GLG News by Renewable Energy Experts in GLG Member Programs

The reasons why Big Oil does not invest significantly (say, 10% or more of their revenues) in solar and wind power is not conspiratorial.  It is more in the cultural makeup of an organization that is used to doing business largely one way (selling a consumable item) versus one that lasts a long...

The annual US Department of Energy report on wind power spells out details on the American achievement of 5,329 megawatts (MW) of capacity in 2007, the largest increase of any one country, and placing the US ahead of Spain and behind Germany in the Number 2 slot.  The report, issued by Lawrence...

Ersol, a small, medium priced photovoltaic manufacturer, has been acquired by the German auto giant Bosch Group.  This acquisition will be good for both parties, giving ersol deep pockets and enabling Bosch to combine photovoltaic system with its solar thermal business.  One interesting question...

The requirement to satisfactorily prove additionality as part of any CDM application limits the extent to which projects that would have happened anyway slip through to benefit from the CDM process. However, it is almost certain that the inherent difficulty in proving (or disproving) additionality has...

Recent reports provide fuel for the claim that billions of dollars spent subsidising projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries are being 'wasted', because projects would have gone ahead anyway. The underlying facts are essentially correct, but readers should beware drawing...

The importance of this artcle can be summed up in the observations that are pointed out by various voices of a Hyper-Inflated World economy, due to these spiralling costs of crude oil. These cost increase are having a major impact on society as a whole in theoil consuming nations around the world;especially...

Exxon Mobile stops funding groups of climate change sceptics as the groups' "position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner."

The announcement of another high tech business in California getting a photovoltaic system is becoming old news.  What is more significant of this event are different financing instruments for photovoltaic systems making their way into the American market, and mindset.  A medium sized installation...

Renewable energy has been a step child in the US Department of Energy's household.  Research and development has never been generous or consistent, and the expected contributions of renewable energy to American needs have been treated like a petting zoo on the way to the lions and tigers of fossil...

The announcement by Suntech of a huge building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project in France may be a sign that the PV maker's acquisition of MSK has gone smoothly.  It also shows the potential of the French PV market and the BIPV market as a whole.  It will be an interesting competition...