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The newest report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in cooperation with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a clean tech analytics firm, shows that the combined impetus of stimulus funding, feed-in tariffs (FiTs) and renewable portfolio standards (RPS) generated a record $211 billion globally in 2010 in renewable energy investment.
A June 2011 report, the joint effort of Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Danish firm Vestas Wind Systems (VWDRY.PK) is aimed at identifying which corporations have voluntarily purchased significant amounts of renewable energy technologies, and which may be “greenwashing” their image.
GTM Research, the analytical and investigative arm of Greentech Media, recently delivered a report on the status of thin film solar in the solar energy marketplace.
Opel, the ailing European unit of General Motors, is considering launching an electric car designed for city use.
"We are thinking about a small electric vehicle," Nick Reilly the president of General Motors Europe told Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
A recent analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) shows that European Union Member States are on course to achieve the goal of 20% renewable energy use by 2020.
In March a Porsche 911 GT3 featuring an innovative hybrid drive will make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show.
SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq:SPWRA) has agreed in principal to buy SunRay Renewable Energy for US$277 million.
Electric bicycles are no longer a fringe form of transportation.
The global market for electric bikes has blown up the last decade. The boom has been spurred by China where the number of electric bikes has skyrocketed from a few thousand in the 1990s to 120 million.
