The event inspired Nihat Ergün, of Turkey’s Ministry for Science, Industry and Technology, to declare that the government will up its investments in renewable vehicles in coming years. Vague promises from the government. Though Ergün expressed enthusiasm for developing renewable energies at the TÜB?TAK MORE >>

People want to go green, and having a deregulated energy market makes it easy for them to choose an electricity supplier that only purchases energy generated by wind or other renewable resources. In the past, and in areas that have not yet embraced deregulation, the energy market was a government-controlled monopoly. It’s simple. MORE >>

is banking on wind energy to help meet its European Union target of deriving 15 percent of energy for electricity, heat and transportation from renewables by 2020. Government / Industry uk wind powerEmployment in the U.K. wind power industry has surged 91 percent in three years, the RenewableUK lobby group said today. The U.K. MORE >>

The state of Texas has attained their goal of getting 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity this year. According to a report filed with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas last week, Texas has 10,367 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, and generated 21,594,278 megawatt-hours of clean electricity in 2009. Bush in 1999. MORE >>

The government is paying for most of it, but private investors will need to finance the remainder. The government has committed to a five-year plan that will see it investing $36 billion in renewable energy to help it to become more energy independent and to stake its claim in the renewable energy market. MORE >>