As heads of state and government ministers start arriving in Durban for the UN climate talks, negotiators are hoping that, come end of the week, some kind of political compromise will have been reached to break the stalemate on a range of issues. The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UN Framework [...]

Business people are hoping for a positive outcome of the COP17 United Nations climate change conference in Durban. The objective of the conference is to set carbon emission reduction targets, while trying not to impede economic growth and development. South Africa is committed to reducing national emissions to 34 % by 2020. COP 17 conference runs [...]

New York City’s garbage never looked so good. Solar firms are already lining up for a piece of the city’s landfills, after Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last week that some 250 acres would be opened for sun-powered installations. The move gives New York a chance to shine in the emerging solar space, and to compete [...]

Tata Steel has said it is investing around £10m in a trio of Welsh research projects working to commercialise emerging low carbon building technologies, such as paint on solar cells that could turn homes, offices and factories into mini power stations. Tata yesterday cut the ribbon on the £6.5m Sustainable Building Envelope Centre at Shotton [...]

Berlin, Germany – The nuclear power plant crisis unfolding in Japan after the massive earthquake has already caused political fallout in Germany and could usher in a new era of renewable energy in Europe’s largest economy. On Tuesday Germany became the first European country to shut nuclear plants in the wake of the crisis in [...]

NAIROBI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Ministers of environment from more than 100 countries began a week-long meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday to discuss ways of adopting a green economy to improve capital base and ecosystem services. The ministers attending the 26th UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum also said governments have a key role [...]

The world is in desperate need of a clean source of energy and a shift towards Solar seems to be the best solution, says Hari Kiran Chereddi, Managing Director, Sujana Energy Solar is the colour and mood of the moment. Solar has today become an important part of Going Green movements and has moved towards [...]

Yes Solar are looking for ecopreneurs that want to get into their own business in Solar and renewable energy. The cost of the business is priced low enough not to be a factor in preventing you becoming a successful entrepreneur in the shortest possible time. It is quite possible to recover the cost of the [...]