Energy News of the Week (Mar.31-Apr.6, 2014)
2019/11/10
< Asia >
China Is #1 In Renewable Energy Investment, US #2, Japan #3
CleanTechnica-2014/04/05
With record-breaking solar installations in the US, and solar actually coming in as the #2 source of new electricity capacity in 2013, you might think the US was ...
Japan Moves Closer to Approving Post-Fukushima Energy Policy
Businessweek-2014/04/03
Japan moved closer to approving a policy that will endorse the use of nuclear power and guide the consumption and production after a group formed by the ruling parties reached agreement. The Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner New ..
< North America >
Gauging America's energy future
Fleet Owner (blog)-2014/04/03
Some good things are happening on the energy front in the U.S. ? perhaps the most critical being that our nation's importation of oil has reached its lowest level in almost 20 years. That's a significant and largely unheralded achievement, ...
< South America >
Latin America Green News: wildfire controlled in Chile, energy ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)-2014/04/04
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. March 31st ? April 4th, 2014. Chile. Authorities brought the wildfire that started on March 26th in Chile's Patagonian ...
< Africa >
Energy may be Africa's trump card with EU
Irish Times-2014/04/02
German chancellor Angela Merkel and Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza during the fourth EU-Africa summit of heads of state at the European Council headquarters in Brussels yesterday. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA. Suzanne Lynch.
< Europe >
What future for EU's energy supply?
Deutsche Welle-2014/04/03
"We do not see any big danger for the realization of this project," the Bulgarian foreign minister was quoted by Reuters as saying on Thursday (03.04.2014), "but I have to mention it at this stage." Kristian Vigenin was being asked about the ...
< Australia >
Abbott's bid to ease energy fears
The Australian-2014/04/04
Australia's lead official at the G20 talks, deputy secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Heather Smith, told The Weekend Australian that one of the objectives was to build transparency into global energy markets to avoid ...