green energy

Developers believe green energy can do for Humberside what oil and gas did for Aberdeen in the 1970s.

(UNEP Division of Technology Industry and Economics) Investment in green energy in China, most notable in wind energy, leapt 53 per cent in 2009, bucking a trend during the recession that saw global investments dip 7 per cent overall from 2008 levels.

However, if spending on solar water heaters (now used in 70 million world households) and total installation costs for rooftop solar were included, renewables investment worldwide increased last year.

Jan. 5 -- Pak-Seng Lai, Asia managing director at Auda International LP, talks with Bloomberg's Bernard Lo about investment opportunities in China.

Chinese solar maker ReneSola Ltd. on Wednesday said it will acquire Dynamic Green Energy Ltd.'s shares in exchange for 26.8 million of its own shares and $10 million in the form of a convertible promissory note.

Solar cell maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. on Wednesday posted a second-quarter loss driven by one-time charges, sending shares tumbling in premarket trading.

Barclays Capital on Tuesday maintained its 2009 earnings expectations for Chinese solar company Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. even though some of its peers are expected to struggle.

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Solar module maker Yingli Green Energy said Tuesday it earned $192.6 million from a public offering of 18.6 million company shares.

The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States.

And the cause, ironically, may be global warming — the very problem wind power seeks to address.

(UNEP Division of Technology Industry and Economics) Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large hydro, a new report launched today says.

Of this $13.5 billion of new private investment went into companies developing and scaling-up new technologies alongside $117 billion of investment in renewable energy projects from geothermal and wind to solar and biofuels.