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A large test series has finally come to an end in which the Solar Impulse airplane has shown what it is made of. The plane has been designed to fly around the world only by using solar energy to fuel itself and it seems to be working quite well. The plane successfully completed a test flight of 87 minutes at an altitude of almost 1,200 meters thanks to the 12,000 solar cells.

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The Australian government has put itself to the test by releasing its first national Energy Resource Assessment. The report shows that at the moment hydro energy is the largest renewable energy placed in Australia. But it also stated that the other renewable energy types (such as wind and solar energy) are gaining more importance.

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The North Sea is set to be the scenery for a huge European electricity super-grid which is already in planning. The 10 leading companies in the branch gathered to announce a new group which will act to make governments in each country support the super-grid plans.

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At the moment we are living in a world where renewable energies are gaining more and more importance. The renewable energy branch is gaining growth and developing better ways of producing and using energy every day. Because of the recent developments some might come to the conclusion that fossil fuels already are a thing of the past and that it won´t take long before all cars etc. are powered with renewable energy. The CEO of Saudi Arabia´s national oil company Khalid Ali-Falih doesn´t see it that way.

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All around the household there are opportunities to save energy and to save money. Ever since the energy prices have started crawling upwards the market has found different ways of saving energy and it is these markets that are now booming more than ever.

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Scientists all over the world have been working on different ways to save energy. They have developed cars that use less fuel and solar energy collectors to produce electricity for the household. But a big problem for many green people is the fact that there aren´t many ways of being green while you are on the move. The big plus of all renewable energy gadgets have been the fact that they make the consumer independant.

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The north-east of the UK is going to be the home of a huge project involving wind energy. Japan´s Mitsubishi is planning on investing £100 million to make a huge wind energy plant. The plans of the massive wind energy company is going to create hundreds of jobs in the environmental technology sector and this would give the UK a huge boost towards fulfilling their goals for the EU renewable energy levels.

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It is a well known fact that Spain and Germany are the two leading European countries in the fight for the most Megawatts of solar power within each country. But although other countries such as the United Kingdom are not moving along as fast as they should, Europe as a whole is stil estimated to fulfill its renewable energy goals.

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The President of Solar Impulse and the Pilot of the modern solar aircraft is Bertrand Piccard. He will be presenting his amazing project in Abu Dhabi at the end of January in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Center. Many different Swiss companies from the renewable energy sector will be meeting to showcase the newest developments in renewable energy technology. None of these products and new inventions come close to Piccards solar flying aeroplane.

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While the United Nations are discussing the future of the Earth and the climate change, nine countries in Europe have decided to make the first step toward a large offshore wind energy project.

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