GLG News by Solar Power Experts (EU)

In the last few months the debate on climate change has shifted quickly in the US and the US Senate. A bill proposed by John McCain and Joseph Liebermann, and C-sponsored by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama pass the test to be more than just fine words. 1) It acknowledges the costs of reducing...

After Bill Gates & Richard Branson, Vinod Khosla and Steve Case, 2 best-known Internet entrepreneurs, plan to invest $2 billion fund with a group of investors (other private equity groups) that will focus on Brazil's ethanol industry. Brenco (company name) will set up this headquarter...

Stora Enso has signed an agreement with Neste Oil to join forces to develop technology for producing new-generation biofuels from wood residues. Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company. Stora Enso Stora Enso made 14.6 billion euros of turn-over (2006) 16.5 million...

Cantor Fitzgerald is merging their US pollutant brokerage with their European CO2 brokerage into CantorCO2e as they see a US carbon trading market in the horizon. Also Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch and other US based companies are active on the European emission trading market and are ready to participate...

We are seeing internationally new directives from governments to promote development of sustainable energies. After the launch of centralized sustainable energy as wind turbine, biomass & biofuels plants, hydropower, it is time to launch residential sustainable energies: solar thermal, photovoltaic,...

Binding or indicative targets on renewable energy in the EU in 2020. That is one of the big issues to be settled at the EU Summit to be held 8th-9th march in Brussels.The article describes the result of a Eurobarometer survey that shows that 83% of the population in the EU supports mandatory EU wide...

US biofuels developers Diversa and Celunol have agreed to a $160m merger to create a new company in the cellulosic ethanol industry. Diversa said the new company would be the first in the industry to fully integrate technologies for cellulosic ethanol production.Last November Celunol started operations...

The emission of greenhouse gasses should be decreased significantly before 2020 if we still want to prevent a climate catastrophe. This is still possible, but only with "rapid introduction of new and efficient technology."This is stated in the still unpublished part of the "World Climate Report" of...

  We shouldn’t expect a return to cheap oil prices. A strong economy needs to be based on fundamentals, especially an ever increasing productivity.

1. As it stands now, the merger is cancelled due to the obstacles created by the Italian government. 2. However, the merger could finally occur when the uncertainties on the new Italian road-concession tariffs disappear. But in this case, the value of Autostrade would have to decrease if the new...