Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:00:03 +0200 (AFP) - Investment in renewable energy last year amounted to a record 211 billion dollars, a rise of 32 percent over 2009 and 540 percent over 2004, a UN-backed report said on Thursday.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
A windfarm is seen near Palm Springs, California in 2006. Renewable ...
Mon, 09 May 2011 19:20:03 +0200 (AFP/File) - A windfarm is seen near Palm Springs, California in 2006. Renewable energy could meet nearly 80 percent of the world's energy needs by mid-century and play a crucial role in fighting global warming, the UN's climate scientists said Monday.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)
An employee makes a final check on a solar panel at the Renewable ...
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:10:10 +0100 (AFP/File) - An employee makes a final check on a solar panel at the Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) factory in Singapore in November. A US solar panel maker Wednesday said it will build a $300 million factory in Vietnam, boosting the country's efforts to reinvent itself as a hub for high-tech manufacturing.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)
The United States launched a renewable energy initiative to ...
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:50:26 +0200 (AFP/Getty Images/File) - The United States launched a renewable energy initiative to boost biofuel production to create jobs, lessen the effects of climate change and wean the country off oil imports, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (pictured in September) said at the National Press Club on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)
Ecuadorean Minister of Nonrenewable Natural Resources Wilson ...
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:05 +0200 (AFP) - Ecuadorean Minister of Nonrenewable Natural Resources Wilson Pastor speaks during a press conference in Quito. OPEC member Ecuador will renegotiate dozens of foreign oil contracts with the aim of bringing in 85-90 percent of the revenue for itself, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/Rodrigo Buendia)
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