Australia takes first steps into utility-scale solar

Australia is taking its first leap into utility-scale solar PV with a 10-megawatt (MW) AC project located in Western Australia – 10 times larger than any operating project in the country.

India receives €200 million loan from EIB to fund renewable energy projects

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Solar may produce most of world’s power by 2060, IEA says

PV - Solar may produce most of world’s power by 2060, IEA says - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

Who will win the clean energy race?

Germany now has more renewable energy installed than the USA. But the race is far from over and there is stiff competition in developing countries.

Thomson becomes first airline to fly customers on biofuel

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Renewables meet 16 percent of global final energy consumption in 2010

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Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to $211 billion

Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year

First wood-digesting enzyme found in bacteria could boost biofuel production

Researchers have identified an enzyme in bacteria which could be used to make biofuel production more efficient.

Will the Fukushima disaster spark growth in sustainable energy investments?

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Computerized clothing could control your 'scent bubble'

Clothing embedded with micro-pumps releases bursts of scents for mood improvement.

New omni-directional wind turbine can capture wind energy on building rooftops

(PhysOrg.com) -- Katru Eco-Energy, headed by founder and inventor, Varan Sureshan, has developed a new kind of wind turbine meant to capture the winds that fly in all directions atop big buildings, and unlike conventional devices, the IMPLUX, as it’s called, can capture wind from any direction as it stands; meaning without having to be repositioned or pointed. The IMPLUX achieves this feat by means of horizontal turbine blades that sit atop a vertical axis and are turned by wind that is pushed up through what Sureshan calls a "fluid dynamic gate."

First commercial offshore wind farm goes live

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Wind becomes Spain's biggest energy source

Spain saw wind power become its main source of electricity generation last month, underscoring the country