Energy News of the Week (Jan.20-26, 2014)
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< Asia >
China to Cut Dependence on Coal for Energy as Smog Chokes Cities
Bloomberg-2014/01/24
Tourists from mainland China take photos in front of a large outdoor banner showing... Read More. Tourists from mainland China take photos in front of a large outdoor banner showing what Hong Kong looks like on a clean air day, on Aug.
Uranium Poised for Bull Market as Japan Reviews Reactors: Energy
Bloomberg-2014/01/22
Members of the media and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) employees wearing protective... Read More. Members of the media and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) employees wearing protective suits and masks walk past storage tanks for ...
< North America >
US Energy Efficiency to Jump ? Celebrate It (Op-Ed)
LiveScience.com-2014/01/24
Seth Shulman is a senior staff writer at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a veteran science journalist and author of six books. This Op-Ed was adapted from a post to Shulman's blog Got Science? Shulman contributed this article to ...
< South America >
Why Latin America Will Be A Tough Solar Market To Crack
Energy Tribune-2014/01/24
Latin America is a shining, promising solar market that will be a lot more difficult to crack. That's because Latin America doesn't have the same levels of generous government incentives that subsidize project costs or guarantee high prices for ...
< Africa >
Expanding Access to Energy Will Strengthen Africa's Human ...
Huffington Post-2014/01/21
Each and every day throughout sub-Saharan Africa, some 600 million people - or two-thirds of the region's population - are still living without access to electricity and other modern energy services. In rural communities, that number climbs to a ...
< Europe >
EU Sets Binding Renewable Energy Targets After Tough Negotiations
CleanTechnica-2014/01/23
Following intense negotiations the European Union has announced a series of climate-based goals for the whole Union as part of the new EU framework on climate and energy for 2030. Announced on Wednesday, the new framework includes a reduction in ...
< Australia >
The Australian geothermal industry update
EcoGeneration-2014/01/23
In this exclusive excerpt from the Ferbuary 2014 edition of EcoGeneration, Hot Dry Rocks Technical Director Graeme Beardsmore discusses the Australian geothermal industry highlights of 2013 and gives us his outlook for the industry in 2014 ...