The global pulp and paper industry has substantially increased its use of woody biomass for energy in recent years, and was able to reduce its demand for fossil energy. The increased use of bioenergy by the pulp and paper industry now accounts for 18% of the total energy consumption by this industry sector. In fact, [...]
The Winter Olympic Games have kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, this week. The biggest of all sport events attracts thousands of people and usually there’s an increased demand for energy, which generally equals increased GHG emissions. The organizers of this winter’s games aim to make them the greenest ever. Winter sports depends ice and snow, [...]
11 Feb 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: Contributed News
GVEP International has just published a Policy Briefing on innovative finance mechanisms and how they could be used to scale up investments in low carbon technologies in Africa. The two case studies examined were presented at a DFID sponsored policy conference at Chatham House in London on 28th January. Large investments will need to be [...]
10 Feb 2010
by REEEP South-East-Asia and Pacific - Category: Regional News
Find below the most interesting news from the last months from South East Asia and the Pacific: Microfinance to promote renewable – Reducing fossil fuel dependence in the Pacific Islands The Pacific Renewable Energy and Microfinance (PREM) Project is looking for a small victory – to wean Pacific Islanders off kerosene. Although many poor people [...]
10 Feb 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: Events
Our partners from Leonardo Energy are just starting a new Training course on “Concentrated Solar Thermal Power”. Seville University holds a long tradition on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSTP) research. Its students become key players at research centers and solar energy departments of companies. One of the “fathers” of CSTP in Spain, Manuel Silva, will [...]
08 Feb 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: Regional News
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN: The Minister of Energy, Dipou Peters, has published the Integrated Resource Plan for energy. However, WWF-SA believes the plan has failed to take into account the most recent developments at Eskom (i.e. Eskom’s proposed increase tariff application and Eskom’s announcement that construction at Kusile has been postponed). See: http://www.fin24.com CARBON FOOTPRINT: It [...]