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GCL-Poly to supply 150 MW of PV modules to South Africa

GCL-Poly has said it will supply 150 MW worth of its photovoltaic modules to two projects in South Africa. The China-based photovoltaic manufacturer will provide the necessary modules for two plants w...

12 Dec 2012

GCL-Poly to supply 150 MW of PV modules to South Africa

Opinion / Energy

PV: now an attractive investment

PV or photovoltaics is still perceived by many today as a nice but expensive renewable energy source; a highly subsidised luxury for rich nations; or as a token to improve rural electrification in dev...

31 Aug 2013

PV: now an attractive investment

Opinion / Transport

Can bikeshare systems ever stand on their own two wheels?

In countries across the world, what can only be described as a bikesharing boom is taking place, with systems operating in 686 towns and cities worldwide, from Aspen, Colorado to Zhuzhou, China. Despi...

27 Feb 2014

Can bikeshare systems ever stand on their own two wheels?

News / Energy

Ubin a step closer to clean power

A plan to supply Pulau Ubin with clean, reliable and more affordable electricity has moved one step closer to reality. The Government has selected three plots of land on the island north-east of Singa...

15 Oct 2012

Ubin a step closer to clean power

Press Releases / Sun Invention

Sun Invention at the Intersolar 2013:New Products, Partners, Customers

Munich, 20th June 2013. Sun Invention, the developer of plug-in solar modules and other future-oriented solutions for generating energy (energy solutions) outlined its ideas regarding the effectua...

28 Jun 2013

Sun Invention at the Intersolar 2013:New Products, Partners, Customers

News / Food & Agriculture

New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'

A coalitian of organisations called "Tea 2030" has launched a new global campaign to turn the ubiquitous drink into a sustainable product. The report called “The Future of Tea: A Hero Crop for 2030”,...

25 Feb 2014

New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

What the climate movement must learn from the fight against AIDS

...renewables industry which more or less avoided the dirty words entirely; opting instead for safer code-words like “environmental problems”. This is impressive dissemblance given that the country, toda...

25 Mar 2014

What the climate movement must learn from the fight against AIDS

News / Energy

Netscribes India: Dropping Solar Power Tariff Rates Spurring Indian Photovoltaic Generator Market

Solar PV power generation has long been acknowledged as a superior form of clean energy technology with vast potential, assuming its cost component can be significantly reduced. It draws upon the pl...

20 Dec 2012

Netscribes India: Dropping Solar Power Tariff Rates Spurring Indian Photovoltaic Generator Market

Press Releases / WIP Munich

1,752 Contributions from 76 Countries Submitted for Presentation at the EUPVSEC 2013 in Paris, France

Munich, 08 April 2013 – With 1,752 research, industry and market contributions (abstracts) from 76 countries applying for presentation at the Conference, the response to the Call for Papers for the 28...

11 Apr 2013

1,752 Contributions from 76 Countries Submitted for Presentation at the EUPVSEC 2013 in Paris, France

News / Food & Agriculture

EU Commission renews bid to unblock GMO crop approvals

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that governments approve only the third ever genetically modified crop for cultivation in Europe, but took steps to avert an expected backlash from France...

7 Nov 2013

EU Commission renews bid to unblock GMO crop approvals

News / Carbon & Climate

CarbonStory launches offsets for the masses

First there was crowd-funding, now, a Singapore-based social enterprise has launched a portal for 'crowd-offsetting'. Set up by a team led by Andreas Birnik, adjunct sustainability professor at the ...

28 Mar 2013

CarbonStory launches offsets for the masses

Opinion / Cities

Greening urban centers: How can cities grow without endangering their future?

The UN-Habitat’s State of the World Cities 2010/2011: Bridging the Urban Divide report indicates that half of the world’s population today lives in urban areas. The same report also suggests that ther...

5 Feb 2013

Greening urban centers: How can cities grow without endangering their future?

News / Energy

World to get fewer new wind turbines in 2013 -industry group

The world will see a sharp drop in the number of new wind turbines installed this year after record growth in 2012, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said. It predicted a strong recove...

18 Apr 2013

World to get fewer new wind turbines in 2013 -industry group

News / Energy

ACWA power to add solar assets in bid to triple output capacity

...renewables market will be Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is expanding efforts to diversify its sources of energy as economic and population growth threaten to erode its status as the world’s biggest oil ex...

9 Oct 2012

ACWA power to add solar assets in bid to triple output capacity

News / Energy

Telecoms group SoftBank to install 4MW of rooftop PV

Under the "Ouchi power project" initiative, SoftBank’s SB Energy unit will install about 4MW of panels on homes in 31 prefectures. SoftBank declined to reveal how much it plans to invest in the ...

14 Dec 2012

Telecoms group SoftBank to install 4MW of rooftop PV

News / Food & Agriculture

Monsanto to withdraw EU approval requests for new GMO crops

Monsanto Co said on Wednesday it will withdraw all pending approval requests to grow new types of genetically modified crops in the European Union, due to the lack of commercial prospects for cultivat...

18 Jul 2013

Monsanto to withdraw EU approval requests for new GMO crops

Research / UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok

Smallholders, food security, and the environment

Smallholders, food security, and the environment There are 1.4 billion poor people living on less than US$1.25 a day. One billion of them live in rural areas where agriculture is their main source of...

6 Jun 2013

Smallholders, food security, and the environment

News / Energy

Big emissions cuts possible at home, study finds

Australia's homes could slash their carbon emissions by half and eliminate their use of gas by investing in efficient electrical appliances now on the market, according to a clean energy advocacy grou...

6 Aug 2013

Big emissions cuts possible at home, study finds

News / Policy & Finance

Tokyo Electric set to receive $5.9 billion financing: source

Creditors are set to provide $5.9 billion in financing to Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Monday, offering a lifeline to the embattled owner of the crip...

1 Oct 2013

Tokyo Electric set to receive $5.9 billion financing: source

News / Energy

Can biogas spark a revolution on India's farms?

Parshottambhai Shanabhai Patel, 65, says the biggest favour the people of his village did for him “was saying they would no longer put up with the stink from my cowshed at the entrance of the village....

5 Feb 2013

Can biogas spark a revolution on India's farms?

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