Europe Tops its Renewables Targets
Updated: 2010-09-30 05:00:00
EU objectives for this year set out in a 1997 white paper have consistently been overhauled, with 16 GW of PV over target by five times, 1 GW of geothermal heat by three times, and 75 GW of wind by 80%, says EREC.

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. is pleased to announce results for the first quarter of 2010 for the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm's Cleantech Group.
The Holy Grail, the final piece in the renewable energy jigsaw, an unnecessary luxury - energy storage has been described as all of these in relation to large-scale renewables' penetration.
By 2010, renewable energy had reached a clear tipping point in the context of global energy supply, concludes the 'Renewables 2010 Global Status Report'. With renewables comprising fully one quarter of global power capacity from all sources and delivering 18% of global electricity supply in 2009, the latest release of the definitive assessment of the state of the global renewable energy industry from the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) details the current status and key trends of global markets, investment, industry and policies related to renewable energy.
Make Electric Power in Your Basement?
Solar is great if you have a good roof. But what if you don't? Why not make kilowatt-hours in your basement? Small residential Combined Heat & Power (CH&P) boilers that run on natural gas can effectively cut the greenhouse gas emissions in ...
The faux slate you see on the wall is a Canadian product called EasyRock which is 100% inert, non-toxic, non-gaseous and odour free. This product has an insulation value of R-5.7 and the surfact of it is fire retardant. It attaches easily to wood, brick or concrete and was very easy to install by ourselves. [...]
We salvaged some distressed pine bedroom furniture from a 5-star hotel in Whistler that was being updated. This included headboards, dressers, nightstands and hope chests which will be used in all of the bedrooms. Note the propane wall heater which can be used as back-up heating in the winter months. It is a Longvie model [...]
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We chose to go with reclaimed fir wood flooring supplied by TJ at www.simplymantels.ca Roman Leppert at www.ashardwood.com installed the flooring. The railings were installed by Tyler at Advanced Aluminum Railings and Design Inc. in Burnaby. Click on images to enlarge.
The Cyclone 24 volt ceiling fan (9.5 watts at full on…less when operating on lower speeds) along with a 24 volt dimmer switch was purchased form Kent at www.webstersolar.ca in Burnaby. This fan is positioned at the end of the hall in the basement suite. The Chalet 1800 free-standing wood burning stove in the great [...]
We installed a reconditioned 7.5KW Koehler propane generator supplied by Ron at www.power-west.com in Richmond, BC. The inverter and generator start in the basement mechanical room were supplied by Ralph at ralph@westcoastsolar.ca along with the photovoltaic solar panels. The Sun Frost 24 volt fridge www.sunfrost.com supplied by Lorne Bradley (Bradley Brothers) at Seymore Arm, BC. [...]