Energy News of the Week (Jun.2-8, 2014)
2020/05/01
< Asia >
Energy-efficient technology to drive down Asia-Pacific's coal reliance
Fierce Energy-2014/06/06
In Asia-Pacific's building sector, the most dynamic in the world, commercial buildings are high-energy consumers and the region's buildings sector is expanding at rates unmatched globally, according to Navigant Research...
Japan seeks private investment in renewable energy
GlobalPost-2014/06/06
The Japanese government stressed the need to facilitate private-sector investment in the development of renewable energy to meet its long-term emissions goal in an annual paper Friday...
< North America >
Energy Efficiency Critical To Achieving EPA Carbon Standards, Boosting the Economy
Energy Collective-2014/06/07
This week's groundbreaking proposal to establish the U.S.'s first national limits on power plant carbon pollution includes key recommendations to end energy waste in America's homes, businesses and industries. In fact, efficiency ? doing ...
< South America >
Shale Oil and Gas the Latest Energy Frontier for South America
OilPrice.com-2014/06/05
South America has become a target for shale speculation in the Western Hemisphere, thanks largely to the immense unconventional resources in Argentina. Sitting atop the world's second largest shale gas and fourth largest shale oil reserves ...
< Africa >
Ethiopia: Energy Becomes a catalyst for Regional Integration
Geeska Afrika-2014/06/07
Under the theme of “Catalyzing Sustainable Energy Growth in Africa, the Ministerial is focused on issues connected with the identification of strategies, technologies and practices throughout Africa and the US for the expansion of clean energy use...
< Europe >
Europe Faces Green Power Curbs to Stop Grids Overloading
Bloomberg-2014/06/06
Europe's drive toward a power system based on renewable energy has gone so far that output will probably need to be cut within months because of oversupply...
< Australia >
Who is the greenest energy retailer in Australia?
RenewEconomy-2014/06/05
Over the past few weeks, RenewEconomy had been inundated with requests and questions on how energy retailers are responding to the review of the Renewable Energy Target...