March 31, 2007

Vestas-opkøb kun et spørgsmål om tid
http://borsen.dk/finans/nyhed/106650/
Vindkraftsmässor 2007

EWEC 2007
http://www.ewec2007.info/

All Energy 2007
http://www.all-energy.co.uk/

Windpower 2007
http://www.eshow2000.com/awea/

Wind Power Asia 2007
http://www.windpowerasia.com/

Husumwind
http://www.husumwind.com/

20th World / Energy Congress
http://www.rome2007.it/home/home.asp

European Offshore Wind / Conference & Exhibition
http://www.eow2007.info/
Bidding war now blowing in windy Europe
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200703302021.htm
BAFIN: Bundesanstalt
für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
Aktiengesellschaft: REpower Systems AG (Hamburg)
http://www.bafin.de/database/AnteileInfoWeb/geschaeftDetails.do?cmd=load&isAg=true&personId=40002550
070330, 16:45
Koncentrerad solenergi
ger Spanien ström

Idag invigs Europas första kommersiella kraftverk med koncentrerad solenergi. Några mil väster om Sevilla i södra Spanien sätts 600 flyttbara speglar upp som fångar solljus för elproduktion.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49917

March 30, 2007

Solar Installations up 33% in US in 2006, 41% in World, Solar Capacity only Utilized 62%
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/solar_installat.html
Europe Is Gone With The Wind
03.29.07    
LONDON - You might things the sun worshiper's paradise of Southern Europe is a haven of solar power, but these days, it appears the sun there is being upstaged by wind.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2007/03/29/edp-europe-update2-markets-econ-cx_po_0329markets24.html
Weil satsar på vindkraft
2007-03-30
Finansmannen Robert Weils bolag Proventus och kraftföretaget O2-gruppen startar det samägda bolaget O2 Produktion. Ambitionen är att bli en ledande kraftproducent inom förnyelsebar energi, skriver de i ett pressmeddelande.
http://di.se/Index/Nyheter/2007/03/30/227615.htm?src=xlink
Gore kritiserar Bush
Världen skulle ha varit dramatiskt annorlunda i dag om USA godkänt Kyotoprotokollet om växthusgaser. Det säger Al Gore, miljöprofeten och förre presidentkandidaten, i en intervju med DN.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1042&a=634361
070330
Ny insprutning löser Scanias etanolproblem
Scania lägger just nu sista handen vid den tredje generationens etanolmotor för tunga fordon. Den ska klara utsläppsgränserna i Euro 5 och komma till rätta med de tidigare motorgenerationernas problem.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49910
”The One Big Thing”
UPPDATERAD Den 19:e april presenterar USA:s Sverige-ambassadör sin kampanj ”The One Big Thing” för amerikanska riskkapitalister. Tanken är att de ska köpa juvelerna i svensk miljöteknik – vilket kan innebära miljardbelopp för bolagen. Läs kampanjens ”white paper” här.
http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200703/28/20070328135859_Realtid640/20070328135859_Realtid640.dbp.asp
070329, 13:47
Morphic plockar poäng på billiga bränsleplattor
Karlskogaföretaget Morphic Technologies har fått ännu en testorder på flödesplattor till bränslecellsbatterier. Morphics teknik att forma mönstret i stålplattorna är unikt och producerar plattor till en tiondel av normal kostnad.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49891
Scientists have discovered that an obscure type of bacteria can turn maple syrup into natural polymers that can be used to make biogradable plastic-like materials.
http://www.thestar.com/article/195742
ProClim- Forum for Climate and Global Change
http://www.proclim.ch/
Portugal's Takeover of U.S. Wind Energy Giant an Opportunity for GE
http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/
Oil, oil everywhere: the facts on US oil consumption
http://www.desmogblog.com/oil-oil-everywhere-the-facts-on-us-oil-consumption
March 29, 2007
80-MW PV Cell Production Facility Planned for Germany
Waterloo Region, Ontario [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] ARISE Technologies Corporation's wholly owned German subsidiary, ARISE Technologies Deutschland GmbH, entered into an equipment supply contract with OTB Solar B.V. of the Netherlands, in which OTB will design, deliver and commission manufacturing and handling equipment for the initial production line of ARISE's planned 80-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) cell production facility in Bischofswerda, Germany. OTB will also provide training services to ARISE employees in the commissioning of this facility.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story;jsessionid=5AE7E1F33F2FF51631199D0DA1508578?id=47945
Solar IPO pulled
March 29, 2007
A solar IPO that was to price this week died on the vine. But more than $200m still changed hands this week in cleantech dealflow.
http://www.insidegreentech.com/node/955
HP vil reducere sit globale energiforbrug med 20 pct.
http://www.business.dk/brancher/transport_energi/artikel:aid=2034866
CO2 besparelser - men hvordan?
Torsdag den 29. marts 2007
Der er bred opbakning til, at Danmark - en af verdens største CO2-udledere - skal begrænse forbruget. Men
http://www.business.dk/brancher/transport_energi/artikel:aid=2034872
The Incredible Shrinking Engine
A new engine design could significantly improve fuel efficiency for cars and SUVs, at a fraction of the cost of today's hybrid technology.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18304/
March/April 2007
Hell and Hydrogen
No matter how well they're engineered, hydrogen cars offer no real answer to the imminent threats posed by global warming.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18301/
Bush, Auto CEOs Meet on Alternative-Fuel Access
U.S., Service Stations Need To Pitch In, Executives Say
Washington Post
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Detroit's automakers yesterday urged President Bush to help improve consumer access to ethanol and biodiesel fuels in an effort to reduce the nation's consumption of gasoline.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032601786.html
LM Glasfiber opens R&D Centre in India
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1164/1/
Mistaya releases Windographer 1.1
Mistaya Engineering Inc. has announced a major update to its wind data analysis software Windographer.
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1165/1/
Vestas receives 145MW order in the USA
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1167/1/
Strategic Consumption: How to Change the World with What You Buy
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006373.html

March 29, 2007

Zero carbon cars are the future, says transport secretary
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,,2044759,00.html
Castro warns poor will starve for greener fuel
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/energy/story/0,,2045574,00.html
Water Outta Thick Air: The Whisson Windmill
03.29.07 Yep, it is another one of those wacky inventions that will send droves to the comments section to decree it is doomed to failure
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/water_outta_thi.php
Building Green: Energy Efficiency and Aesthetics From The Same Materials (Part 9)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/building_green_10.php
Absent "Blue Skies," Beijing's Air Now Officially "Hazy"
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/beijing_air.php
Habitats and cultures everywhere react to climate's rapid changes
http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/
Ny fond inom förnybar energi
2007-03-29
På fredagen startar fondbolaget Gustavia sin nya fond Gustavia Blue Engine. En fond som enligt fövaltaren är Sveriges första inom förnybar energi.
"Det finns en enormt stark drivkraft inom denna sektor, främst i USA och i Europa", säger Henrik Malmsten, fondförvaltare för Gustavia Blue Engine, i ett pressmeddelande.
http://di.se/Index/Nyheter/2007/03/29/227434.htm?src=xlink
Stock Exchange of Visions
http://www.stockexchangeofvisions.org/
10 green giants
These companies have gone beyond what the law requires to operate in an environmentally responsible way.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0703/gallery.green_giants.fortune/index.html
Invest in Conservation, Save Energy. Watch Your Bills Go Up.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/buy_cfls_save_e.php
Ethical Consumer magazine publishes buyer's guides designed to help you find the products which best fit with your own values.
Read the truth about the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brands you buy
Learn about alternative products and support smaller, more ethical companies
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

