Energy News of the Week (Jan.27-Feb.2, 2014)
2020/07/31
< Asia >
China Can Cut Energy Use by 22%, Study Finds
Daily Fusion-2014/01/29
Building energy codes ? which regulate factors such as building insulation pictured here ? could play a major role in reducing China's building energy consumption. (Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory). Changes to China's ...
Energy imports push Japan trade deficit to record high
Telegraph.co.uk-2014/01/26
Japan's trade deficit soared to a record ￡67.9bn (11.47 trillion yen) last year, with the benefits of a cheap yen for exports increasingly eclipsed by hefty post-Fukushima energy bills. The nation's 2013 deficit was the biggest since records began ...
< North America >
America's energy revolution transforms international relations
Financial Post-Jan 29, 2014
North America's energy revolution is remaking all aspects of the global economy and international relations in what has turned out to be the most profound shift ...
< South America >
The Budding Latin America Solar Market: 5 Key Takeaways
Energy Collective-Jan 27, 2014
Adam James and the GTM Research team have initiated coverage of Latin America's solar industry with the Latin America PV Playbook. Thursday's webinar ...
< Africa >
South Africa World's Most Attractive Emerging Solar Energy Country
CleanTechnica-by Joshua Hill-Jan 31, 2014
Global information company IHS has released an analysis which paints South Africa as the world's most attractive emerging country for solar energy, pointing to ...
< Europe >
EU scraps its own modest green energy targets despite willingness ...
National Post-Jan 30, 2014
Europeans have never been shy about calling out Canada for everything from the harvesting of baby seals to its treatment of aboriginal peoples to, of course, the ...
< Australia >
Solar PV jobs to crash if renewable energytarget is scrapped, report ...
Sydney Morning Herald-by Peter Hannam-Jan 28, 2014
Clean energy industry advocates, though, argue wholesale power prices are ... Solar panels generated more than 25 per cent of SouthAustralia's electricity on ...