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December 7, 2011 by IEA-RETD

New policy approaches key to attracting massive private capital needed to scale up renewable energy

Governments should consider scaling up of renewable energy as part of their robust economic development strategy, rather than as an environmental strategy with the secondary benefits of job creation. Such an approach is fundamental for attracting new private-sector investment to finance renewable projects at a scale that is needed to address clim...
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November 30, 2011 by European Environment Agency

Huge renewable energy growth this decade, if EU countries meet projections

Offshore wind energy capacity in Europe is projected to increase 17-fold between 2010 and 2020, while newer renewable technologies such as concentrated solar power and wave/tidal power will also increase more than 11-fold according to projections. European countries are also expected to significantly boost solar photovoltaic power, onshore wind a...
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Why Silicon Valley will never become Green Energy Valley
November 29, 2011 by Andrew McKillop

Why Silicon Valley will never become Green Energy Valley

Despite spending hundreds of billions of venture capital on developing "Green Energy", Silicon Valley never produced any companies or technologies that managed to achieve a breakthrough in energy. That was left to the son of a Greek goat herder who worked in the dirty old fossil-fuel sector that attracted no interest from the likes of Bill Gates....
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November 9, 2011 by European Wind Energy Association

Wind energy and EU climate policy

Achieving 30% lower emissions by 2020. A report from the European Wind Energy Association. Executive Summary. In 2010 the total installed wind power capacity in the EU stood at 84 gigawatts (GW). In a normal wind year this would produce 181 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity. Wind energy production does not emit any greenhouse gases (GHG), unl...
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November 2, 2011 by Joint Research Council

JRC Report on Critical Metals in Strategic Energy Technologies

The Institute for Energy and Transport of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has conducted a study to assess whether there could be any potential bottlenecks to the deployment of low-carbon energy technologies in the EU due to the shortage of certain metals. The study examined the use of metals in the six low-carbon energy...
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How to make the world safe for offshore wind
October 24, 2011 by Karel Beckman

How to make the world safe for offshore wind

The relatively small Danish energy company Dong is world leader in offshore wind. With a large pipeline of projects, and institutional investors lining up to participate in them, the state-owned company is bound to remain so for some time to come. CEO Anders Eldrup explains the strategy behind Dong's offshore wind activities: 'We are working towa...
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October 19, 2011 by Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Myth of Green Jobs

One of the UK's leading energy and environment economists warns that the government's promise that green energy policies will create tens of thousands of jobs and stimulate competitive industries is an illusion. In his report The Myth of Green Jobs, published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Professor Gordon Hughes (University of Ed...
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October 11, 2011 by Ernst & Young

New report supports incentives that further the sustainability of biofuels

A report by Ernst & Young published on 5 October 2011 indicates that indirect land use change (ILUC) risks can be mitigated by incentives that encourage existing and additional sustainable practices in biofuels production, as well as other sectors that use agricultural commodities. The report, commissioned by a diverse consortium of industry an...
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October 3, 2011 by Climate Policy Initiative

Long-Term, Stable Policy Support Key to Reducing Cost of Financing Renewable Energy Projects

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)’s analysis of six large-scale renewable projects in the United States and Europe found that policies can deliver the largest reductions in project financing costs by providing long-term revenue support, offering revenue certainty, and reducing investor perceptions of risk. CPI identified specific ways in whic...
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Scotland's sweeping green energy ambitions
September 19, 2011 by Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC)

Scotland's sweeping green energy ambitions

If it is up to the Scottish government, the waters around Scotland will become the green energy powerhouse of Europe. The country has formulated highly ambitious renewable energy targets. These will have to be met by an offshore wind power revolution in the rough Scottish waters. The Scottish Green European Energy Centre gives an overview of the ...
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