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Honolulu’s new law to help consumers get renewable energy

New law focuses on energy financing, Legislation provides for a study on renewable energy for consumers, Honolulu Star Advertiser, By Derrick DePledge , Jul 09, 2011

Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed into law Friday a bill directing the state Public Utilities Commission to study a program to encourage more consumers to move to renewable energy.

The so-called on-bill financing, if deemed viable and implemented by the PUC, would allow consumers to finance renewable energy systems over time through their electricity bills…..http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110709_New_law_focuses_on_energy_financing.html

July 9, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | Leave a comment

Worldwide increasing popularity of renewable energy, especially wind

With transparency, consumers prepared to pay for wind energy, Reve, July 09, 2011, More than 50 percent of 31,000 people surveyed worldwide say they would pay more for products made with clean energy. In addition, 90 percent want more renewable energy and 79 percent have a more positive perception of brands produced using wind power.

More than 90 percent want more renewable energy and 79 percent have a more positive perception of brands produced using wind power. The poll, conducted in May 2011 by TNS Gallup and commissioned by wind turbines manufacturer Vestas, points to the importance ordinary people place on finding solutions to climate change – a full “53 percent of Chinese consumers rank climate change as the world’s greatest single challenge”, according to the poll.

One way to mitigate climate change is renewable energy, and this is obvious to a majority of people polled. They are prepared to pay more and make an effort to protect the environment. “The citizen and the consumer is coming together as a new stakeholder that is engaged in development and one that knows it can influence societal development through buying habits,” ……http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=12361

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July 9, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

Australia sets up new renewable energy agency

Global green energy investments up as Australia consolidates action, Voxy News, NZ,  8 July, 2011 , Investments in renewable energy globally are up 32% increase in in 2010, according to a new United Nations report. Significantly, developing nations spent more on renewable energy utility projects, $72 billion, than developed ones, at $70 billion.

China led all nations with $49.8 billion in investments in 2010, ahead of German spending of $41 billion and U.S. spending of $29.6 billion.

The report has been released at the same time Australia has announced new independent statutory body, to be named the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), to lead the Australian Government’s investments in renewable energy…. http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/global-green-energy-investments-australia-consolidates-action/5/94521

July 8, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, renewable | Leave a comment

California’s solar electricity exceeds nuclear by 6%

California rooftop solar installations surge; renewable energy approaches oil output, reports say, LA Times 6 July 11 Renewable sources in the U.S. are starting to produce enough energy to rival oil output, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.

Biomass and biofuels along with geothermal, solar, water and wind-power generation were responsible for nearly 12% of the country’s energy production during the first quarter of the year. That’s nearly 6% more than nuclear’s output and 77% of the amount coming from domestic crude oil, the agency said. Continue reading →

July 6, 2011 Posted by | decentralised, USA | Leave a comment

Baseload solar energy is here

The dawn of baseload solar energy, 6 Jul 2011, Climate Spectator, Giles ParkinsonSolar energy and baseload power are not usually two words that detractors of renewable energy allow to be included in the same phrase, unless it is accompanied by the word “not.” From now on though, they may become indelibly linked. Continue reading →

July 6, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

Decentralised solar energy boom taking off in India

 solar technology presents an elegant and immediate solution to powering everything from light bulbs and heaters to water purifiers and pumps…….most new grid capacity will be sucked up by industry, leaving little for the poor who live in off-grid desert outcrops, mountain hamlets and jungle villages like Nada. For them, the surest way to get electricity anytime soon may be to get a solar panel and make it themselves.

Fuel for solar boom could come from rural India, where thousands give up on grid, buy panels, Washington Post, 2 July 11 “……….Across India, thousands of homes are receiving their first light through small companies and aid programs that are bypassing the central electricity grid to deliver solar panels to the rural poor. Those customers could provide the human energy that advocates of solar power have been looking for to fuel a boom in the next decade.

With 40 percent of India’s rural households lacking electricity and nearly a third of its 30 million agricultural water pumps running on subsidized diesel, “there is a huge market and a lot of potential,” said Santosh Kamath, executive director of consulting firm KPMG in India. “Decentralized solar installations are going to take off in a very big way and will probably be larger than the grid-connected segment.”…… Continue reading →

July 3, 2011 Posted by | decentralised, India | Leave a comment

Future global energy winners: gas and renewables, nuclear the loser

Analysis: Gas, renewables to be future energy sources of choice, By Henning Gloystein and Barbara Lewis, LONDON | Jul 1, 2011  (Reuters) – Natural gas will fast become the fossil fuel of choice to complement renewable energy for the foreseeable future, after long being regarded as merely a step on the way to a greener energy mix.

Especially in electricity generation, natural gas has so far stood in competition with coal-fired and nuclear production.

But coal’s high carbon emission levels have reduced its market allure, while the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima plant following an earthquake in March has put a serious dent in the prospects for global nuclear power generation…..http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-gas-future-idUSTRE7603BN20110701

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July 3, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, ENERGY | Leave a comment

Push for decentralised renewable energy to meet the needs of rural India

“The centralised grid based approach of RGGVY has not been able to meet people’s aspirations. Rural areas have always been neglected in this energy hierarchy. Decentralised renewable energy can break this hierarchy and provide quick, reliable and sustainable power to people. 

