Ingenheiro's Favorite Links on renewables from Diigo

EERE News: Europe Falling Short of Renewable Energy Goals for 2010

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:22:30 -0000

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the European Union (EU) falling far short of its goal to use renewable energy for 12% of its energy needs by the end of 2010. As of the end of 2006, the EU is at 6.92% renewable energy, having posted an impressive 0.46% gain relative to 2005

reason for the shortfall is that the growth in renewable energy is struggling to compete with a growth in energy demand

"the efforts being made for (renewable energy) development ... are not accompanied by any real effort to conserve energy."

Tags: efficiency energy renewables target

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EU states handed ambitious renewable energy targets | EU - European Information on Energy

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:21:29 -0000

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To achieve these objectives, every nation in the 27-member bloc is required to increase its share of renewables by 5.5% from 2005 levels, with the remaining increase calculated on the basis of per capita gross domestic product (GDP). EU countries are free to decide their preferred 'mix' of renewables in order to take account of their different potentials, but must present national action plans (NAPs) outlining their strategies to the Commission by 31 March 2010. The plans will need to be defined along three sectors: electricity, heating and cooling and transport.

Tags: burden directive renewables sharing

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European Commission - RES fact sheets per country

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:08:51 -0000

Tags: renewables share

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YouTube - 20% renewable energy by 2020

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:47:02 -0000

Tags: commission european renewables target

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EU plans to boost green energy take shape

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:08:26 -0000

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EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs is expected to unveil the legislative piece on 12 January, with some governments scheduled to lobby for the best possible deal even as early as the beginning of next month.

Tags: policy renewables targets

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New EU renewables law takes shape | EU - European Information on Energy

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:08:37 -0000

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An early draft of an upcoming Commission proposal to increase the use of renewables in final EU energy consumption includes guidelines for establishing individual national targets, provisions for mandatory use of certificates for renewables trading and sustainability criteria for biofuels production.

20% of their energy needs from renewables

10% share of biofuels

While the draft directive , made available by Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE), does not specify the precise percentage figures by which each member state will be required to increase its share of renewable energies, the following criteria are put forward:

By 2014, each member state's share of renewables must be at least the amount it used in 2005 plus 51% of the 2020 target;
by 2016, the figure must increase to 66% of the 2020 target; and;
by 2018, member states should have achieved 83% of their 2020 target (compared to the 2005 level as usual).

Tags: policy renewables targets

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Destiny USA in New York

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:55:05 -0000

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Sixteen 5KW wind turbines will be placed in the parking lot to produce 64,000 to 84,000 kW hours of clean energy. The turbines are able to operate at low wind speeds of 4 mph and provide about 30% of their energy requirements. More details will be released on additional ‘clean’ energy features since they are targeting to be 100% fossil fuel free. Hopefully details are released very soon.

Tags: building green renewables

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Post Kyoto: the state of Denmark | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:21:53 -0000

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The year 2001 brought an end to this, however. The new liberal-conservative government formed separate ministries for transport/energy and environment once again, 3 sea-based wind turbine parks were ditched, land based renewable energy was put in the freezer, energy research and development had their funding cut to almost zilch, and 800 people were made redundant in public environmental administration.

Tags: dependance oil policies renewables

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Slovenia unveils EU presidency priorities

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:17:56 -0000

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Energy and climate change

After the crucial Bali climate conference, which starts next week, the Commission is to make proposals on how to fight climate change in January, with a special focus on emissions trading, carbon capture and storage and renewables, among others. The EU will also have to decide on how to implement its ambitious climate change targets with a view to the international summit in Copenhagen tabled for the end of 2009.

Moreover, common ground on the issue of the final phase of liberalising European energy and gas markets is yet to be found.

Tags: eu presidency priorities renewables

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Google invests in renewable energy

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:25:12 -0000

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What is urgently needed for renewables to compete head to head with coal is not just lower capacity costs--since their fuel is free--but a low-cost way to store up their output and deliver it to the grid when it's needed.

Tags: google renewables storage

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Next generation of Renewables?

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:27:32 -0000

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Are we already talking about a new generation of renewable energy sources, or at least a new generation of capturing energy sources?

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US House tries to surpass EU on renewables

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:02:03 -0000

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the United States should produce 25% of its energy needs from renewable sources according to a non-binding resolution adopted in the US House of Representatives on 15 October. The “25 by 25″ resolution is the result of a big lobbying campaign by a coalition consisting of more than 600 agricultural, energy, and environmental groups, business and labour interests and NGOs.

Tags: renewables targets

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Germany alarmed by Brussels renewable energy plans

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:31:33 -0000

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Under Brussels' plan, if a country does not fulfil its quotas - i.e. produce enough renewable energy - then they would buy it elsewhere. Berlin fears that this market situation this will lead to a rise in prices for bio-energy, above the current fixed price in Germany.

Tags: incentives renewables

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Renewables: Parliament wants binding sectoral targets

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:49:53 -0000

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Setting binding targets for the use of other kinds of renewable energies in electricity, transport and heating/cooling is contrary to the preferences of some member states, who argue that differing climatic and geographical conditions across the EU mean that some states will be at a disadvantage in terms of meeting the targets.

Italy, for example, recently sent a letter to EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, stating that the country will be unable to produce more than 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.

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SCA and Statkraft collaborate on major renewable energy initiative

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:41:20 -0000

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The plans include the development of seven wind farms in Västernorrland and Jämtland in Sweden. Assuming the farms are built, they will be able to produce around 2.8 TWh of renewable energy per year

Tags: renewables wind

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EU MS slow to commit to green energy targets

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:51:41 -0000

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Andris Piebalgs admitting that member states are being "cautious" in contributing too much to the target.

Tags: renewables

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EurActiv.com - Collective power: towards an EU-wide support scheme for renewable energy | EU - European Information on Energy

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:48:11 -0000

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EU support for renewable energy currently "suffers from fragmented, uncoordinated national policies", writes Sheldon Welton for the think tank Notre Europe.

Tags: renewables

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Climate can't wait for techno-fixes | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:37:20 -0000

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It turns out that with peak oil here already, we are soon not going to have the cheap energy to maintain global trade or food production on today's scale. And renewable energy is not ready to step in as enough of a substitute, when the oil market will soon be handing us an unmanageable, exacerbated shortage

Tags: oil renewables

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Investigators Look for Cause of Oregon Turbine Collapse

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:53:42 -0000

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the wind turbine tower that collapsed in Eastern Oregon [...] The tower fell Saturday as two workers were performing a scheduled inspection

Tags: renewables

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Wind Power everywhere...

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:21:05 -0000

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MARS can complement a diesel generator by offering a combined diesel-wind power solution that delivers power below 20 cents per kWh. This compares to a wide range of 25 cents to 99 cents per kWh for diesel-alone, reflecting the high fuel and transportation costs in remote areas

Tags: energy renewables wind

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