March 27, 2007

The Sexy Green Car Show
http://www.edenproject.com/2538.html
If we want to save the planet, we need a five-year freeze on biofuels
Oil produced from plants sets up competition for food between cars and people. People - and the environment - will lose
Tuesday March 27, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2043724,00.html
Windenergie: Windturbinen-Hersteller Nordex wächst und macht Gewinn
http://www.solarserver.de/news/news-6697.html
EDP to acquire US' Horizon Wind Energy for about 2.15 bln usd UPDATE
03.27.07
LISBON (AFX) - EDP Energias de Portugal said it has signed an agreement to fully acquire Horizon Wind energy LLC from Goldman Sachs Group Inc (nyse: GS - news - people ), in a deal valuing the US wind farm group's equity at 2.150 bln usd.
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/03/27/afx3554057.html
Off- and Nearshore Wind Energy
 Some planned projects
http://home.wxs.nl/~windsh/offshoreplans.html
EU-Klimaschutzziele kosten mindestens 800 Milliarden Euro
Mega-Aufwand für den Klimaschutz: Die vor wenigen Tagen beschlossenen Ökoziele der EU könnten einer Studie zufolge immense Kosten verursachen. Die Unternehmensberater von McKinsey rechnen mit mindestens 800 Milliarden Euro bis zum Jahr 2020.
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,473998,00.html
dvGreen's mission is to design sustainable events without sacrificing style.  We show our clients that they can reduce their ecological footprint while still throwing a beautiful, amazing, fabulous party – one that just happens to be Green. By featuring organic food, flowers, and table linens; tree-free paper invitations; donating or composting leftover food; purchasing carbon offsets, and more, we can make many "behind the scenes" decisions that maintain the quality of the event while reducing the overall impact on the environment
http://www.dvgreen.com/
Kohlendioxid-Ausstoß in Deutschland nach Quellen
27.03.2007 
Hamburg - In Deutschland hat der Ausstoß an Kohlendioxid (CO2) seit 1990 deutlich abgenommen. Der Großteil dieser Abnahme entstand durch den Umbau der Industrie, der Verkehr dagegen hat deutlich zugelegt. Insgesamt ging der Ausstoß bis 2004 um 14,2 Prozent zurück. Nimmt man die anderen Treibhausgase wie Methan oder Distickstoffoxid hinzu, war die Einsparung noch größer. Das Umweltbundesamt hat die CO2-Quellen aufgeschlüsselt:
http://www.verivox.de/News/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=18728
Satsar 6 miljarder på vind i skog
Nu ska det snurra bland tallar och granar i skogen. Företaget Stena Renewable Energy satsar sex miljarder kronor på landbaserad vindkraft i ett samarbete med Skogssällskapet.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2683&a=633089

March 26, 2007

Israeli Discovery Converts Radioactive Waste into Safe Inert Vitrified "Rock" and Clean Energy
Using a system called plasma gasification melting technology (PGM) developed by scientists from Russia's Kurchatov Institute research center, the Radon Institute in Russia, and Israel's Technion Institute - EER combines high temperatures and low-radioactive energy to transform waste into vitrified slag and syngas which is used to make electricity.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/israeli_discove.html
Deep Economy: Localism, Innovation and Knowing What's What
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006355.html
Deutschland will bis 2013 zum Mond – die OHB Technology AG liefert die Technik dazu.
Die Erdwärme wird bereits angezapft, Raps in Treibstoff umgewandelt und Strom aus Müll und Biomasse gewonnen. Jetzt denken Experten noch weiter. Viel weiter: 385.000 Kilometer entfernt von der Erde, auf dem Mond, würde eine nur einen Quadratkilometer große Solarzellenanlage so viel Energie wie ein Kernkraftwerk generieren. Diese könnte dann per Laser zu uns geschickt werden. Aber auch der Abbau von Helium 3 für den Betrieb von Kernkraftwerken ist eine der Visionen, die einen neuen Wettlauf zum Mond ausgelöst hat.
http://www.deraktionaer.de/xist4c/web/Wir-sind-Mond-_id_2090__dId_6527629_.htm;jsessionid=76F7B1E7D8D6E13ACEEC0F7ACE85A759
Hybrid Big-Rigs To Green Wal-Mart's Supply Chain
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=34747
Edwards Touts His Energy Efficient Home
March 20, 2007
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday defended the construction of a sprawling, 28,000-square-foot house in North Carolina, arguing that his home is a model of energy efficiency.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/20/politics/p133741D19.DTL&hw=energy&sn=001&sc=1000
March 23, 2007
We Need to Think Big to Reduce Carbon Dioxide
MIT scientists call on the U.S. government to spend half a billion dollars on projects to capture carbon dioxide from coal. Why think so small?
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/duncan/17568/
NAI - Der Natur-Aktien-Index
Der Natur-Aktien-Index (NAI) umfasst 
30 internationale Unternehmen, die nach besonders konsequenten Maßstäben als erfolgreiche Öko-Vorreiter ausgewählt werden. Der seit 1997 bestehende Index gilt als Orientierung für "grüne Geldanlagen".
http://www.nai-index.de/
10 Jahre Natur-Aktien-Index (NAI)
+ 26.03.2007 + Seit 1.4.1997 beweist der NAI: Ökologisches Engagement lohnt sich an der Börse.
Am Anfang stand die Frage: Wie wird Umweltschutz an der Börse bewertet? Enwickelt sich der Aktienwert von Unternehmen, die besonders umweltfreundlich wirtschaften, besser oder schlechter als konventionelle Firmen im DAX oder Dow Jones? Jetzt, zehn Jahre nach der Gründung des Natur-Aktien-Index (NAI), ist die Frage eindeutig beantwortet: Umweltschutz lohnt sich auch an der Börse.
http://www.sonnenseite.com/index.php?pageID=6&news:oid=n7320&template=news_detail.htm
Kann Europas Form des Emissionshandels das Weltklima schützen?
Die 27 EU-Mitgliedsländer wollen ihre Emissionen des Treibhausgases CO2 radikal reduzieren und so zum Vorreiter für den weltweiten Klimaschutz werden. Dies beschlossen sie auf dem EU-Gipfel Mitte März. Doch ein Eckpfeiler ihrer Politik ist umstritten: der Handel mit CO2-Zertifikaten.
http://www.capital.de/politik/100006156.html
March 26, 2007
Dispatchable Wind turbine System
Attleboro, MA - General Compression, Inc., the pioneer of dispatchable wind power, has successfully closed an initial round of funding for over $5,000,000. These funds will be used to accelerate the development of General Compression's revolutionary dispatchable wind technology.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/dispatchable_wi.html
March 23 200
The Governator's green agenda
When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in 2003, the environment was not high on his agenda. Now it is. That matters, because where California goes, the rest of the country just may follow. Fortune's Nina Easton reports.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403410/index.htm
o2 connects people interested in sustainable design.
http://www.o2.org/
How To Save The Dead Sea From Dying Twice
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/how_to_save_the.php
The exhibition Sustainable London, Addressing Climate Change in the Capital, is a show that is a primer on how climate change is being tackled through planning and in new developments across London. The 61 different case studies on display display the real progress that is being made towards the creation of a sustainable 21st Century city
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/sustainable_lon_1.php
Sea Sponge Soaks up Sunlight
03.26.07
Last week, we wrote a post about biomimicry, which is the process of taking qualities from living organisms and using them in design. We thought we would bring you news of a good example, courtesy of the humble sea sponge, which could lead to a more efficient method of making solar cells.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/sea_sponge.php
World's First Building-Integrated Wind Turbines
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/bahrain_install.php
Clean Green Cars' aim is simple: to provide clear, easily understood advice about choosing and using cars in a more environmentally considerate way. Our goal is to advise which cars are the best of their type, whether that is a small hatchback or something that can carry seven people. Small diesel hatchbacks or hybrids do not suit everyone - if you need an off-roader, that is your business, not ours. But some of these vehicles are greener than others, and we'll tell you which.
http://www.cleangreencars.co.uk/
2007-03-26
Gruvbolag satsar på vindkraft
Gruvbolaget Lappland Goldminers har planer på att klara sitt energibehov vid gruvan i Fäboliden med hjälp av vindkraft.
http://ekonominyheterna.se/nyheter/2007/03/26/gruvbolagsatsarpavindkraft/index.xml

