Solar Energy

Clean energy trends 2009

Clean Edge, which has been tracking the growth of clean-tech markets for nearly a decade, reports that global revenues for solar photovoltaics, wind power, and biofuels expanded from $75.8 billion in 2007 to $115.9 billion in 2008. For the first time, one sector alone, wind, had revenues exceeding $50 billion.

Publication Date:

28/02/2009

Author(s): Joel Makower, Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder

Source: Clean Edge Inc.

Tags:

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Biofuel, Energy, Energy Technology, Solar Cells, United States Of America (US), Global

Energy

Solar power to end garden water woes

The factory in Kalchini Tea Estate
Alipurduar, Feb. 25: Workers of two closed tea gardens

Publication Date:

26/02/2009

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

Drinking Water, Solar Energy, Water Supply, Solar Pumps, West Bengal

Wildlife

The Tiger and the Sun: Solar power plants and wildlife sanctuaries

We discuss separate and integrated approaches to building scalable solar power plants and wildlife sanctuaries. Both solar power plants and wildlife sanctuaries need a lot of land. We quantify some of the requirements using various estimates of the rate of solar power production as well as the rate of adding wildlife to a sanctuary over the time range 2010-2050.

Publication Date:

26/02/2009

Author(s): Michael McGuigan

Tags:

Firewood, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves, People - Animal Conflicts

Environment

CM ban boost & green gaffes

The chief minister presents a lifetime achievement award to R.K. Pachauri at the environment meet. (Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya)
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lauded the high court for banning polluting autorickshaws and old diesel vehicles from the city before goofing up on his green facts at an environment summit on Thursday.

Publication Date:

20/02/2009

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Sundarbans, Solar Energy, Waste Management, Rural Energy, TERI, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)

Energy

Solar needs to be a political agenda

Experts have often advised a mix of energy technologies to solve India

Publication Date:

19/02/2009

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Electricity, India

Energy

Can Hybrid Solar Provide Nonstop Electricity?

Date: 18-Feb-09
Country: ISRAEL
Author: Ari Rabinovitch

KIBBUTZ SAMAR - Israeli energy company AORA wants to prove it doesn't have to be sunny for a solar power plant to make electricity. Like weaning a car from total dependence on fuel, the answer, it says, is to go hybrid.

Publication Date:

18/02/2009

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Hybrid Electric, Solar Energy, Cars, Turbines, Electricity, United States Of America (US), California

Energy

Iqbalpur is states first solar village

Iqbalpur village of Gurgaon district has become the first Haryana village covered 100 per cent by solar home-lighting systems.

Deputy Commissioner Deepti Umashankar handed over a solar home-lighting system to the 201st customer of the village at a programme organised here today.

Publication Date:

18/02/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Haryana, Gurgaon (D)

Energy