If you want to know why Denmark is the world's leader in wind power, start with a three-hour car trip from the capital Copenhagen

Plans for a green stimulus in the US have focused on energy efficiency, an area in which the US historically lags behind the rest of the developed world, as low energy prices and taxes have given consumers little incentive to conserve power.

The need to tackle global climate change and energy security makes developing alternatives to fossil fuels crucial.

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.

Julian Glover
Europe

Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) will soon place a new policy for the producers of non-conventional energy before the State Cabinet.

Date: 18-Feb-09
Country: BULGARIA
Author: Irina Ivanova

SOFIA - General Electric is considering investing up to 800 million euros ($1.01 billion) to build a wind energy park in Bulgaria, the economy ministry said on Tuesday.

MANGROVES NOT BIOSHIELDS: Coastal forests such as mangroves cannot protect communities from tsunamis, claims a new study to be published by the United Nations Environment Programme. Researchers from ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University, Australia, analyzed the pattern of damage that occurred during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and said there was no

LAST December California approved a power line between San Diego and the Imperial Valley

The Global Wind Energy Council

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