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- Tracking and Analyzing Energy Legislation Across the US
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/23/feature-0-1369321563028.jpg" / A new online database created by Colorado State University's (CSU) Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) aims to serve anyone interested in clean energy legislation in any state in the U.S., or even those who are crafting policy themselves.
- UK Urged to Boost Clean Energy Over Natural Gas
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/23/feature-0-1369326817163.jpg" / Britain, under pressure to build new power stations, could save as much as 100 billion pounds ($150 billion) through 2050 by spending on wind, nuclear and carbon capture rather than gas, the government?s climate adviser said.
- Warning Scotland Against Independence: Renewables Will Suffer, Says Ed Davey
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/22/feature-0-1369229998582.jpg" / UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has warned that Scotland will damage its standing as a prime mover in renewable energy if it votes to become independent.
- Outlook for US Energy Independence Gaining Confidence
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/22/feature-0-1369237166418.jpg" / A survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute shows that a majority of energy executives believe the U.S. can reach energy independence by 2030. The survey also showed a decrease in the number of executives who believe the U.S. will never gain energy independence.
- Renewable Energy Research Initiative Launched in UK
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/20/feature-0-1369083111114.jpg" / A new inquiry investigating the role of renewable power generation in the UK?s future energy mix has been launched.
- French and German Ministers Call for 2030 Renewable Energy Targets
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/20/feature-0-1369063695506.jpg" / Writing in France?s prestigious centre-left daily newspaper Le Monde, Peter Altmaier, the German environment minister, and Delphine Batho, his French counterpart, underlined the need for a 2030 renewable energy target and highlighed the importance of renewables in transforming the European economy, improving energy security and reducing greenhouse
- Asia Report: Tweaking India's Domestic Content Policy
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/20/feature-0-1369056544116.jpg" / India's solar energy policy contains domestic content requirements for solar cells and panels, but initially these excluded thin-film technologies ? a big help to First Solar among others. But as expected, new proposals aim to close that loop.
- EU Should Scrap Energy Subsidies to Fight Warming, Poland Says
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/17/body-eu-should-scrap-energy-subsidies-to-fight-warming-poland-says.jpg" / The European Union should scrap fossil fuel and renewable energy subsidies and set a target to cut oil imports to remain the leader in the fight against global warming, according to Poland's environment minister.
- Are Run-of-River Hydroelectric Systems Ready to Ride US Currents?
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/16/body-are-run-of-river-hydroelectric-systems-ready-to-ride-us-currents.jpg" / Reaping renewable energy from un-dammed portions of great American rivers like the Mississippi, Ohio, or even the Columbia is an idea that has been bandied about for decades.
- The Economic Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/14/body-the-economic-case-for-divesting-from-fossil-fuels.jpg" / Securities of fossil fuels firms, as an economic sector, may soon be on the decline.
- Finland's New Energy Solutions
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/12/body-finlands-new-energy-solutions.jpg" / You may not know much about Finland, but you certainly know the powerhouse technology company that became a household name across the globe and drove the nation?s economic expansion through the 1990s-2000s. Nokia generated a quarter of Finnish economic growth from 1998-2007, prompting a new term, ?the Nokia effect?, to describe economic development
- Three Ways to Increase Hydropower Efficiency and Revenues
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/10/body-three-ways-to-increase-hydropower-efficiency-and-revenues.jpg" / Recently, the Department of Energy conducted a study with the Electric Power Research Institute on quantifying the value of hydropower, based on a 3 year examination of the Western Electric Coordination Council region.
- Marine Energy Breakthrough: New Technology Multiplies Potential
img hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" width="110" src="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com//assets/images/story/2013/5/8/body-marine-energy-breakthrough-new-technology-multiplies-potential.jpg" / Marine energy is the 'best of the best' amongst green energy sources: it has the greatest potential (in theory, the planet's oceans could supply the entire world with renewable energy), tidal and ocean current power plants are under water and therefore completely invisible, they produce electricity from 100 percent renewable energy sources (the water in the globe's oceans will always move around, well, at least until the sun swallows the moon), they are safe, and the icing on the cake is that they actually have positive environmental effects. Positive? Yes, studies have shown that marine life thrive in marine energy parks.