News from May 2015
Friday 29th May 2015
DESPITE a few recent success stories, clean-energy progress is falling well short of the levels needed to limit the global increase in temperatures to no more than 2 degrees Celsius.
This is the conclusion of the International Energy Agency (IEA) tracking report presented this week at the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting ...
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Friday 22nd May 2015
SIGNIFICANT progress has been achieved towards modern energy access, increased energy efficiency and renewable energy, but much more effort is needed according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
To achieve the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative goals by 2030 so much more will need to be achieved, according to the ...
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Monday 18th May 2015
THE Government of Tajikistan intends to develop an electricity transmission line to supply hydropower to span four countries.
The ‘Central Asia-South Asia’ (CASA 1000) project, will supply hydropower to Tajikistan itself, but also to the Kyrgyz Republic along with exporting green energy to power hungry Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Tajikistan Government and ...
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Friday 15th May 2015
THE Armenian capital, Yerevan, with 1.1 million inhabitants, a third of the nation’s population, uses up a the lion’s share of the country’s energy - particularly through old and inefficient street lighting.
With combating climate change, improving the economy and well being of the citizens the European Bank for Reconstruction and ...
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Monday 11th May 2015
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen for New Hampshire has introduced a bill that would reduce operating costs for hospitals, universities and manufacturing plants through energy efficiency.
Shaheen was the co-author of the recent energy efficiency bill passed in the U.S., and has now introduced the Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology (HEAT) Act, ...
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Friday 8th May 2015
A concerted push for clean-energy innovation is the only way the world can meet its climate goals claim the International Energy Agency (IEA) as it released its flagship energy technology report.
Energy Technology Perspectives 2015 , shows that despite a few recent success stories, clean-energy progress is falling well short of ...
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Friday 1st May 2015
ONE in five UK business people admit that they don’t understand their commercial energy bill, according to a new survey by utilitywise.com.
The survey also revealed that 60% of UK business people didn't understand that E or A readings on their bille stood for 'estimated' or 'actual', whilst a quarter (25%) ...
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