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Romania plans to cut support for renewable energy
2013-03-29 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Romania's government will cut its support scheme for wind, solar and small hydro renewable energy projects to avoid overcompensating investors, energy regulator ANRE said on Friday. Elsewhere in the European Union, countries such as Germany, Britain and Spain have either cut or plan to reduce incentives for renewable energy after years of strong government support. Romania's support scheme gives renewable power producers green certificates for each megawatt generated. Suppliers must get an...
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New Process May Make Renewable Energy Reliable at Last
2013-03-28 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Solar energy is virtually limitless, generates no planet-warming greenhouse gases -- and is useless between sunset and sunrise. Wind energy is also plentiful and emits no carbon, and it can be harvested day or night, but not when the air is calm. A discovery announced in Thursday's issue of Science may offer a way around these daunting problems, however. Chemists at the University of Calgary, in Canada, have found an efficient way to turn electricity from wind and solar energy into hydrogen, which...
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Pacific nations urged to call for global shift to renewable energy
2013-03-26 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SPREP: A powerful challenge was made to the Small Island Developing States today at the Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand. Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change called upon the Pacific Island Small Island Developing States to use their voice to call for a faster transfer to renewable energy use across the globe. Ms. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, addresses...
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Myriant and Bayegan Group Partner To Commercialize Renewable Chemicals
2013-03-25 09:00:00| chemicalonline News Articles
Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company located in the United States, and Bayegan Group, an international chemical production and trading company headquartered in Turkey, recently announced a broad collaboration agreement to commercialize Myriant’s bio-succinic acid in markets across the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa (Territory)
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Apple Makes Progress on Path to 100 Percent Renewable Energy
2013-03-24 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Theres more good news to report from the clean energy revolution thats spreading like wildfire among the biggest technology companies in the world: Apple released an environmental report Friday showing that it has made real progress in its effort to power the iCloud with renewable energy--not coal. Apple announces commitment to power data centers with 100% renewable energy. Apple is growing its facilities that store your music, photos and videos at a rapid pace, and those buildings, called...
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