Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate on 2008-03-13 | No Comments »
China is producing far more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previous estimates and this will frustrate global aims to stabilise atmospheric greenhouse gases, a group of U.S. economists said.China is the world’s second-largest emitter of C02 and some studies suggest it might already have overtaken the United States last year. The report could add to calls [...]
Posted in Education on 2008-03-13 | No Comments »
Paul van de Boer is a student at the Technical University in Delft, which is encouraging its students to follow projects on the theme of “sustainable engineering with a focus on Africa”. Eager to put some of the things he’d been learning into practice, Paul jumped at the chance to go with a small group [...]
Posted in Europe, Solar Energy on 2008-03-13 | No Comments »
Spanish engineering group Sener Grupo De Ingenieria S.A. and Masdar have announced joint venture Torresol Energy. The new company will design, build and operate concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the world’s Sunbelt regions. One of Torresol Energy’s primary objectives is to widen the adoption of CSP and bring it closer to grid parity. [...]
Posted in Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy on 2008-03-13 | No Comments »
Growth in the renewable energy industry is set to reach more than US $250 billion by the year 2017 with the electric car, sustainable cities, non-U.S.-based energy firms, geothermal energy and the greening of the shipping industry helping to lead the way. That’s the prediction made by Clean Edge in its Clean Energy Trends 2008 [...]
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Energy, Europe, Policy on 2008-03-13 | No Comments »
European Union leaders will set a tight timetable this week for adopting ambitious energy policy reforms and measures to fight climate change despite some sharp differences over how to achieve those goals. They will also endorse calls for a global voluntary code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds and for more [...]
