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 be [...]

Against the background of the slow progress at COP15, two panel discussions organised by ClimateOne and REEEP highlighted the importance of sub-national states, provinces, cities and private business in meeting the climate change challenge. During the two discussions which were recorded for public radio in the United States, moderator Greg Dalton quizzed Governor Schwarzenegger, Huang [...]

The second day of the Vienna Energy Conference started today morning with a short summary of the key findings from yesterday which are split into two parts – the challenges we are dealing with and possible solutions.
The challenge is … that there is no single challenge! We are dealing with fundamental questions like energy security, [...]

Today the International Enery Conference 2009 started in Vienna covering the topics around Securing Sustainable Policies and Investments’ . The conference is very well attended (I think there are a lot more than the proposed 500 participants, I do not see a single emtpy chair in the conference room) and we already listened to the [...]

This year’s international Energy Globe television gala will serve as the opening event for the informal meeting of the EU environment ministers on 14 April 2009 in Prague.
Political VIPs from around the world will meet at the gala event in the realm of the Czech EU presidency: Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and EU [...]

Within the provisions of the South African Renewable Energy White Paper of 2003, the Department of Minerals and Energy undertook a mid-term review of its Renewable Energy Policy.  To this end, a Renewable Energy Summit (the Summit) was convened as part of a stakeholder consultative process which took place on the 19-20th of March 2009 [...]

I attended and spoke at the 3rd Renewable Energy Finance Forum on Central and Eastern Europe in Prague. The event was attended by about 120 delegates including project developers, bankers, private equity financiers, lawyers, renewables manufacturers and consultants.
The overall sense I had was that prospects are still positive but this is a difficult region to [...]

This years Energy Efficiency Conference “EE-Global 2009” will take place end of April in Paris and Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, Director of REEEP will moderate one of the executive sessions about “Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Competing or Complementary Technologies”. Often renewable energy technologies receive greater policy support than do energy-efficiency technologies therefore this session will feature [...]

Parlez vous Français?  This year’s Energy Efficiency Global Forum & Exposition (EE Global) being held in Paris, France April 27-29 is fast approaching. Coordinated by the Alliance to Save Energy in conjunction with a variety of international partners and sponsors, EE Global will prove to be a one of a kind event that focuses on [...]

Energy efficiency is often seen as the less glamourous cousin of renewable energy. But the fact is that in efforts to mitigate climate change, improving energy efficiency is by far the quickest and cheapest solution. Simple measures such as insulating a home or using more efficient light bulbs will directly reduce energy consumption and CO2 [...]