March 24, 2007

Flexible see-through battery power
March 22, 2007 All is no longer as it seems – the clear flexible plastic in the image is a battery – it is a polymer based rechargeable battery made by Japanese scientists. Drs Hiroyuki Nishide, Hiroaki Konishi and Takeo Suga at Waseda University have designed the battery – which consists of a redox-active organic polymer film around 200 nanometres thick. Nitroxide radical groups are attached, which act as charge carrier
http://www.gizmag.com/go/7018/
NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Index Components (CLEN & CELS)
http://www.cleanedge.com/CEindex.php
Go West
Auch wenn die Sonne eigentlich im Westen untergeht, sorgt jetzt die US-Regierung für aufgehende Börsenkurse bei Solartiteln in Amerika.
http://www.deraktionaer.de/xist4c/web/Go-West_id_2090__dId_6518839_.htm;jsessionid=AB4C7F019A12FA5498584FB29C287757
March 23, 2007
ersol Secures Additional Silicon from Wacker Chemie
Erfurt, Germany [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] ersol Solar Energy AG signed a contract with the German company Wacker Chemie AG for delivery of polysilicon for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industry. This contract will apply from 2009 onward and will enable ersol to generate an additional production output of about 300 megawatt-hours peak (MWp) of crystalline solar cells over nine years to achieve additional production output of around 300 MWp.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47866
March 23, 2007
Italy Introduces Solar Feed-In Tariff
Utrecht, The Netherlands [GreenPrices] Last February, the Italian Ministry for Industry passed a law for a new feed-in-tariff for small photovoltaic installations. The new 'Decreto' guarantees a feed-in tariff for PV-installations larger than 1 kilowatt. ... For installations larger than 3 kW, the tariff is about 5% less. From 2009, the tariff annually decreases by 2%, and it will end by 2020. The maximum power to be installed is 3,000 MW by 2016
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47862
The Carbon Trust helps business
and the public sector cut carbon emissions, and supports the development of low carbon technologies.
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/default.ct
Food System Factoids
Quick facts that relate to the converging issues surrounding agriculture, food, nutrition, health, education, economic development, and climate change.
http://foodsystemfactoids.blogspot.com/
March 23, 2007
Sandia helps develop new wind turbine blade design A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed in partnership with Knight & Carver (K&C) of San Diego promises to be more efficient than current designs. It should significantly reduce the cost-of-energy (COE) of wind turbines at low-wind-speed sites.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/sandia_helps_de.html
March 23, 2007
Novozymes Introduces Five-Step Strategy to Achieve Economically Viable Cellulosic Ethanol
1. Continued funding of research and development
2. Establishment of flexible configuration testing and development centers
3. Scientific advancement to increase cost efficiency
4. Scientific advancement in biotechnology
5. Continued bi-partisan support
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/novozymes_intro.html
Alternative Fuels&Vehicles 07
One-stop shopping for fleets featuring alternative fuels, vehicles and advanced transportation technologies.
With an expected 1,500 attendees and 100 exhibitors, this is the largest alternative fuel and vehicle technology gathering in the world.
http://www.afvi.org/NationalConference2007/
Off the Grid: Modern Homes + Alternative Energy
“ten beautiful homes in regions as diverse as New York City, urban Germany, suburban Southern California, rural Canada, and the remote ‘bush’ of Australia,…(and) shows you how to take responsibility for your future choices and conveniences by living in a beautifully designed home that uses much less energy. Off-the-grid living is a concept that can be easily understood and adopted by everyone, regardless of where you live or how much money you make.”
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/05/off_the_grid_mo_1.php
http://mocoloco.com/archives/002696.php

March 23, 2007

INSABA: Building Renewable Energy Potential in Africa
Integrated Southern African Business Advisory (INSABA) is taking a regional approach to building renewable capacity
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/africa_renewable.php
Building a Green China
Despite some greenish glimmers, the world’s biggest construction site remains stuck in shoddy materials, hunger for land development and aging ideas about design. While it contributes 15 percent of the world's GDP, China consumes 30 percent of the earth's steel and half its concrete. On top of which, buildings in China consume a third of the country's increasingly endangered water supplies
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/building_green_china.php
energies-renouvelables.org
http://www.energies-renouvelables.org/
070321
Miljöbil här - miljöbov där
Reglerna varierar mycket mellan kommunerna, staten och Vägverket 
El, biogas, alkohol, diesel eller bensin - reglerna för vad som är en miljöbil skiljer sig från stad till stad.Ny Teknik reder ut dagsläget.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49678
070322
Intresset för lågenergilampor är större än någonsin och det svenska företaget Lightlabs kvicksilver- och blyfria teknik är högintressant. Lampan har nu visats upp för första gången, men lanseringen dröjer ytterligare ett par år.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49756
Congress Asks Purdue for Fusion Claim Findings
March 23, 2007
A Congressional committee has asked Purdue University for copies of its findings in an investigation of a Purdue scientist who claims to have generated nuclear fusion in a desktop experiment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/washington/23purdue.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Gamesas møller falder fra hinanden
23-03-2007
Danske Vestas er ikke det eneste selskab, der har knas med komponenterne. I en vindmøllepark i Pennsylvania er vingerne på en række Gamesa-møller begyndt at falde fra hinanden.
http://borsen.dk/nyhed/106418/
OKQ8 kan få ny biodiesel i sommar
I största hemlighet ligger OKQ8 just nu i slutförhandlingar för att köpa andra generationens biodiesel från finska Neste. Leveranserna till den svenska marknaden kan börja i sommar.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49717
22.03.2007
Repower willing to be bought by Areva or Suzlon; suggests joint approach
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-03/artikel-7945092.asp
March 21, 2007
Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Cells
A new type of material could allow solar cells to harvest far more light.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18415/
The Ethanol Pact
The United States and Brazil, who account for more than 70 percent of global ethanol production, were able to finalize their "ethanol pact" yesterday in hope to increase energy security. The agreement entails:
- Cooperation in research and development of "next-generation" biofuel technologies such as cellulosic ethanol.
- Cooperation in stimulating the expansion of biofuels in third world countries. The strategy will begin with Central America and the Caribeean
- Creating an OPEC-like global biofuels market by incorporating technical rules and regulations. The US and Brazil will propose this in the International Biofuel Forum, in which India, China, South Africa and the European Union will be present.
http://gog2g.com/2007/03/10/the-ethanol-pact.aspx
Brazil's Ethanol Pact With Indonesia
A week after signing an ethanol pact with the U.S., Brazil signed a similar agreement with Indonesia in hope of catalyzing ethanol production.
http://gog2g.com/2007/03/15/brazils-ethanol-pact-with-indonesia.aspx
ENMAX purchases position in NaiKun Wind Energy Group
22 March 2007
Michael C. Burns, Chairman of NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has announced that NaiKun has entered into an agreement with ENMAX Corporation to invest in NaiKun and to work together with the company in several strategic areas of the company's development of the 320MW Phase 1 wind energy project in the Hecate Strait.
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1155/1/
Vestas to establish blade factory in Colorado, USA
20 March 2007
Vestas has decided to establish a blade production facility in the USA as a result of the continuous progress of wind power in the American market.
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1151/1/
March 22, 2007
Air Products and Fuel Cell Energy Building Efficient Hydrogen Generating Station
Air Products (NYSE: APD), and FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NasdaqNM: FCEL), have commenced construction on an advanced hydrogen energy demonstration station designed to address industrial and transportation applications.  The station, funded in part by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is to demonstrate a tri-generating green energy system capable of providing low-cost hydrogen, electric power and heat from one integrated unit.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/air_products_an.html
March 21, 2007
Bush seeks to scrap current ethanol standard
Reuters, March 20, 2007 -- The Bush administration has proposed scrapping the current U.S. renewable fuels standard that requires ethanol  ...
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/bush_seeks_to_s.html
Crops feel the heat as the world warms
Over a span of two decades, warming temperatures have caused annual losses of roughly $5 billion for major food crops, according to a new study by researchers at the Carnegie Institution and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
http://www.carnegieinstitution.org/field-lobell/default.html
March 21, 2007
Surging corn prices tighten ethanol financing
As the main ingredient for ethanol rises to $4 per bushel and oil prices dip, many are concerned about an industry shake-out.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/surging_corn_pr.html
March 21, 2007
Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Cells
A new type of material could allow solar cells to harvest far more light.
According to StarSolar's website, the biggest problem facing solar power today is the high cost of solar electricity compared to conventional sources.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/cheaper_more_ef.html
Centrosolar mit sonniger Gewinnprognose
22.03.07
Überraschend hohe Umsatz- und Gewinnprognosen ließen die Centrosolar-Aktie spürbar klettern. Erreicht der Konzern seine Ziele, dürfte der Kurs in diesem Jahr rasant steigen.
http://www.boerse-online.de/aktien/deutschland_europa/488325.html
We should be looking at energy alternatives to oil
March 19 2007
The president's pact with Brazil for ethanol is a move in the right direction. Staying the course of depending upon foreign oil from countries that hate us or want to kill us has been wrong. If you need a direction for finger pointing, then turn that finger around. It's our fault, America's fault.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-pbmail960mar19,0,2438984.story?coll=sfla-news-letters
March 19, 2007
Head Starts for Clean-Tech Startups
The latest take on traditional business plan competitions aims to turn ideas for decreasing the use of fossil fuels into working businesses
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2007/db20070319_823688.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_companies
BUSINESSWEEK
Clean Tech Competition Winners
They took home the prizes. Now they're transforming their winning technology ideas for decreasing the use of fossil fuels into working businesses
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/03/0319_clean_tech/index_01.htm
March 19, 2007
GE Accelerates Solar Energy Research
General Electric Company is accelerating its solar energy research program with the help of an $8.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of President Bush's Solar America Initiative.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47790
EU trying to solve renewable-energy 'headache' 
21 March 2007
Officials said that the Commission was still unsure about how it will share the burden among member states, after EU leaders agreed earlier in March to have 20% of their overall energy needs covered by renewables by 2020.
http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/eu-trying-solve-renewable-energy-headache/article-162634

