BusinessGreen.com Most Read - 22 Jan 2010

Ener1 loses out in run-off for Fisker battery supply deal
Plug-in hybrid manufacturer selects A123 Systems as battery supplier for high-profile Karma

Solar industry prepares for German tariff blow
Shares in leading solar firms slip as reports claim German government will cut incentives by 16 to 17 per cent

Republican senator prepares move to block EPA carbon finding
As defeat in Massachusetts robs Democrats of their filibuster-proof Senate majority, senator Murkowski plans amendment to stop EPA regulating carbon emissions

Tide turning for UK renewables projects
Three new projects approved in Scotland as UK planning authority eyes growing list of large-scale schemes

Chief Scientist predicts "bottom-up" effort to tackle climate change
Professor John Beddington expects the failure of Copenhagen to increase focus on national and state-level climate change policies

US to tighten geothermal drilling rules amidst earthquake fears
Leaked documents suggest geothermal energy developers will be forced to monitor seismic activity more closely

California approves tough new green building code
New mandatory Calgreen building code will ensure new buildings improve energy efficiency, cut waste to landfill and curb water use

Obama's climate change plans attacked from all sides
Massachusetts election defeat and Republican plan to block Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon threaten to leave the president's climate change strategy in tatters

Chances of EU adopting 30 per cent emission target ebb away
Belgium proposes 25 per cent emission cuts as divisions block proposal for more demanding 2020 target

World's first ethanol power plant opens in Brazil
New twin turbine power plant boasts ability to switch instantly between running off natural gas and bio-ethanol