Features: biomass/biofuel
13 July 2009
In a new report, UK business lobby organisation CBI has urged a significant shift in the direction of UK energy policy, warning that the current approach is hindering energy security and endangering the country's ability to meet climate change targets.
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29 June 2009
At its heart, the ongoing debate over energy and electric power centres on this simple question: How can we meet our power needs in ways that are economical, reliable and environmentally sound, writes R Daniel Brdar, chairman of the board and CEO of FuelCell Energy, Inc.
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19 June 2009
Energy and materials technology advances are likely to be centre stage in the world from an investment and basic research perspective, according to Russell Read, former CIO of CalPERS and CEO of green investment firm C Change Investment, in this presentation originally delivered at the Private Equity and Venture Capital Clean Energy Investor Forum.
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11 June 2009
The annual Survey of Renewable Electricity and Heat Projects in South West England, carried out by south west sustainable energy agency Regen SW, shows that heat from renewable sources has risen by 36 per cent to 56MW, while electricity from renewable sources has grown by just 2.89MW to 155MW.
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9 June 2009
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that the airline industry is committed to achieving carbon-neutral growth by 2020, according to Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's director general and CEO, in his State of the Industry address at the IATA's Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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4 June 2009
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has responded to the UK Government's consultation on the Carbon Reduction Commitment Order (CRCO) with concerns over how it will be implemented.
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2 June 2009
Private investment in energy innovation is vital, with commitments also required from corporations and public pension funds going forward, according to speakers and delegates at the NewNet Private Equity and Venture Capital Clean Energy Investor Forum.
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1 June 2009
The St James's Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium brought together scientists and leaders to concentrate on solving the climate challenge. This effort is an example of the growing worldwide awareness of the severity of the threat to our very way of life from a changing climate, according to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, here highlighting President Obama's commitment to improving America's energy policy and addressing the global climate crisis.
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21 May 2009
US President Barack Obama has proposed a new fuel economy standard for the US auto industry, improving the energy efficiency of all US automobiles to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, an increase of more than eight miles per gallon per vehicle. This will result in projected reduction in oil consumption of approximately 1.8 billion barrels, or, in the President's words, ‘more oil than we imported last year from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya, and Nigeria combined.'
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15 May 2009
In an interview with FOX Business Network, energy tycoon and wind investor T Boone Pickens predicted oil prices will hit ‘$70 before $50' and that oil will be at ‘$75 a barrel by the end of the year'.
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14 May 2009
While governments around the world implement legislation to encourage the use of renewable energy, one sector still continues to divide public opinion: biofuels. With the need to couple increasing energy demand with a slash in greenhouse gas emissions, the use of biofuel has continued to gain momentum, in particular biodiesel. However, fears that it could result in mass deforestation and pose a threat to crop supply for poverty-stricken countries has led to calls for its abandonment.
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13 May 2009
The EBRD is to trigger investments in sustainable energy projects worth up to €15bn in the next three years in its drive to finance the development of new sources of clean energy and to reduce energy wastage throughout Eastern Europe.
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23 April 2009
Speaking at a wind tower production facility in Iowa, US President Barack Obama laid out his vision for a new clean energy economy, independence from foreign oil, combating pollution and finally addressing the climate change problem that, according to him, has been neglected for decades in Washington.
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21 April 2009
Over the past four years, there have been more than 260 M&A transactions in the renewable energy sector. A new comprehensive guide to the industry prepared by commercial law firm CMS Hasche Sigle provides an annotated overview of the market situation and M&A strategies within the renewable energy sector.
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27 January 2009
As former COO at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy within the US Department of Energy, Paul Dickerson oversaw the US' programme for renewables and efficiency, with a budget of $1.8bn. Here, he discusses the outlook for clean energy in the US, the challenges faced for new technologies and what the incoming administration needs to do to push things forward.
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22 January 2009
President Barack Obama's inaugural address call to ‘harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories' signals a welcome commitment to renewable energy, according to Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) Industrial & Environmental Section.
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16 December 2008
What is the actual impact of hybrids? In this article from Vinod Khosla, he analyses hybrids, ranging from the conventional Toyota Prius to fashionable plug-in hybrids. The focus here is on highlighting the actual carbon emission reduction of hybrids (particularly vis-à-vis biofuels), and discussing the best possible solutions to reduce these emissions at a reasonable cost both in the near and long-term. We object to greenwashing (powered by large marketing machines) that obfuscate the facts that suggest hybrids can solve our problems.
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27 November 2008
With the US on the brink of change following Barack Obama's historic triumph in the presidential election, those in the clean energy space were left considering what this would mean for the US' burgeoning green economy. In a web video released last week for the Bi-Partisan Governors Global Climate Summit, the President-elect pledged new leadership to address global climate change.
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15 November 2008
When it comes to biofuels we have a few choices and options - we can do it poorly, with short-run approaches with no potential to scale, poor trajectory, and adverse environmental impact, or we can do it right - with sustainable, long-term solutions that can meet our biofuel needs and our environmental needs, writes Vinod Khosla.
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