Green Options » czech republic http://greenoptions.com/tag/czech-republic Posts tagged 'czech republic' Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Spanish Solar Company SOLARIG Building 8 PV Parks in Italy http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/31/spanish-solar-company-solarig-building-8-pv-parks-in-italy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/31/spanish-solar-company-solarig-building-8-pv-parks-in-italy/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:15:24 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/31/spanish-solar-company-solarig-building-8-pv-parks-in-italy/
SOLARIG, a company based in Spain that incorporated about four years ago, just began construction of eight photovoltaic parks in Italy this month. The parks will provide 8 MW of energy in total. Over the next few months, it plans to construct photovoltaic projects producing 30 MW throughout different regions of Italy.

But this is just the beginning. SOLARIG has a more global vision.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/31/spanish-solar-company-solarig-building-8-pv-parks-in-italy/feed/ Green Buyers, Taxes based on Environmental Friendliness, and Carbon Footprint Labels on Products in the EU http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/17/green-buyers-taxes-based-on-environmental-friendliness-and-carbon-footprint-labels-on-products-in-the-eu/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/17/green-buyers-taxes-based-on-environmental-friendliness-and-carbon-footprint-labels-on-products-in-the-eu/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:57:34 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/17/green-buyers-taxes-based-on-environmental-friendliness-and-carbon-footprint-labels-on-products-in-the-eu/
In the results of a “Eurobarometer” survey recently released by the EU, we can see some progression in the evolution of green consumerism. EU citizens are taking the environment into account when purchasing products, according to the survey. They are also interested in putting carbon footprint labels on products. And what about green taxes?

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/17/green-buyers-taxes-based-on-environmental-friendliness-and-carbon-footprint-labels-on-products-in-the-eu/feed/ The EV Infrastructure chicken-and-egg problem: Resolution http://gas2.org/2009/07/07/the-ev-infrastructure-chicken-and-egg-problem-resolution/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/07/the-ev-infrastructure-chicken-and-egg-problem-resolution/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:11:49 +0000 Richard Lowenthal http://gas2.org/2009/07/07/the-ev-infrastructure-chicken-and-egg-problem-resolution/ Coulomb Technologies

Coulomb Technologies was founded in 2007 with the mission to ensure that anyone who is considering the choice to buy an electric vehicle will have adequate access to fuel for the cars.

In the US there are 247 million cars but only 53 million home garages, meaning that a lot of electric vehicles will need to be fueled outside the home garage. Exacerbating the situation, according to studies at UC Davis, 80% of owners of electric vehicles will want to charge more than once a day.

It comes to this: we need charging opportunities where our cars are parked when we sleep and when we work. Since Coulomb’s founding, much as been written regarding the “chicken and egg problem” with infrastructure and vehicles. Will people buy electric vehicles if they don’t have a place to charge them, and conversely, will anyone buy infrastructure if they don’t see cars?

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/07/the-ev-infrastructure-chicken-and-egg-problem-resolution/feed/ Solar: Is the Czech Republic the Next Spain? http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/19/solar-is-the-czech-republic-the-next-spain/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/19/solar-is-the-czech-republic-the-next-spain/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:00:33 +0000 Jennifer Kho http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/19/solar-is-the-czech-republic-the-next-spain/

Think of the Czech Republic and you’re more likely to think of beer, castles or Kafka than solar power. But the Eastern European country is one of the world’s fastest-growing markets, says Jenny Chase, a senior associate with London-based research firm New Energy Finance.

The country installed 50.8 megawatts of solar power last year, up dramatically from only 3 megawatts in 2007, she says. The bulk of that capacity — 31.5 megawatts — got installed in December, which represented more than fivefold growth from the 5.81 megawatts installed in November.

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