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Vietnam’s renewable energy resources waiting to be tapped – experts
China most attractive destination for R.E. investments – ranking
China is the most attractive site for renewable energy investors according to a recent ranking by Ernst & Young, beating the United States for the top spot. In the All Renewable Index for August 2012, Ernst & Young assessed the attractiveness of 40 countries to investors in terms of renewable energy, with a special focus on wind and solar power projects. China, despite the drop in points by 0.2 from the previous report in May. Read more…
Fossil fuel industry campaigning to discredit renewables growth – Sierra Club
The fossil fuel industry has been using various schemes to shift public opinion and discredit renewable energy over the past decade in an attempt to hinder the latter’s growth, a report from Sierra Club suggests. The report, Clean Energy Under Siege, claims that the fossil fuel industry is using tactics such as financial contributions to political campaigns,
White House announces seven major renewable energy projects
Seven solar and wind energy projects will be expedited in public lands spread across four states in the United States as part of President Barack Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” initiative, which will produce nearly 5,000 megawatts of clean energy and generate jobs. The projects will be built in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Wyoming, covering a total of close to 300,000 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Philippines approved feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy
The long-awaited feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy sources in the Philippines are approved by its Energy Regulatory Commission, a move that is expected to move the country towards a “green” direction.
The price for solar power was set at P9.68 per kilowatt hour, wind power at P8.53/kWh, biomass at P6.63/kWh and hydro at P5.90/kWh. There is no rate set for power from ocean thermal energy conversion resources as it is still subject for further study.
Every state has potential for R.E. generation – NREL
Every state in the United States has available location and resources for generating clean energy according to a study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL took a look at the achievable energy generation each state could have given resource availability, topographic limitations and environmental and land-use constraints of each locality.
Electricity generated from Britain’s R.E. sources increase
Britain’s electricity production from renewable energy sources last year was up by 33 percent compared with 2010 and accounted for 9.4 percent of all electricity generated in the country in 2011, according to the annual Digest of U.K. Energy Statistics. The increase is attributed to jumps in electricity generated from both onshore and offshore wind, at 45 percent (10,372 gigawatt-hours) and 68 percent (5,126 GWh), respectively.
More Clean Energy for Ontario: South Kent Wind Energy Project
Samsung Renewable Energy and Pattern Energy team up for a $600 million project that aims to provide 73, 000 households in Canada with a clean source of energy.
U.K. announces changes in small-scale R.E. subsidies
New feed-in tariff rates for certain technologies will be in place in Britain starting December 1, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change Specifically, new incentive rates for small-scale wind, micro combined heat and power, hydroelectric and anaerobic digestion projects were announced. The subsidies for small-scale wind projects were cut from 35.8 pence ($0.56) per kilowatt-hour to 21 pence/kWh.
Opinion: Dance with the energy devil
By R. Paul Williamson
The use and reliance on finite fuels and associated technologies should be gradually decreased.
The ups and downs of local, regional and global economies might give some false hope that our dance with the energy devil will somehow “normalize” and we can continue increasing our energy consumption. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. No one knows how much longer we can be lured by the devil’s promises, but simple logic dictates that if all the world’s economy is based on finite energy resources (irrespective of the collateral impacts) commodity scarcity will ensue, costs will continue to escalate and finite energy resources will become extinct.
