Commentary
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Aug 02, 2011 |
My provocative title represents the increasing awareness that we don't need to believe in climate change to do the right thing when it comes to energy. Of course, climate change is a real threat to us and our environment. But there are many highly valid reasons to become more energy efficient, conserve energy through behavior change, and transition to renewables -- entirely independent of climate change concerns. -
Jul 12, 2011 |
Fuel prices are going up very rapidly. We need to think upon harnessing non-conventional sources of energy to our maximum. Up till now only those sites, which are large enough, where economy of scale enabled the production of energy at cost low enough to compete thermal power, fueled with low cost oil were used. -
Jun 16, 2011 |
For electric generating companies (GENCOs), these are critical times. Electric power production is dominated by an aging fleet of power plants. Evolving energy demand and energy feedstock patterns are altering the economics of power plant operations. -
Jun 10, 2011 |
Environmental Biotechnology Advances Are Converting Sludge into a Reliable and Massive New Source of Renewable Energy. -
Apr 22, 2011 |
UAE has one of the highest per capita carbon emission rates in the world given its massive use of fossil fuels and its large hydrocarbon resources. The UAE's oil and gas consumption grew by as fast as eight per cent annually during 2000-2009, with gas demand soaring from around 31 billion cubic metres to 58 billion cubic metres. -
Jan 27, 2011 |
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) is the nodal agency for planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing implementation of environmental policies and programs in India. -
Jan 11, 2011 |
Several years ago the European group called Desertec developed a strategy to generate renewable energy resources across the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA) and export the electric power into Europe. -
Dec 30, 2010 |
Given the fact that the world markets are so highly dependent on fossil fuels and that the costs of these are becoming epileptic, for economies and consumers, the outlook for renewable looks promising.
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Dec 23, 2010 |
As one who has manned-up for woody biomass definition fights in Congress since the Farm Bill of 2002 through EPACT 2005, EISA 2007, FCE 2008 and once again to ensure parity for biomass and to achieve equal treatment for biomass energy facilities in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act -
Dec 16, 2010 |
While renewable energy production scenario is improving slowly in many developing nations, more action is now happening in the oil producing countries of the Middle East.
