India eliminates subsidies–and grows solar investment capital by seven-fold

Published on Feb 13 2012 // business, solar energy
India eliminates subsidies–and grows solar investment capital by seven-fold
India is proving itself to be a major player for solar installations, as proved by a recent report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance that showed funding for solar projects shot up from $0.6 billion in 2010 to seven times that amount last year ($4.2 billion total). It’s been three years since policymakers...

Caribbean country struggles to get geothermal project off the ground

Caribbean country struggles to get geothermal project off the ground
TIME magazine’s Ecocentric blog has an fascinating article this week about St. Kitts and Nevis, a two-island federation in the east Caribbean and the world’s smallest sovereign nation, and the battle for geothermal energy in that part of the world. St. Kitts and Nevis have the potential to...

TIME says solar is “energy source of the future”–but maybe not American-made

Published on Feb 04 2012 // business, solar energy
TIME says solar is “energy source of the future”–but maybe not American-made
Solar may still be the energy source of the future — but it might not be made in the USA. That’s the opinion quoted from this week’s TIME magazine Science article titled “The Coming US-China Solar War.” The article recaps much of the information that’s been swirling around...