Initiatives News
Wednesday 5th October 2011
THE government of Thailand is in the process of completing their first national energy master plan, incorporating three current energy-related plans.
The new master plan, is to be completed over the next few months and will include a forecast of the country's oil and gas consumption.
Thailand's 20-year power development plan (PDP) ...
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Tuesday 4th October 2011
THE Green Deal Finance Company – an industry-led consortium investigating how to finance the best value Green Deal option for UK consumers is formed
An industry-led consortium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the business plan for a not-for-profit organisation, The Green Deal Finance Company (TGDFC), to finance ...
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Friday 30th September 2011
PAKISTAN continues to face an acute energy crisis which is hitting their economy, and the government needs to promote energy efficiency programmes - according Mahfooz Elahi.
Mahfooz Elahi is President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and his remarks were reported by Pakistan’s Daily Times. The claim is also serious ...
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Friday 30th September 2011
THE European Commission are getting tough with Italy, who have not followed the European Union’s (EU) legislation on the energy performance of buildings, with a demand for them to comply.
Buildings are responsible for 40 percent of energy consumption and 36 percent of EU CO2 emissions in the European Union. If ...
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Thursday 29th September 2011
IN an excellent article at FT.com by Sarah Murray the business case for improving energy efficiency is expertly argued and should convince decision makers that are lagging behind in energy efficiency.
Murray quotes the commissioner of Connecticut’s department of energy and environmental protection, Daniel Esty, as he explains the “market failure” ...
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Tuesday 27th September 2011
A CALL for the EU to reduce its emission reduction target to 25 percent, five percent more than currently set, through such measures as energy efficiency has been made.
The European Economic and Social Committee in an opinion on the European Commission's roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in ...
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Tuesday 27th September 2011
THE European Commission's top energy official has criticised EU member sates, reports EurActiv, for double language on Europe’s target to cut energy use by 20 percent by the end of the decade.
The head of the Commission's directorate-general for energy, Philip Lowe, criticised EU member state governments for obstructing binding rules ...
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Monday 26th September 2011
INVESTMENT by British business in energy reduction measures is in danger of grinding to a halt, new research has warned.
The research, commissioned by Ernst & Young, which polled board members in 250 of Britain’s leading companies, revealed that whilst the overwhelming majority of companies have invested in low cost measures ...
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Friday 23rd September 2011
THE GRAND Duchy of Luxembourg is to provide tax credits to encourage energy efficiency improvements to buildings.
Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Luc Frieden and Housing Minister Marco Schank recently unveiled the key details of various tax incentives.
Highlighting the environmental and economical aims of the new tax credits, Frieden explained that the Luxembourg ...
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Monday 19th September 2011
MALAYSIA has a new policy on energy efficiency in the final drafting stages ahead of being presented to the Cabinet.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, stated yesterday that such a policy is critical as many issues will be addressed by improving energy efficiency and identifying possible new sources ...
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Friday 16th September 2011
BRITAIN’S companies are "nowhere near" to meeting the challenge of climate change, according to the “Sustainable Business 2011: Reflecting on Progress” report.
The report assessing the sustainability performance of UK business was published Thursday, revealing that despite encouraging progress in many areas, UK firms are falling well short of achieving the ...
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Thursday 15th September 2011
A CONFERENCE to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, next January looks to address the importance of climate change finance and carbon markets for the whole of Africa.
Since carbon markets were first mooted and started, Africa has not seen the same level of benefits that were hoped for. Africa still ...
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Wednesday 14th September 2011
THE UK Government has been urged to cut VAT to 5 percent for all energy efficiency upgrades in buildings for businesses and homes under its proposed "Green Deal" scheme.
If the tax isn’t cut the “Green Deal” programme will fail to reach its targets, this is the warning from 27 different ...
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Monday 12th September 2011
GHANA’s Energy Efficiency Month, was launched Thursday in Accra and helped focus on the nations efforts to save energy, money and the environment.
Mr Kofi Wayo, a board member of Ghana’s Energy Commission (EC), revealed at the launch that the Commission aims to help the country’s industry and commerce to reduce ...
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Friday 9th September 2011
CHINA has issued a working plan to increase the country's energy efficiency by 2015, issued by the State Council, China’s cabinet, yesterday.
The plan reinforces China’s goal of reducing energy consumption by 16 percent for every 10,000-yuan unit of GDP by 2015 compared to the figure five years earlier. The plan ...
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Friday 9th September 2011
ELECTRICITY consumption amongst the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will likely increase by 2.5 percent per capita, annually until 2030.
A new white paper by Deloitte - entitled 'Energy on Demand: The Future of GCC Energy Efficiency' discusses energy and resources in the Middle East.
The white paper reveals the estimated consumption ...
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Thursday 8th September 2011
MINISTER of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, announced yesterday that the Government of Canada is investing $78 million over the next two years to improve energy efficiency.
The programme is intended to create jobs in the energy sector while saving Canada money, by improving energy efficiency in buildings, industries, vehicles and consumer ...
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Thursday 8th September 2011
THE burgeoning economy and growth in China will be slowed in the last quarter of the year by the country’s energy efficiency drive according to a government official.
Xue Jing, Director of the Statistics Department operating under the China Electricity Council, revealed the forecast today.
Xue explained that the Chinese steel sector ...
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Wednesday 7th September 2011
THE Japanese Government is to lift mandatory cuts in electricity consumption by large scale users ahead of schedule due to summers peak period passing and energy efficiency efforts.
Asahi Shimbun reports that restrictions on power use were lifted at the end of last week in areas hit by the March 11 ...
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Tuesday 6th September 2011
INTERNATIONAL real estate firm Savills estimate that over 700 million sq ft of UK commercial floor space may need to undergo an energy efficiency overhaul by 2018.
Savills reveal this estimate in their latest Opportunities In Green report. They also highlight that according to the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate ...
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Tuesday 6th September 2011
THE Massachusetts, U.S., Cities of Northampton and Pittsfield are looking to become regional leaders in energy efficiency.
Northampton’s Mayor, Clare Higgins, about to leave Office, plans today to launch the initiative "Northampton Leading the Way," to promote energy efficiency with businesses and residents.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports that the programme stems ...
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Friday 2nd September 2011
A NEW study released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) finds that energy efficiency can save the U.S. State of Missouri $6.1 billion in lower energy bills and create 8,500 new local jobs by 2025.
The study, the 10th in a series of state-level energy efficiency studies ...
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Friday 2nd September 2011
KENYA’S Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is about to introduce new regulations to reduce energy losses in industry, commercial buildings and large institutions.
The Commission is proposing Energy Management Regulations 2011, that will lead to the implementation of energy efficiency and energy conservation measures across these three sectors.
Eng Kaburu Mwirichia, the Director ...
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Thursday 1st September 2011
THE Kazakh President, Nursultan Nazarbayev has called on fellow politicians to give consideration to, and then approve, a bill increasing the nations energy efficiency and energy conservation.
Nazarbayev said to Kazakhstan’s Parliamentarians: "I ask you to effectively submit this important issue of energy conservation."
He cited the example of South Korean President, ...
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Monday 29th August 2011
AFTER Japan’s disasters in March they have looked to cut energy use, due to loss of generating capacity - but cuts to save energy can vary.
Apart from losing the Fukushima nuclear power plant, safety checks at Japan’s other nuclear power plants has greatly strained supply, and with a suggested move ...
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