March 21, 2007

Wind Power Is Spain's Top Energy Source This Week
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/wind_is_spains.php
Material Shows Weakening of Climate Reports
WASHINGTON, March 19 — A House committee released documents Monday that showed hundreds of instances in which a White House official who was previously an oil industry lobbyist edited government climate reports to play up uncertainty of a human role in global warming or play down evidence of such a role.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/washington/20climate.html?ref=environment
Gore Warns Congress of ‘Planetary Emergency’
March 21, 2007
Former Vice President Al Gore, rejecting complaints by Republican lawmakers that he was waging an alarmist war on coal and oil use, insisted before Congressional panels today that human-caused global warming constitutes a “planetary emergency” requiring an aggressive federal response.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/washington/21cnd-gore.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Bosch Rexroth profitiert von Windenergie
Gut gefüllte Auftragsbücher. Der Antriebs- und Steuerungsspezialist Bosch Rexroth blickt optimistisch in das laufende Geschäftsjahr. Der Auftragseingang habe im Januar um 29 Prozent über dem schon sehr guten Vorjahresniveau gelegen, sagte der Vorstandsvorsitzende der Bosch Rexroth AG, Manfred Grundke.
http://www.wiwo.de/pswiwo/fn/ww2/sfn/buildww/id/126/id/255817/fm/0/SH/0/depot/0/
20.03.2007
Nordex expandiert profitabel - Umsatz plus 66 Prozent / 16,6 Mio. Euro EBIT
Hamburg (iwr-pressedienst) - Nach seinem vorläufigen Jahresabschluss für das Geschäftsjahr 2006 hat der im regenerativen Aktienindex RENIXX gelistete Nordex Konzern seinen Umsatz um 66 Prozent auf 514 Mio. Euro erhöht (Vorjahr 309 Mio. Euro). Die Gesamtleistung stieg sogar um 73 Prozent auf 552 Mio. Euro (Vorjahr: 319 Mio. Euro). Damit ist das Unternehmen nach eigenen Angaben das zweite Jahr in Folge schneller gewachsen als der Markt. Der weltweite Absatz für Windturbinen habe sich im gleichen Zeitraum „nur“ um 33 Prozent erhöht. Noch stärker war die Entwicklung im Neugeschäft des Nordex Konzerns. Der Auftragseingang hat sich im Jahr 2006 auf 767 Mio. Euro verdoppelt (Vorjahr: 395 Mio. Euro). Diese Entwicklung war in erster Linie von der hohen Auslandsnachfrage beeinflusst. Der Auslandsanteil stieg von 62 auf 86 Prozent. Der Bestand fester und bedingter Aufträge erhöhte sich zum Bilanzstichtag auf rund 1,2 Mrd. Euro. Die Auftragsreichweite lag damit bei etwa 15 Monaten.
http://www.iwr.de/news.php?id=10304
Oppenheim Espresso: Nordex strotzt vor Optimismus
20.03.2007 
Wie an der Schnur gezogen ging es mit der Nordex-Aktie zuletzt nach oben. Das Börsenjahr 2006 schloss der Tec-DAX-Titel mit einer Performance von mehr als 170% als Spitzenreiter ab. Auch im laufenden Jahr liegt der Windkraftspezialist mit einem Plus von 82% vorne.
http://www.financial.de/newsroom/fn.php?rubrik=derivate&ID=97223
Zentrum für Solarzellenforschung entsteht in Halle
dpa-Meldung, 20.03.2007 (16:17)
Magdeburg/Halle - In Halle entsteht ein weltweit einmaliges Zentrum für Solarzellenforschung. In dem neuen Zentrum für Silicium-Photovoltaik sollen mindestens 60 Arbeitsplätze geschaffen werden, teilte Wirtschaftsminister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) am Dienstag in Magdeburg mit. Die Einrichtung soll nach einer noch ausstehenden Zustimmung seitens der EU noch in diesem Jahr die Arbeit aufnehmen. Sie wird von der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft getragen und soll im Jahr 2010 voll funktionstüchtig sein. Die Kosten für die Errichtung des Instituts betragen 60 Millionen Euro, 75 Prozent kommen von der EU. Der Rest wird zu gleichen Teilen von der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft und vom Bund getragen.
http://www.verivox.de/News/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=18645
Biodiesel from Algae and the Biofuels Discussion in Argentina
03.20.07
An Argentine company called Oil Fox announced recently that they would produce biodiesel from algae oil for commercial use.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/biodiesel_from_1.php
Vestas vände 
till vinst
2007-03-20
http://www.privataaffarer.se/newsText.asp?src=pa&a=20003
"Vestas ska ned"
2007-03-20
Vestas vänder till vinst och hamnar något över sin egen prognos. Lyftet var väntat men aktien åkte jojo på tisdagens börs. Chevreux analytiker spår en dyster framtid för aktien.
http://di.se/Index/Nyheter/2007/03/20/226054.htm?src=xlink
Riskkapitalets nästa byte
2007-03-20
Riskkapitalisterna laddar nu upp för tunga investeringar i energi- och miljöteknikbolag. Branschbedömare spår en kraftig tillväxt de kommande åren.
Energi- och miljöteknik är ännu jungfrulig mark för de flesta riskkapitalister. 2005 svarade energi bara för 0,02 procent av de totala svenska riskkapitalinvesteringarna om 40,4 miljarder kronor, enligt Svenska riskkapitalföreningen.
http://di.se/Index/Nyheter/2007/03/20/226098.htm?src=xlink
Ljumma vindar
20 mars 2007
Vindkraft är hett. Men lönsamheten är fortfarande låg såväl hos tillverkare som elproducenter. I Sverige har Eon skrinlagt ett av de största projekten trots 70 miljoner i speciellt stöd. Vattenfalls ännu större vindkraftspark i Öresund har överklagats ännu en gång när torn och propellrar blir större
http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/sverige/did_14854292.asp
Grön våg på Manhattan
20 mars 2007
Hälsokostbutiker är ju inget nytt och organiska livsmedelskedjor som Whole Foods har vuxit explosionsartat i USA. Det nya är att butiker som Organic Avenue – och märken som Novacas (inga kor, på spanska) och Eko Logic – tar stora steg bort från den foträta kruskaimagen och erbjuder varor som tilltalar både smak och moral.
På ganska kort tid har ”grön ekonomi” dykt upp på allvar i-specialer på näringslivssidor och i tv:s ekonomiprogram. Många amerikanska städer klubbar lagar som föreskriver en mer strikt energianvändning och mindre slöseri vid byggen.
Förkortningen LEED för Leadership energy and environmental design, som skapades för några år sedan av Green Building Council, tillämpas numera som ledstjärna i stadshus och av byggherrar.
http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/konsumentvaror/did_14854209.asp
Vindkraftsproduktion i Sverige
Statistik och grafer
www.vindstat.nu
Vindkraft i världen
Total installerad vindeffekt i MW (1 MW = 1000 kW)
1.Tyskland 20 622 
2.Spanien 11 615 
3.USA 11 603 
4.Indien 6 270 
5.Danmark 3 136 
6.Kina 2 604 
7.Italien 2 123 
8.Storbritanninien 1 963 
9.Portugal 1 716 
10.Frankrike 1 567 
...
18.Sverige 572 
Källa: Global wind energy council 2007
http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/ravaror/did_14857405.asp
Medvind för vindkraften
2007-03-20
Höjda oljepriser och ett medvetenhet om det växande klimathotet får efterfrågan på vindkraftsanläggningar att skjuta i höjden. Danska Vestas, världens största tillverkare av vindkraftverk med en knapp tredjedel av världsmarknaden, har aldrig gått bättre.
http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/ravaror/did_14857405.asp

