ENGLISH NEWS

• Duke Energy Purchases 150 MW of Wind Turbines
• Solar Integrated Wins $4.3 Million Order
• Blue H Launches Floating Wind Turbine
• Penguins in peril as climate warms

ENGLISH NEWS

• For German Homeowners, Renewable Energy is No Longer a Choice
• Britain's wind power revolution
• REpower to Deliver 25 Turbines to Cannon Power
• ersol turns again to Wacker for silicon
• Tracking down water leaks

ENGLISH NEWS

• Shell and HR Biopetroleum build facility to grow algae for biofuel
• California Commission To Recommend Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs
• "Mainstream" Renewable Energy Continues Double-digit Growth

ENGLISH NEWS

• In Larger Freedom
• Rockefeller Center Tree Lights Will Be Energy-Efficient
• Report: Sweden, Germany do most to protect climate
• Spezial WAB-Offshore-Magazine
• PM Rudd's first act: ratifying Kyoto

ENGLISH NEWS

• Do we still have universal values?
• European Solar Prizes 2007
• REpower to Deliver 25 Turbines to Cannon Power
• Global Wind Power Base to More Than Triple by 2015
• Germany Starts Testing Bio Oil for Heat
• Clean Power from Deserts for Europe, the Middle East and North
• China on Pace to Become Global Leader in Renewable Energy

ENGLISH NEWS

• The Potsdam Manifesto
• Solar*Tec AG Expands PV Power Plant Business and Activities in Asia
• Sustainable Coffee Production Finds a Growing Number of Fans in Germany

ENGLISH NEWS

• Europe and the challenge of Islam
• Queen Elizabeth II Lays Out Plans for Britain's Energy Future
• Call for evidence on the economics of biodiversity loss
• Solar Millennium Subsidiary Flagsol Receives Contract for Egypt’s First Parabolic Trough Power Plant
• World Energy Outlook 2007 - China and India Insights

ENGLISH NEWS

• Most ready for 'green sacrifices'
• Green revolution underway in France?
• Potential for Plastics to Transport Hydrophobic Contaminants

ENGLISH NEWS

• Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Resolution: ”The Meaning of Cultural Conflict”
• World Bank Group Raises Funding For Renewables, Energy Efficiency by 67 Percent
• Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction
• Great interest in Solarvalue in Asia
• Ocean CO2 concentration influences climate

ENGLISH NEWS

• Planet's Tougher Problems Persist, UN Report Warns
• York researchers call for tougher action on poverty and climate change
• German University Wins Architecture Contest in the Department of Energy’s Third Solar Decathlon
• Trends in photovoltaic applications
• Peak Oil could trigger meltdown of society

ENGLISH NEWS

• Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization
• Corals and Climate Change
• 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to widely use solar energy
• Air New Zealand Announces Bio Fuel Research Initiative
• Innovalight Raises $28 Million for Solar Product Development

ENGLISH NEWS

• Global Domestic Politics
• Reforestation plan put on hold
• WWEA congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winners Al Gore and IPCC
• CAS Academician Calls for Energy-efficient Buildings
• All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change: Global Poll

ENGLISH NEWS

• A Global Marshall Plan creates Peace, Welfare and Justice
• RWE Power, BASF and Linde are developing new processes for CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants
• 2007 Right Livelihood Awards highlight solutions to global challenges
• WWEC 2007 opened in Mar del Plata/Argentina
• New membrane catches CO2

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• A roadmap for renewable energy in Europe
• Radiation risk from everyday devices assessed
• Electronics companies green up their act
• Solar obligations: first comprehensive study on best practice has been published
• Worldwatch Report: Oceans in Peril

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• The Audacity of Hope
• Limits of Privatization: Balance between public and private goods
• Satellites witness lowest Arctic ice coverage in history
• Intelligent cars: Commission leads the drive for safer, greener and smarter cars
• The search for ozone recovery demands continued alertness as the Parties to the Montreal Protocol celebrate the 20th anniversary
• The European Mobility Week

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• Organic Farming Beats No-Till?
• Organic Farming Could Feed the World
• Next Ice Age delayed by rising CO2 levels

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• International spread of disease threatens public health security
• South Australia launches solar feed-in scheme to promote renewable energy use
• Solar Cells with 'Metal Wrap Through' Technology Achieve 16% Efficiency
• Foster to build sun city in desert
• U.S. - Canadian West set joint carbon-cutting target

:: ENGLISH NEWS ::

