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Masdar broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen, Germany. The plant will use advanced production technologies to bring PV closer towards grid parity. The $230 million (EUR 150 million) German plant marks the first phase of Masdar’s $2 billion (EUR 1.3 billion) investment in thin-film PV manufacturing, one of the largest investments ever made in solar.
Aug 12th 2008 |Economist.com The value of new investment in sustainable energy reached $148.4 billion in 2007, an increase of 60% from the year before. Investments have grown at around the same rate or higher since 2004, according to a study from the United Nations and New Energy Finance, a research firm. Apr 30th 2008 | Washington, RenewableEnergyWorld.com SUNRGI has released details about its new patent-pending solar system that could make it possible to produce electricity at a wholesale cost of US $0.05 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), according to the company. Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics (XCPV) can concentrate the equivalent of more than 1,600 times the sun's energy onto solar cells. Turning green?
Apr 30th 2008 | NEW YORK From Economist.com
DO VOTERS worry more about climate change, America’s dependence on foreign oil or the cost of filling their petrol tanks? The last may well be the most pressing. Hearts and Minds Programme
The Hearts and Minds safety programme (Energy Institute) was developed by Shell Exploration &Production in 2002, based on research with leading universities since 1986, and is being successfully applied in Royal Dutch/Shell Group (Shell) companies around the world. SAN FRANCISCO, USA, May 4, 2008. (International Herald Tribune) They drive hybrid cars, if they drive at all, shop at local stores, if they shop at all and pay off their credit cards every month, if they use them at all. IEA calls for more work on energy use
BERLIN , Germany , November 5, 2007 [(Refocus Weekly)]. Some developed nations are not on a path to a sustainable energy future, warns the International Energy Agency, despite some positive developments.
Renewables to supply 70% of world energy by 2100, says WEC
LONDON, England, October 29, 2007. By 2100, 15% of world energy consumption will come from oil, gas, coal and nuclear, while solar thermal and photovoltaic will supply 70%, according to the World Energy Council.
Renewables need market forces and carbon pricing, says UK government
LONDON, England, October 29, 2007. Market forces and an explicit price for carbon will boost the uptake of renewable energies for green power, green fuels and green heat, concludes a report from the British government.
U.S green power increases 10.6%
WASHINGTON, DC, US, October 29, 2007. The retail price of electricity in the United States increased by 9% last year, but GHG emissions declined due to increases in generation from wind, nuclear and hydroelectric facilities.
World Bank raises funding for renewables by two-thirds WASHINGTON, DC, US, October 29, 2007. Funding for renewable energies from the World Bank Group has risen to US$1.4 billion.
Scotland approves world's largest wavefarm
ORKNEY, Scotland, UK, October 25, 2007. The Scottish government has given planning permission for the world’s largest generating capacity wave farm.
Solar thermal jumps one-third in U.S
WASHINGTON, DC, US, October 22, 2007. Total shipments of solar collectors in the United States increased 29% last year from 2005, reaching 20.7 million square feet in 2006 and boosting the ten-year total to 118,026 million square feet. WEO 2007: Global Energy demand to increase with 50% by 2030
According to the World Energy Outlook 2007: If governments around the world stick with existing policies – the underlying premise of the WEO Reference Scenario – the world’s energy needs would be well over 50% higher in 2030 than today. World’s First 100% Biodiesel-Fueled Jet Takes Flight in NevadaCarol Sugars and Douglas Rodante of Green Flight International piloted the world’s first jet fueled by 100% biodiesel this fall. The historic flight in a Czechoslovakian-built L-29 out of the Reno-Stead Airport was made in partnership with Nevada-based Biodiesel Solutions, Inc. One of the world's leading premium hotel chains has introduced a programme to trim energy and water costs and help the environment by reducing carbon dioxide emissions across properties in the Middle East and Africa. 
• Energicon obtains European certification for energy consultancy and auditing.
• Energicon Endorses Lexan films and Lexan roofs from GE / SABIC.
• Energicon integrates USGBC and LEED codes in its Energy consultancy procedures.
• Energicon gives interview regarding BIPV systems in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. • Energicon completes its target of going paperless in all its offices. • Energicon adds Carbon Footprinting for organisations that desire to reduce their carbon footprint. 
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