Ministers from Britain, Ireland and Others to Sign New Renewable Energy Deal
According to new energy reports, Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channels Islands have signed a brand new renewable deal. Ministers from these areas signed this new deal earlier this week, and it is being called the "All ...
by Beth Williams June 22nd, 2011
Cost of Solar Photovoltaic to Drop to Just $1 by 2013
New reports from the government are now suggesting that the average cost of solar photovoltaic panels, which is typically described in dollar price of each watt of peak capacity, is going to drop again. For those that do not know, ...
by Lynnette Adamson June 21st, 2011
Russia to Connect New Nuclear Power Plant to National Grid
Right now there are some people who are worried about the use of nuclear power plants to produce energy ever since the nuclear meltdown in Japan. However, this has not stopped Russia from announcing plans to hook up a new power plant to their national grid in early August. Reports from
by Jenson Brayshaw June 20th, 2011
United States Announces Plans to Invest $250 Million in a Smart Grid
The UK is not the only country that is investing in smart grids. In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture announced plans earlier in the week to invest about $250 million in deploying smart grid technology. The goal here ...
by Emma Young June 17th, 2011
European Union Energy Policies Clash
Experts have recently been pointing out some fatal flaws in European Union energy plans. In fact, these experts have gone on to even point out that a number of the proposals are going to hurt each other. The biggest concern right now is that energy efficiency projects are going to
by Samantha Donovan June 16th, 2011
Google Agrees to Invest Some $280 Million into SolarCity
It seems that Google is going to continue down the road of investing in renewable technology. In fact, just recently, the company announced that it is going to put $280 million into a new project that will provide financing funds for SolarCity. For those that do not know, SolarCity is
by Jason Drew June 15th, 2011
UK to Get 35% of its Energy from Renewable Sources by 2020
With every passing month, people want more and more information on how the renewable energy industry is doing. People want this industry to do good, because they want to get more and more of their energy from renewable sources. Well, ...
by Justin Becks June 14th, 2011
Chris Huhne says Homeowners Need to Lash Out Against Increasing Energy Prices
Energy prices are rising, this is no secret. However, according to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne homeowners should not just lie down and accept this. He says that they need strike back and hit their ...
by Jason Drew June 13th, 2011
Solar Power Subsidies Are Now Facing Large Cuts
Due to a recent review of feed in tariffs, it now seems that large cuts are going to be made to the funding of large-scale solar power subsidies. This move by ministers is very likely going to cause the update of solar power to be much slower. The government went on
by Tessa Clarke June 10th, 2011
Technology Firm Siemens to Create Over 300 Renewable Energy Jobs
Apparently there are going to be some new renewable energy jobs on the market soon. This is all thanks to the engineering and technology firm called Siemens. This company announced that it will be creating 340 of these energy jobs ...
by Jenson Brayshaw June 9th, 2011
Scottish Power Consumers See Gas Bills Increase
New reports now show that Scottish Power is increasing its gas prices by some 19 percent. Unfortunately the bad news does not stop there. The company is going to be increasing their electricity prices by 10 percent as well. All ...
by Emma Young June 8th, 2011
