DUBLIN has lost out to the Kent port of Sheerness, which won an investment in a new wind turbine factory from Danish manufacturer Vestas
PRICES OF rare-earth materials used in clean technologies increased 300 to 700 per cent in the past year, according to the US Advanced Research Programs Agency
BP HAS purchased oil clean-up machines made by a company owned by US actor Kevin Costner
ANALYSTS Ovum say the global video-conferencing industry will be worth €2.6 billion by 2016
NEW YORK mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to build solar energy parks on old landfill sites in the city
THE EU is considering paying fishermen to clean up the plastic pollution in the oceans
THE WORLD’S largest carbon capture project costing €855 million will be built in Canada to capture 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year
SAMSUNG PLANS to build a massive €4.8 billion green industrial park in Korea over three phases from 2021 to 2040 on a 401sq km site on reclaimed tidal flats
EVENTS DIARY
June 2011
1st-2nd: Energy Ireland;Croke Park Conference Centre; energyireland.ie
8th-10th: Intersolar Europe;Munich; greenpowerconferences.com
22nd-23rd: Annual Conference of European Ocean Energy Association; Brussels;greenpowerconferences.com
