Renewable Energy Markets (US)
Analysis of how US customers buy into biomass energy technologies, examples of renewable power suppliers, how Renewable Energy Certificates work, and where providers are now operating.
Energy Policy
War and cold have depleted Armenia’s only natural resource: trees
Its isolation and lack of hydrocarbon reserves has lead to some innovative ideas about alternative energy sources, in contrast to its two Caucasus neighbors, Georgia and Azerbaijan, whose policies have been dominated by a geopolitical tug-of-war for pipelines, electricity cables and global alliances.
Germany shines a beam on the future of energy
Nation gambles on amped-up push for renewable power
Desperado Days
Apart from pure avarice and ego, the actions of the Bush Administration have the appearance of incredible desperateness. It is that desperateness – their desperado-like, passionate, furious recklessness – which must cause us to ask, does the Bush Administration know something that we do not know? What do they know that makes them act like desperadoes?
The True Cost of Flying
Hundreds of flights by subsidized airlines in Europe are endangering the global climate and the ozone layer. For now, they fly free of environmental regulations.
Worldwatch Institute: Oil Price Surge threatens Economic Stability and National Security
Washington, DC—One of the central issues facing policy makers in
Washington and around the globe in 2005 is the prospect of further
instability in world oil markets. This new reality carries both
economic and security risks. Another oil shock could tip the world
economy into a premature recession, while the massive flow of oil
revenues into the Persian Gulf and Russia threatens to derail
economic reforms and foment political unrest.
West African Oil Gives U.S. New Security Challenge
The world’s biggest energy consumer hopes the African region will provide up to a quarter of its oil imports within a decade, up from 14 percent now, and is working to guarantee stability in one of the most volatile parts of the planet.
Let’s stop sleepwalking through history
For the last two centuries the burning of fossil fuel – coal, natural gas and crude oil – has been propelling human civilization. But fossil resources are finite – they really will run out – and their use has altered Earth’s atmosphere. On both fronts, Americans are in denial.
EU agree on setting up single energy market with Turkey, Balkan neighbours
The European Union agreed Tuesday on an energy co-operation agreement with the Balkan countries, Turkey and Moldova, aiming to secure energy supplies across the continent.
Before the Wells Run Dry: Ireland’s Transition to Renewable Energy
Whenever it occurs, the decline in oil and gas output will be a turning point in human history … renewables do indeed have the capacity to provide the people of Europe with all the energy they need to live comfortable lives without using coal or nuclear energy at all.
Australia: Labels could save $600m of water
Australia is to become the first country to introduce a national water efficiency rating system on toilets, shower-heads, washing machines, dishwashers and taps.
The three crises: oil prices, climate change and international debt,
High oil prices are causing misery in some of the poorest countries of the world and threaten to collapse the global economy. Yet, oddly,
solving this crisis provides an excellent opportunity to establish a framework to cure the climate crisis as well.
