The European Wind Energy Association has just published 2011 data on wind energy. Wind power capacity of 9616 MW was installed in the EU in 2011, at a value of €12.6 billion. This was down only slightly from 2010, when 9648 MW was installed. Wind power represented 21.4 % of total power capacity installations in … Continue reading Renewables news
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This is a very interesting article on a unique system to use of sunlight to light buildings. Switch off the lights, here comes the sun By Rick Pilger Globe and Mail, Friday, January 27, 2012 For those of us who spend most of our days under the alien glow of the artificial light that … Continue reading In the news . . .
Brussels Briefing #1 – an ambitious Energy Efficiency Directive?
From a distance, and even inside Brussels, the process to put sustainable energy policies and programmes in place can be baffling. Here is an attempt to untangle the process for the draft Energy Efficiency Directive and the many voices trying to shape its final form. The Energy Efficiency Directive was published in June 2011. The … Continue reading Brussels Briefing #1 – an ambitious Energy Efficiency Directive?
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 