Companies Are Competing on Sustainability Goals

A growing number of companies are using public announcements of sustainability goals as a means of signaling their commitment to become sustainability leaders, and to compete for superior positioning versus their rivals. But many companies are unprepared.

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Venture Capital for Energy Innovation-New Report

With the rise of alternative energy companies, there are a large number of venture capitalists that have started investing in the energy industry, particularly in companies specializing in renewable energy. With venture capitalists focusing on investments with a lot of technological risk, it is therefore highly necessary for their investment to pay off, and what better industry to invest in at the moment rather than the lucrative segments of clean energy.

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Corporate Sustainability Executives Wield Surprising Influence

Successful sustainability executives wield influence far greater than their modest budgets suggest. An executive with a department budget of $2 – $5 million can influence spending five to ten times as much by working with other departments to identify, sponsor and justify sustainability initiatives and investments.

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Research Explores Utility Energy Storage Technologies

A new report, Utility Energy Storage by Energy Business Reports analyzes the utility energy storage industry and examines the impact of new energy storage methods on the global energy industry.

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China Plans to Increase Offshore Wind Power to 30GW by 2020

China has announced ambitious plans to boost its offshore wind power sector.

According to the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), China plans to expand its offshore wind power installed capacity to 5 GW by 2015 and to 30 GW by 2020.

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Using Mountains to Store Wind Power

In a development that will change the renewable energy landscape in Germany, the state government of Lower Saxony has reported that it is looking into repurposing old abandoned coal mines inside the Harz mountains as pumped storage for wind power.

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Wind Farm on a Landfill?

A Minnesota based wind power company has expressed interest in expanding to Worcester County by placing wind turbines on a landfill.

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Sweden to Get Largest Land-based Wind Farms

With an investment of approximately $172 million, the largest land-based wind farms in Sweden has gotten the final go-ahead.

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Emergence of a New Generation of Wind Turbines

The wind turbine industry has witnessed a trend towards larger capacity turbines with longer blades and larger rotor diameters, and with a range of rotor diameters. With the advances in technology, however, the trend is now moving towards a new global generation of still larger machines.

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Plans on for Creating British Isles Supergrid

If all goes according to plan, then a renewable energy supergrid consisting of the British Isles, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man will soon become a reality. Ministers on June 20th signed a “landmark” deal to establish cooperation on exploiting major wind and marine energy resources.

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