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	<title>reegle Blog&#187; DIREC</title>
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		<title>Capacity building for renewable energy in rural areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bunker Roy, the founder of the Barefoot College in Tilona, gave a whole new meaning to Mark Twain’s famous quote: don’t let school interfere with your education. Today, at DIREC 2010, during the Capacity Building session, he shared with us an amazing model of teaching essential skills for the rural poor. Their approach is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Track 2 Policy &#8211; Renewable Energy Scenarios</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ulrike Lehr</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A panel of five experts (Hans Jorgen Koch, Danish Energy Agency, Julien Pestiaux, European Climate Foundation, Paolo Frankl, IEA, Sven Teske, Greenpeace, Dr. Kirit Parikh, Planning Commission, India, Dr. Karsten Sach, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany) led by Dr. Eric Martinot, (Institute for Sustainable Energy politics) discussed the future development and scenarios for RES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green jobs, higher energy security, GHG mitigation &#8211; can the benefits of RE justify the costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ulrike Lehr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNIDO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The side event was supported by the German Federal Environment Ministry. It hosted a panel of four speakers, Dr. Mario Ragwitz ( Fraunhofer ISI, Germany) and Dr. Ulrike Lehr (Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung, Germany) who presented two studieson the costs and overall economic benefits of increasing renewable energy in the past and gave a future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report from the Inaugural Plenary of DIREC 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/report-from-the-inaugural-plenary-of-direc-2010.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/report-from-the-inaugural-plenary-of-direc-2010.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pledges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 26th October 2010 the DIREC 2010 conference was opened by the Inaugural Plenary Session in New Delhi. Honorable President of India, Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressed the Opening Plenary Session and stated that Renewable energy is an important component of India’s energy planning process leading to the development of one of the largest and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On-site report from the Solar Water Heating Side Event @ DIREC</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/on-site-report-from-the-solar-water-heating-side-event-direc.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/on-site-report-from-the-solar-water-heating-side-event-direc.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REEEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Osterkorn, Director General of REEEP, participated in the Solar Water Heating event, co-organised by the MNRE and TERI. The afternoon event included several sessions and interesting presentations on this most effective technology. In her welcome speech, Dr. Osterkorn stressed the importance of awareness raising and necessary government involvement in promoting the introduction of SWH [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Water Heating Systems: Global Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/solar-water-heating-systems-global-perspectives.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/solar-water-heating-systems-global-perspectives.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reegle.info/?p=5285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rekindling the commitment to derive learnings from the global programmes and accelerate penetration of solar water heating systems in India under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), in association with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and UNDP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access to energy from renewables in small islands</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/access-to-energy-from-renewables-in-small-islands.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/access-to-energy-from-renewables-in-small-islands.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRENA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REEEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tonga]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reegle.info/?p=5283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Region covers 15 countries with 9 Million people scattered around an area with 1/3 of the planet, and this area is very difficult for providing energy services because: Geographic conditions vary widely The Pacific market is very thin Limited capacity exists to devise and implement sustainable energy policies Extreme weather events are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REEEP and ESMAP highlight low-carbon successes</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/reeep-and-esmap-highlight-low-carbon-successes.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/reeep-and-esmap-highlight-low-carbon-successes.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REEEP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reegle.info/?p=5281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Underlining the overall DIREC theme of how to upscale and mainstream renewable energy technologies, the official side event hosted by REEEP and ESMAP (the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, a multi-donor program hosted by the World Bank),  highlighted four successful renewable energy projects, drawn from a variety of settings. These included urban and rural, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REEEP Pre-DIREC Consultation Report Highlights Importance of Solar</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/reeep-pre-direc-consultation-report-highlights-importance-of-solar.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/reeep-pre-direc-consultation-report-highlights-importance-of-solar.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REEEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Solar technologies are widely seen as the most appropriate for expanding access to energy, according to a global REEEP-conducted survey of 232 energy stakeholders conducted in the run-up to the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010). In his welcome address to some 1500 assembled guests at the DIREC opening plenary, Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REN21 releases Indian Renewables Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/ren21-releases-indian-renewables-report.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/ren21-releases-indian-renewables-report.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIREC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REN21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[India has great potential to accelerate use of endowed renewable resources in powering its growing economy with a secure and affordable energy supply. The Government of India recognizes that development of local, renewable resources will be critical to ensure that India is able to meet both economic and environmental objectives and has supported the development [...]]]></description>
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