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After three days at the RETECH conference one leaves the United States with a sense of jubilation from all the talk about the new energy economy. While the bailout and newly proposed budget are providing light at the end of the tunnel, the question remains: “How long is the tunnel?” T. Boone Pickens’ wind farm can’t [...]
Mexico clears way for private sector investment in renewables
03 Feb 2009
by Peter Richards - Category: News
Until November it was virtually impossible for a private developer of renewable energy power plants to become an independent power producer (IPP) in Mexico. Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution precluded private investment stating that electricity generation for public use is an activity to be undertaken exclusively by the Government. Mexico’s enactment of a new law [...]
African Wind – New Wind Farms Announced in Ethiopia and Tunisia
18 Oct 2008
by Peter Richards - Category: News
A lot has changed since November 2006. That’s when REEEP helped finance a wind farm developed by South African wind developer, Genesis Eco-Energy (Pty) Ltd., through the sale of carbon credits to the UK government. The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) purchased the credits generated by the Jeffreys Bay 10MW wind farm to offset [...]
Wind could produce one-fourth of EU’s electricity by 2030
29 Jul 2008
by Lauri Kinnunen (www.energy-enviro.fi) - Category: Contributed News
Currently, less than 4 percent of the EU’s electricity consumption is met by wind power, but the wind has potential to meet 28 percent of the demand by 2030, according to the European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind). In its Strategic Research Agenda TPWind presents a vision in which wind energy covers 12-14 percent of [...]
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