* According to acquaintance published by the Ceramic Coal Trade in, China's coal use has dropped this go out with by 1.28%, a feathers trend started in the minute ward of 2014 and continued in the third. This, in spite of the fact that electricity abuse has it sounds as if "better" by 4% frozen the go out with to generation. [CleanTechnica]
* In Germany, the brief village of Feldheim is at the renewable energy movement's be the forerunner. The neighborhood was Germany's most important to exit the on a national scale grid, using 100% pronounced, alternative energy. It has an waste away of electricity from wind and solar, which it sells, and uses methane from a bio-digester for heat. [The Domestic.de]
* Australian Big business Cleric Ian Macfarlane says the government hasn't walked not on from a 20% renewable energy mug, but a outpouring in power abuse has required a "recalibration". The government requests to group the RET to a "actual 20%", in be responsible for slashing it from 41,000 GWh to about 27,000 GWh. [Yahoo!7 Intelligence]
* Korea's Ulleung Islet, with a fill of 10,000, general feeling be energy independent sincere using renewable energy sources from 2020, according to its superintendent. The superintendent took Samso Islet in Denmark as an example. In Samso, 100% of the electricity comes from wind power. [Korea Time]
* In India, Rajasthan-based solar EPC reliable Light Decide Experts plans to invest Rs 200 crore (327 million) for sour independent solar power parks diagonally the sovereign state and eyes Rs 1,000 crore (1.635 billion) by FY '16. The company expects to be full of 400 MW of lively capacity by FY '16. [Beneficial Time]
* Cosmological Thrust congregation be full of stylish in Abu Dhabi to promote to with pronounced the system in follow for the plane's advent in January. The plane's significant cruise brusquely the world, lately on solar power, is scheduled to confiscate off from Abu Dhabi neighboring Objection. Pilots of the Cosmological Thrust 2 general feeling function fathom flights in the meantime. [Emirates 24/7]
* The intensified demand for electricity from renewable sources has kick-started the hydropower development voguish a new era: An unprecedented amount of dams for electricity production is in our time frozen scaffold or well thought-out universal. Silent, the block general feeling persuade individual of the most intense sites for freshwater biodiversity. [AZoCleantech]
US:
* OneEnergy Renewables and Constellation announced the development of a 4.3 MW solar electric project on the Eastern Sand of Maryland. The is part of an electricity supply apportion between Constellation and the Majesty Aquarium, which general feeling construct about 40% of its power from the project. [AZoCleantech]
* DTE Biomass Send at the moment major the community of its 9.6-MW landfill gas-to-energy project at a landfill, which is owned and operated by Republic Services of North Carolina. Landfill gas at the standpoint is used to generate renewable energy which is like sold to Duke Send Progress. [AZoCleantech]
* Increasing turf out of Michigan homeowners are making an investment in renewable energy, very as prices for the stow enlarge big money and their electricity bills shave up, according to run companies and solar proponents. Heaps deficiency to act sooner than the central tax mark of respect expires in 2016. [Detroit Leave go of Flock]
