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- Asia Report: India Sees 52 Percent Rise in Investments
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/2/6/1332-asia-report-india-sees-52-percent-rise-in-investments.jpg" / The year 2011 may be remembered in clean energy circles as the moment when India became a major player across several industries.
- Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/2/2/1332-executive-roundtable-the-future-of-utility-scale-renewables.jpg" / Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
- Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/2/1/1332-latin-america-report-energy-summit-headed-to-rio.jpg" / Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ambitious agenda.
- China Set to Vigorously Develop Green Economy
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/2/1/1332-china-set-to-vigorously-develop-green-economy.jpg" / Due to growing urbanization and resulting environmental threats, China has invested nearly US$50 billion annually into its renewable energy sector since 2009. China's five-year investment in environmental protection is on track to reach 3.1 trillion yuan (US$454 billion). By 2015, its environmental protection industry is expected to top 2 trillion yuan (US$317 billion).
- Run-of-the-River Hydropower Goes With the Flow
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/31/1332-run-of-the-river-hydropower-goes-with-the-flow.jpg" / In recent years, run-of-the-river hydropower projects have emerged as a viable, low-impact alternative to existing large-scale projects. Run-of-the-river facilities use conventional hydropower technology to produce electricity by diverting river flow through turbines that spin generators - before returning water back to the river downstream.
- Asia Report: DOC Extends Solar Trade Case Deadline to March 2
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/30/1332-asia-report-doc-extends-solar-trade-case-deadline-to-march-2.jpg" / Solar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
- Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/26/1332-dark-clouds-threaten-german-clean-energy-ambitions.jpg" / During the fourteen years that I've lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world's staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
- Under Pressure: Startup Company Turns Water into Power
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/25/1332-under-pressure-startup-company-turns-water-into-power.jpg" / When Frank Zammataro thinks about water pressure, he sees an opportunity to create electricity. Zammataro, 53, is President and Co-Founder of Rentricity?a New York City energy company that has discovered a new way to tap into the excess pressure in water-treatment plants, reservoirs, and factories to help power our water infrastructure, which consumes four percent of America's electricity.
- Smart Grid Initiatives Address Cyber Security, Renewable Energy Intermittency
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/25/1332-smart-grid-initiatives-address-cyber-security-renewable-energy-intermittency.jpg" / Securitizing renewable energy networks from cyber-attacks is not complicated by their oft-cited operational headache of intermittency, but rather by their separation from a utility's control system, said smart grid executives at the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, DC in early November. Though renewable intermittency adds to the challenge of stabilizing a grid, the forum revealed new evidence of real-world smart grid load shifting that continues to chip away at the tired argument that renewable energy cannot successfully integrate into a legacy grid.
- Viewpoints from the Board Room: Interview with Voith Hydro CEO and President ...
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/23/1-8170-viewpoints-from-the-board-room-interview-with-voith-hydro-ceo-and-president-kevin-frank.jpg" / Kevin Frank was named chief executive officer and president of Voith Hydro Inc. in November 2010. Frank discusses technology, policy and the factors driving the hydropower market.
- Asia Report: China Has Strong Words Over U.S. Wind Trade Investigation
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/23/1332-asia-report-china-has-strong-words-over-u-s-wind-trade-investigation.jpg" / So far, the complaint by American wind tower manufacturers against their competition from Asia has mirrored the solar industry petition filed in October.
- Latin America Report: Critics Urge More Solar, Wind, Geothermal in Chile
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/18/1332-latin-america-report-critics-urge-more-solar-wind-geothermal-in-chile.jpg" / Chile is built for renewable energy. The seemingly unending coastline that runs the length of its boundary is prime real estate for wind development, and eventually the offshore wind projects, that could power the cities found along its spine. The nation's solar resources, especially in the northern regions, are among the best in the world. And its place along the ring of fire means its geothermal potential is vast, yet untapped.
- When We Struggle, We Learn
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2012/1/16/1332-when-we-struggle-we-learn.jpg" / If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust