Five Cleantech Milestones Worth Celebrating [VIDEO] Solar PV Now Installed Worldwide

We’re just five months into 2013, and we’ve already seen a number of new records in cleantech deployment. Here are five recent stories worth highlighting.
Renewables Power Portugal Into 2013
In the first quarter of this year, Portugal got 70 percent of its electricity from…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/soalr/five-cleantech-milestones-worth-celebrating-video-solar-pv-now-installed-worldwide/ Cleantech, Efficiency, Electricity, energy investment, Finance, germany solar power, Green Business, Renewables, Solar Power, Solar PV Now Installed Worldwide, technology deployment, Wind

Denmark: Community Wind Energy Movement in Retreat [INFOGRAPHIC] may provide 50% of the country’s electricity consumption by 2020.

Denmark is the great wind power success story. What began as a local, popular, self-help movement during the oil crisis of the 1970s may provide 50% of the country’s electricity consumption by 2020.
Electricity generation from wind power is supported by the general public in Denmark and all…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/denmark-community-wind-energy-movement-in-retreat-infographic-may-provide-50-of-the-countrys-electricity-consumption-by-2020/ Cleantech, cost effectiveness, Denmark, Electricity generation from wind power, Energy and Economy, Environmental Policy, Finance, Green Business, Politics & Legislation, public attitudes, Subsidies, Wind, wind energy industry

The Cost of Wind Energy: Part II renewable electricity was less expensive than nuclear generated electricity,

In Part I, we explored past and present wind costs and noted rapid inflation. This was the first step in an exploration of David Roberts’ claim that renewable electricity was less expensive than nuclear generated electricity, but there are many other factors that I did not touch on or…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/the-cost-of-wind-energy-part-ii-renewable-electricity-was-less-expensive-than-nuclear-generated-electricity/ cost effectiveness, Cost of Wind Energy, Efficiency, Electricity Grid, Energy Demand, Finance, nuclear generated electricity, Nuclear Power, renewable electricity, Storage, Utilities, Wind, wind energy industry

Offshore Drilling in Virginia Threatens Economy, Environment, and Naval Operations Research Associate for Ocean Policy at the Center for American

Shiva Polefka is a Research Associate for Ocean Policy at the Center for American Progress where Michael Conathan is the Director of Ocean Policy.

Fleet Composite Squadron 6 conducts boat operations off coast of Naval Station Norfolk, VA. (Credit: U.S. Navy)
Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/offshore-drilling-in-virginia-threatens-economy-environment-and-naval-operations-research-associate-for-ocean-policy-at-the-center-for-american/ Center for American, Climate, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Green Business, Naval Operations, Ocean Policy, Offshore Drilling in Virginia, offshore oil drilling, offshore wind, Oil, Politics & Legislation, Public Health, Research Associate, Risk Management, Threatens Economy, Virginia, Wind

Clean Energy Espionage Case Heads to China’s Supreme Court corporate espionage dispute between AMSC

There’s a new legal development in the corporate espionage dispute between AMSC and the Chinese wind turbine supplier Sinovel.
China’s Supreme People’s Court said it will review two civil suits AMSC brought against Sinovel for stealing its proprietary software in 2011. (The…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/clean-energy-espionage-case-heads-to-chinas-supreme-court-corporate-espionage-dispute-between-amsc/ AMSC, China, clean energy trade, Cleantech, Energy and Economy, Finance, intellectual property rights, News, Politics & Legislation, Risk Management, Wind, wind turbines

Clean Energy Deployment: Time to Reinforce Success deployment of new energy technologies,

An s-curve model for deployment of new energy technologies, which based its parameters on analysis of past rates of technology deployment, was published nearly four years ago [i].  It showed that new technologies typically start with a period of exponential growth, increasing by about an order…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/clean-energy-deployment-time-to-reinforce-success-deployment-of-new-energy-technologies/ Clean Energy Deployment, Cleantech, Climate, deployment of new energy technologies, Efficiency, Energy and Economy, energy investment, Energy Policy, Finance, Nuclear Power, Politics & Legislation, Reinforce Success, Solar Power, technology deployment, Wind

Google and Wind Energy: Acquisition of Makani Kite Power development under its Google[x] division

It’s been a long time since we covered Makani Power, the company developing kite-like wind turbines. But the company didn’t float away (bad pun intended). In fact, it has just been bought by Google, for development under its Google[x] division.

Image Credit: Makani / Google
Some quick…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/google-and-wind-energy-acquisition-of-makani-kite-power-development-under-its-googlex-division/ clean energy innovation, Cleantech, Efficiency, Electricity, Energy and Economy, Finance, Google and Wind Energy, google x, Green Business, News, Wind, wind turbines

Protecting Eagles While Working to Guide Wind Development Recent reports of eagles being killed by wind turbines

Recent reports of eagles being killed by wind turbines have stirred up a lot of emotion and controversy and understandably so.

On the one hand, more wind energy will get the U.S. on the right side of the climate fight and help curb our greenhouse gas emissions, which are a huge threat to…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/protecting-eagles-while-working-to-guide-wind-development-recent-reports-of-eagles-being-killed-by-wind-turbines/ American Wind Wildlife Institute, climatechange, eagles, Energy, Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS, wildlife, Wind, windfarms, windpower

Can Energy Storage Make Wind and Solar Energy as Reliable as Coal? generated 3.5% and about 0.1%, respectively, of US electricity last year

Wind and solar power generated 3.5% and about 0.1%, respectively, of US electricity last year.  These figures represent large increases from much smaller levels in the last decade as the cost of these technologies declined significantly, particularly for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules….http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/renewable-energy/can-energy-storage-make-wind-and-solar-energy-as-reliable-as-coal-generated-3-5-and-about-0-1-respectively-of-us-electricity-last-year/ advanced energy storage, baseload power, deployment, Efficiency, Electricity Grid, Energy Storage Make, Finance, of US electricity, Reliable Coal energy, Solar Power, Storage, Tech, Wind, wind and solar energy

Wind Energy and the Myth of Widespread Negative Pricing explained American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)

The increasing penetration of wind energy on U.S. grids is affecting electricity markets in a big way.
First, the good news.
“Nobody disputes the fact that adding more wind energy to the grid displaces more expensive sources of generation,” explained American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/renewable-energy/wind-energy-and-the-myth-of-widespread-negative-pricing-explained-american-wind-energy-association-awea/ American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, Efficiency, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, energy prices, Finance, grid reliability, Myth of Widespread, Negative Pricing explained, Politics & Legislation, production tax credit (PTC), Subsidies, Utilities, Wind, Wind energy