Energy efficiency

US Led World in Clean Energy Investment for 2011 - The United States led the world in clean energy investment in 2011, overtaking China, new analysis from Pew Charitable Trusts shows. (Mat McDermott, TreeHugger)

Report: US Re-takes Lead In Clean Energy Race from China, But Not For Long - According to the
just-released report “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?”  from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the United States invested the most in Clean Energy of any country in 2011, retaking the lead from China, which had held the top sport for the last two years. (Tom Konrad, Forbes)

Zimbabwe: Green Business Indaba Begins Today - The inaugural Green Business Indaba opens in Harare today with high expectations that it will answer the call for the need for indigenous solutions to the threat of climate change. (All Africa)

Iceland's volcanoes to power UK homes - Next month Charles Hendry, Energy Minister for the UK, is scheduled to visit Iceland to discuss the possibility of tapping into its wealth of geothermal energy. (Jonny Williamson, Europe Business Review)

Dr. Chu on Profits, Horse Manure and Other Forces of Technological Change - Steven Chu, the secretary of energy, is optimistic about the future of renewable energy. (VINDU GOEL, The New York Times)

Rio+20

Partnering to Achieve Solutions: The Clean Energy Ministerial and the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative - In January 2012, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) to achieve universal energy access, to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and to double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix—all by 2030. (Clean Energy Ministerial Newsletter)  

Nigeria: Rio+20 and Country's Quest for Sustainable Development - Nigeria, like most developing countries has begun series of activities that would facilitate its active participation in the next global Earth Summit, the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference also known as the Rio+20 Summit schedule for Rio de Janerio in June. (Alex Abutu, All Africa)

Energy access

Rural Africa Looks Beyond the Grid - Economic growth, plunging PV prices and an improving business ecosystem could spark the long-awaited takeoff of off-grid renewables in sub-Saharan Africa. (Piers Evans, RenewableEnergyWorld)

Demonstration on low-cost solar pumpsets at Nitish's village today - CM Nitish Kumar seems to be a strong votary of green systems. (The Times of India)

India one of the top performing clean energy economies: Report - With India receiving $10.2 billion investments in clean energy, the country has emerged as one of the top performing clean energy economies in the 21st century, an eminent American non-profit organization said in a report. (Hindustan Times)

Renewable energy

Beyond Southern Europe's Solar Crisis - What Next? - It seems that Southern Europe’s PV sector cannot catch a break these days. (Christopher Coats, Forbes)

'Solar hydrogen cheap alternative to fuel, energy' - How about using solar hydrogen energy to generate electricity and run vehicles? (Naveen KumarNaveen Kumar, The Times of India)

Nigeria: Katsina 10 Megawatt Wind Power Plant for Commissioning in July - Nigeria's first ever wind propelled power project is due for commissioning in July this year in Kastina State, the Minister of State for Power, Arc. Darius Ishaku has said. (Yunus Abdulhamid, All Africa)

North Tyneside offshore centre creates 80 new jobs - Up to 80 new jobs are being created with the construction of a new offshore training complex in North Tyneside. (BBC)

Sustainable energy policy

West Bengal planning new renewable energy policy - "We are planning to bring in a policy on renewable energy. It will be a policy on co-generation and generation of electricity by using renewable energy sources," said M.K. De, principal secretary, department of power and non-conventional energy resources. (New York Daily News)

Angola: Country Attends Sixth Forum On Energy - The minister of Energy and Waters, João Baptista Borges, will head a team from his governmental department that will represent the country in the Sixth Germany/Africa Energy Forum, which will happen on 22-25 April, in the German cities of Hamburg and Hanover. (All Africa)

Clegg's hymn to green economy clears stage for Cameron's solo - The deputy prime minister's radical speech undermines 80 years of economic orthodoxy. But will the PM sing the same tune, or follow his sceptical chancellor? (Damian Carrington, The Guardian)