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Video: Roundtable discussion on transition to a clean energy economy
14 Nov 2011
by Florian Bauer - Category: Events
REIL – REEEP’s Renewable Energy and International Law Project held its first annual Roundtable in Cambridge in June 2011, with partners Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute and Cambridge University’s Center for Science and Policy. The REIL Roundtables bring together leaders across disciplines to share information and discuss ideas on the uptake of clean energy. [...]
Bloomberg New Energy Finance released their global trends for investment in renewables in 2011, here it is digested for you: Global investment in renewables jumped 32% in 2010, to a record $211 billion. It was boosted especially by wind farm development in China as well as small-scale solar PV installation on rooftops in Europe. Noteworthy [...]
Doctor turned hydro developer demonstrates energy needs in health
19 Sep 2011
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
A micro-hydro company that is to supply electricity to health centres in remote areas of Rwanda is a reminder of how critical energy access is for achieving the Millennium Development Goals – as the 2015 deadline approaches. But before the acclaimed universal access can be met, small energy enterprises in developing countries must overcome significant [...]
Investment trends in early 2011
31 Aug 2011
by Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
Given the rush to complete a number of big investment transactions in the closing weeks of 2010 – in some cases to “catch” attractive subsidy deals before they expired – it was little surprise that activity in the first quarter of 2011 was relatively subdued. Financial new investment in renewable energy totaled $31 billion, down [...]
Here is the next part of blogs on the REEEP SAP series for the 2012 energy encyclopedia, this time focusing on the current situation in Australia in terms of renewables and energy efficiency. The world’s smallest continent Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 40,000 years before European settlement began in the late [...]
REN21 released the 2011 Global Status Report on Renewable Energy
12 Jul 2011
by Florian Bauer - Category: News
As every year we all were waiting to receive the new Global Status Report on Renewable Energy from REN21. Since today it is available and a first look showed that REN21 again managed to produce a highly interesting report. The report shows that the renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, [...]
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