• Nature’s Capital at Centre of Poverty Eradication
• German Biodiesel Industry Peaks, Trouble Ahead
• Grupo Ibereolica Enters Agreement for Exclusive License Rights to CHP's Solar Water Cracker Technology
• Econergy International Acquires 18 MW Wind Farm in Brazil
• Big interest in WWEC 2007

ENGLISH NEWS:

• From 40.7 to 42.8 % Solar Cell Efficiency
• Q-Cells AG publishes half-yearly report: Sales revenues + 44 % and EBIT + 45 %
• SolarWorld AG presents final quarterly figures
• Brown clouds boost global warming

ENGLISH NEWS:

• The Idea of Justice and the Global Marshall Plan 
• European Wind Goals No Breeze 
• Researchers think pink to produce "green" solar energy  
• Rivers to be privatized as a solution to water crisis 
• Manifesto for the Earth | By Mikhail Gorbachev 

ENGLISH NEWS:

• Manifesto for the Earth | By Mikhail Gorbachev
• 2006 Wind Installations Offset 43 Million Tons of CO2
• House Passes Legislation to Support America's Solar Energy Future
• AWEA Launches TV Campaign

ENGLISH NEWS:

• The Prospects of Intercultural Humanism in the 21st Century
• Unique Quantum Effect Found in Silicon Nanocrystals
• JV Forms to Develop Tidal Current Turbines in South Korea
• Progress Energy Florida to Expand Renewable Energy Sources
• More heavy rain, predicted

ENGLISH NEWS:

• A Global Marshall Plan for a Better World
• VIDEO: "Power of Wind" Wins Golden Lion in Cannes
• Large photovoltaic power plants
• Water shortages – EU to act

ENGLISH NEWS:

• Publication of the "Electricity Consumption and Efficiency Trends in the Enlarged European Union: Status Report 2006"
• 'Dead zone' in the Gulf could expand exponentially this year
• First world map of the renewable energy industry
• Endesa to Build 10 MW Wind Farm in France  

SUN-NEWSLETTER in ENGLISH by Franz Alt

• We REAP What We Sow
• Germany Upholds Groundbreaking Renewable Energy Law
• Missouri Governor Signs Legislation to Use Renewable Energy
• First commercial breakwater wave energy plant world-wide to be built in Spanish Mutriku
• Climate change: What folks are doing

SUN-NEWSLETTER in ENGLISH by Franz Alt

• Energy revolution = money saved
• Green Energy Technology of Taiwan Awards Contract to Applied Materials for Thin Film Solar Production Line
• Alstom set to enter wind power market with the acquisition of Spanish wind turbine company Ecotècnia

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• India: Mega nuclear plant hits popular opposition
• China’s "Green Long March": Inspiring the Next Generation
• China Releases Plan on Climate Change
• Solar thermal will make a substantial contribution to EU renewables targets
• Investors Flock to Renewable Energy and Efficiency Technologies

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Material-saving technologies take centre stage in the photovoltaic industry
• Continued Growth in International Photovoltaic Markets
• Desalination: Option or distraction for a thirsty world?
• New findings on the effects of radiation on humans should be given greater consideration
• Efforts to gain stricter protection for sharks failnote.

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Military Goes Green: Akeena Completes $2.2 Million Armory Project Largest Military Solar Power Installation in Central Valley
• U.S. Senate Says No to "Clean Coal" & Nuclear in RPS
• Hybrid Solar Lighting Promises 50% Efficiency
• China to Push Use of Solar Water Heaters

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Politics of fear creating a dangerously divided world
• Melting Ice-A Hot Topic?
• Amnesty International Report 2007 Shows EU in Denial of Its Human Rights Problems
• Study Says 1 Billion Threatened by Sea Level Rise
• Exxon still funding Climate Change Deniers

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Al Gore "The Assault on Reason"
• Picture Perfect Parabolic Solar Collector Systems
• Get smart: G8 should promote energy efficiency
• 15 cities to go green with Clinton's help

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Global military spending exceeds US $1000 billion
• "The true cost of Solar Power: 10 Cents by 2010"
• Suzlon secures Cooperation Agreement with Areva on REpower
• Is more fish farming a good thing?
• China to Release National Plan for Climate Change

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Climate Alliance Cities and Municipalities Present Roads to a Climate Compatible Society
• Signet Solar enters fast growing solar energy market
• Human tide: the real migration crisis
• Plastic Solar Cell Efficiency Hits 6% in U.S. Lab

