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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 [...]
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 [...]
News from South East Asia and the Pacific (February 2010)
10 Feb 2010
by REEEP South-East-Asia and Pacific - Category: Regional News
Find below the most interesting news from the last months from South East Asia and the Pacific:
Microfinance to promote renewable – Reducing fossil fuel dependence in the Pacific Islands
The Pacific Renewable Energy and Microfinance (PREM) Project is looking for a small victory – to wean Pacific Islanders off kerosene. Although many poor people are not [...]
Tonga is a small island state in the South Pacific Ocean. Its main exports include Cocnuts, Vanilla Beans, bananas and coffe beans, sold mainly to New Zealand and the U.S. In the past the country has tried to satisfy its energy needs by drilling for natural oil in regions that experts didn’t regard as suitable. [...]
News from Southern Africa (January 2010)
13 Jan 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: REEEP, Regional News
What happened recently in Southern Africa? Our Southern Africa Regional Secretariat put together a short list of the most important new from the region:
Electricity: Cabinet has approved the Integrated Resource Plan (IPR), formulated under the Electricity Regulation Act, and it will guide government on how it can meet the country’s electricity demands. see: http://www.buanews.gov.za
Air pollution: [...]
CDM must work to promote low-carbon energy
REEEP position: classify all renewable energy and energy efficiency technology projects additional
There is little dispute that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is in urgent need of reform. The entire concept of additionality, where a project must show that it yields an outcome that would not otherwise have happened, is [...]
Edie Lush interviewing Dr. Osterkorn, DG of REEEP in Copenhagen
18 Dec 2009
by Florian Bauer - Category: REEEP
In Copenhagen alongside the COP15, Dr. Osterkorn (Director General of REEEP) gave an interview describing REEEP’s role in the climate change environment.
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 [...]
I am sure most of you will be in Copenhagen for the next one or two weeks, therefore I thought it might be useful to tell you where we (REEEP) will be and which events we plan to do. It would be great to see you in Copenhagen and have a chat with some reegle-blog [...]
News from South East Asia and the Pacific (October 09)
28 Oct 2009
by Maaike Göbel, REEEP South East Asia and Pacific - Category: REEEP, Regional News
Find below the most interesting news from the last month from South East Asia and the Pacific:
Clean Diesel Opportunities in Pacific Island Countries
ReEx Capital Oceania prepared a report on the promotion of clean diesel efficiency technologies and fuel switching to biofuels (CNO), including: Catalyst and other efficiency improvements technologies, [...]
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