I am happy to announce that reegle became the official blog for DIREC 2010 and we therefore will be able to provide you in-sight information about the conference and do some live-coverage during the event. I am very much looking forward to attend this great event and inform you on the latest development in upscaling [...]
25 Jul 2010
by Denise Recheis - Category: News
Last Thursday The Financial Times, Le Monde and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published an article which set out possible economic benefits that could be achieved by increasing the EU’s target of 20% to a more ambitious 30%. Ministers of the UK, Germany and France laid out their visions for simultaneously increasing those targets and achieving better [...]
Europe’s ecological footprint is currently more than twice its regenerative capacity. The issue has been discussed by EU ministers at an informal meeting in the Environment Council and it was concluded that if we don’t manage to use the materials we have in sustainable way we won’t be able to succeed in achieving a resource-efficient [...]
22 Jul 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 on “Policy Developments”, “Project Developments “, “Access to Finance”, “Energy for All” and “Information and Tools”: Policy Developments: June Special Forum Energy Ministers Meeting on Pacific energy security: Concerned about the impact of energy prices on Pacific economies, [...]
19 Jul 2010
by Guest Author - Category: Contributed News
Researchers at Purdue University are working on a new research project that promises the potential to cut heating bill in half for folks who reside in very cold climates. The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, builds on previous work that began about five-years ago at Purdue’s Ray W. Herrick Laboratories.
16 Jul 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: News
REN21 yesterday released its annual publication, the Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, together with its twin report – UNEP’s annual Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010. In 2009, for the second year in a row, both the US and Europe added more power capacity from renewable sources such as wind and solar than conventional [...]