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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 [...]
Global Trends in Green Energy 2009: New Power Capacity from Renewable Sources Tops Fossil Fuels Again in US, Europe
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 [...]
Sustainable energy international award winners announced
09 Jul 2010
by James Smith (REEEP Community Facilitator) - Category: News
Organisations promoting clean energy around the world have been honoured at an awards ceremony in London.
The Ashden Awards announced the winners of its 2010 Sustainable Energy Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society on 1st July.
Presenting the awards, Sir David Attenborough said:
“These award-winners are champions at delivering practical ways of [...]
Policy & Regulatory Review on China and Chinese Provinces
07 Jul 2010
by James Smith (REEEP Community Facilitator) - Category: News, REEEP
A special review on China and the status of renewable energy in its provinces has been launched recently by the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) at REEEP’s Wilton Park Conference 2010.
SERN operates as a sub-network of REEEP for those involved in energy regulation. Each year, it publishes an annual review of energy [...]
CEN-CENELEC and ETSI, the European Standardisation Organisations, are working to develop a common charging system for electric vehicles. Critics of electric mobility have long been claiming that the lack of charging points is one of the main short-comings of e-cars.
South Asia Low Carbon Platform (SALCP) launched
05 Jul 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: Contributed News, News
Our partners from Sussex University recently launched the South Asia Low Carbon Platform (SALCP). SALCP is a new knowledge-sharing platform for low carbon energy and low carbon development for India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The aim of SALCP is to disseminate and share information on low carbon energy systems and low carbon development strategies that reduce [...]
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 [...]
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