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		<title>New animation tool visualises trends in European countries over time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just issued a press release regarding the new reegle maps statistics and animation mode &#8230; I attached it below &#8211; would be great if some of the reegle blog readers pick that up and help us to increase the outreach of our clean energy search engine  
Screenshots first &#8230; then the Press Release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private sector initiatives turn India on to renewable energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With nearly half of its one billion citizens without a secure electricity supply, India faces many difficult social and environmental challenges as its economy develops in the new century. Currently over 40,000 villages and communities lack access to the national grid, suffering poor health, pollution, and poverty as a result.
Innovative local renewable energy solutions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Interactive Map illustrates rapid diffusion of renewable policies worldwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last decade hundreds of policies promoting renewable energies have been created worldwide. One of the greatest RE success stories is the worldwide deployment of feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) for electricity from renewable sources. Only ten years ago not more than 13 countries had enacted FiTs (see REN21 Global Status Report 2007) while today at least [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/new-interactive-map-illustrates-rapid-diffusion-of-renewable-policies-worldwide.htm#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Sustainable use of bioenergy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Standard Organization (ISO) is developing a new standard concerning sustainability criteria for the further development of bioenergy.  This is a response to the current lack of harmonized criteria. The new standard is thought to be a helping tool for governments in order for them to meet their national fuel targets. Biofuel is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bioenergy and the paper industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The global pulp and paper industry has substantially increased its use of woody biomass for energy in recent years, and was able to reduce its demand for fossil energy. The increased use of bioenergy by the pulp and paper industry now accounts for 18% of the total energy consumption by this industry sector.
In fact, many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold for Green &#8211; Olympic Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Winter Olympic Games have kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, this week. The biggest of all sport events attracts thousands of people and usually there’s an increased demand for energy, which generally equals increased GHG emissions. The organizers of this winter’s games aim to make them the greenest ever.
Winter sports depends ice and snow, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative finance for low-carbon development in Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GVEP International has just published a Policy Briefing on innovative finance mechanisms and how they could be used to scale up investments in low carbon technologies in Africa. The two case studies examined were presented at a DFID sponsored policy conference at Chatham House in London on 28th January.
Large investments will need to be made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/innovative-finance-for-low-carbon-development-in-africa.htm#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>News from South East Asia and the Pacific (February 2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Find below the most interesting news from the last months from South East Asia and the Pacific:
Microfinance to promote renewable &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/news-from-south-east-asia-and-the-pacific-february-2010.htm#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Concentrated Solar Thermal Power &#8211; A Training course on Technology in 5 lessons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our partners from Leonardo Energy are just starting a new Training course on &#8220;Concentrated Solar Thermal Power&#8221;.
Seville University holds a long tradition on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSTP) research. Its students become key players at research centers and solar energy departments of companies. One of the &#8220;fathers&#8221; of CSTP in Spain, Manuel Silva, will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Southern Africa (February 2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN: The Minister of Energy, Dipou Peters, has published the Integrated Resource Plan for energy. However, WWF-SA believes the plan has failed to take into account the most recent developments at Eskom (i.e. Eskom&#8217;s proposed increase tariff application and Eskom&#8217;s announcement that construction at Kusile has been postponed). See: http://www.fin24.com
CARBON FOOTPRINT: It is [...]]]></description>
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