW environment group published a fantastic study on the cleantech investment in the G20 in 2009. The largest economies, both developped and developping are very different in this economic sector. China overtook the United States in cleantech investments with more than $34 billion while the latter dedicated less than $19 billion. The European Union …

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Scotland to harness 1.2 GW of marine energy

Monday, March 22, 2010 / Energy / Leave a Comment

Scotland announced last week that 1.2 GW of tidal and wave energy capacity would be built there by 2020. To achieve this, 10 projects will be started and will be the first commercial applications of these energy sources. Scotts are determine to have 31 percent of their electricity coming from renewables by 2011 and are willing …

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Worth an article – my February 2010 tweets

Saturday, February 27, 2010 / Sustainable development / Leave a Comment

I have been committed for three years to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector. However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. However, many more great news …

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A 13 GW project of wind and solar for India

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 / Sustainable development / 1 Comment

This week was unveiled what is perhaps to date the largest renewable energies project in the world. Indeed, an Indian company – Airvoice Group – plans to build 10 GW of  solar PV capacity and three GW of wind power. All these capacities are due to be built on various sites within the decade in …

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Worth an article – my January 2010 tweets

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 / Sustainable development / Leave a Comment

I have been committed for three years to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector. However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. However, many more great news are …

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A huge solar and wind energy deal for Ontario

Friday, January 29, 2010 / Energy / Leave a Comment

Solar and wind energies are going slowly but irresistibly mainstream as more and more large deals are being signed worldwide. Even if they still represent a tiny fraction of the world electricity generation, this will change this decade. The 2.5 GW deal signed in Ontario (Canada) by Samsung for $6.6 billion – 4.7 billion euros – …

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The critical issue of back up power

Thursday, January 21, 2010 / Energy / Leave a Comment

20 percent of America’s – and perhaps the world’s – electricity could soon come from wind and solar. Our societies thus need reliable, cheap and sustainable energy storage solutions. Concentrated solar could benefit from molten salts, yet wind energy doesn’t have yet its own solution. German and Swiss utilities are working on Compressed Air Energy Storage …

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The Cleantech arms race continues

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 / Cleantech / Leave a Comment

Earlier this year I was wondering if cleantech is the new arms race. I noted at the time that America, Europe and China are beginning to compete in such an important economic sector. A US study released last month shows that not only there is an arms race between the United States and Asian nations, …

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