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	<title>reegle Blog&#187; Peter Richards</title>
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		<title>USTDA approves grant for CSP Tower development in Morocco</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Oujda energy conference on May 31st, under the auspices of the King and the Prime Minister, the director of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) and the United States government signed a grant agreement regarding the provision of technical assistance for a CSP Tower project. This is an interesting development for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morocco targets 28% of electricity generation from wind and solar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kingdom of Morocco is working hard to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. With current fuel imports at 95%, the country’s energy security is at risk. That’s why in November 2009, the King announced the Moroccan Solar Plan, a 2,000 MW solar target by 2020, augmenting an earlier target of 2,000 MW of wind by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADB to establish Solar Energy Forum in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Development Bank (ADB), based in Manila, is currently in process of establishing a non-profit organisation to promote and accelerate the uptake of solar power plants across Asia. Last week in Bangkok the first Preparatory Committee meeting was held focused on the new solar organisation’s charter and work programme. REEEP is one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Government Funds CSP Solar Projects in US and MENA Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last 15 days the US government made two announcements regarding the promotion of concentrating solar (CSP) technologies. Yesterday at the MENA Power conference in Cairo, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced three grants for feasibility studies regarding CSP projects in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. The Egyptian CSP project by Taqa Arabia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian Wind – Private Sector Begins to Blow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February 2008, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Energy approved an ambitious plan to produce 20% of total electricity from renewable energies by 2020, including a 12% contribution from wind energy. This translates into more than 7,200 MW of grid-connected wind farms. The plan gives enough room for private investors to play a major role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Cities – No Time To Lose</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week at the Meeting of the Minds summit in New York City, eighty of the world&#8217;s leading actors active in urban planning, city management and sustainable development met to discuss the future of cities. We now live in the ‘century of the city’. Since 2008 more than 51% of the world’s population live in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What exactly is a Smart Grid?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 21:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 is turning into the year of the smart grid. Company press releases, government announcements and new subsidy programmes for smart grid technologies are appearing everywhere. Many smart grid companies are focused on the transfer of information between households and utilities via wireless networks and the Internet. Essentially providing instant information on energy consumption to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chile – Renewable energy target attracts developers… even though there isn’t a green tariff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 09:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chile is by far South America’s most stable economy. As a growing economy, the country requires electricity to power GDP growth, however Chile has been facing energy supply problems since 2004 when Argentina began reducing natural gas supplies. Argentina’s cuts in natural gas (typically during the winter months of June, July and August) have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa to get 500MW in wind power</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 11:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November 2006, the UK Foreign Ministry offset their 2004 air travel emissions via CERs from a 10MW South African wind farm developed by Genesis Eco-Energy. Now more than two years later, Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a joint venture deal for the development of 500MW of wind power in South Africa. Mainstream&#8217;s founders are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Financing for Clean Energy in South Asia</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/increased-financing-for-clean-energy-in-south-asia.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes Bank Limited (YBL) is in process of establishing its first ever private equity fund for clean energy. The South Asia Clean Energy Fund (SACEF) is hoping to raise $200 million by this summer. According to YBL they have already raised $125 million, even with the constraints of a global recession. The fund is targeting [...]]]></description>
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