Desertec is such major visions that to me it always sounded like a dream of the far future – in fact it seems that Europe will import its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years!
European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger confirmed the plan after a meeting with energy ministers from Algeria, Morocco [...]
The EU Energy Conference in Dublin has focused on the implementation of a new energy mix this week. It is expected that the European electricity sector will begin to make deep cuts in carbon emissions from 2025 onwards.
In order to really achieve such cuts, it is crucial that policymakers and stakeholders set the course now, [...]
Recognizing that climate change is to a great extend water change, a new alliance has been formed on June 2nd at a side event at the climate talks in Bonn. Water is the primary medium through which the negative impacts of climate change will be felt. Many organizations such as the WWF and the Global [...]
During 2009, REEEP marked the fifth anniversary of its operation as a public-private partnership. In a new article for the 2010 edition of the Energy for Sustainable Development journal, REEEP has synthesised some of the key lessons learned from 129 projects that have been offered funding and moved to implementation.
The article, entitled Lessons for low-carbon [...]
07 Jun 2010
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
Energy for Sustainable Development (E4SD) has just launched a new complementary capacity building activity, aimed at promoting active dialogue and exchange of ideas to respond to key challenges related to energy for sustainable development.
Unlike the E4SD Online Course, the “Policy Dialogue” focuses on one specific topic at the time, which gets explored in greater depth. [...]
03 Jun 2010
by Binu Parthan (REEEP Deputy Director General) - Category: REEEP
I had the chance to visit two interesting companies last week in Shenzhen, a new metropolis in the Pearl River delta region of China which is a hub of economic activity in China. Shenzhen used to be a fishing village in the 70s, before it was turned into a Special Economic Zone and is located [...]