energy legislation Articles
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Social, economic and energy changes in Bulgaria
Nowadays life in Bulgaria is under the influence of the processes connected with the election returns recently held for the 39th National Assembly and President of the Republic. Indisputably, this has an effect on the terms and structure of legislation, as well as on the fulfilment of numerous decisions by the executive, including those that refer to strategic tendencies of energy ...
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Environmental versus fiscal considerations in taxing energy
There are good reasons to be cautious about integration optimism with respect to energy taxation, i.e. that environmental and fiscal considerations can support each other. Energy taxes are vulnerable to criticism from an environmental point of view, among other things, energy tax legislation has been amended repeatedly and many tax components are narrow-based, leading to environmental ...
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Energy policy in Latvia
The paper shows the energy policy of Latvia as a part of the national economic policy. It describes the situation in the Latvian energy sector's legislation, and discusses the measures for energy conservation policy and the tendencies of the main character parameters in the energy sector.Keywords: energy, policy, consumption emissions, overview, ...
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Companies turn on to automated PC turn-off
New report confirms that automated energy saving systems will expand rapidly in response to increasing energy costs and environmental ...
By Vital Energi
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Inconsistent US Energy Legislation Depresses U.S. Domestic Economic Recovery
As new energy standards and regulations are enacted across the globe in an effort to address the rising costs of energy production, the declining availability of fossil fuels, and the environmental impact of energy production, some of the traditional leaders in lighting industries are finding themselves hard pressed to maintain competitiveness. With lighting accounting for a significant portion ...
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Energy efficiency in Norwegian households - identifying motivators and barriers with a focus group approach
This paper describes the theoretical background and results of a focus group study on determinants of energy related behaviour in Norwegian households. 70 Norwegians between 18 and 79 years of age participated in eight focus–groups in four Norwegian cities. The aim of the study was to identify behaviours that Norwegians consider relevant with respect to energy use, the main determinants of those ...
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Greening business: Green grows the opportunity
China´s prodigious economic growth and galloping resource demands are often portrayed as an eco-threat. Now, business and investors are waking up to the huge commercial opportunities presented by China´s sustainability challenge, writes Nick Robins. ´The rapid rise in world energy costs, increasing import dependency for energy and the emergence of new carbon markets has generated real demand ...
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Hydrogen civilisation concept: historical and all-planetary aspects
This paper discusses the novel Hydrogen Civilisation (HyCi) concept of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy. The HyCi concept states that at this demanding period in history, humanity still has the ability to save the biosphere and make the continuation of the human race possible. This objective can be achieved only by way of all-planetary cooperation along the direction of the ...
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Businesses like efficiency, but hold back
“It’s the economy, stupid,” the famous line of political strategist James Carville, seems even more relevant now than when he uttered it during Clinton’s 1992 campaign. A recent survey on executives’ attitudes shows that energy efficiency hasn’t escaped the shadow of recession, despite strong support for the resource.Johnson Controls and the International Facility Management Association asked ...
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Top U.S. Solar States
Solar is on the rise in the United States. As of March 2016, Solar Energy Industries Association released figures showing the top states for solar power. Here are a few states that are shining bright when it comes to solar. New York New York has tremendous solar potential and has regularly been in the top 10 list of U.S. solar states. The Empire State has installed 638 MW of solar capacity, ...
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Top U.S. Solar States
Solar is on the rise in the United States. As of March 2016, Solar Energy Industries Association released figures showing the top states for solar power. Here are a few states that are shining bright when it comes to solar. New York New York has tremendous solar potential and has regularly been in the top 10 list of U.S. solar states. The Empire State has installed 638 MW of solar capacity, ...
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What’s Denver doing on the EV-Ready list?
Looking at the list of the most EV-ready cities just released by Ford, it’s no surprise many of them are coastal. On the east and west coasts energy is pricey, so the pressure is on to achieve innovation that will control costs and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. But what’s up with Denver out there in the middle of the map, all by its lonesome? Government leaders in Colorado, ...
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3 Important Messages from this Week’s UNFCCC Workshop on Scaling up Climate Finance
The last in a series of expert workshops and consultations under the UNFCCC’s work-programme on long-term finance concluded late yesterday. This 2013 extended work programme on long-term climate finance is designed to “identify pathways for mobilizing the scaling up of climate finance to USD 100 billion per year by 2020 from public, private, and alternative sources” and inform ...
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How to think strategically about your next energy contract
How did you approach your current energy contract? Was it a positive experience? Are you sure you’re getting the best value from your supplier and your energy procurement strategy? If your energy contract is due for renewal, it’s time to think about how to replace it. This job may have landed at the bottom of your to-do list but it’s important to get right. A poorly-sourced ...
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IEA commends Italy on progress in energy policy but cautions that further long-term challenges remain
“Significant recent changes in Italy’s energy legislation provide the country with new opportunities to build on past successes”, said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) today in Rome at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries – Italy 2009 Review. He highlighted that over the past five years, the Italian government had gone a long way towards ...
By IEA
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Energy efficiency: The unsung hero of our times
As our economy continues to sputter, one little-noticed industry has been booming for a while now: energy efficiency. The sector is hiring like crazy -- a fact that speaks volumes about the close relationship between clean energy and the economic recovery that we're all waiting for. Energy efficiency could save us all. My firm works with utilities, government agencies, housing authorities, and ...
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Data centre managers fail on energy management
Research shows data centre managers are still not making energy efficiency a priority, reports Envido. New Gartner research has found that many data centre managers have yet to turn on the energy measurement and monitoring tools they need to kick start energy consumption reduction initiatives and begin considering energy management a priority. Gartner said that energy management both in terms of ...
By Vital Energi
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Carillion uses eSight to save energy at the great Western hospital, Swindon
Carillion are a facilities management company, working primarily with PFI’s (Private Finance Initiatives) and Health Estates. They use eSight Energy’s energy suite, eSight, to manage energy across a large number of client estates including The Great Western Hospital at Swindon. The Great Western Hospital is a very modern district hospital providing emergency care, surgery, ...
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Energy waste the size of Japan
Here is a startling fact: US power plants waste more energy than many countries use, including advanced economies like that of Japan. The wasted energy is in the form of heat thrown off when power plants produce electricity. This is one of the points being brought to light by the International District Energy Association (IDEA), as it promotes new federal incentives for heat efficiency. While ...
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Implementation of European energy saving initiatives in Greece and national perspectives
Energy has been throughout history a necessary lever for development and evolution. Utilisation of various energy sources contributed in technological development and made the industrial revolution an actual reality. This process has had its price though, since the irrational use of natural resources and finite energy reserves by sole criteria the convenience in production and the maximisation of ...
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