Daily Archives: Apr 8, 2014

California to invest over$100M to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency

California Energy Commission has launched a series of solicitations to fund research and development projects, investing more than $100 million in solutions for California...

Renewable energy contributed 43.6% of new capacity in 2013 despite drop in investments

Renewable energy’s share of world electricity generation climbed steadily despite a 14 percent drop in investments in the sector, says a new report Global...

Solar

Solar PV installations surpassed 135 GW in 2013: Research and Markets

Global cumulative operating capacity of solar Photovoltaic (PV) installations crossed over 135 GW in 2013, driven primarily by Europe and significant late-year additions in Asia-Pacific, according...

Recycling

Toyota and partners develop copper recycling technology

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in partnership with Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and eight other companies, has developed a technology for recycling copper contained...

IT & Telecom

Alcatel-Lucent helps network operators reduce energy consumption in latest technologies

Alcatel-Lucent has launched new application that allows network operators and others to explore how the use of the latest technologies can dramatically reduce energy...

Corporate funding in solar grew by $2 billion in Q4 2013 over previous quarter: Mercom

Total corporate funding in the solar sector for the Q4, 2013, including private equity (PE), debt financing, and other equity financings raised by public...