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News from Southern Africa (September 2010)
08 Sep 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: Contributed News
CTI PFAN Project Development & Financing Workshops for AFRICEF
Three Project Development & Financing Workshops for the shortlisted projects, participating in the CTI PFAN Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF), were held in May 2010 in Kampala (21.05), Maputo (24.05) and Johannesburg (26.05). The workshops were designed by CTI PFAN to [...]
Video Transcript from the Compendium of Best Practices launch event @ Yale University
06 Sep 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: Events
A few months ago, I published an article in this blog on the Compendium of Best Practices: Sharing Local and State Successes in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from the United States, in which state and local governments share the key elements of their programs, lessons learned and what [...]
Geothermal Energy Could Help Diversify The Global Energy Mix Says ESMAP Expert
31 Aug 2010
by ESMAP - Category: Contributed News
The utilization of hot steam from geothermal resources to generate electricity has the potential to diversify the global energy mix and enhance all our efforts to address climate change and global warming, says Magnus Gehringer, Senior Energy Specialist at the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). “Our dependence on fossil fuels has lasted too long [...]
Walter Kohn, Ph.D., a Nobel Laureate, expects direct wind and solar power to become the world’s main sources of energy over the next decades. The last decade has already seen an increase of factor 90 for solar and factor 10 for wind energy.
This new Sol/Wind era is brought about by the need to satisfy our [...]
REN21’s annual report 2010 shows: Number of Countries with Renewables Policy Targets and/or Promotion Policy almost doubled since 2005 – from 55 to more than 100 by early 2010
22 Aug 2010
by REN21 - Category: Contributed News
On 15 July 2010, the ’Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’ (REN21), which aims at facilitating policy development for the rapid expansion of renewable energies in developing and industrialised economies, released the ‘Renewables 2010 Global Status Report’, the 5th edition of its annual flagship publication.
What is the purpose of the REN21 Renewables Global [...]
I just read a new publication from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies called “From Silos to Systems: Issues in Clean Energy and Climate Change” which I would like to recommend to all of you. It is a comprehensive report on the work of the Renewable Energy and International Law (REIL) Network of the [...]
While counties across the world are dithering about climate mitigation, India is getting ready to launch its Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
At the moment, India produces less than 5 MW of solar power a year. Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, India aims to generate 1.000 MW by [...]
I am happy to announce that reegle became the official blog for DIREC 2010 and we therefore will be able to provide you in-sight information about the conference and do some live-coverage during the event. I am very much looking forward to attend this great event and inform you on the latest development in upscaling [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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