low carbon energy News
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Low-Carbon energy - a roadmap
Technologies available today and those expected to become competitive over the next decade will permit a rapid decarbonization of the global energy ...
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Wales launches plans for a low carbon revolution
Wales has the potential to produce nearly twice the amount of electricity it currently uses through wholly renewable energy sources by 2025, according to a new policy statement from the Welsh Assembly Government. The statement, A Low Carbon Revolution, sets out the Assembly Government’s ambitions to reach a low carbon energy economy in Wales as quickly as possible with part of the solution ...
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Carbon Trust reaction to Energy Bill
Carbon Trust reaction on today's publication of the UK government's Energy Bill - a legislative framework for delivering secure, affordable and low carbon energy. Tom Delay, Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust, said: "Is the Energy Bill bankable? That's the question that now needs an answer as over the next decade £110 billion or so of new investment into our low carbon energy ...
By Carbon Trust
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UKERC creates new online guide to critical materials
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) today launches a new guide highlighting the availability of materials that are critical components in low carbon energy technologies. In recent years concern has grown regarding the availability of a host of materials critical to the development and manufacturing of the low carbon technologies required to decarbonise the global economy. The UKERC Materials ...
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Carbon Trust launches series of breakfast meetings on The Business of Carbon
Carbon Trust Chairman, James Smith, welcomed guests to the first of a new series of breakfasts on The Business of Carbon with an engaging discussion of low carbon energy choices. Carbon Trust Chairman, James Smith, welcomed guests to the first of a new series of breakfasts on The Business of Carbon hosted at the Carbon Trust's London offices which took place on Tuesday 12 June 2012. On the ...
By Carbon Trust
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Investing in a Low-Carbon Energy Future in the Developing World
The need to address climate change while facilitating continued economic growth and social progress is one of the key challenges facing world leaders today. Future demand for energy is rising substantially, particularly in rapidly emerging economies and in many developing countries that lack even the most basic of energy services. The investments required to address future energy demand as well ...
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Webinar: Climatescope 2014 (In Collaboration with CSIS
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program is pleased to host a presentation of the recently released Climatescope 2014. The Climatescope is a unique country-by-country assessment, interactive report and index that evaluates the investment climate for climate-related investment worldwide. It profiles 55 countries and evaluates their ability to attract capital for low-carbon energy sources ...
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Low carbon shipping - next generation energy systems
Ricardo consortium aims to develop next-generation low carbon marine energy ...
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Carbon Trust comment on UK government launch of £20 million Electricity Demand Reduction Pilot
Paul McKinney, EDR Pilot Programme Director at the Carbon Trust, said: “Reducing peak time electricity demand is an absolutely critical part of delivering a secure, low carbon energy system at the lowest cost, helping to keep the lights on in the UK. And improving energy efficiency frequently comes with a rock-solid business case, so the decision to invest in it seems like it should be a ...
By Carbon Trust
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WRI statement on energy production and human health
The following statement was released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in response to a press statement by Peabody Energy: “In a press statement today, Peabody Energy falsely attributes a conclusion to the World Resources Institute. The incorrect reference is likely drawn from information found on a blog post by the “World Climate Report,” which is not affiliated ...
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Commission drops low-carbon energy target
The European commission appears to have dropped the idea of proposing an EU target for the share of low-carbon energy use by 2020, judging by the final draft of a major energy policy paper due to be published on Wednesday and seen by ENDS. The term 'low-carbon' refers to any energy source that produces little or no carbon dioxide emissions, such as renewables, nuclear, or fossil fuels with ...
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New Analysis of Patent Data Highlights Need to Accelerate Innovation in Clean Energy Technologies to Meet Climate Goals
The number of high-value patents worldwide for inventions related to low-carbon energy technologies recovered at the end of the last decade but still remains well below its rate of growth from 10 years earlier, according to a new joint study published on April 27 by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the European Patent Office (EPO).The report, Patents and the energy transition: global ...
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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 round, REEEP’s seventh, is the largest ever, representing a 46 % increase over its sixth disbursement in June 2007. “REEEP projects concentrate on ...
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Energy security - an imperative for the EU
The recent gas crisis that has affected several EU countries, leaving them without gas in the coldest of winter weather, has put energy security as one of the highest priorities on the EU's agenda. At the meeting on 19 February, the Energy Council adopted conclusions on the Commission's communication 'Second Strategic Energy Review - an EU energy security and solidarity action plan', which was ...
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Batteries play a critical role for a low carbon energy future
The switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy alternatives and the electrification of energy is one of the key elements of delivering carbon neutral economies. Batteries are set to play a critical role in delivering this low-carbon future, largely as a result of the critical role they will play in transforming the future of the transport, by rapidly accelerating the adoption of electric ...
By VUKA Group
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Radical reforms to electricity market pass into law
Today the government’s reforms to stimulate low carbon energy investment and keep the lights on have passed into law. The Secretary of State has confirmed that: - The government’s delivery partners for the reformed market - National Grid, the Low Carbon Contracts Company, and the Electricity Settlements Company - have been given powers to go ahead and implement the reforms. - The ...
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We can meet our low carbon energy goals
Meeting our low carbon energy targets is a big job but the technologies exist to get the job done. Viewpoint from James Smith, Chair of the Carbon Trust. From the ongoing squabbling over energy you might think that meeting our energy targets was impossible. It's certainly a big job. And we have been slow to get things going as Ofgem's recent analysis of UK energy supply has made clear. But the ...
By Carbon Trust
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New EU-US Energy Council to boost transatlantic energy cooperation
A new EU-US Energy Council was launched today in Washington. The meeting brought together the Commissioners for Energy, Andris Piebalgs, External Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Research, Janez Potočnik, with the US Secretary for Energy Steven Chu and US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg to launch the EU-US Energy Council. The EU-US Energy Council will provide a new framework ...
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Encouraging investment in our electricity system
The Government’s overhaul of the electricity market has pushed forward, with secondary legislation for the Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme laid in Parliament. This major milestone means the programme is one step closer to being passed into law, giving industry the certainty it needs to invest under the new system. Reforming the system will encourage private sector investment in ...
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Cutting edge low carbon energy projects get £5 million funding boost
Companies developing cutting edge low carbon energy projects in generation, efficiency and storage - such as capturing carbon emissions or turning buildings into power stations - have the chance to bid for an extra £5 million of funding in the fourth round of the Government’s Energy Entrepreneurs’ Fund (EEF). Today also sees 19 projects being awarded a share of the £9 ...
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