GLOBAL INVESTMENT in renewable energy will double over the next decade, reaching $395 billion a year by 2020, Bloomberg New Energy Finance claims
SIEMENS LOST €231 million in its solar energy business in the last quarter of its financial year
BLACKBERRY HAS come bottom of Greenpeace’s list of greenest electronics firms
SCOTTISH ENGINEERING giant Clyde Bowers has bought struggling wind-turbine gearbox firm Moventas for €100 million
GOOGLE HAS abandoned its RD programme to make solar power cheaper than coal-powered electricity
FIFTEEN COMPANIES, including Lego and Motorola, have pledged to power at least 25 per cent of operations with wind
GREEN INITIATIVES helped UK supermarket Asda save £70 million last year
SOUTH KOREA is launching a private-public scheme to invest £20 billion in nuclear power, renewable energy and technology by 2020
HITACHI IS trialling smart grid technology in Hawaii, which aims to have 70 per cent renewable energy generation by 2030
THE UK government has launched a £5m grant scheme to support innovation in wind energy
EVENTS DIARY
January 16-19:
World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi; worldfutureenergysummit.com
Jan 31-Feb 2:
Solar Power Generation USA 2012; Las Vegas; greenpowerconferences.com
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