Decentralised renewable energy holds the key to rural electrification, Business Standard, India, July 01, 2011,  National consultation on RGGVY demands revamp of scheme Continue reading →

July 2, 2011 Posted by | decentralised, India | Leave a comment

Financial start for renewable energy, energy efficiency, in 10 Spanish regions

Spain Launches Fund To Promote Energy Efficiency And Renewables In 10 Regions,  by: Eurasia Review, July 2, 2011 The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Spanish Energy Saving and Diversification Institute (IDAE) have concluded a finance agreement to launch a JESSICA holding fund designed to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in an innovative use of EU structural funds. …… http://www.eurasiareview.com/spain-launches-fund-to-promote-energy-efficiency-and-renewables-in-10-regions-02072011/

July 2, 2011 Posted by | renewable, Spain | Leave a comment

Decentralised solar energy racing ahead in Bangladesh

  One Million Households Powered by Solar Energy – in Bangladesh  ENN June 18, 2011 The number of households powered by solar energy in Bangladesh has passed the one million mark — the fastest expansion of solar power in the world, according to Bangladeshi officials. Aided by non-governmental organizations that provide low-cost loans to install solar panels, Bangladesh’s rural households — most of which are off the electricity grid — have driven a dizzying expansion of solar power in recent years. In 2002, only 7,000 households were using solar panels.

The country reached the 1 million-household milestone 18 months ahead of schedule, and by 2014 Bangladeshi officials are aiming to power 2.5 million homes with solar energy. “It’s the fastest expansion of solar energy anywhere in the world,” said Nazmul Haq, of Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Development Company.

An estimated 60 percent of Bangladesh’s 150 million people have no access to reliable electricity, and a World Bank report last month said that solar panels had “changed the face of the remote, rural areas of Bangladesh.” Bangladesh had gotten a World Bank loan in 2009 for solar energy in the country.  The results are impressive!  In 2002, just 2000 homes had solar systems, and now there are more than one million.  Bangladesh now aims to have 2.5 million on solar by 2014…..: One Million Households Powered by Solar Energy – in Bangladesh

June 20, 2011 Posted by | ASIA, decentralised | Leave a comment

UN assisting renewable energy development in Nigeria

UN, Bank Of Industry to invest in renewable energy in Nigeria, NEXT, By Bassey Udo June 20, 2011  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Bank Of Industry (BOI) are to invest about $4.48 million in renewable energy projects in the next three years to boost the productive capacities of micro- small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the country’s rural and urban areas.Renewable energy projects in volve the utilisation of wind, biomass, small hydro, and solar energy options to generate electricity. The Access to Renewable Energy (AtRE) project package unveiled yesterday in Abuja at the formal launch of the partnership, is expected to facilitate access to affordable and reliable energy supply alternatives independent of the current supply from the national grid, which has been a source of national concern in recent times.  …..UN, Bank Of Industry to invest in renewable energy in Nigeria

June 20, 2011 Posted by | Nigeria, renewable | Leave a comment

International Energy Agency predicts boom for natural gas

IEA forecasts a golden age for natural gas, The Financial Express,13 June 11The International Energy Agency (IEA) has forecast that natural gas will play an increasingly important role in meeting global energy consumption in the years to 2035 because of its easy availability and also due to its effectiveness in fighting global warming. Natural gas is an attractive option for countries like India where energy consumption is growing fast, according to the IEA. However, the big question is if India is prepared to switch over to the clean fuel on a large scale.“Gas is a particularly attractive fuel for regions such as China, India and the Middle East,” the IEA says in its report ‘World Energy Outlook 2011’ released recently. ….. IEA forecasts a golden age for natural gas

June 13, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, ENERGY | Leave a comment

Google’s move into renewable energy – a commercial and environmental plus

By developing or investing in the technology that makes that goal achievable, Google gets in at the ground level of an industry that’s likely to generate significant revenue in the coming decades. 

Google Takes Aim At Renewable Energy, Wired, By Duncan Geere   June 8, 2011  Google’s founder and CEO, Larry Page, has announced that the company has tasked an R&D team with making renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels.  Continue reading →

June 11, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | 1 Comment

Concentrated Solar Power easily outcompetes nuclear power

 Concentrated Solar Power CSP easily out competes nuclear, providing some of the safest energy applications we have today – a technology that’s more quickly deployed, comparatively very cost effective, creating jobs, while promoting a healthier future.

CSP – The Solar Alternative That Rivals Nuclear, June 7, 2011 by Anja Atkinson, The Energy Collective “….Creative applications in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) specifically are providing energy solutions that accomplish what nuclear does – transfer heat, using the sun as fuel.  Continue reading →

June 9, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

Egypt could prosper with solar energy, not nuclear

why is there this insistence on neglecting calls that we should depend more on solar energy for producing electricity, which could be the base for the country’s development, not only for producing the requisite amount of electricity for local consumption but also for having surplus for export? 
   It seems silly to hear some officials justify dropping this option because of its initially high expenses, forgetting the enormous costs of creating and maintaining a nuclear power plant. 
   Furthermore, a solar energy project in particular could be set up through partnership deals between Egypt and some European countries, such as Germany, to produce sufficient electricity for the two countries’ needs that could be transferred via a unified grid.

The costs of nuclear energy By Manal Abdul Aziz – The Egyptian Gazette, June 6, 2011  CAIRO – The difference between humankind, homo sapiens, and other animals is that human beings have experience and learn from their mistakes, while other animals behave according to instinct. For this reason, human beings are the only creatures that have a civilisation.

Therefore, if we come today to seek the development of Egypt, we should review the experience of other nations and learn from them, beginning where they ended and not following the same path from its start to its finish.
   Accordingly, when we consider establishing a nuclear project for generating energy, we should review the nuclear programmes of other countries and clearly assess their positive and negative aspects. …. Continue reading →

June 7, 2011 Posted by | Egypt, renewable | Leave a comment

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