Fiscal implications of global decarbonization
Internationally coordinated climate mitigation policies can effectively put the world on a path toward achieving the agreed Paris temperature goals. Such coordination could be initiated by large players,
United States Of America (US)
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GE Wind Eyes Double-Digit Growth Rates In 2010
General Electric unit GE Wind, a maker of wind turbines, expects to return to double-digit growth rates in 2010, after being flat in 2009, the head of GE Wind's German business said on Tuesday. GE Wind's European business is expected to double this year thanks to the launch of new products, Rainer Broering told Reuters on the sidelines of the Hanover industry fair.
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AG awards $100 million energy deal to two US firms
Pakistan's Associated Group (AG) is awarding $100 million in contracts to two Oklahoma-based companies for the construction of two power plants in Pakistan. An announcement to this effect was made by AG Chairman Iqbal Z Ahmed at a joint press conference with Oklahoma state officials at the Oklahoma State Capitol, Tuesday.
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New California Fuel Rule May Violate NAFTA - Lawyer
California's new low-carbon fuel rules may be a violation of NAFTA and World Trade Organization provisions because they would unfairly limit exports of crude from Canada's oil sands to the state, a prominent Canadian trade lawyer said on Friday.
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First Solar Results Top Street, Shares Soar
First Solar Inc on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street estimates, sending the U.S. solar company's shares up 9.4 percent in extended trade. The company also said it began the process of finding a replacement for current CEO Michael Ahearn.
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Korea Issues Threat on Uranium
North Korea said Wednesday that it would start a uranium enrichment program, declaring for the first time that it intended to pursue a second project unless the United Nations lifted sanctions. Calling the United Nations Security Council
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Time For A Fair Discussion On Black Soot
A recent NY Times articles brings to fore the contribution of Soot, also known as Black Carbon, in the global warming. And how efforts are underway to reign in the global warming by replacing the mud-stoves in villages of India! On the Earth day, a legislation was introduced in US Senate for EPA to assess the options for reducing the black carbon pollution.
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Chinese Company To Finance $300 million In U.S. Wind Farms
Private U.S. company Tang Energy Group said on Friday a Chinese company has agreed to provide $300 million in financing for its wind power projects.
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Solar power solution (letter)
An important and realistic front page report was published in a local English daily on the subject. It deserves national attention and urgent action by the government if it is really serious in providing more power within the next two years (by December 2012).
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Industry Looks to LED Bulbs for the Home
Walk around the floor of Lightfair International, the lighting industry
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Germany's Schott Opens New Us Solar Facility
Schott Solar, seeking to capture a big chunk of the US solar market, will unveil a new US facility on Monday that will produce both solar thermal and photovoltaic solar components. The unit of privately held German glassmaker Schott AG said its Albuquerque, New Mexico facility employs 300 workers and will be up to 350 staff by the end of the year.