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News Archives - 2008
February
Global Wind Energy Capacity Increases 27% in 2007
March
Europeans Add Their Unique Style to Green Cars at Geneva
Report: Four Key Clean Energy Markets Increased 40% in 2007
Automotive X Prize Purse Set at $10 Million
April
Scotland Offers $20 Million Prize for Ocean Energy Innovations
Two Proposals Aim to Pipe Natural Gas from Alaska
First Large Building-Integrated Wind Turbines Spin in Bahrain
May
Nissan to Sell an Electric Vehicle in the United States in 2010
Mississippi State University Wins the Challenge X Competition
DOE and Portugal to Cooperate on Wave Energy
June
World's Top Energy Ministers Launch Energy Efficiency Effort
Global Oil Production Fell by 0.2% in 2007, Says BP
Forty Teams Compete in Solar Boat Race in the Netherlands
DOE and Volvo Extend Fuel-Efficient Truck Partnership for 3 Years
July
EIA: World Energy Use to Grow 50% by 2030
American Le Mans Race Cars to Compete to be the Greenest
G8 Leaders Commit to 50% Cut in Greenhouse Gases by 2050
Clean Energy Partnership Launched for Island Nations
Ford Shifts Towards Smaller, More Fuel-Efficient Cars
August
LEDs Help to Bring Color and Light to the Beijing Olympics
United States, Australia, and Iceland to Promote Geothermal Energy
September
Intercontinental Flight Demonstrates Fuel-Saving Technologies
October
Honda Hybrid and Smart EV Unveiled at Paris Motor Show
World's First Wave Energy Project Goes Commercial
Investment Outlook Mixed for Clean Energy Technologies
U.N. Environment Programme Launches Green Economy Initiative
November
European Union to Place Emissions Cap on All Flights in 2012
Slumping Carbon Allowance Prices May Stymie Market Growth
Dropping Energy Prices Offer Good News for U.S. Consumers
Global Effort Needed to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Says IEA
December
Scotland Offers $15 Million for Viable Wave or Tidal Technologies
EIA: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increased by 1.4% in 2007