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10 June 2009
National US organisations representing health, environmental and energy policy interests joined four national trade associations in calling for the restoration of the federal hydrogen and fuel cell research and deployment programme.
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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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9 June 2009
German listed solar photovoltaics company CENTROSOLAR's negotiations with financing banks and a new partner for its planned cell plant located near Porto, Portugal were brought to a successful conclusion, the company said, with the support of the Portuguese state. The continuation of Itarion Solar and the development of the new plant are thus assured. The opening of the first solar cell plant in Portugal is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010, according to a statement.
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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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29 May 2009
As financial markets deteriorated in October 2008, Solar Electric Power Association executive director Julia Hamm challenged the solar and utility industries to deploy solar power on a massive scale despite new economic barriers. SEPA, an organisation comprised of over 550 utilities and solar industry members, has also issued a report demonstrating how the industry has responded amidst a tough economic climate.
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28 May 2009
Global business leaders in Copenhagen for the World Business Summit on Climate Change have issued ‘The Copenhagen Call', a statement that sets out the elements business believes are required to forge an effective new global climate treaty.
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27 May 2009
Investment in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) this year will exceed €2bn ($2.58bn) and could be worth €20.8bn ($26.8bn). according to the latest report from Greenpeace, Global Concentrating Solar Power Outlook 2009, published jointly with the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association and the International Energy Agency's SolarPACES. The report outlines how CSP can meet up to seven per cent of the world's projected power needs in 2030 and a full quarter by 2050.
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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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20 May 2009
In this presentation from Juliet Davenport of renewable energy electricity supplier Good Energy group, she looks at the transmission and distribution issues of the UK renewable energy sector.
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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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5 May 2009
The emphasis placed upon building a green economy in President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment plan has sparked a wave of interest in the growing renewables sector, with solar continuing to be one of the forerunners.
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27 April 2009
The mounting interest from political quarters on the need to tackle climate change and dependency on foreign oil by ramping up the use of clean technologies has done little to protect cleantech companies and new technologies from the financial downturn, with many now fearing for their survival in an increasingly difficult fundraising environment.
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24 April 2009
UK renewables industry leaders welcomed Alistair Darling's Budget announcement of a package of measures to build a low carbon economy and further decarbonise electricity generation. The proposals include a potential £525m of new money through a review of the support mechanism for offshore wind.
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24 April 2009
California's adoption of a Low Carbon Fuel Standard jeopardises continued development of the advanced biofuels it is intended to promote, according to Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) executive vice president Brent Erickson.
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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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22 April 2009
In today's budget address, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced measures to support the UK's burgeoning green economy. These included £1bn in support of the fight against climate change and a commitment for the UK to cut CO2 emissions by 34 per cent by 2020.
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