Business Edition
nr. 51
10 May 2007
Special:
Wind energy grows despite legislative clutter
At the European Wind Energy Conference in Milan, participants discuss the legislative barriers and grid access problems they experience while wind energy in Europe grows. Meanwhile at the exposition, large investors are hunting for opportunities. The bigger, the better.
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European initiatives in home insulation starting to gain success
According to last week’s IPCC report, most of the cheapest available CO2 emissions reduction lies in the building sector. Various European initiatives that offer total energy efficiency packages, from consulting to financing, seem now to be proving to be effective.Read more (subscription required)
UN advocates bio-energy certification scheme
The United Nations are of the opinion that an international certification scheme should be set up to ensure that bio-energy products and biofuels in particular meet environmental standards all the way from the field to the fuel tank.Read more
Claim of 6% efficiency in plastic solar cells disputed
US and Korean researchers claim to have developed a polymer solar cell with 6% efficiency. But colleagues from other labs dispute the claim and say the researchers have made erroneous measurements.Read
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IPCC reports on costs of climate change
Climate change can be curbed, but at a price. That’s the conclusion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) briefing last week from Bangkok.Read more (subscription required)
British Gas launches 'New Energy Unit'
British Gas has announced the launch of a New Energy Unit within the company that will target a market that it as valued in billions of Euros Read
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Number of green jobs uncertain
When the European Council set the energy targets for 2020 earlier this spring, it was suggested that greening of the energy sector would create 650,000 jobs Europe-wide. This number has now been reviewed in an internal briefing note from the European Parliament. The kind of work will change, the report says, not the quantity per se. Read
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World Bank: 'Emission trade tripled in 2006'
At the Carbon Expo in Cologne, Germany, the World Bank presented its carbon market data from 2006. The report ‘State and Trends of the Carbon Market’ showed a growing carbon market. But, says the World Bank, emissions trading is only one aspect of the climate change strategies needed.
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In Brief
Bonn meeting prepares UN Climate Change Conference
US invests in cellulosic ethanol
Large heat pump system in Edinburgh
Wave Dragon Prepares for plunge
Editorial: From Trade Fair to Trading Floor Read more
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