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From 2010, the “Intersolar” trade fair will be known as “Intersolar Europe”

On June 9, 2010, Intersolar, the world’s largest solar technology trade fair, will once again get underway in Munich. The trade fair, previously known as “Intersolar”, will this year take place under the new name “Intersolar Europe”. The change of name reflects the continuing internationalization of the trade fair, which is now represented in many locations around the world. The newly titled international solar technology trade fair has already set a new record for exhibition space. Just under six months before the trade fair is due to begin, 90 … Continue Reading

Row over responsibility for sold-off systems has left Sri Lankan communities unable to replace faulty equipment.

Shell has become embroiled in a major row with the World Bank and green energy companies after allegations that it is unfairly refusing to honour warranties on solar power systems sold to the developing world.

A widespread breakdown of its equipment in Sri Lanka and elsewhere has left the oil firm accused of abandoning a responsibility to impoverished communities while damaging the prospects of the wider renewable power sector in a world desperate to reduce carbon emissions following the Copenhagen climate change summit.

The rural electrification … Continue Reading

At 13:11 on 3 December 2009, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA, took the Runway test in Dübendorf, Switzerland, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA is the first airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel, left the ground for the first time.

The results of the ground tests conducted these last few weeks to verify numerous parameters (the prototype’s controllability, acceleration, braking paths and, engine power) had been overwhelming positive, thereby leading the team to give the go-ahead to Markus Scherdel, the test pilot, to take the prototype up to its take-off speed.

As the aircraft gently took up speed, the huge wing of … Continue Reading

Former US vice president Al Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on track to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire” amid claims of profiting from the climate change agenda.

Since he abandoned mainstream politics following his defeat in the 2000 presidential polls against George W Bush, Gore’s personal fortune has risen from 1.2 million pounds to an estimated 60 million pounds, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

It is claimed that the Nobel peace laureate is on course to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire” after significant investments in environmentally friendly projects like carbon trading markets, … Continue Reading

Economic compulsions, not Copenhagen, will drive the rise of clean technology.

For a clean technology cheerleader, Nicholas Parker is remarkably cool about the conflicting climate change theories floating around. He also seems least perturbed by the prospect of failure at the Copenhagen climate change summit in December. “I don’t really care about Copenhagen,” says Parker, the co-founder of a company that established clean technology as an investment category. That was way back in 2002.

Parker’s Cleantech Group, a membership network providing research and advisory services, unsurprisingly, holds the trademark for the cleantech name.

Parker, actually, cares about Copenhagen. His point is the shift … Continue Reading