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Friday 12th April 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama is proposing a sizable increase in the countries clean energy budget, improving support for energy efficiency, clean transport, renewable power and other "green" technologies. The money for the increase will come from eliminating tax breaks and subsidies to fossil fuel producers, the oil, gas and coal industries. ...
Thursday 11th April 2013
THE European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) announced the launch of a new Europe-wide project to improve energy efficiency in the chemical industry, particularly for small and medium sized companies. The ‘Sectoral Platform in Chemicals for Energy Efficiency Excellence’ (SPiCE3) project, co-funded by the European Union (EU), aims to boost energy efficiency ...
Wednesday 10th April 2013
UK retailer Marks and Spencer aims to be the worlds greenest store chain by reducing energy consumption by 35 percent per square foot by 2015. One strategy they are about to start is swapping out less energy efficient T5 wall lights for low energy LED in over 170 stores across the ...
Tuesday 9th April 2013
RUSSIA’S been playing catch up with the rest of Europe but now Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a state energy efficiency and energy sector program development for 2013-2020. The Russian Government Press Service revealed: "The goals of the state program are the reliable provision of fuel and energy resources to ...
Monday 8th April 2013
THE Fijian Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, wants the nation to reduce it’s vulnerability by looking at ways of reducing Fiji’s fuel import bill through improved energy efficiency. A report in The Fiji Times also carries the words of the Fijian Department of Energy director, Peceli Nakavulevu, stating that twenty eight percent ...
Friday 5th April 2013
THE energy efficiency sector in Thailand shows that a robust governmental lead aligned with access to international funding can combine to develop an energy efficient economy. This is the conclusion reached by Louise Brown and Athena Ballesteros in an article on GreenBiz.com, where they report that in the early 1990's, Thailand’s ...
Thursday 4th April 2013
UK Energy Intensive Industries have agreed to commit to stretching energy efficiency improvement targets to 2020 as part of the voluntary Climate Change Agreements (CCA) scheme. The agreement, which started yesterday, will deliver an overall 11 percent energy efficiency improvement across all industry sectors by 2020 against agreed baselines and provide ...
Wednesday 3rd April 2013
THE U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that they are accepting applications to provide assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Funding has been made available from USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to keep the focus carrying out its mission, ...
Tuesday 2nd April 2013
THE European Commission last week took the first step towards developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies, with an adoption of a Green Paper launching public consultations. The consultation will be in the content of the 2030 energy framework. The Commission also adopted a report assessing Member ...
Thursday 28th March 2013
THE Malaysian Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry is completing its energy efficiency strategy with the aim to launch it in the middle of the year. The Ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Loo Took Gee said at a press conference: “We’re reviewing the numbers to ensure the target rates are realistic to further ...
Wednesday 27th March 2013
The interim Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bulgaria, Marin Raykov, has issued direct orders for measures to improve the countries energy efficiency. A working group is to be set up and take charge of devising energy efficiency programs to run from 2014 through to 2020. The energy efficiency ...
Tuesday 26th March 2013
THE Philippines’ Business Mirror reports the potential savings from one government department through improving energy efficiency. According to Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran an energy efficiency audit at the Philippines’ Department of Finance’s (DOF) headquarters recently revealed that more than P360 million ($8.8m) in cost savings could be enjoyed through energy efficiency ...
Monday 25th March 2013
NEW analysis underlines that the UK’s business and industrial sector is losing £3.7 billion annually through wasted energy. The ‘Energy Efficiency Financing’ (EEF), a ‘pay as you save’ lending scheme, supported by Siemens and the UK’s Carbon Trust, supplied the analysis revealing how much is being lost through poor energy efficiency. Data ...
Friday 22nd March 2013
IN its annual State of the Industry report, the U.S. Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) report that employment in the energy efficiency field is expected to increase in 2013. The report, based in part on a survey of members of the association and interviews with industry thought leaders, found that ...
Thursday 21st March 2013
SOFIA news agency novinite.com report that Bulgaria's caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Ekaterina Zaharieva, wants to improve energy efficiency in the country. She said that efforts need to be made on drafting a common program for increasing the energy efficiency of all industrial, commercial, ...
Wednesday 20th March 2013
$40 Billion needs to be spent annually to be able to fulfill the future energy demands for Africa according to one African energy expert. Currently less than a quarter of this amount is being invested states Professor Mosad Elmissiry, head of Energy Programme for The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), ...
Tuesday 19th March 2013
A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) highlights 16 policies that would remove barriers in the U.S. to investments in energy efficiency. The report, 'Overcoming Market Barriers and Using Market Forces to Advance Energy Efficiency', provides the U.S. Congress and state policymakers with a road map ...
Monday 18th March 2013
ACCORDING to a new report The Australian Cleantech sector employs 53,000 and has a revenue of AUS$29 billion making it larger than the countries automotive industry. The report, “Australian Cleantech Review 2013” published by Australian CleanTech, reveals that the cleantech sector, including energy efficiency, renewable energy and carbon trading, employs five ...
Friday 15th March 2013
THE Romanian Association to promote Energy Efficiency (ARPEE) reckons the country has the potential to substantially reduce energy consumption by 2025, according to a report by Romania-Insider.com. The ARPEE claim that the savings could reach up to EUR 7.4 billion or an equivalent of almost 6 percent of Romania’s GDP, according to ...
Thursday 14th March 2013
THE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the list of cities which had the most Energy Star certified buildings in 2012. The list highlights how commercial buildings owners and managers across the country are taking action on climate change while delivering real financial savings to the bottom line. “Through their partnership ...
Wednesday 13th March 2013
THE UK government completed its Green Deal energy efficiency scheme, with Greg Barker, Climate Change Minister, releasing £244 million of funding to the non-profit Green Deal Finance Company. The Finance Company will provide funding for businesses and homes looking to improve energy efficiency. BusinessGreen reports that the details of the agreement ...
Tuesday 12th March 2013
THE Pennsylvania, U.S., Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $290,010 in grants to help 36 small businesses across the State to invest in energy-efficiency projects. “Since 2004, DEP has invested $7.5 million in 1,756 small businesses statewide,” DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. “We are committed to investing in energy and pollution-saving ...
Monday 11th March 2013
NEW Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) reckons that the countries businesses are losing out to the tune of NZ$1.6 billion in energy savings through not improving energy efficiency. The Business General Manager of the ECCA, Ian Niven, claims many New Zealand firms felt too stretched financially and believing they ...
Friday 8th March 2013
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) and Exim Bank signed a €150 million loan for financing investments, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in India. The EIB loan will make long term financing available for investments that contribute to climate change mitigation implemented by both public and private sector companies. The operation ...
Thursday 7th March 2013
ENERGY efficiency needs to take the foreground as it will reduce the need for generating capacity across the Arabian Gulf according to columnist Tanzeed Alam writing in the Khaleej Times. Alam highlights how much is being spent on renewable energy, with almost every country in the Gulf Cooperation Council setting renewable ...