Global demand for solar power has improved substantially in the last month, led by top solar market Germany, Suntech Power Holding Co Ltd Chief Strategy Officer Steven Chan said on Tuesday.
European investors are returning to green technology stocks after switching to safer investments earlier in the recession, and companies involved in energy efficiency and biofuel production show the most potential.
Khosla Ventures said on Tuesday it had raised more than $1 billion for renewable energy and clean technology funds, a sign that skittish investors are hot for climate-change-related projects.
Khosla Ventures said on Tuesday it had raised $1 billion for one for renewable energy and clean technology funds, a sign that skittish investors are hot for climate-change related projects.
The U.S. Energy and Treasury Departments on Tuesday announced $503 million in government cash grants to companies developing renewable energy projects.
Solar cell maker China Sunergy Co Ltd said it signed a series of sales contracts to supply up to 10 megawatts of solar modules to NUE PTY Ltd, an Australian solar company.
U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett intends to raise his stake in Chinese electric car and battery maker BYD Co Ltd , BYD's chairman said on Monday, sending shares in his company up 8 percent.
A 400 billion euro ($774 billion) plan to power Europe with Sahara sunlight is gaining momentum, even as critics see high risks in a large corporate project using young technology in north African countries with weak rule of law.
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd posted a higher-than-expected second-quarter profit on Thursday but trimmed its full-year forecast for shipments and said prices on solar panels were still falling sharply, sending shares down 3 percent.
Macquarie Group on Wednesday unveiled separate deals in the US and China, continuing a trend of consolidation in its fund management business.
South Korea, one of the world's fastest growing polluters, said on Wednesday it hopes to become Asia's trading hub for carbon emission certificates and related products under its plan for a new carbon exchange from 2011.
Straw fences and tin roofs: the homes in Pritomoddi village are typical of millions of others across rural Bangladesh, except for one thing: the shiny solar panels that provide electricity, all the time.
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Treasury announced on Thursday they will deploy $2.3 billion in tax credits from stimulus money for manufacturers of clean energy equipment.
Solar cell manufacturing capacity will grow 56 percent in 2009 despite weakened demand for renewable energy projects in the face of tight credit markets and a global economic recession, a report issued on Monday by research group DisplaySearch said.
Renewable energy leaders on Monday said the United States is moving too slowly to turn the economy green, despite support of the administration of President Barack Obama.
China started construction of the country's first 10-gigawa wind power base in Jiuquan of northwest Gansu province on Saturday as Beijing seeks more clean power to fuel its fast economic growth.
UK-based waste treatment company New Earth Group aims to raise 15 million pounds ($25.14 million) to diversify into power generation and says it can generate 20 percent-plus returns under new incentives.
Coal-dependent China will unveil a plan to foster the development of new energy sources, including wind, solar and nuclear, by the end of this year, state media on Monday quoted a senior energy policy official as saying.
The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept the renewable gasoline substitute as part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs at home.
Britain's MGT Power Ltd plans to build a second major biomass power generator in northern England, scheduled to start powering around 600,000 homes from 2014, the company said on Monday.
The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept the renewable gasoline substitute as part of a push to slow global warming and provide jobs at home.
Former corporate executive Don Yows took an entry-level job that set his career in information technology back by two decades.
