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TECH: Bio4EU, nuevo estudio de asesoramiento en biotecnología para la Comisión Europea 2007-06-05 04:44:00 Destaca entre las potencialidades de la biotecnología los beneficios en la reducción de costes de producción y el incremento de las cosechas, además de un manejo más sencillo.Un estudio realizado por el Joint Research Centre, instituto de investigación que asesora a la Comisión Europea, recoge un cálculo económico para estimar los beneficios que reportarían a los agricultores europeos la siembra de cultivos biotecnológicos. Así, si el 75% de los agricultores franceses sembrara colza mejorada genéticamente (MG), ahorrarían 24 millones de euros en el coste del control de malas hierbas, con un beneficio económico global de 38 millones de euros. Si los productores británicos adoptaran la remolacha transgénica, sus ahorros en el control de malas hierbas ascendería a 217 euros por hectárea, con un beneficio total de 33,5 millones de euros. Y si los agricultores andaluces emplearan algodón Bt resistente a insectos, los costes se les reducirían en 148 euros por cada hec
CLIMATE CHANGE: China presenta su propio plan contra el cambio climático! 2007-06-14 01:43:00 China, segundo contaminador del planeta por detrás de EEUU, ha presentado su primer plan para luchar contra
el cambio
climático, que no fija compromisos concretos de reducción de las emisiones de CO2 aunque se compromete a controlarlas. “China no considera aceptable que se impongan a los países en desarrollo compromisos en reducción de emisiones, pero se fija la meta de reducir el consumo energético un 20% en 2010, lo que disminuirá su emisión de gases de efecto invernadero”, dijo Ma Kai, presidente del máximo organismo planificador del país. El esperado plan de la Comisión Nacional de Desarrollo y Reforma, que recoge objetivos ya anunciados y delinea medidas para lograrlos, se presentó dos días antes de la Cumbre del G8 en Alemania, a la que asistirá el presidente Hu Jintao y que abordará el cambio climático como asunto principal. Ma reconoció que China desplazará a EEUU como principal emisor de CO2 del mundo (en 2008, según la Agencia Internacional de la Energ Read more:China
, propio
THE AMERICAS: OEA aprueba Declaración sobre energía para desarrollo 2007-06-14 01:36:00 Los cancilleres de las Américas afinaban ayer la “Declaración de Panamá” sobre
energía para el desarrollo
sostenible, en el último día de la 37 Asamblea General de la OEA, tras el choque entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela por el cese de la licencia de una televisora venezolana.Después de dos días de debate sobre este tema la 37 Asamblea General de la OEA subrayó que "la gobernabilidad democrática, las instituciones democráticas sólidas, el estado de derecho y el respeto de los derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales son elementos esenciales para alcanzar las metas de los Estados miembros y de la región en materia de energía y desarrollo sostenible, el combate a la exclusión social y el avance del bien publico".Los 34 cancilleres de las Américas expresaron la necesidad de reducir la vulnerabilidad de los países ante las fluctuaciones en los precios y la oferta de la energía; incrementar la cooperación e integración energéticas; y, tomando en cuenta los desaf Read more:aprueba
AMERICA: Sops key to solar growth in U.S. 2007-06-13 05:25:00 The potential of solar energy to help solve many of America`s energy woes is real, but its success hinges on establishing long-term incentives, industry advocates say. 'The only risk posed by solar is not going forward rapidly,' Michael Splinter, chief executive officer of Silicon Valley-based Applied Materials, said this week at a briefing sponsored by the New America Foundation on the potential for the technology to meet global energy demand. Solar is a viable way to meet much of U.S. and world energy needs -- and to reduce carbon emissions, Splinter said. Solar represents one-tenth of 1 percent of the 5,000 gigawatts of electricity produced globally each year, Splinter said. The global solar industry is a $15 billion market expected to grow to $50 billion by 2010, he said. So far, most of Allied Material`s business is overseas, particularly Germany, where the industry is further developed in part because there are strong incentives both for consumers and industry to use solar,
