In a speech on 26 January, US President Barack Obama called for US energy independence whilst further outlining his plans for renewables and the environment.
30 January, 2009
The official ceremony for the signing of the Statute marked the birth of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on 26 January 2009.
30 January, 2009
Just before the House of Representatives passed the US$819 billion economic stimulus package at the end of January, both the House and the Senate issued proposals for renewable energy incentives.
30 January, 2009
A new photovoltaic (PV) law has been introduced in Greece amending the current legislation and setting new feed-in-tariffs.
26 January, 2009
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) calls for a national response to President Barack Obama’s commitment to Double Renewable Energy in America (“DREAM”).
26 January, 2009
The number of jobs in the European wind energy industry will more than double by 2020, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
26 January, 2009
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has received a multi-million-dollar order for 100 sets of its wind turbine core electrical components from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co.
26 January, 2009
New York could produce 45% of its electricity from renewables by 2015, according to New York Governor David A. Paterson.
23 January, 2009
As 2009 gets underway, all eyes are turned towards the US, a market poised to begin a dramatic transition in energy and climate policy, but facing decisions still steeped in political wrangling, according to analyst Emerging Energy Research.
19 January, 2009
Four projects have been given the go-ahead as part of a potential £1.1billion fund from the UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to promote renewables.
19 January, 2009
Total new investment in clean energy worldwide rose 4.4% during the course of 2008 and exceeded the US$150 billion mark for the first time, according to full-year figures from New Energy Finance.
17 January, 2009
Elsevier is launching a ‘one-stop’ site for energy researchers covering all aspects of energy including renewables.
16 January, 2009
Xcel Energy will seek to acquire approximately 2.2 GW electricity, of which 1.3 GW are from renewables, for its Colorado customers between now and 2015.
16 January, 2009
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES09) will see 132 solar-related companies exhibiting on January 19-21, 2009.
14 January, 2009
Clean energy shares have been benefiting from an 'Obama Bounce', surging from their lows in November last year, according to leading analysis company New Energy Finance.
13 January, 2009
Iran’s Sunir and Pakistan’s Planet Energy Pvt Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a 50 MW windfarm in Pakistan.
13 January, 2009
A new study by independent research authority Energy Watch Group has tracked the exponential growth in wind power capacity since the early 1990s, and suggests that - contrary to IEA forecasts in its World Energy Outlook 2008 - there will be no downturn in new capacity after 2015.
12 January, 2009
Recruitment company Resourcing Solutions predicts the renewable energy industry will have a growing importance in the UK job market.
12 January, 2009
In a speech on 8 January, President-elect Barack Obama made it clear renewables would play an important part in saving the US economy.
09 January, 2009
Fourth quarter data from Greentech Media show that venture capital (VC) investment in green technologies exceeded US$2.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, down 1.4% from Q3.
08 January, 2009
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will provide static compensators for a substation connected to seven wind farms in China.
08 January, 2009