33 News & Press Releases found
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) News
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Reeep softens financial crisis for renewables and energy efficiency in the developing world
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has provided € 667,500 in seed funding for eight new finance projects to accelerate the clean energy market in the developing world. Piloting innovative finance methods is one of ...
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REEEP allocates EUR 4.7m to 49 low-carbon energy projects
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) will fund forty-nine new clean energy projects in 25 countries as part of its mission to help kick-start the uptake of renewables and energy efficiency in emerging markets. This funding ...
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New searchable map of the green energy world
A searchable global map forms the new heart of www.reegle.info, the specialist search engine for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Users can click on a specific location and get the latest events, news, and a sampling of green energy ...
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National action plan for biomass submitted to Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, says REEEP
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering (CAAE) and Environmental and Energy Development Consulting Ltd. (EED) have released a REEEP-funded report “National Action Plan for Rural Biomass Renewable Energy Development in China”, which provides ...
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Wall Street lawyers work with Government of Canada to expand market for clean energy
Indian lawyers and project developers from across the country met in New Delhi to learn about legal issues surrounding clean energy projects. Clean energy is a relatively new industry in India and policies, laws, and regulations are evolving in a ...
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UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office carbon offsets support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in India and Mexico
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a UK government department, has purchased carbon credits from four low carbon projects in emerging markets to offset air travel emissions. Utilizing the services of the REEEP Voluntary Carbon Offset mechanism, ...
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Farmers trade crops for solar lighting in the Solomons
Using crops in a unique barter system, a new microfinance project in the Solomon Islands has successfully implemented a solar lighting finance scheme, enabling communities to trade crops for much needed access to light. A team of renewable energy ...
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China’s key energy policy institution joins REEEP
Today at the Global Wind Energy Conference in Beijing, the Energy Research Institute (ERI), a key division of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formally joined REEEP. NDRC is the main policy making body in China on energy, ...
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Global 500 Companies use energy efficiency and renewables to combat carbon emissions
The Carbon Disclosure Project, which acts as a secretariat for a collaboration of over 385 institutional investors with over $57 trillion in assets under management, launched its sixth annual report based on the responses from the 500 largest global ...
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US Senators and international experts meet to discuss energy justice
On Capitol Hill, key leaders of the Senate, UN, Bush administration, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and other sustainable energy experts recently met to discuss energy justice and the alleviation of both poverty and ...
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GBP 2.5m in UK funding for renewable energy partnership
Last week in Chiba, Japan the UK Environment Minister Phil Woolas announced that the United Kingdom will remain the world’s leading donor to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, with GBP 2.5 million in funding for the coming year. ...
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Investors seek security to help developing countries in Asia go green
In advance of next week’s WIREC global summit on clean energy in Washington, DC over two dozen Australian experts from the renewable energy industry met in Melbourne to debate the issues for clean energy investment in emerging Asian and Pacific ...
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Renewable energy could meet up to 50% of South Africa`s energy needs
By 2050, renewable energy technologies could meet at least half of Southern Africa’s energy needs at a lower cost than the current `business as usual` mix of essentially coal-based supply options. In order to achieve this, there needs to be a ...
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India discusses lowering risk of investing in renewables
Earlier this month at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2008, heads of state, ministers, policymakers, corporate leaders, NGO`s and financiers met for three days to address the issue of climate change. During the event, the REEEP South Asia ...
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Australian Government Funds Project to Replace Kerosene with Renewable Energy
The Australian Government, through the Australian Greenhouse Office, has recently provided AU$100,000 to the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy to fund a project in the Pacific entitled Pacific Kerosene Displacement Strategies ...
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Australia To Improve Energy Access in Pacific with € 907,000 Euro Contribution
Canberra, October 9, 2007 The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Alexander Downer recently pledged $1.5 million Australian dollars (approximately € 907,000 Euro) over the next three years to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ...
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Competition for the Design and Delivery of Innovative Lighting Products in Africa
Johannesburg, October 3, 2007 - The World Bank Group recently launched an initiative to provide modern lighting to the 250 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa who have no access to electricity. Jointly managed by the World Bank and IFC, Lighting ...
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Hungary Joins International Renewables Partnership
Hungary today became a formal partner of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). Hungary is the 35th country to become a partner of the REEEP, an international public-private partnership that promotes policies and ...
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FT500 Companies Report Increased Use of Energy Efficiency to Combat Carbon Emissions
The Carbon Disclosure Project, which acts as a secretariat for a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors with over $41 trillion in assets under management, launched its Fifth annual report based on the responses from the FT500 largest ...
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REEEP Disburses Euro 3.2 million for 35 New Clean Energy Projects
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced it will fund thirty-five new projects. The funding round, REEEP’s sixth, is the largest in its four year history. “The REEEP portfolio is moving beyond a collection of ...