News from September 2015
Monday 28th September 2015
THE 193-Member United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development last Friday, along with a set of bold new Sustainable Development Goals.
UN members set a goal to release $100 billion annually to tackle climate change by 2020. With the plans including plans energy efficiency improvement goals.
The ...
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Friday 25th September 2015
LEASING has become an ideal way to invest in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technology as the cost savings generally cover the lease payments.
With this in mind it is good news for Polish small and medium enterprises (SME) that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a ...
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Monday 21st September 2015
70 financing institutions have pledged to increase energy efficiency investment and develop business strategies that save energy and reduce carbon emissions.
The 70 institutions range from regional and microfinance institutions to national and global banks from over 20 countries have vowed to step up this specific financing.
They made their pledge at ...
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Friday 18th September 2015
ENERGY efficient lighting and air conditioning units have been received by the Tonga government to help improve the island’s energy efficiency.
The devices were supplied today with the help of the People’s Republic of China’s and will help with Tonga’s Climate Change program to reduce the reliance on imported energy sources. ...
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Monday 14th September 2015
THE UK government should move away from green taxes which penalise businesses and instead use tax incentives to reduce carbon according to a major new industry report published today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation.
The report, ‘The Low Carbon Economy – From Stick to Carrot’ forms EEF’s response to the review ...
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Friday 11th September 2015
34% of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) annual investment in 2014 provided for sustainable energy and climate finance
The EBRD’s engagement in support of sustainable energy has passed a new milestone: for the first time the Bank’s investments in renewables overtook those for thermal power generation.
Between 2006 ...
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Monday 7th September 2015
THE U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a report showing that threats to tribal energy infrastructure are expected to increase as climate change impacts extreme weather conditions.
Inline with this the DOE also announced a $6 million grant opportunity to establish clean energy projects and energy efficiency projects on Indian ...
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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 ...
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