Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:10:02 +0100 (AP) - In this photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, wind turbines stand behind houses of the village of Feldheim near Berlin, Germany. This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a windswept corner of rural eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution. Yet environmentalists, experts and politicians from El Salvador to Japan to South Africa have flocked here in the past year to learn how Feldheim, a village of just 145 people, is already putting into practice Germany's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government passed legislation in June setting the country on course to generate a third of its power through renewable sources — such as wind, solar, geothermal and bioenergy — within a decade, reaching 80 percent by 2050, while creating jobs, increasing energy security and reducing harmful emissions.The goals are among the world's most ambitious, and expensive, and other industrialized nations from the U.S. to Japan are watching to see whether transforming into a nation powered by renewable energy sources can really work. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Wind turbines are seen in a wind park 23 km (14 miles) off the ...
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Wind turbines are seen in a wind park 23 km (14 miles) off the coast of Ijmuiden September 3, 2007. In these straitened times even the Dutch, whose very land was created with wind power, are finding the cost of offshore turbines too steep. The government has given priority to cheaper sources such as onshore wind, biomass and biogas, and hopes to attract private sector investors to co-finance more expensive renewable energy sources. Picture taken September 3, 2007. To match Feature DUTCH/WIND REUTERS/Michael Kooren/Files (NETHERLANDS - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Wind turbines are pictured at the Kahuku wind farm at Oahu's ...
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Wind turbines are pictured at the Kahuku wind farm at Oahu's northshore, Hawaii November 13, 2011. Asia-Pacific leaders pledged on Sunday to pursue more trade and support clean energy to counter "significant downside risks" to the global economy. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao(UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENERGY)
Motorcyclists pass by wind turbines developed by the state-owned ...
Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:20:05 +0200 (AFP/File) - Motorcyclists pass by wind turbines developed by the state-owned China Energy Conservation Investment Corp in Hebei province. China's wind energy turbine makers have said scrapping subsidies for the domestic sector will have little impact, even as US manufacturers hailed the move as a victory, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)
The blades of wind-turbines sit on a truck outside a factory ...
Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:50:35 +0200 (AFP/File) - The blades of wind-turbines sit on a truck outside a factory in Boading in China's northen Hubei province in 2010. China has stopped subsidies for makers of wind energy turbines, Washington said Tuesday -- declaring one victory in a series of trade complaints against Beijing at the World Trade Organization.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)
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