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A New Global Economic & Energy Narrative (Part One)
Internet technology and renewable energies are merging to create a powerful new infrastructure. Jeremy Rifkin explains how the five pillars of a third energy-communications revolution will create the foundations for the next great wave of economic growth [read more]
“Perfect storm" has arrived for efforts to reduce carbon emissions
Efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the UK and across Europe are facing a combination of factors strongly hindering investment in low carbon power generation and energy efficiency and promoting the burning of coal.Now who do you believe? Today, one British tabloid newspaper is reporting that the construction of gas power plants is “... [read more]
How to Go Green Without Going Crazy
Utilities worry about a lot of things, such as keeping the lights on, earning a return for investors, and making regulators and customers happy with their service.Now there is a new worry: How can they protect customers from what one utility refers to as “mental fatigue?”In this particular case, the utility raises the issue as it... [read more]
Assessing the Climate Talks — Did Durban Succeed?
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adjourned on Sunday, a day and a half after its scheduled close, and in the process once again pulled a rabbit out of the hat by saving the talks from complete collapse (which appeared possible just a few days earlier).... [read more]
Durban: Putting the Dust into the Dustbin of History?
This guest post, from Heather Libby in Durban, South Africa, provides a window in thinking as to the gap between the negotiating halls and people suffering from climate chaos a few miles away, the gap between putting happy faces on a problem and choosing to address climate change in a way to reduce its catastrophic impacts.... [read more]
MPG Ratings for Buildings: The Next Wave of Energy Efficiency
Similar to MPG ratings on cars, building energy ratings give the market a way to compare and value the energy use of buildings. A major new report highlights the enormous energy-saving potential of government policies that require buildings to be energy rated. [read more]
Support the Spreading of Intelligence - Key to the Low Carbon Revolution
The Intelligent Energy Europe programme of the European Union is due to be abolished in the coming budget round. But its valuable work must somehow be allowed to continue.Buried away on page 18 of a dry-seeming document published by the European Parliament three weeks ago - Pro posal for a Council decision on the system of own resources... [read more]
A Bright Future for Europe’s Power Sector in 2011?
At POWER-GEN Europe 2010, we conducted a poll of 60 power equipment and service providers and their customers and found that the majority (75 per cent) see a strengthening in market demand next year, despite the uncertainty surrounding international climate change regulation. However, only a tiny minority of respondents – just 1.5 per... [read more]
Guns, Garbage and Gas: A Sampling of COP16 Side Events
While most of my posts from CancĂşn have focused on the progress in the climate negotiations, that is only one element of the UN climate change conference. Each day there are dozens of side events where researchers and policymakers talk about specific responses to the climate crisis. This afternoon as the high level ministers delivered... [read more]
Eye on the Prize: China is Make or Break for Climate
Were the European Union to call for a deeper cut in carbon dioxide emissions, it would do little to stem the unrelenting increase in global emissions and is unlikely to have any effect on the international climate negotiations, according to the International Energy Agency. While Europe's negotiating position in international climate... [read more]
Can British communities claim renewable energy grants and the Feed in Tariff?
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has now confirmed that the feed in tariff (FIT) is compliant with European law on State Aid Rules. However it is still unclear as to what communities can claim to help them install renewable energy projects. Although the European Commission has said that grant recipients should not... [read more]
European Parliament approved new energy efficiency legislation for buildings
Strasbourg, 18 May 2010. On Tuesday MEPs approved the EU’s new energy efficiency legislation for buildings, which will help consumers to cut their energy bills and the EU as a whole to hit its climate change target of using 20% less energy in ten years’ time. Member States will have to alter their building codes so that all new... [read more]
A new EU target?
It is often the case that thought pieces on the future of climate change policy in the EU surface before formal publication. Such documents quickly do the rounds through various industry associations and the Commission then gets some early feedback on the reaction to the policy ideas. This has been the case in the last couple of weeks... [read more]
Europe’s Energy Position – Markets and Supply
The European Union has issued a publication entitled "Europe’s Energy Position – Markets & Supply", which provides an overview of the energy position of the EU with a close look at oil, gas, electricity market developments over the past two years, with an emphasis on the promotion of renewable energy source production capabilities.... [read more]
Europe’s Mayors pledge more energy efficient future
Reducing carbon emissions in towns and cities and making them greener and cleaner places to live. That is the stated aim of over 1600 Mayors from 36 countries when they met at the European Parliament on 4 May. Part of the “Covenant of Mayors” initiative it aims to put urban areas at the heart of 21st century cleaner energy. Opening the... [read more]
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Baby You Can Drive My (Electric) Car
Posted May 11, 2012 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Siemens develops ABS plastic alternative
Posted May 9, 2012 by Doris de Guzman
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Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
Posted April 30, 2012 by Willem Post
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Hidroenergia 2012
May 25, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland
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WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
June 4, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ecwatech 2012
June 4, 2012, Moscow, Russia
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Scott Edward Anderson is a consultant, blogger, and media commentator who blogs at The Green Skeptic. More »
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Global JOJOBAWORLD 2012
When: Fri, 2012-05-25 09:00
Hidroenergia 2012
When: Fri, 2012-05-25 09:00
NESCO Town Hall: Security Risk Management Practices for Electric Utilities
When: Wed, 2012-05-30 13:00
Ecwatech 2012
When: Mon, 2012-06-04 09:00
WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
When: Mon, 2012-06-04 09:00
2nd CSP Optimisation Summit
When: Tue, 2012-06-05 08:00
“Cities will need to be retrofitted, as a whole. There's much work to be done. Vertical farming and other forms of energy/space/agriculture integration will be necessary to further sustain how humans live on this planet.”
“David,Reserves, potential resources and production are not interchangeable, and apocalyptic statements that depend on conflating them are thus fundamentally flawed. Your cogent analysis makes this crucial distinction well. It just needs a bigger audience.”