http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com What will tomorrow bring us? Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:34:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-power-in-europe/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-power-in-europe/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:27:12 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3208 Europe is currently the largest market for solar energy in the world. Nine of the 15 largest solar markets are located in Europe. Just last year, European PV installation was good for 20.9 GW, which is over 75% of the global total solar PV installed (total: 27.7 GW). ]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-power-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/india-shows-biggest-growth-in-green-energy-2011/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/india-shows-biggest-growth-in-green-energy-2011/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:58 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3204 According to new analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, India showed the biggest growth in green energy last year. India’s investment in green energy amounted to 4% of the world’s total investment in green energy in 2011.]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/india-shows-biggest-growth-in-green-energy-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-opens/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-opens/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:23:11 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3200 The Walney offshore wind farm, currently the largest wind farm in the world, has opened. The wind farm is located 14 km off the coast of Walney island in northwest England. At 367 MW it is the largest offshore wind power project in the world at the moment. The wind farm supplies enough electricity to power 320,000 households. ]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-opens/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solarreserve-reaches-construction-milestone-for-worlds-largest-molten-salt-solar-tower-plant/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solarreserve-reaches-construction-milestone-for-worlds-largest-molten-salt-solar-tower-plant/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:41:18 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3195 Last week, SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, announced completion of the 540-foot solar power tower for its 110 megawatt (MW) Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant in Nevada, United States. Utilizing the most advanced solar thermal technology worldwide, the Crescent Dunes Plant will be the nation’s first commercial-scale solar power facility with fully integrated energy storage and the largest power plant of its kind in the world.]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solarreserve-reaches-construction-milestone-for-worlds-largest-molten-salt-solar-tower-plant/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/renewable-energy-plays-an-important-role-in-reducing-poverty/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/renewable-energy-plays-an-important-role-in-reducing-poverty/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:51:03 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3213 Poor people in rural areas often have no access to electricity at all. Figures from the International Energy Agency show that over 1.3 billion people in the world have no access to electricity. Almost all of those people (95%) live in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia.]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/renewable-energy-plays-an-important-role-in-reducing-poverty/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-energy-improves-education-in-east-africa/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-energy-improves-education-in-east-africa/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:48:22 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3191 A project, done by SolarAid, shows that the installation of solar panels on schools in rural areas has a significant effect on education. The charity released a video which documents the remarkable impact that solar energy can have on education and the performance of students. ]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-energy-improves-education-in-east-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/india-solar-projects-get-bids-from-firms-all-over-the-world/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/india-solar-projects-get-bids-from-firms-all-over-the-world/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:21 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3175 According to an executive of the agency in charge of buying electricity from solar projects, India has received bids from 154 companies]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/india-solar-projects-get-bids-from-firms-all-over-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-power-reduces-poverty-by-introducing-computing/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-power-reduces-poverty-by-introducing-computing/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:44:59 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3186 Many people in rural areas do not have access to national electricity grids. Due to the lack of electricity, because of their remoteness, these areas have little to no option of a better future. However, off-grid renewables, like solar power, can be placed in rural areas to improve living conditions and create many possibilities to reduce poverty in these regions. ]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/solar-power-reduces-poverty-by-introducing-computing/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/fornature-participates-in-the-realization-of-the-first-100-sustainable-office-in-the-netherlands/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/fornature-participates-in-the-realization-of-the-first-100-sustainable-office-in-the-netherlands/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:20 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3179 The first 100% Cradle to Cradle office in the Netherlands is a fact. On Friday the 11th of November 2011 (Dutch Sustainability Day) the opening of the new BSH head office on Park 20|20 in Hoofddorp took place. Fornature took care of a major part of the interior of this completely sustainable building.]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/fornature-participates-in-the-realization-of-the-first-100-sustainable-office-in-the-netherlands/feed/ 0 http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/state-of-california-approves-solar-contract-with-high-cost/ http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/state-of-california-approves-solar-contract-with-high-cost/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:45 +0000 Greener Tomorrow http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/?p=3171 While solar is becoming competitive with non-renewable energy sources, do we always have to choose renewables above non-renewables? California regulators had the same question last week, when they approved what they acknowledged to be a pricey contract for Abengoa Solar to sell power to Pacific Gas & Electric. ]]> http://www.tomorrowisgreener.com/state-of-california-approves-solar-contract-with-high-cost/feed/ 0