OM targets alternative energy market with $1bn acquisition

OM Group Inc. plans to purchase the German advanced materials firm Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. (VAC) for around €700 million ($1 billion). Founded in 1923, VAC designs, produces and markets technologically advanced materials and technologies, cores and components, and permanent magnets for electronic equipment markets, including the alternative energy, automotive, electric vehicles, electrical installation, and energy…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 5, 20110Comments

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Masdar City aims at ‘greatest challenges’

It's an ambitious vision, but one its planners believe is achievable: a six-square-kilometre planned development in the United Arab Emirates that will be built with regionally appropriate architecture, feature sustainable materials, be powered by renewable energy, feature a low carbon footprint, use water sustainably and produce zero waste. Dubbed Masdar City, the development is also intended…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 13, 20110Comments

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Energy aid to poor benefits us all

One of the interesting concepts explored during the recent IBM sustainability summit was how to encourage renewable energy in the poorest developing countries, in particular those in Africa. A large amount of aid is currently funneled towards developing economies, along with a lot of investment, particularly from China. With the UK government's pledge to save foreign…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 17, 20100Comments

Energy

Bloomberg: Renewables spending needs to reach $500bn by 2030

Global spending on renewable energy projects could more than double by 2030, but that alone won't be enough to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by the amount needed to prevent dangerous climate change, according to a new projection from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. To achieve the level of carbon reductions needed, the price of carbon will also…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 17, 20100Comments

Energy

Going green in the coldest place on Earth

Antarctica's the coldest, driest continent on the planet, and it's also the windiest. Couple that with the fact that the summer months bring round-the-clock sunshine, and you've got an ideal spot for taking advantage of wind and solar power. That's just what a number of Antarctic research stations do: put up solar panels or wind turbines…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 6, 20100Comments

Energy

Cleantech apocalypse: Cons of green energy

Could clean energy, rather than being the saviour of our civilisation, actually lead to TEOTWAWKI (as in, "The end of the world as we know it")? We don't think it's likely, but we thought we'd explore a few conceivable cleantech apocalpyse scenarios anyway: Earthquakes Enhanced geothermal energy could provide a clean and steady source of power, but…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 20, 20090Comments

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More renewables means more jobs, revenues, EU says

By promoting innovation in renewable energy sources (RES), the European Union could see a gross domestic product in 2020 that's about 10 per cent higher than would be expected under a "business as usual" approach, according to a new study carried out on behalf of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport. The study, the…

ByThe Global ViewJune 4, 20090Comments

Energy

Nominees named for British Renewable Energy Awards

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released its shortlist of nominees for the fourth annual British Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which recognise achievement in the UK renewable energy industry, will be presented 11 June in an awards diner at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London on the 11th June 2009. "These awards honor outstanding achievement in…

ByThe Global ViewJune 1, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

Rule change to speed low-carbon grid hookups

Energy regulator Ofgem has said that it will allow a temporary relaxation from the rules governing the electricity networks to speed up connections for low-carbon generators (PDF). The temporary relaxation is to the rules for connection to and use of the high-voltage electricity networks. It means any generator wanting to seek an earlier connection date can…

ByThe Global ViewMay 11, 20090Comments

Energy

€4.7 million for 49 clean-energy projects

Europe's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) plans to fund 49 new clean-energy projects in 25 developing nations around the globe. The organisation's seventh round of funding for such projects, it is also the largest: €4.7 million. That's 46 per cent more than REEEP allocated in its last disbursement in June 2007. "REEEP projects concentrate on…

ByThe Global ViewMay 7, 20090Comments

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OM targets alternative energy market with $1bn acquisition

Masdar City aims at ‘greatest challenges’

Energy aid to poor benefits us all

Bloomberg: Renewables spending needs to reach $500bn by 2030

Going green in the coldest place on Earth

Cleantech apocalypse: Cons of green energy

More renewables means more jobs, revenues, EU says

Nominees named for British Renewable Energy Awards

Rule change to speed low-carbon grid hookups

€4.7 million for 49 clean-energy projects

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