March 20, 2007

Vestas med positivt årsregnskab - S&P
20-03-2007
Årsregnskabet fra den danske vindmøllekoncern Vestas var på linie med forventningerne. Det konstaterer analytiker Torben Sommer fra Standard & Poor's Equity Research, der dog gerne ville høre noget mere om koncernens komponentproblemer.
- Regnskabet var som ventet. Vestas har et fornemt cashflow, og selskabet er kommet godt ud af 2006 til trods for den hektiske start. Forventningerne er positive, men de vil stadig ikke svare på uddybende nok på, hvordan de vil løse komponentproblemerne, siger Torben Sommer til RB-Børsen.
http://www.finansnyheder.dk/news/ShowNewsStory.aspx?StoryId=9539697
Eco group warns of freshwater crisis
Tuesday March 20, 2007
Some of the world's largest and best-known rivers are at risk of drying up as a result of climate change, pollution and bad planning, a report warned today.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/water/story/0,,2038437,00.html

March 19, 2007

070319, 15:08
Finsk skogsdiesel blir ny supersoppa
Det finsk-svenska skogsbolaget Stora Enso och det finländska raffinaderiet Neste Oil satsar gemensamt på syntetdiesel från förgasat skogsavfall. Den finska syntetdieseln kan blandas in direkt i vanlig diesel utan ombyggnad av vare sig bilar eller tankställen.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49645
CO2-Emissionen müssen drastisch sinken
Zu schwer, zu schnell, zu viel: Der Verkehr steht im Zentrum des noch unveröffentlichten dritten Teilberichts der Uno zum Klimawandel. Experten erklären darin, wie und warum der CO2-Ausstoß bei Autos, Flugzeugen und Schiffen radikal sinken muss.
http://www.ftd.de/forschung_bildung/forschung/175764.html

March 18, 2007

Investors to press Congress on warming
Sat Mar 17, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joining a rising corporate chorus itching to sink money into clean energy projects, big investors will press the U.S. Congress on Monday to pass laws attempting to tackle global warming
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1725445720070317
SolarMission Technologies (OTC: EVOMY.PK,  ASX: EVM.AX) and its Australian subsidiary, EnviroMission Limited produced this 5 minute video about its early pilot plant in Spain. It is an older video (2000) but gives a basic understanding of the solar tower concept. The designs have changed and technologies added, but it gives an introduction to the solar tower concept.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/solarmission_so.html
Ökostrom aus der Konserve
Die Launen der Natur machen eine sichere Stromversorgung mit Wind- und Sonnenkraft nur schwer planbar. Mit neuen Methoden, Ökostrom zu speichern, kommen Ingenieure einer Zukunft mit weniger Kohlendioxid-Emissionen immer näher
http://www.taz.de/pt/2007/02/09/a0290.1/text

March 16, 2007

Übernahmeschlacht um REpower: Suzlon erwägt Anhebung der Offerte auf 160 Euro pro Aktie
http://www.iwr.de/news.php?id=10288
Green Energy Enthusiasts Are Also Betting on Fossil Fuels
March 16, 2007
Silicon Valley’s technology investors have taken to the ramparts, threatening to tear down the oil and gas industries’ dominance with innovations that use ethanol, solar and wind.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/technology/16venture.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
March 15, 2007
Geologists Troubleshoot Silica Problem at Geothermal Plants
In the debate over [renewable] energy resources, geothermal technology has received scant media attention. Advocates call it one of the cleanest, sustainable energy resources available. However, steep construction, equipment and drilling costs have prevented more widespread development of geothermal technology. An Ohio University hydrothermal systems expert is working to change that.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47761
March 16, 2007
Dutch Offshore Wind Project Sets Financing Precedent
The Q7 wind farm financing structure includes features that lower the risks associated with construction of wind turbines in the North Sea.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47774
Fueling the Ethanol Trade
U.S.-Brazil ethanol production pact could set back new technologies.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21629
GSPI Consortium to Construct Two 'Algae-to-Biodiesel' Facilities
March 16, 2007
Green Star Products, Inc. announced recently that its Consortium of independent companies will begin construction of two demonstration "algae-to-biodiesel" production facilities in the U.S. and abroad
http://www.cleanedge.com/story.php?nID=4624
A busy week for Canadian cleantech firms
* CO2 Solutions announced that partner Babcock & Wilcox has acquired an exclusive North American option to license the Quebec City-based company's CO2-capture technology, which is based on a novel enzyme process.
* Fuel-cell developer Plug Power Inc. has agreed to acquire Richmond, B.C.-based Cellex Power Products Inc. for $45 million (U.S.), part of an effort by Plug Power to round out its product offerings.
* Xantrex Technology Inc. has formed a joint venture with Shanghai Power Transmission & Distribution Co. Ltd., a member of the massive Shanghai Electric Group. The venture, 49 per cent owned by Xantrex, will "design, manufacture and sell solar and wind power electronics products exclusively for the renewable energy market in China from a facility to be built in Shanghai, China."
* Vancouver-based Finavera Renewables Inc. announced that SAIC will be its systems integration partner for future "ocean energy conversion programs." According to a statement, "SAIC will work with Finavera to develop, integrate, procure, install and test ocean energy conversion devices, including the patented 'AquaBuOY' in marine renewable energy parks."
http://tyler.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/16/2808959.html
Mar 15, 1:16 PM EDT
Could Crazy Technology Save the Planet?
There's the man-made "volcano" that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space "sun shade" made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet's temperature. The forest of ugly artificial "trees" that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the "Geritol solution" in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean.
"Of course it's desperation," said Stanford University professor Stephen Schneider. "It's planetary methadone for our planetary heroin addiction. It does come out of the pessimism of any realist that says this planet can't be trusted to do the right thing."
NASA is putting the finishing touches on a report summing up some of these ideas and has spent $75,000 to map out rough details of the sun shade concept. One of the premier climate modeling centers in the United States, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has spent the last six weeks running computer simulations of the man-made volcano scenario and will soon turn its attention to the space umbrella idea.
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_TECH?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Wal-Mart to grade "sustainability" of electronics kit
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38192
Mexique : la crise s'aggrave
Entre les Usa et le Mexique, la crise s'aggrave. Elle porte le nom de maïs, distillé aux Usa pour produire des biocarburants, elle prive ses habitants de la tortilla, base de la nourriture nationale.
http://www.leblogenergie.com/2007/03/mexique_la_cris.html
Biocarburants en Europe ? pas le plus urgent !
Nos gouvernements cogitent, et vont se mettre aussi à penser (dans un cadre national ) aux économies d'énergie. Notamment les biocarburants. Manque de bol, pour le moment, la canne à sucre, en France, ça ne pousse pas tellement.
http://www.leblogenergie.com/2007/03/biocarburants_e.html
The Future of Coal
http://web.mit.edu/coal/
March 14, 2007
The Precarious Future of Coal
A new MIT report says that much more effort is needed to develop and test technology that will make clean-coal power plants economical and practical.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18389/
Zhejiang Windey Wind Generating Engineering Co., Ltd. is specialized in design, manufacture and selling of synchronized wind turbines generating system, and engaged in technical consultation about plan, feasibility research and design of wind farms
http://www.chinawindey.com/
070315
Vindkraft tappar mark utan nya subventioner
Den kraftiga utbyggnaden av svensk vindkraft kommer att stanna av. Det tidigare uppsatta målet om en elproduktion från vindkraft på 10 TWh år 2015 kommer inte att nås när effekten av energicertifikaten klingar ut.
http://www.energimyndigheten.se/web/biblshop.nsf/FilAtkomst/ER2007_02.pdf/$FILE/ER2007_02.pdf?OpenElement

