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DAY TWO: World Future Energy Summit

January 18, 2011 by Klaus Willnow
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Today has been a very busy day at the Siemens booth, which really became a hub for visitors – some very much expected and some completely unexpected. This morning we welcomed several parties of local schoolchildren who we’d invited to learn more about the future of energy. They seemed to have lot of fun (and I hope learned a lot) as they... [read more]

Irish Lessons in Wind Power

January 18, 2011 by Damon Jones
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As more and more wind turbines have been installed and put into service the various asset owners have been gaining experience in some of the ins and outs of utilizing this technology for bulk power generation. One of the more interesting perspectives I have come across lately was articulated by Mr. Eamon Ryan, Ireland's Minister for... [read more]

The Electric Car Revolution Will Soon Take to the Streets

January 24, 2010 by Big Gav
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Yale Environment 360 has a look at the unfolding transition to electric vehicles - The Electric Car Revolution Will Soon Take to the Streets. Electric cars are a green movement that is finally moving. Shunted to the side as the public indulged its love affair with gas-guzzling SUVs and four-wheel-drive trucks, history has finally caught... [read more]

Signposts to Mexico

January 20, 2010 by Mildred Fernandes
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The IPCC’s Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the IEA and UN suggest what’s next after Copenhagen “What Copenhagen proves is that the world’s power balance has changed. This was not a negotiation of the G8 or white Anglo-Saxon males. When you have India, China and South Africa coming together, that reflects a new political reality.”  Day... [read more]

Middle East Plan to be Leader in Renewable Energy

January 19, 2010 by Mildred Fernandes
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Away from international headlines, Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading oil producer and exporter, took a significant step towards cleaner and greenery energy this week with the announcement that it would join IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency. Although it is not the first Gulf nation to join the fledgling body, the... [read more]

3rd World Future Energy Summit opens in Abu Dhabi

January 18, 2010 by Mildred Fernandes
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Tough talk as 98 government delegations, diverse stakeholders debate renewables in the heart of the hydrocarbon world Three years in, the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi is starting to live up to its name, bringing together heads of state, academics, researchers, financiers and consumers from South and East Asia, Europe, Africa... [read more]

The View from Abu Dhabi

January 21, 2009 by Arno Harris
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I've spent the last couple of days in Abu Dhabi at the World Future Energy Summit. The show is impressive for its size and for the high number of senior level executives and government officials in attendance. I came to spend time with investors and to explore opportunities here for Recurrent Energy's international expansion.As... [read more]

Abu Dhabi’s amazing clean energy bet

January 18, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Strange, isn’t it, that the biggest, most ambitious, most expensive clean energy project in the world, a zero-carbon, zero-waste new city called Masdar City, is going up in the oil-rich Abu Dhabi? Then again, maybe it’s not so strange.There are good reasons why the royal family than runs Abu Dhabi, the largest of the seven emirates that... [read more]