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Copenhagen Results In Higher Energy Prices

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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Whilst power companies in the USA’s Ostrich Block are relaxing in the aftermath of a weak Copenhagen deal, their European counterparts are warning consumers that higher energy prices lay ahead as a result of the feeble international agreement on climate change and its direct effect upon the carbon market, and are calling for the market [...]

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Copenhagen Is A Business Opportunity: Barroso

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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Low-carbon marketplaces which will emerge in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference this December will present a wealth of business opportunities.
That’s the verdict of European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, given in a speech to the BusinessEurope Conference on Climate Change in Brussels.
Copenhagen is important because it represents a business opportunity. By moving towards a [...]

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Efficient Light Bulbs Replace Banned Incandescents In Europe

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Europe is dimming the light more than two centuries of incandescent lighting, as an European Union (EU)-wide ban on 100W and frosted incandescent bulbs kicks in.
As part of the EU strategy on climate change, old-fashioned and inefficient incandescent bulbs are being phased out and replaced by much more efficient fluorescent or halogen lighting, which are [...]

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Desertec: The Project, The Problems & The Pipe Dream

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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Since July 13th 2009, a scheme to build a gigantic array of solar thermal power stations all over the Sahara to provide electrical power to Europe and North Africa has been garnering the attention of the media, especially in solar-mad Germany.
Although little more than a website and a memorandum of understanding at present, the Desertec [...]

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Balkan States Squandering Hydroelectric Energy Potential

Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

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At a time when renewable energy sources such as wind, wave and solar are making headlines around the world as nations rush to stabilise their economies, create jobs and meet carbon emission reduction targets, the most established form of renewable energy is remaining under the radar. Hydroelectric power already has a wide installation base in [...]

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Europe Outlaws Inefficient Lighting

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

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In a busy week for EU environmental legislators after their announcement of minimum efficiency standards for electric motors, the European Commission has formally adopted regulations to improve the energy efficiency of household, commercial, industrial and roadside lighting. The expansive framework aims to have saved up to 80TWh by 2020 - that’s equivalent to the entire [...]

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EU Votes In Energy Efficiency For Electric Motors

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

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Minimum energy efficiency standards for industrial electric motors have been unanimously agreed by the European Commission in part of their drive to ensure a widespread reduction in carbon emissions and energy usage. The energy efficiency standards, relating to high-efficiency (IE2) and premium-efficiency (IE3) electric motors, will be phased in gradually between 2011-2017.
Electric, or AC induction, [...]