20 percent of Germany’s power grid now from green energy

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 08 September 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

It doesn’t have Norway’s waterfalls or Spain’s sun-drenched plains. Nonetheless, Germany is inching its way up the list of renewable-energy producers: In the first six months of 2011, green energy for the first time accounted for more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity production.

China increases 2015 renewable energy goals

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 05 September 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

China will raise development targets for renewable energy such as wind energy for the five-year period through 2015. The country aims to have 100 GW of grid wind power generating capacity by the end of 2015.

Africa’s renewable energy electrification race to be led by wind energy

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 19 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia

Wind power is expected to dominate Africa’s renewable energy sector over the next decade as the continent faces a massive struggle of providing electricity to remote communities.

Plan for giant windfarm to power city

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 04 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

A HUGE offshore wind farm capable of powering Edinburgh will connect to the National Grid through East Lothian, under fledgling proposals by a leading renewable energy firm.

Renewable Energy Production Surpasses Nuclear

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 05 July 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Energia, English

Renewable energy production has surpassed nuclear energy production in the U.S. according to the latest issue of Monthly Energy Review published by the Energy Information Administration. Production of alternative energy is also beginning to close in on domestic oil production.