TECH: The space solar power 2007-06-12 08:22:00 The Pentagon's National Security Space Office (NSSO) may begin a study in the near future on the possibility of using satellites to collect solar energy for use on Earth, according to Defense Department officials.The officials said the study does not mean that the military plans to demonstrate or deploy a space-based solar power
constellation. However, as the Pentagon looks at a variety of alternative energy sources, this could be one possible method of supplying energy to troops in bases or on the battlefield, they said.The military's work in this area also could aid development of a system that could provide energy to non-military users as well, according to Lt. Col. Michael Hornitschek, chief of rated force policy on the Air Force staff at the Pentagon.Hornitschek, who has been exploring the concept of space-based solar power
in his spare time, recently briefed the NSSO on the concept of space-based solar power, and stimulated interest in conducting a formal study, according to L
TECH: MIT team experimentally demonstrates wireless power transfer, potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones without cords 2007-06-11 23:29:00 Imagine a future in which wireless powertransfer
is feasible: cell phones, household robots, mp3 players, laptop computers and other portable electronics capable of charging themselves without ever being plugged in, freeing us from that final, ubiquitous power wire. Some of these devices might not even need their bulky batteries to operate.A team from MIT's Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) has experimentally demonstrated an important step toward accomplishing this vision of the future.The team members are Andre Kurs, Aristeidis Karalis, Robert Moffatt, Prof. Peter Fisher, and Prof. John Joannopoulos (Francis Wright Davis Chair and director of ISN), led by Prof. Marin Soljacic.Goodbye wires…Realizing their recent theoretical prediction, they were able to light a 60W light bulb from a power source seven feet (more than two meters) away; there was no physical connection between the source Read more:laptops
EFICIENCIA: Los visitantes de SIMA Futura conocen la eficiencia energética 2007-06-17 07:30:00 REMICA, líder en eficiencia energética ha estado presente un año más en el certamen SIMA Futura, celebrado dentro del Salón Inmobiliario de Madrid del 29 de mayo al 2 de junio, reforzando su presencia mediante la instalación real de su solución GICA. REMICA, compañía especializada en la instalación y mantenimiento de sistemas de calefacción, climatización, agua caliente sanitaria y energía solar, presenta GICA, su revolucionario sistema de Gestión Individual de Calefacción y Agua Caliente Sanitaria. En la edición de 2007 REMICA, ha contado con un amplio stand de 50 m2, duplicando su espacio respecto a ediciones anteriores, ya que en la presente ha mostrado in situ los beneficios de la eficiencia energética. Alta Eficiencia Energética a costes de mercado GICA es sinónimo de eficiencia energética, ya que minimiza notablemente el impacto medioambiental de los edificios. Esta tecnología da cumplimiento a lo establecido en el Código Técnico de la Edificació
WIND ENERGY: Oil tycoon plans major wind farm 2007-06-15 06:40:00 Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is planning to cash in on the wind energy boom by building the world's largest wind farm in West Texas. The oil tycoon wants to install large wind turbines in parts of four Panhandle counties in a project that would produce up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity, Pickens spokesman Mike Boswell said Wednesday. If Pickens' company, Mesa Power LP, does build the wind farm it would be the largest in the world, American Wind Energy Association spokeswoman Susan Williams Sloan said. It would generate more than five times the 735 megawatts produced at the present largest wind farm near Abilene. One megawatt is enough to power 250 homes in Texas, Sloan said. Pickens' proposal, which would cost as much as $6 billion, would fall just short of nearly doubling what Texas had at the end of 2006, when wind power totaled about 2,700 megawatts, she said. Not all planned wind projects in Texas become reality, though. Earlier this week, a developer who Read more:plans
