Feature Article

Any company wishing to sell solar collectors and systems worldwide must have its products certified in order to obtain whichever certificate is required in a particular region. This is a barrier to being active on the global marketplace. The requirements are now converging, however.

A recently renovated retirement facility in Canada will now benefit from the country's largest solar heating and cooling (SHC) installation. The system will cut electricity consumption roughly in half.

Baja California, Mexico, wants to become the first Mega Region energy warehouse-producing, storing and exporting renewable energy to the US and Canada.

Interview with Tobias Zwirner who has been the Managing Director of Phaesun GmbH since 2001 and is a Board Member of the "Alliance for Rural Electrification" (ARE), which has its headquarters in Brussels. It concerns itself with the 1.6 billion people around the world who not have an electricity connection, 80% of whom live in rural areas.

The author, who heads one of the oldest and premier institute/university of India, has given a very detailed round-up of the energy and environment issues. The impacts of various forms of energy on growth, pollution and global warming have been brought out. The measures that need to be taken and the urgency for use of new and cleaner technologies for infrastructure and industrial activities have been highlighted.

Micro-financed solar energy systems light up Bangladesh’s rural areas.

To know more click on to the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2403