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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

Recent Developments,
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Insightful Reports

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Julia Roberts, clean cookstoves and health in the developing world

The journey of clean cookstoves has been eventful – after the WHO data regarding 2 million annual deaths due to indoor air pollution (IAP) caused by traditional cookstove smoke, global initiatives were kickstarted, totalling a massive amount in funds. However, something went wrong with implementation, management and maintenance. The uptake […]

July 24, 2012

Geothermal plants to be built across Britain

Five 7-megawatts geothermal plants will be built by GT Energy in partnership with EON AG’s U.K. unit across Britain. The project is worth about 140 million pounds. Read more here.

July 24, 2012

Study finds that RE sources are more efficient than traditional ones

According to Guardian’s data blog and the infographic published regarding efficiency of electricity sources, provides evidence that thermal sources of electricity – gas, coal, nuclear, waste/biomass, oil and other – lose massive amounts of energy as waste heat, compared to almost 0 per cent for renewables. Read more here, and […]

July 24, 2012

Top 5 trends in solar

In the US, the Intersolar, the largest tradeshow in the solar industry in North America just concluded. It featured several new solar products. This post enlists the 5 most important trends in solar. Read more here.

July 24, 2012

Solar innovation marches on

Solar sector needs innovation and R&D which could possibly lead to breakthroughs that could lower costs. Big companies, by not doing so are setting themselves up for the dangerous upheavals as these researches are being carried in smaller capacities in other labs. This post lists some of the best innovations […]

July 24, 2012

UK: Crucial RE subsidy could be delayed

The government has reportedly delayed a crucial decision on the level of subsidy for wind farms and other forms of renewable energy, after ministers failed to resolve a stand-off between the Chancellor George Osborne and senior Liberal Democrats. There are millions of pounds on hold as a result of the […]

July 24, 2012

IEA misses the point on Renewables

The International Energy Agency (IEA) this month expectedly forecast more healthy growth for global renewable energy this decade. But it missed the most important conclusion that could, but wasn’t, extrapolated from its report: it’s time to unwind costly public subsidies for the maturing industry and to allow it to compete […]

July 24, 2012

UK: Social investment needs tax breaks, argues reports by lawyers

Tax breaks and other legal reforms are needed if the UK social investment market is to continue growing, says the new BWB report. It calls for a “modest preferential corporation tax rate” for community interest companies and a wider “social investment tax relief”, through the modification of the existing community […]

July 24, 2012

Acumen Fund: Going where other VCs won’t

This post gives a preview of Acumen Fund and its operations, as an investor, to the world. It talks about the founding principles of the fund, and includes a Q&A section with Jacqueline Novogratz. Read more here.