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Friday 4th September 2015
THE cost of producing electricity from renewable sources has been falling for several years. A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals renewables are competing on cost of production. The report provides in detail the contrasting costs for different power generation technologies around the world and shows that renewable ...
Friday 28th August 2015
ALMOST one billion dollars’ worth of climate-smart investments in Europe and Central Asia have been made in the latest fiscal year by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) The funding helps in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy production to spur sustainable growth. IFC committed ...
Monday 24th August 2015
RECENT data reveals that China’s coal production is reducing faster than their government predicted, reducing pollution and changing the nation’s energy future. Three agencies report on the continuing decline in use of coal during the first half of 2015. These are absolute drops in the coal consumed for power generation as ...
Friday 21st August 2015
THE International Energy Agency (IEA) have released provisional data about electricity production in the 34 members of the OECD for 2014 - revealing that renewables are catching coal. The report shows that production fell slightly to 10,712 TWh a decrease of 0.8% or 86 TWh compared to 2013. According to the ...
Monday 17th August 2015
THE International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Asia Green Capital Partners Pte Ltd, a renewable-energy developer and investment company are boosting renewable energy in Indonesia. The two organizations have taken steps in co-developing the first wind-power project in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province to help the country increase its clean-energy supply and stimulate ...
Friday 14th August 2015
THAILAND’S Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) yesterday approved an Energy Efficiency Plan to improve a previous energy-intensity saving target from 25% to 30%, saving an estimated Bt8.5 trillion ($241M). This Plan, reports The Nation, is in line with the current Thai national economic and social development plan, which was revised ...
Monday 10th August 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama announced last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan, which will cut carbon pollution from the power sector by 32 % below 2005 levels, in 2030. Power plants are the largest drivers of climate change in the United States, accounting for roughly one-third ...
Friday 7th August 2015
A new study reveal that U.S. Higher Education institutions accept that energy efficiency is key to fulfilling their core missions. The new study commissioned by Schneider Electric and the Alliance to Save Energy, found that almost 9 out of 10 respondents are expecting to increase or maintain energy efficiency investments next ...
Monday 3rd August 2015
TWO members of the U.S. Congress are looking to get nationwide energy standards accepted to tackle climate change. Peter Welch, representing Vermont, and Ray Luján, New Mexico, want standards for renewable energy and for energy efficiency to applied across all States. Their proposed legislation requires electric utilities to get at least 30% ...
Friday 31st July 2015
In the first six months of 2015, the European offshore wind industry installed more new capacity than in any other year on record as several projects reached completion and deployment of larger turbines increased. Installations in the first half of 2015 touched 2,342.9MW - tripling the grid-connected capacity for the same ...
Monday 27th July 2015
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €400 million to finance projects in Ukraine focussing on energy efficiency and other sustainable projects. EIB funds will support some 25 to 40 projects fostering substantial improvements in energy efficiency, including district heating, energy efficiency in public buildings, municipal lighting and will contribute to ...
Friday 24th July 2015
A new report predicts the market for solar photovoltaic (PV), the report also inlcudesw forecasts for capacity and revenue, segmented by region and country, through 2024. The report from Navigant Resarch has been produced following years of module oversupply and artificially low pricing, solar PV is expected to soon shift from ...
Monday 20th July 2015
A fund started just 12 months ago, in June 2014, to support green investment in Poland has achieved a capital commitment of €155 million. The Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund designed to finance and support sustainability investments in office and logistics achieved the amazing figure with support from several partners. After the ...
Friday 17th July 2015
ENERGY efficiency has made major strides in the US in the last 35 years, with energy intensity, the measurement of energy used per dollar of gross domestic product, down from 12.1 thousand Btus per dollar in 1980 to 6.1 thousand Btus per dollar in 2014. This is according to a major ...
Monday 13th July 2015
THE Aldersgate Group, an alliance of UK business, politics and civil society leaders, set out key policy priorities for the UK parliament to address to allow the country to meet its carbon targets in a new report. The report: "A Brighter, More Secure Future: Low carbon priorities for the new government" gathers contributions ...
Friday 10th July 2015
THE European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the first commercial wind power plant in western Montenegro. The EBRD is extending a secured loan of up to €48.5 million to finance the build and operation of a 72MW plant. In parallel, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH is matching the loan. This is ...
Monday 6th July 2015
THE U.S. Energy Department’s Better Building Alliance started a campaign to help cut energy consumption for businesses through the Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) Campaign. As part of the Campaign 18 organisations so far have been official recognised for leading the way in efficient outdoor lighting. In the past 12 ...
Friday 3rd July 2015
SINGAPORE’S government plans to reduce its greenhouse gas Emissions Intensity by 36% from 2005 levels by 2030. Singapore submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat today. Singapore’s INDC states its intention to reduce its Emissions Intensity by 36% from 2005 levels ...
Monday 29th June 2015
AS if Greece isn’t facing enough challenges, the European Commission if referring the country to the EU Court of Justice for failing to apply the bloc’s Energy Efficiency Directive. Under this directive EU Member States must meet certain energy saving targets from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. They must ...
Friday 26th June 2015
RENEWABLE energy and energy efficiency are competitive resources and should grow based on costs according to a new report. The report by the U.S. based Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE) states that in today’s marketplace renewables and energy efficiency will not only be cost-effective for compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Clean ...
Monday 22nd June 2015
TOP US environmentally aware organisation applauded the success of a group established by the US Department of Energy, to negotiate conservation standards for commercial air conditioning products. The Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) were delighted ...
Friday 19th June 2015
ASIA has made huge strides in developing clean energy over the last decade but boosting clean energy investment, energy efficiency, and innovation is needed to meet the challenges ahead. This was the warning from Bindu N. Lohani, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, as he referred ...
Monday 15th June 2015
A peak in global energy-related emissions could be achieved as early as 2020 and at no net economic cost, according to a report released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Agency showed how to achieve an early peak in emissions as one of four key pillars that it believes ...
Friday 12th June 2015
THE Irish government has awarded €18.6 million to 29 community energy efficiency projects that will benefit 2,435 homes and 400 public, private and community buildings. Irish Minister for Energy Alex White, revealed that the projects are expected to deliver lifetime energy savings of €140 million in the localities concerned. The grants are ...
Monday 8th June 2015
IKEA are making bold new commitments to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy and to support the communities most at risk. The IKEA Group and IKEA Foundation announced the €1 billion total, which is made up of an IKEA Group commitment of €600 million for investment in renewable energy and ...