TECH: What Killed Micro Fuel Cells? What is Next? 2007-06-18 01:15:00 About four or five years ago, micro fuel cells were quite a hot topic in cleantech. They were going to power our laptops, cell phones, PDAs, blackberries, hand held multimedia devices, etc. The story ran like this: The digital age and increasing customer demand for more power hungry features like bandwidth, multimedia, et al on mobile devices like laptops, PDAs and cellphones mean the increase in power requirements are outstripping the pace of technology of lithium ion battery - therefore the only solutions will be micro fuel cells. And since battery manufacturers are a plodding, unimaginative lot, silicon valley and smart scientists can build a company to leapfrog them. We saw major players like Motorola (MOT), Toshiba (TOSBF), Intel (INTC), and others taking a look, and startups like Smart Fuel Cells, Medis (MDTL) and MTI Micro seeking to make their name on a fuel cell the size of a credit card (or thereabouts) . Today, still no micro fuel cell powered devices are on the market, Read more:Killed
UNITED KINGDOM: Fruit could make 'powerful fuel' 2007-06-23 15:09:00 The fuel, made from fructose, contains far more energy than ethanol, the scientists write in the journal Nature.Separately, a British report on biofuels says all types of waste products, including plastic bags, can be used to make biodiesel fuel.Critics of biofuels made from food crops say they drive up prices.In both the European Union and the United States, politicians have heartily embraced biofuels as a way of reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and dependency on imported oil.'Waste' fuelCritics say that the current biofuels - both diesel made from palm oil and ethanol made from corn - encourage farmers to switch land to fuel production, driving up the price of food in the process.Now scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say that a simple sugar called fructose can be converted into a fuel that has many advantages over ethanol. It is called dimethylfuran - it can store 40% more energy than ethanol, and does not evaporate as easily.The scientists say that fructose can Read more:Fruit
RENEWABLE: Suecia y EEUU firman acuerdo de cooperación en energía renovable 2007-06-30 19:57:00 Suecia y Estados Unidos firmaron un acuerdo para financiar de manera conjunta proyectos encaminados a desarrollar tecnologías de energía renovable, informó hoy Radio Suecia. El gobierno sueco señaló que destinará cerca de 18 millones de dólares USA al programa, incluyendo un proyecto con el fabricante de camiones Volvo y con su subsidiaria en Estados Unidos, Mack Trucks. El acuerdo fue firmado el jueves en Estocolmo por el ministro de Energía de Suecia, Maud Olofsson, y por el secretario de Energía adjunto de Estados Unidos, Alexander Karsner. Como parte del programa, los dos gobiernos y Volvo acordaron financiar de manera conjunta un proyecto de 9 millones de dólares concebido para desarrollar camiones que utilicen combustibles alternativos. Los acuerdos fueron discutidos por el presidente George W. Bush de Estados Unidos y por el primer ministro de Suecia, Frederick Reinfeldt, durante un encuentro realizado en mayo en la Casa Blanca, inform Read more:firman
CANADA: TIENE EL PRIMER REGLAMENTO AMBIENTAL EN EL MUNDO 2007-07-08 05:48:00 Para detener la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero en Canadá, el gobierno de ese país creó el primer reglamento ambiental en el mundo que establece los límites para el control de estos gases y otros contaminantes atmosféricos, destacó la doctora Milena Sejnoha, directora de Política de Tecnología Energética del Ministerio de Recursos Naturales de Canadá.Con la aplicación de dicho reglamento ambiental se calcula reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero 20 por ciento para 2020.Canadá es pionero en reglamentar emisión de gases, Sejnoha señaló que para 2020 se reducirían emisiones en un 20% En su participación en el ciclo de conferencias “Café Orgánico”, que organiza la Unidad Azcapotzalco de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Sejnoha explicó que la aplicación de las normas será gradual y la disminución de las emisiones será del dos por ciento anual, para no afectar sectores económicos y dar tiempo a empre
BRASIL: Brazilian biofuel beckons Europe [video] 2007-07-07 03:25:00 Brussels sees Brazil as a key player in the fight against global warming. With the tenth largest economy in the world, Brazil is home to most of the Amazon rainforest. It is a major producer of biofuels. President Lula da Silva is due at a conference in Brussels this Thursday where the main goal will be to foster consumption and production of fuel made from crops. EU leaders agreed in March to boost the role of biofuels, with a clear deadline.Christian Bergsmuller is a member of the EU delegation in Brazil: "If the EU (has) that ambitious agenda of moving to about 20% of renewable energy by 2020 - which is very ambitious - we know that we have to import from other parts of the world, and Brazil will certainly have a stake in our energy mix in the future."In the future, if trade and investment end up predominantly bilateral, this risks complicating business dealings further afield. Brazil is the EU's main trading partner in Latin America but broader interests cannot be ignored.Analyst Read more:video
