Energy News of the Week (Mar.17-23, 2014)
2020/12/22
< Asia >
China's Shanghai aims for cleaner energy, lower CO2 growth
Reuters-2014/03/19
The city said in an energy-saving and climate-change plan for 2014 that it would curb growth in year-on-year energy ... Authorities in Chinaregularly publish policies and plans aimed at addressing increasingly severe ...
Energy debate challenges facade of wa
The Japan Times-2014/03/22
Torn between his nationalistic instinct to resurrect what he seems to regard as Japan's great bygone days of empire-building and the mundane demands of caring for the pressing needs of his nation, a remarkably caring soul might almost feel ...
< North America >
144 Members of Congress Urge Investment in Clean Energy
Environment America-2014/03/21
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Members of Congress from both parties ? representing more than a quarter of each chamber ? called for an extension of federal tax credits for wind energy today. In the Senate, Mark Udall (D-CO) and Charles Grassley ...
< South America >
Latin America Green News: Chile's HidroAysen at risk, Costa Rica's ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)-2014/03/21
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. March 16th-22nd, 2014. Chile. The Bachelet administration's Committee of Ministers ?Chile's ...
< Africa >
The World Bank's Thirsty Energy initiative explained at African Utility ...
openPR (press release)--2014/03/21
The World Bank's global Thirsty Energy initiative aims to make more governments in Africa and elsewhere aware of the interdependencies and foreseeable pressure on water as a resource forenergy generation. South Africa celebrated ...
< Europe >
UPDATE 2-German minister praises Kiev, Ukraine seeks EU energy
Reuters-2014/03/22
... ≫. * PM says Ukraine will need EU help on energy. * Steinmeier says crisis must not split Europe anew. * Steinmeier visits mainly Russian-speaking east Ukraine (Adds Steinmeier on eastern Ukraine issue). By Sabine Siebold and Alastair ...
< Australia >
Solar Will Become An 'Incumbent' Energy Source In Australia
CleanTechnica-2014/03/19
Australia is embarking on a radical transformation of its electricity system that will see solar PV transition from being “disruptive” technology to the “incumbent” technology, displacing coal and sparking a radical change in the way that electricity ...