March 15, 2007

Push to Fix Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming
March 15, 2007
HONG KONG, March 14 — An unusual coalition of industrial and developing countries began pushing Wednesday for stringent limits on the world’s most popular refrigerant for air-conditioners, as evidence mounts that the refrigerant harms the earth’s ozone layer and contributes to global warming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/business/worldbusiness/15warming.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Lagligt konvertera bilar
till etanoldrift
http://www.privataaffarer.se/newsText.asp?src=pa&a=19914
Gamesa løber med stor italiensk ordre
15-03-2007
Vestas-konkurrenten Gamesa har fået en stor italiensk ordre til en samlet værdi af 205 mio. euro (ca. 1529 mio. kr.). Gamesa skal i alt levere 136 vindmøller til det italienske selskab Veronagest.
http://www.finansnyheder.dk/News/ShowNewsStory.aspx?StoryID=9537111
Atomkonzern treibt Preis für Windrad-Firma Repower
Die französische Areva überbietet im Übernahme-Wettstreit um den Energieaanlagen-Hersteller aus Hamburg den Konkurrenten Suzlon. Die Manager des indischen Konzerns erwägen ein weiteres Gebot. An der Börse schießt die Repower-Aktie nach oben.
http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article762894/Atomkonzern_treibt_Preis_fuer_Windrad-Firma_Repower.html
Suzlon will auf erhöhtes Areva-Angebot für REpower 'entsprechend reagieren'
REpower will die indische Suzlon-Gruppe nach Durchsicht des erhöhten Gebot des
französischen Staatskonzerns Areva 'entsprechend' reagieren. Das kündigte
Suzlon-Chef Tulsi Tanti am Donnerstag in Bombay an. Noch warte er auf die
Details der neuen Offerte. 'Sobald uns vollständige Informationen vorliegen,
werden wir entsprechend reagieren.'
http://aktien.onvista.de/news-filter.html?ID_OSI=6402304&ID_OSI=6402304&ID_NEWS=43391524
Bercy autorise finalement Areva à surenchérir pour racheter REpower
15.03.07
Le groupe nucléaire français Areva a créé la surprise en annonçant, jeudi 15 mars, avoir relevé son offre sur le fabricant allemand de turbines d'éoliennes REpower, un des leaders mondiaux du secteur.
Areva qui détient 29 % du capital mais souhaite acquérir REpower relève son offre à 140 euros par action, contre 105 euros précédemment. Ce qui valorise désormais REpower à 1,137 milliard d'euros. La bataille boursière qui oppose Areva à l'indien Suzlon Windenergie est donc relancée. Ce dernier avait offert 126 suros par action, ce qui valorisait REpower autour de 1,02 milliard d'euros.
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3234,36-883400@51-882019,0.html
Öko ja - nur nicht bei mir
In Umfragen sind die Deutschen mit großer Mehrheit für Ökostrom aus Sonne und Wind. Etwas anderes ist es, wenn Wind- oder Solarparks direkt vor der eigenen Tür gebaut werden. Lokale Bürgerinitiativen bremsen das Wachstum der Branche.
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,471472,00.html

March 14, 2007

070314
Björn Gillberg sågar etanolsatsning
- Etanol är en återvändsgränd, säger miljöprofilen Björn Gillberg. 
Förklaringen är att oavsett vem som räknar och hur man räknar så ger biometanol ett större utbyte av drivmedel än etanol.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49493
070314
Världens största solkraftverk 
blir guldgruva i östtyskland
På ett gammalt militärflygfält utanför Leipzig i östra Tyskland bygger den tyska energientreprenören Juwi världens största solkraftverk. 400 000 kvadratmeter solceller ska ge 40 MW i toppeffekt. Produktionskostnaden för el blir drygt 2 kr/kWh.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49589
Firdobling af alternativ energi
14-03-2007 15:31
Markedet for alternativ energi vil firdobles inden for det næste årti og nå en global omsætning på 226,5 mia. dollar i 2016 mod 55,4 mia. dollar i 2006. Sådan lyder vurderingen i rapporten 'Clean Energy Trends 2007', skriver RenewableEnergyAccess.com onsdag.
http://borsen.dk/finans/nyhed/105807/
Start-Up Fervor Shifts to Energy in Silicon Valley
March 14, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 — Silicon Valley’s dot-com era may be giving way to the watt-com era.
Out of the ashes of the Internet bust, many technology veterans have regrouped and found a new mission in alternative energy: developing wind power, solar panels, ethanol plants and hydrogen-powered cars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/technology/14valley.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Miljökämpen Björn Gillberg kliver in på börsen
2007-03-14 |
Den legendariske miljökämpen Björn Gillberg ska ta Värmlandsmetanol till börsen. På så sätt hoppas han få fram 2 miljarder kronor, som behövs för bygget av en storskalig fabrik för att tillverka metanol, också kallat träsprit.
http://www.e24.se/dynamiskt/ravaror/did_14817246.asp