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• The Renewable City
• Mojib Latif: Climate change has to have top political priority
• Meeting the food security challenge through organic agriculture
• ADB Supports Tata Power's 100 MW Wind Energy Project in India
• IPCC report completes scientific jigsaw puzzle
   

Franz Alt ENGLISH Sun-NEWSLETTER

• Toward a Poverty-Free World
• Cities Key to Tackling Poverty, Climate Change
• Natural wonders feel the heat
• Climate change: poor suffer as world gets hotter

Franz Alt ENGLISH Sun-NEWSLETTER

• Ready or Not?
• Hope for major headway on climate protect
• Study on Italian solar thermal reveals a surprisingly high contribution to EU market: 130 MWth in 2006
• China to boost oil reserves for emergencies

Franz Alt ENGLISH Sun-NEWSLETTER

• Renewable instead of nuclear energy
• High Growth Potential for Solar Thermal Energy
• Weather of Mass Destruction
• Rainforest destruction in Africa
• Secure Energy? Civil Nuclear Power, Security and Global Warming

Franz Alt ENGLISH Sun-NEWSLETTER

• Taming Fossil Fuels
• The capacity of coal is significantly overestimated
• ENERGY-CUBA: Looking to Windward

Franz Alt - ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Save the climate now!
• IPCC Issues Second Report in Series on Climate Change
• Spain Awaits Solar Thermal Boom
• New Developments for Solar Collectors

Franz Alt - ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER ::

• Renewable energies: on their way to conquer world markets
• Jimmy Carter "Palestine - Peace Not Apartheid"
• Solar for Energy Hogs: The California Example

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• BP Solar announces two Mega Cell plants
• Czech President Warns Against Global Warming Intolerance
• Egypt tries Concentrating Solar Power

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER

• Governments around the world should feel encouraged to also set up ambitious binding targets and effective implementation programmes
• SMA plugs in OneWorld Communications agency for North American operations
• Endesa to Build Its Third Wind Park in France
• If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet

Franz Alt ENGLISH SUN-NEWSLETTER ::

• Annual Report 2006: Human Rights Situation in Tibet
• A Solar Thermal Action Plan for Europe
• Research in the field of offshore wind power
• Abu Dhabi to Build $350 M Solar Power Plant
• Biofuel to Power Indonesia's Anti-Poverty Drive

Franz Alt Sun-Newletter

• FuelCell Energy Signs Agreement with South Korean Power Producer
• Offshore wind turbines of German
• Exploring Polar regions, understanding climate

Franz-Alt Sun-Newletter

• WWEA expects 160 GW to be installed by 2010
• Expansion targets and expansion
• scenarios for Windenergy in Germany
• Report on marine and coastal impacts of climate change published
• City of Amsterdam uses hydrogen technology in boats and buses

• Franz-Alt Sun-Newletter
• Breaking through in climate policy!
• Biogas Fuels Sustainable Agriculture in Tibet
• Bonaire to become Caribbean’s first self-supporting island with sustainable energy

Photovoltaic industry prepares to steady growth

• Cost effective, solar poultry egg incubator
• Siemens Wind Power Exceeds 1,400 MW of Orders in the U.S.
• The overview of Wind Energy Resources in China

IPCC Report on Climate Change published

• Wind Power Development in Pakistan
• AREVA group announces friendly public tender offer for REpower Systems AG
• BP Plans Construction of Five U.S. Wind Projects in 2007
• European Commission sets out a new impetus for the internal energy market

Elephants "guided" back into the jungles with solar power

• How fish species suffer as a result of warmer waters
• Taiwan’s Bullet Trains Can’t Outrun Controversy
• Aiming towards a low CO2 fossil fuel future

It is 5 Minutes to Midnight

• Victorians first to know their weekly greenhouse emissions
• Wind Energy - Global Perspectives & Indian Scenario
• EU Energy Strategy could undermine existing successful legislation

Alternative Nobel Prizes 2006

• Worldwide, some 18,000 people died in 2006 as a result of natural events
• Commission fails to deliver Directive proposal on renewable heating and cooling
• Norway to pay for pollution from flights
• The silence of the polar bears

Energy Autonomy - Hermann Scheer

• Dr. Gerhard Knies in BBC about Concentrating Solar Power
• Local acceptance and involvement - important success factors for big renewable energy projects
• Wind Power Generation in India
• Wind Power in China