, Europe
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BRASIL: The Brazilian ethanol 'slaves' freed in raid on plantation 2007-07-06 00:17:00 More than 1,000 "enslaved" workers have been released from a sugar cane plantation in the Amazon following a raid that has highlighted the dark side of the current ethanol
boom. Brazilian
authorities said that the workers in the northern state of Para were being forced to work 14-hour days in horrendous conditions cutting cane for ethanol production. Police said the raid was Brazil's biggest to date against debt slavery, a practice reminiscent of indentured labour where poor workers are lured to remote rural areas, then pushed into debt to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation. The plantation's owner, Para Pastoril e Agricola SA, one of the biggest ethanol producers in Brazil, denied the charges yesterday. Brazil has become the poster boy for ethanol production as its massive sugar cane plantations have fuelled a wholesale switch from petrol to biofuels. Rising inter Read more:slaves
EUROPE: Biofuels to buy farm prices in next decade: OECD/FAO 2007-07-05 18:06:00 The rapid growth of the world's biofuel industry is likely to keep farm commodity prices at high levels in the next decade
as it will boost demand for grains, oilseeds, and sugar, a major study said on Wednesday. The study, co-written by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said biofuels would have a major impact on the agriculture sector between 2007 and 2016. "Bioenergies have become a key factor in the functioning of agriculture markets," Loek Boonekamp, a senior OECD official, told reporters after the release of the study. "In the medium term we believe that they could lead to prices on international markets rising quite considerably, at higher levels than what we had predicted in former outlooks and above the average of the last 10 years," he added. Boonekamp said that farm prices, mainly grains, would likely rise by 20 to 50 percent over the next decade. He added that although the long- Read more:Biofuels
ASIA: UN says China is a 'crucial target' of Live Earth's anti-global warning message 2007-07-10 23:36:00 China, by some reports the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, is a "crucial target" of the Live Earth
concerts' anti-global warning
message, the United Nations representative in Beijing said Thursday. China's business center of Shanghai is one of seven cities staging the 24-hour concerts on Saturday aimed at raising awareness of climate change. The location is poignant since the city is the linchpin of the booming Chinese economy - blamed for spewing ever-growing levels of green house gasses into the atmosphere. "Global warming is a very complex issue," Khalid Malik, the United Nations' resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative in China, said in a news release. "With its rapid economic growth and soaring carbon emissions, China is regarded as a crucial target for this message," Malik said. China has been drawing growing international attention for its chronic environmental problems, from poisoned rivers and lakes to choking air and spreading deserts. The Netherland Read more:China
, Live Earth
AMERICA: ComEd, Utilities Roll Out New Devices, Programs to Help Consumers Keep Their Energy Use Down 2007-07-10 20:22:00 Utilities are rolling out more programs than ever to help consumers cut their energy use, motivated by cost considerations, pressure from regulators and increased consumer acceptance. In doing so, they hope to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants, forestall the need for building new plants and put a brake on rising electricity costs.Moving beyond traditional rebate programs, utilities are putting sophisticated tools in consumers' hands, such as online calculators, advanced electric meters, in-home displays, remote-control devices and innovative pricing plans. Some consumers say they're changing their energy habits as a result, a task that can be time-consuming but which many people say they find rewarding. Letting the Power CompanyControl Your ACBarrington Hills, Ill., resident Nancy Hennelly and her family are participating in a voluntary program offered by Commonwealth Edison Co., a unit of Exelon Corp., in which customers pay variable prices for electricity rather than a Read more:Utilities