March 13, 2007

Windenergie: Nordex baut größten Onshore-Windpark Süd-Englands
http://www.solarserver.de/news/news-6632.html
ee07
Jahreskonferenz Erneuerbaren-Energien
Am 15. und 16. März 2007 wird in Berlin die Jahreskonferenz ee07 stattfinden. Die Veranstaltung ist die wichtigste Konferenz der Erneuerbaren-Energien-Branche und wird nunmehr bereits zum dritten Mal in Folge durchgeführt. Sie bietet eine ausgezeichnete Plattform für den Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Politik, Energiewirtschaft, Medien und Wissenschaft.
http://www.jahreskonferenz.de/
France's Breton says Areva should reconsider bid for REpower
03.12.07
PARIS (AFX) - Thierry Breton, French finance minister, said Areva should reconsider its plans to take over German wind turbine maker Repower Systems AG, as the price is being driven too high.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/03/12/afx3506058.html
Planerad vindkraftspark utanför Piteå
Klocktärnan Offshore - planerad havsbaserad vindkraftspark på Klockgrundet och Tärnans grund utanför Piteå.
Över 130 vindkraftverk på sammanlagt 660 MW.
http://www.wpd.de/fileadmin/images/downloads/Vindkraftpark_Klocktaernan.pdf
Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) at UW More Efficient than Previous Stellarators
A research team, headed by electrical and computer engineering Professor David Anderson and research assistant John Canik at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently proved that the Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) can overcome a major barrier in plasma research: Previous stellarators lost too much energy to reach the high temperatures needed for fusion.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/
March 12, 2007
Nano Chemical Systems Holdings to Merge with SolarDiesel
Seaford, Delaware [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Nano Chemical Systems Holdings (NCSH) plans to merge with SolarDiesel, Inc., a biodiesel manufacturing and distribution operations. The transaction has a value in excess of $100,000,000. Post-merger, the combined NCSH/SolarDiesel companies will complete plans to construct a 45 million gallon per year biodiesel plant and implement other aspects of the biodiesel business plan.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47726
The public doesn't understand that global warming is already hitting
12 Mar 2007
A new Gallup poll finds that "most Americans believe it will be a decade or more before the manifestations of global warming begin to wreak havoc."
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/3/12/91939/0216
March 12, 2007
Renewables Build Head of Steam
by Ken Silverstein, EnergyBiz Insider
U.S. renewable energy programs are building a head of steam. The questions surrounding the movement are whether such initiatives are reliable, cost effective and environmentally beneficial or whether they are merely feel-good efforts.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story;jsessionid=78AE1CB73155D3AE962362AD7BE96693?id=47717
Monday, March 12, 2007
TR10: Nanocharging Solar
Arthur Nozik believes quantum-dot solar power could boost output in cheap photovoltaics.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18285/
For Internet Barons, Uncharted Investment Territory
March 7, 2007
ROBERT M. METCALFE, Silicon Valley legend, creator of the Ethernet standard, founder of 3Com and now a venture capitalist, makes a bold prediction about technology investors’ next conquest.
“We’re going to solve the energy problem in 30 years, just like we solved the Internet problem in 30 years,” he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/businessspecial2/07venture.html?ref=businessspecial2
‘Corporate Hippies’ Seek Their Bliss in a New Environmental Economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/businessspecial2/07jobs.html?_r=1&ref=businessspecial2&oref=slogin
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Sverige på fel spår med miljöbilar
Sverige borde skära ner subventionerna för miljöbilar och alternativa bränslen och i första hand satsa på motorer med liten förbrukning. Det säger miljöforskaren Per Kågeson.
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/49478
Rädda klimatet - och tjäna pengar
Miljöfonder går bättre än traditionella fonder, visar ny kartläggning
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/klimathotet/story/0,2789,1020256,00.html

March 11, 2007

Prince Charles, from mad to mainstream
The heir to the throne hasn’t changed, says brendan o’neill, it’s the rest of us who have.
Twenty years ago he was the 'Wacky Windsor' the media loved to mock. Today, he is the 'brave voice of reason' on everything from McDonald's to medicine.
When Prince Charles suggested in Abu Dhabi this week that Big Macs should be banned, health campaigners congratulated him for publicly "making the connection between healthy eating and wellbeing."
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=1191
Autoindustrie vergießt Krokodilstränen
Die Kritik war ätzend, die Reaktion blitzschnell: "Sobald wir einen Nachfolger haben, ist Gottschalk weg", hatte ein Autoboss dem SPIEGEL gesagt. Kaum war die Nachricht in der Welt, erklärte der Verbands-Präsident der Autoindustrie auch schon seinen Rücktritt.
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,471019,00.html
Shortage of glass threatens solar supplies
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38123
VW baut Hybrid-Golf
Beim Auftakt zum Genfer Autosalon schalt VW-Konzernchef Martin Winterkorn noch die Hybrid-Hysterie um den Toyota Prius. Nun, drei Tage später, kündigt der Lenker aus Wolfsburg "in kurzer Zeit" einen Hybrid-Antrieb für die VW-Modelle Golf und Polo an.
http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,470813,00.html

March 09, 2007

EU leaders to make Europe change lightbulbs
Mar 9, 2007
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European homes, offices and streets will have to use energy-efficient lighting by the end of the decade, EU leaders decided on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL0966634620070309
Climate change pushes diseases north: expert
Fri Mar 9, 2007
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Global warming is pushing northwards diseases more commonly found in developing countries, posing a risk to the financial and physical health of rich nations, the head of a livestock herders' charity said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL0920787420070309
World Bank report shows size of carbon market
The World Today - Friday, 9 March , 2007  12:30:00
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1867918.htm
March 08, 2007
First 100% Biodiesel Power Plant
Biofuels Power Corp. announced today that it has begun producing and selling electricity into the ERCOT Power Grid from its biodiesel powered generating plant in Oak Ridge North, Texas. The Oak Ridge North facility is the first power plant in the country to run entirely on biodiesel, a renewable carbon neutral fuel produced from vegetable oil and animal fat. Biofuels Power plans to build a series of biodiesel powered electric generating plants to serve residential and industrial customers in the Houston Metropolitan area.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/first_100_biodi.html
March 08, 2007
AQMD Orders 30 Plug-ins
The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) authorized the spending of $2.6 million for a test fleet of 30 plug-in electric hybrid cars and sport utility vehicles. Contracts were awarded to Quantum Technologies Inc. of Irvine, CA to furnish 20 Escape plug-in vehicles and Hymotion of Toronto, Canada to furnish 10 Prius plug-ins.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/30_more_plugins.html
Cost of Bitumin from Canadian Oil Sands Skyrocketing
Canadian Oil Sands Developments: Will Cost Hyper-inflation Curb Attractiveness?
Press release, Woods Mackenzie, March 2007
In its latest analysis of Canada's oil sands assets, Wood Mackenzie finds that capital costs per peak flowing barrel have increased by some 55% since the beginning of 2005, putting pressure on returns on investment in an area where project economics are already considered relatively marginal.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/canadian_oil_sa.html
The Kitchen Chemistry of Photovoltaics
MARCH 9, 2007
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006266.html
Europe sets the standard for the globe
Friday, 09 March 2007
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes the decision reached by EU Heads of State to adopt a binding 20% target for renewables by 2020.
At the same time, EWEA calls on the Union to ensure legal stability for renewable electricity in the EU until an improved legal framework is in place. This decision is only the beginning of a legislative process that could deliver significant results if designed and implemented successfully. A suitable legal framework now needs to be rapidly adopted in order to reach the 20% target, along with clear guidelines to market participants for the future direction of renewable electricity in Europe.

