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Report: #China’s push to be #greentech leader violates #WTO accord (#renewable)
Mar 18th
China is protecting its green tech energy industries, says a new report by the National Foreign Trade Council. Moreover, Beijing is ordering big state-owned enterprises to favor Chinese manufacturers in their energy purchases, in violation of its WTO commitments, the report finds.
By Howard LaFranchi / Staff writer / March 15, 2010
Washington
The Chinese government is encouraging domestic companies to learn from, copy, and ultimately supplant foreign producers of ‘green tech’ renewable-energy technology as it presses forward with its campaign to shift rapidly to noncarbon sources of energy, says a new report commissioned by the Washington-based National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC).
The report finds, too, More >
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Loading ...Should the U.S. subsidize green investments that create jobs overseas?
Mar 11th
6:00 AM Thu, Mar 11, 2010
Dave Michaels/Reporter
The “Chinese” West Texas wind farm kicked off the debate about whether the stimulus is subsidizing green jobs overseas. At least initially, the project’s Dallas- and Austin-based developers and investors said the wind turbines would come from China , while Chinese banks would finance the project. The project’s owners would receive about $450 million if they pursue a stimulus grant available to them.
Now, two advocacy groups have issued a report (pdf) that says theTreasury Department has rewarded other companies that appear to make most of their clean-energy goods overseas. Treasury awarded tax credits to 17 foreign-based companies “with operations in low-wage More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Renewable Energy Stampede & Green Living Fair 2010
Feb 5th
Tired of paying a lot to exhibit at a “Green” or Home show, only to find most of your potential customers are primarily there to pick out new crown molding, sconces, or other unrelated products? Then you should exhibit at the Renewable Energy Stampede and Green Living Fair, where you KNOW that the people there are interested in your type of products.
2 days – Interested Customers – Reasonable rates – Customers from an area of over 1 million people – Competitive Electric Region
Renewable Energy Stampede & Green Living Fair
Salado, Texas
April 17 – 18, 2010
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Unlocking Finance for Clean Energy: The Need for ‘Investment Grade’ Policy
Jan 30th
Briefing Paper Kirsty Hamilton, December 2009
As negotiators and policymakers look beyond the high-level politics of a global climate change deal, attention will focus on implementation. This briefing paper looks at what policy needs to deliver to provide the conditions for scaled up investment in renewable energy, drawing on work with leading mainstream financiers.
- ‘Investment grade’ energy policy is a critical factor for unlocking significantly scaled-up capital flows into renewable energy and energy efficiency.
- To be ‘investment grade’, policy needs to tackle all the relevant factors that financiers assess when looking at a deal. It must be embedded in wider energy More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...World Future Energy Summit – Summary Review
Jan 29th
January 29, 2010 World Future Energy Summit Last week’s World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi was a coming-together of state and industry leaders with plenty of unfinished business from December’s Copenhagen climate talks. by Jackie Jones, Consulting Editor Abu Dhabi, UAE [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
The emirate of Abu Dhabi — one of the world’s leading oil and gas producers — has its focus on the future. A post-oil future. Abu Dhabi has started to put into practice a bold commitment to renewable and sustainable technologies that will enable it to continue as an energy leader after oil has declined.
But when it More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Europe Unites to Invest $40 Billion in Huge Off-Shore Renewable Energy Super-Grid
Jan 5th
Published on January 4th, 2010
This month Europe’s first electricity super-grid dedicated to renewable energy will become a political reality, as part of Europe’s plan to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020.
The huge new undersea transmission cable will connect up Scotland’s off-shore wind turbines off the coast of Scotland, and solar from Germany, hydro power from Norway and wave power off the coast of Belgium and Denmark.Nine countries will draw up formal plans to link up a super-grid of powerful clean energy projects strung out all around the North Sea in order to More >
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China enacts law to promote renewable energy – Taiwan News Online
Dec 27th
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press 2009-12-27 12:44 PM
China’s utilities will be required to buy all the power produced by wind farms and other renewable sources under a new law meant to promote the industry and reduce heavy reliance on coal.
Legislators approved the measure Saturday as an amendment to China’s 2006 renewable energy law, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Beijing has set ambitious goals for wind, solar and other renewable energy in an effort to clean up its environment and curb surging demand for imported oil and gas, which communist leaders see as a strategic weakness.
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China Requires Utilities to Buy All the Electricity Generated By Renewable Energy Companies : CleanTechnica
Dec 27th
Published on December 26th, 2009 in alternative energy, policy
This weekend the main Chinese legislature adopted an amendment to the renewable energy law, requiring that utilities must buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators. Utilities refusing would be fined up to an amount double that of the economic loss of the renewable energy company.
The big question is: for how much? Whether this would create a boom in renewable energy in China will depend on how much money companies could earn in the sales. So far, this figure is not in the news reports. This amount paid per kilowatt-hour produced is More >
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Manager of Renewable Resource Integration Job at Southern California Edison
Dec 26th
Posted Dec 16
Basic Qualifications: Must have experience with Control Area operations, power trading, generation dispatching, or power scheduling.
Core Competencies: - Bachelors Degree in technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Typically possesses two or more years experience in supervisory and/or energy operations program management. - Typically possesses ten or more years experience in functions related to Control Area Operations, power trading, or scheduling. - Demonstrated experience with Control Area operations, power trading, Generation dispatching or scheduling in the Western power market. - Demonstrated experience with managing power from renewable resources. - Demonstrated experience with supervising, implementing, and leading More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...U.S. renewable energy lab sets up world’s tenth fastest supercomputer
Dec 23rd
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 04:20
The supercomputer was built on the design principles and successes of earlier machines such as ASCI Red from the
mid-1990’s and the Red Storm from early 2000. Photo from N.R.E.L.
The United States’ National Renewable Energy Laboratory will utilize the tenth fastest supercomputer in the world for its Sandia National Laboratory facilities.
U.S. renewable energy lab sets up world’s tenth fastest supercomputer.
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