RECHARGE Offers Global RE News
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In a time when print media hangs on by the thinnest of threads, a new renewable energy news source is bucking the trend. RECHARGE, a weekly newspaper based in Oslo, Norway, is now online, offering news and information on all sectors of the global renewable energy industry. For us here in the United States it offers easy access to RE happenings in Europe and around the globe.
RECHARGE allows you to search by energy source, business area, and region. There you will find news on events and innovations in wind, solar, biofuels, wave/tidal, hydropower, and geothermal energy. Local offices are located in Stavanger (Norway), London, Houston, Rio de Janeiro, and Singapore.
The resource is in line to compete with such RE mainstays as Renewable Energy World as well as more source-specific publications like PV World. A short study of the RECHARGE website reveals their pitch to web surfers and potential subscribers — a user-friendly, all-in-one, quick-click approach to renewable energy news.
If there’s one thing I can give RECHARGE credit for off the bat, it is their apparent success at covering all the bases before coming online in early 2009. It is literally a brand new publication, but one that already has offices, and resources, worldwide. RECHARGE is published by NHST Media Group in Norway. It looks as if the renewable energy news arena has another quality entry.
Have a look and tell us what you think!
Posted on June 11th in Solar Information by Dan.
June 11th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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