Tag: business
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Half of World’s Solar Demand to Come From Asia-Pacific Region in 2014
The longtime trend of European countries leading the world in solar energy installations is coming to an end within a year or two, a new report predicts. Demand will skyrocket in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region next year, accounting for more than 50 percent of all new solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the world next year,…
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10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2013 Too Important to Miss
By Andrew Winston Somehow it’s already year-end, a time to look back and try to make sense of what’s happened. Creating any “top” list of stories from 12 months is nearly impossible. But as I’ve done for the last four years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and…
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Scotland Zips Past U.S. on Road to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020
Scotland is on the fast track to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. The country got 40 percent of its power from renewable sources last year—a 24-percent improvement from 2010. To show just how far behind the U.S. is from that mark, Juan Cole skips over a nation-to-nation comparison in favor of pitting the…
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Cuomo Announces $210 Million to Jump Start NY Green Bank
The State of New York jump started the deployment of renewable energy, green businesses and jobs this month with a $210 million investment. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the funding this month for the creation of the New York Green Bank to encourage power projects that use clean energy instead of fossil fuels. Ever since…
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13 Renewable Energy Breakthroughs of 2013
By Kiley Kroh and Jeff Spross While the news about climate change seems to get worse every day, the rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing accessibility of clean energy is the true bright spot in the march toward a zero-carbon future. The year had more clean energy milestones than we could fit on one…