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Cheering the COP results?

So here is our final update on COP in Durban. A great success… not really. The end of all hope…. Well, apparently not. See if you are convinced. Really, the Kyoto Protocol has been slayed after Canada, Japan, Russia and  the US declared no interest in continuing the treaty with mandatory emission targets (or even [...]

Prevent-reuse-recycle/recover

The European Commission‘s report on the EU’s performance in preventing waste and recycling it is giving some very interesting insights and I have researched some more facts on EuroStat.

Important suggestions-implement them now!

As a result of the December plenary on the medium term energy strategy session the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) tells the EU that it must thrive to implement more ambitious CO2 reduction targets while at the same time be cautious regarding energy competitiveness in the immediate future. New models of energy use and [...]

Conservative America ignores climate change

The US has, so far, been reluctant to sign any binding document limiting CO2 emissions such as the Kyoto protocol. With a change of leadership and some new legislation in the US under President Obama, many were hopeful that a change in policy towards climate change was viable.

Bioenergy Potentials in Europe

Finally, a year-long project has come to end: I have established the bioenergy potentials for 32 European countries for implementation into the reegle map! I have calculated the technical and theoretical potentials for these countries in regard to solid biomass, liquid biofuel and biogas. The study ‘Bioenergy Potentials in Europe’ is my diploma thesis marking [...]

China invests more in “new energy”

The State Information Center in China was cited that a “newly developing energy industries” plan involving $739 billion in investment through 2020 has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and will be submitted to the State Council for approval. Officials announced that such energy industries include nuclear, wind, solar and biomass energy, [...]

 

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