In addition, to ensure that the internal market functions well in the future, fair grid access for new entrants is a prerequisite. This can only happen if transmission and production activities are effectively separated in terms of ownership. It is unfortunate that the Heads of State displayed a lack of commitment to real competition in electricity, by rejecting the European Commission's proposal for full ownership unbundling of production and transmission activities in the electricity sector.
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1137/1/
Senat : le pétrole à 150 $
Alors que les débats et cogitations de nos chers sénateurs sont publics, il n'en transparait souvent rien dans le Jt de nos non moins chers présentateurs télé.
Le sénat n'envisage quère moins qu'un baril à 150 $.
http://www.leblogenergie.com/2007/03/senat_le_ptrole.html
Energy Dept. Invests $385M in Cellulosic Ethanol
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8, 2007 -- U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced that DOE will invest up to $385 million for six biorefinery projects over the next four years. When fully operational, the biorefineries are expected to produce more than 130 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=34699
March 9, 2007
Akeena Solar Raises $4.0 Million
Los Gatos, California [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Akeena Solar, Inc. raised approximately $4.1 million of gross proceeds in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering. The company intends to use the net proceeds from this financing for general corporate purposes including growth initiatives, capital expenditures, research and development, and working capital.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47711
March 9, 2007
Wireless, Flexible Solar Technology Gets White House Backing
[Associated Press] A company trying to harness energy from sunlight and interior light to wirelessly power everything from cell phones to signboards now has financial backing from the White House. President George W. Bush's program to help solar energy compete with conventional electricity sources will help fund Konarka Technologies' development of flexible plastic solar cell strips.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47710
http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/18298/
March 9, 2007
National Day of Climate Action: April 14, 2007
Burlington, Vermont [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Step It Up 2007! is organizing for a National Day of Climate Action, which is set for April 14th, 2007. Rallies are planned in every state with the hope that people will sign up to participate in delivering the message: "Step it up, Congress! Cut Carbon 80% by 2050."
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47709
March 9, 2007
Reliance to Invest 150 MW in Wind Project with Suzlon
Dallas, Texas [E-Composites, Inc.] Reliance Wind Energy, a subsidiary of Reliance Energy, has signed an agreement with Suzlon Energy for setting up a 150 MW wind power project, in which the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group firm would invest Rs 900 crore (about $ 200 million).
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47708
March 9, 2007
Sterling Planet Acquires Investment from Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd.
New York [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] GS Carbon Corporation announced that its Sterling Planet portfolio company received an investment from UK-based Low Carbon Accelerator Ltd. (LCA). The investment from LCA will enable Sterling Planet to expand its existing retail business, both in the U.S. and abroad, and establish itself as a renewable energy project developer. Sterling Planet intends to arrange, finance and manage asset-based renewable energy projects as well as energy conservation projects such as co-generation and systems upgrades.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47707
March 8, 2007
Yingli Solar Plans IPO in US
[Pacific Epoch] Chinese vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer Yingli Solar is planning a partial listing on the New York Stock Exchange in April, reports The Beijing News.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47695
March 8, 2007
How Green Is Nuclear Power?
[The Christian Science Monitor] In Kansas, where winds blow strong, the push for clean energy includes not only new wind turbines but also new nuclear-power plants as part of a "carbon-free" solution to climate change. ... But that carbon-free pitch has researchers asking anew: How carbon-free is nuclear power? And how cost-effective is it in the fight to slow global warming? "Saying nuclear is carbon-free is not true," says Uwe Fritsche, a researcher at the Oko Institut in Darmstadt, Germany.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47693
Earthanol Raises $7.1M For Waste-to-Ethanol Plant
Startup plans to produce ethanol from cheese industry waste.March 7, 2007
Cleantech startup Earthanol has raised $7.1 million in venture funding to make ethanol from waste, said company CEO Larry Folks on Wednesday. The financing was led by Sail Venture Partners, the seed capital investor in company. Other investors are Nth Power, @Ventures and Calvert Social Investment Funds.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21573
March 08, 2007
Enova Delivers Hybrid Vans to Verizon
Enova Systems Inc
. (AMEX: ENA) announced on March 7 that it has designed, integrated and delivered thirteen (13) GMC 2500 service vans with Enova's Post-Transmission Parallel Hybrid Drive System to Verizon.
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/03/enova_systems_i.html
March 08, 2007
BofA Exec: The Coming Green Banking Boom
Bank of America's (BAC) this week unveiled a ground-breaking $20 billion green lending initiative to finance companies creating low-emissions technology, underwrite loans for green building projects and create a carbon credit trading service for its customers.  
Bank of America also is changing its underwriting criteria for commercial loans to favor companies that provide "sustainable products, services and technologies. For consumers, BofA will offer, among other eco-friendly products a "green mortgage" with a reduced interest rate or a rebate if their new house meets energy efficiency standards.
http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/2007/03/bank_of_america.html
March 09, 2007
Solar Companies Team Up to Win $168 Million in U.S. Funding
What do solar panel maker BP Solar (BP), Silicon Valley renewable energy software startup Fat Spaniel, Canadian power inverter maker Xantrex, the Palo Alto Research Center, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and the Georgia Institute of Technology have in common? They're members of one of 13 solar energy "teams" that have come together to secure funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance solar technology innovation.
http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/2007/03/solar_companies.html
China Cleantech VC Up 159%
Country surpasses Europe as second-largest cleantech venture-capital-raising region, after U.S.
February 27, 2007
Cleantech venture-capital investment in China surged 159 percent last year, enabling the Asian giant to surpass Europe as the world’s second-largest destination for cleantech funding after the United States, according to a report Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young released Tuesday.  
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21463
Goldman exceeds green investment goal
Goldman Sachs invested more than $1.5 billion in renewable energy and clean technologies during 2006, the investment bank said in a report summarising its achievements in the first year of its environmental initiative.
The bank’s Environmental Policy 2006 Year End Report, released in late January, says Goldman Sachs has made “considerable progress” in meeting the objectives of its environmental policy announced the previous year (see Environmental Finance December 2005–January 2006, page 8).
http://www.environmental-finance.com/2007/0703mar/news.htm#on1
TXU buyers step away from coal
The proposed acquisition of US utility TXU by two private equity firms is being called an “earthquake” in the US power industry, since the new owners will abandon plans for controversial coal plants.
On 26 February, Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co, along with Texas Pacific Group, announced an agreement to acquire the Dallas, Texas-based power company for $69.25/share, or approximately $45 billion. The new owners, based in New York and Fort Worth, Texas, will take the company private, pending shareholders’ and regulators’ approval, which they expect later in 2007.
The big environmental news is the prospective owners’ intention to cancel eight of 11 coal-fired power plants that TXU had planned to build in Texas, representing 9,000MW of capacity.
http://www.environmental-finance.com/2007/0703mar/news.htm#on1
Wind energy, surprisingly to some, has economies of scale, too
March 8, 2007
"Small is beautiful," wrote the economist E.F. Schumacher almost 35 years ago. In most areas of the economy, he reasoned, production had become too big and too centralized.
But he might have been wrong about the subject he knew most about: energy. When it comes to alternative ways of generating power, big may be better.
Wind, solar and other renewable-energy technologies that were once considered more appropriate for single homes or small communities are reaching levels of scale and centralizing that were formerly the province of coal- and natural gas-fired plants and nuclear reactors. In other words, green is going giant.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/08/business/energy.php
UK 'will miss' renewables target
The government's target of generating 10% of Britain's electricity from renewable sources by 2010 is unlikely to be met, a report has concluded.
Researchers from Cambridge Econometrics estimate that the UK's renewables supply will be only 8% by 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6433089.stm
Renewables Features
New ideas from Germany's professor of wind energy
Mar 8, 2007
Stuttgart, Germany - Model wind generators ranging from palmtop to man-sized fill the office of Germany's first and only professor of wind energy, Martin Kuehn, at the University of Stuttgart.
'The market is booming worldwide,' says Kuehn. 'It is expanding by 20 per cent a year.' Last year, world sales of equipment totalled more than 11 billion euros, with German makers capturing somewhat more than one third of that.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/energywatch/renewables/features/article_1274367.php/New_ideas_from_Germanys_professor_of_wind_energy
Protocol Is Cited in Limiting Scientists’ Talks on Climate
March 9, 2007
WASHINGTON, March 8 — The director of the Fish and Wildlife Service defended the agency requirement that two employees going to international meetings on the Arctic not discuss climate change, saying diplomatic protocol limited employees to an agreed-on agenda.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/us/09polar.html?ref=science
Europe Divided on How to Fight Global Warming
BRUSSELS, March 8 — Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened Thursday to overshadow a summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/europe/09union.html?ref=science
Le groupe voudrait prendre le contrôle du fabricant allemand REpower.
Bercy met des bâtons dans le projet d'éoliennes d'Areva
vendredi 9 mars 2007
Areva est en passe de voir un concurrent lui chiper (une fois de plus) un fabricant d'éoliennes. Pour Anne Lauvergeon, la patronne du groupe nucléaire français, c'est d'autant plus énervant que c'est son actionnaire, l'Etat, qui lui interdit cette diversification estampillée développement durable. Plutôt troublant, au moment où tous les candidats à l'élection présidentielle n'ont à la bouche qu'«énergies renouvelables» et «lutte contre l'effet de serre». Reprenons
http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/economie/239724.FR.php