+ 21.01.2013 + International effort to address mercury-a notorious heavy metal with significant  health and environmental effects-was today delivered a significant boost with governments agreeing to a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent emissions and releases.

+ 19.01.2013 + After a disastrous third quarter of 2012 featuring extremely low factory utilization rates across the entire photovoltaic (PV) supply chain, a surge in demand was seen in the final quarter of the year for PV modules.

+ 18.01.2013 + Google has begun 2013 with announcements of two significant investments to advance the future of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States.

+ 17.01.2013 + New umbrella organization for the further development of energy storage represents the growing sector and speeds up the development of a stable energy storage market in Germany.

+ 16.01.2013 + Fraunhofer and The University of British Columbia UBC in Vancouver, Canada will partner to jointly develop technologies for sustainable energy production and supply.

+ 15.01.2013 + China has announced it will join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a milestone in international efforts to double the share of renewable energy worldwide by 2030.

+ 15.01.2013 + The Global Atlas is the comprehensive information platform on the potential of renewable energy.

+ 14.01.2013 + Polymer film could be used in artificial muscle and to power micro- and nanoelectronic devices.

+ 11.01.2013 + Solar Frontier, in joint research with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), has achieved a world record-breaking energy conversion efficiency of 19.7% for cadmium-free, thin-film solar cells measuring approx. 0.5 cm2, as measured by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). It has been ten years since the previous record of 18.6% was set.

+ 10.01.2013 + WWEA supports Israel and the Israeli Wind Energy Association in its work of structuring the wind market.