Aerospace and defence contractor QinetiQ has been tapped by the French government to carry out radar impact assessment work on new wind farm applications, as part of an attempt to “break the deadlock” with national meteorological service Météo-France, whose objections to project siting have frequently resulted in planning refusal.
Vestas led turbine installations in France last year as 1.07GW of new wind power was added across the country, pushing its accumulated wind capacity to 10.3GW, industry federation France Energie Eolienne said.
Led by China and the US, the world added 59GW of PV generation capacity in 2015, a 34{f24b02adee2102ff0c5f5079c50862fc8ba5fa53f8615b567037555463da2377} year on year surge, according to new figures from GTM Research.
Katie HerzogSlavery didn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite slavery being illegal in every country on the planet, there are more enslaved people alive today than at any point in history. From fishing boats in Thailand to private homes in New York to diamond mines in Congo to rock quarries in India, there are an estimated 30 million people working in bondage right now. That’s right — 30 million. Modern slavery is the subject of Blood and Earth, a new book by Kevin Bales, who cofounded Free the Slaves, an organization working to end slavery around the world. Bales spoke with Fresh Air’s Dave Davies, and he said that the devastation bondage causes isn’t limited to the lives of enslaved people themselves; it also has a…
IRENA is the International Renewable Energy Agency, a UN-affiliated organization established in 2009 to promote awareness and growth of renewable energy technologies on the global stage. It’s a kind of counter-balance to existing agencies that have long represented the fossil fuel and nuclear industries. The idea for IRENA goes as far back as 1981, but it took a quarter century to get the political traction it needed. Today, 145 countries have officially joined IRENA and another 30 are in the process of becoming members. That would bring the total to 175. By comparison, the 42-year-old International Energy Agency has only 29 members, while the 59-year-old International Atomic Energy Agency has 167 members. Canada is a founding member of the IEA and IAEA, yet Canada is the only G8 countries …
The chaos continues at SunEdison, with Francisco “Pancho” Perez, the company’s chief operating officer and executive vice president, and Steve Tesoriere, an activist investor on SunEdison’s board of directors since 2012, both unexpectedly leaving the company with no explanation given.
adminA bipartisan wind energy group comprised of 20 US state governors will now pair its advocacy work with solar as well, underscoring the growing role of solar in the nation’s generation mix.
