Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:00:03 +0200 (AFP) - Investment in renewable energy last year amounted to a record 211 billion dollars, a rise of 32 percent over 2009 and 540 percent over 2004, a UN-backed report said on Thursday.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
The United States launched a renewable energy initiative to ...
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:50:26 +0200 (AFP/Getty Images/File) - The United States launched a renewable energy initiative to boost biofuel production to create jobs, lessen the effects of climate change and wean the country off oil imports, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (pictured in September) said at the National Press Club on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)
Greenpeace militants dressed as "renewable energy" ...
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:30:29 +0200 (AFP/Greenpeace) - Greenpeace militants dressed as "renewable energy" elements (solar, water, wind) staging a protest at the Forsmark nuclear power plant near Uppsala, north of Stockholm, on June 14. Police have arrested some 50 Greenpeace activists who broke into a Swedish nuclear plant demanding that parliament reject the building of new nuclear facilities, the environmental group and police have said.(AFP/Greenpeace/Johanna Hanno)
The exterior of a new European Center for Renewable Energy plant ...
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:40:24 +0200 (AFP/EEE/Ho) - The exterior of a new European Center for Renewable Energy plant that produces gas from wood in Guessing, southeastern Austria, paving the way toward new possibilities in renewable energy. The facility in Guessing, a town renowned for being entirely energy self-reliant, can produce some 100 cubic metres of bio-gas per hour.(AFP/EEE/Ho)
International Renewable Energy Agency logo. France's Helene ...
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:30:33 +0200 (IRENA) - International Renewable Energy Agency logo. France's Helene Pelosse was elected on Tuesday to head the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at a meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's state news agency announced.(IRENA)
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