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Policy, investment and markets Features for October 2008
Just as one Texan gets ready to leave office - unlikely to be missed by many in the wind and solar community - another is emerging as unlikely hero of the wind movement, despite a long history in oil. Who'd have thought it, asks Steve Sawyer.
01 October, 2008
Up until now, renewables projects have been viewed as an expensive way for companies to generate carbon credits. But according to one recent report, the era of cheaper projects may be coming to an end.
01 October, 2008
Times of global economic gloom have proved tricky for the perceived riskier stocks, as the Wilderhill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX) demonstrated clearly in June and July.
01 October, 2008
Concentrated solar power (CSP) is not new on the scene. So the question is, do latecomers still have a bright future and can they deliver solar power on a global scale that we can all afford? Graham Ford of Heliodynamics looks at linear fresnel CSP.
01 October, 2008
US states need a coherent action plan in order to develop solar PV markets fully, especially if they are able to match the growth markets in Europe. The Clean Energy Group recently released a report aimed at bringing solar PV into the US mainstream. Mark Sinclair summarises the main findings, together with the best practice from some leading states.
01 October, 2008
Making sense of UK renewable energy policy has been tricky in recent times. There remains a contradiction between the challenging target the Government has signed up to, and the sluggishness with which policies are put into place. But as David Hopwood found out on a recent trip to the north east UK, regional development in renewable energy technologies is still taking place, something which is vital to the UK's chance of catching up with countries like Spain and Germany.
01 October, 2008