29 Jul 2008
by Lauri Kinnunen (www.energy-enviro.fi) - Category: Contributed News
Currently, less than 4 percent of the EU’s electricity consumption is met by wind power, but the wind has potential to meet 28 percent of the demand by 2030, according to the European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind). In its Strategic Research Agenda TPWind presents a vision in which wind energy covers 12-14 percent of [...]
22 Jul 2008
by Peter Richards - Category: REEEP
At the annual REEEP-Wilton Park event last week, more than sixty representatives of business, government and climate negotiators met to discuss climate change and energy security post-Bali. This was the first time that REEEP invited climate negotiators to the event . Business typically does not have access to the inner circles of Kyoto climate negotiations.
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In preparation for a big Green Press Conference in August 2008, Andrew Mannle, Mike Ratner and Paul Johnston premiered “The Green Radio Show” end of June with a roundtable meeting of Media, experts and grass roots activist.
Because there is a lot of conflicting information, misinformation, and changing information in the green space, the Green Press [...]
The Energy Globe Award has extended its deadline until 21.06.2008 for submitting projects. I would like to invite you to participate in the Energy Globe 2008 as I think it is a real great opportunity to promote good projects and create awareness for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects all around the world.
The Energy Globe [...]
I heard last week from Glynn Morris of Agama that Doug passed away. We knew for the past six weeks that Doug was fighting with cancer of the liver and knew that he was in his final stretch but I didn’t think it will be so soon. REEEP had great expectations from a project run [...]
08 Jul 2008
by Lauri Kinnunen (www.energy-enviro.fi) - Category: Contributed News
The Group of Eight countries want to work with the nearly 200 states involved in U.N. climate change talks to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a draft communique obtained by Reuters ahead of its formal approval. Mid-term goals also would be needed to achieve the shared [...]