, Devices
, Programs
, Energy
EUROPA: Nuevas necesidades Nuevos desarrollos tecnologicos para los navios [VIDEO] 2007-07-10 08:27:00 Air Cavity System Reducir la polución de uno de los más grandes contaminantes --los buques cisterna y otros barcos-- gracias a un nuevo invento danés.Air Cavity System es un cojín de aire que se sitúa entre el agua y el casco del barco. Buques con motores menos contaminantesUna nueva generación de motores para la navegación está a punto de aparecer. Europa tiene un 40% de la flota mundial, por lo que es de vital importancia hacer barcos menos contaminantes, más económicos y fiables.Además con el incremento del tráfico marítimo en las zonas nortes del Mar Artico, es el momento de asentar las reglas para navegar en este área. euroNewsSI NECESITAS UN AMPLIO CONTENIDO SOBRE ASUNTOS ENERGETICOS: www.BajaenergyBlog.com
CALIFORNIA: The biggest solar farm of teh World is planned in AMERICA 2007-07-10 07:27:00 A San Francisco company said Friday it plans to build the world's largest solar power farm near Fresno, California. The 80-megawatt farm is to occupy as much as 640 acres (260 hectares) and upon completion in 2011 will be 17 times the size of the largest U.S. solar farm, said Cleantech America LLC, a privately held 2-year-old company. The farm will also be about seven times the size of the world's biggest plant and double the largest planned farm, both in Germany. Bill Barnes, CEO of Cleantech, said the scale of the Kings River Conservation District Community Choice Solar Farm will change renewable energy and make California the global leader for huge solar projects and replace Germany as the solar energy hub of the world. "We're pretty confident that solar farms on this scale are going to have an industry-changing impact," Barnes said by telephone on Friday. "We think it's the wave of the future. This scale of project, I think, creates a t Read more:World
EUROPA: La energía para el futuro, eL Hidrógeno [VIDEO] 2007-07-09 12:08:00 El HIDROGENO, es el elemento químico de número atómico 1 y símbolo H. A temperatura ambiente se lo encuentra como hidrógeno diatómico, un gas inflamable, incoloro e inodoro, y es el elemento químico más ligero y más abundante del Universo, estando las estrellas formadas mayormente por este elemento en estado de plasma durante la mayor parte de sus ciclos.Aparece además en multitud de sustancias como, por ejemplo, el agua y los compuestos orgánicos, y es capaz de reaccionar con la mayoría de los elementos, es el elemento más abundante en la naturaleza.El núcleo del isótopo más abundante está formado por un solo protón. Además existen otros dos isótopos: el deuterio (tiene un neutrón) y el tritio (tiene dos neutrones).Via: WikipediaLos combustibles fosiles se usan, actualmente, para cubrir casi todas las necesidades energéticas. Pero es necesario encontrar una alternativa.El hidrógeno puede ser la respuesta siempre y cuando se logre producirlo de una manera limpia Read more:futuro
ASIA: Winter Olympics Site Stirs Concern Among Environmentalists 2007-07-09 03:47:00 The choice of Sochi, a Russian Black Sea resort town, to host the 2014 Winter Olympics
is worrying European environmentalists who believe that politics trumped environmental concerns. Sochi is thought to have spent 60 million euros ($80 million) to have won the bid to become the first Russian location to host the Winter Olympics. Russia will spend another 9 billion euros to build the needed infrastructure and sports facilities. Russia launched wild celebrations after the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision was announced in Guatemala Wednesday.Building something from nothingBut now reality has set in. Sochi organizers acknowledge they have a massive task ahead of them to turn the impoverished resort town into an Olympic hub in seven years. The road from Sochi's seashore to the mountains is narrow and runs through an economically depressed area of small farms. By 2014 it will have a high-tech train line, new roads, ice arenas, sporting venues and everything else needed Read more:Concern
, Environmentalists
NEW ZEALAND: Renewable energy 10 times cheaper 2007-07-17 13:19:00 Cost of renewable energy 10 times cheaper than ‘business as usual’ fossil-fuelled future, says breakthrough report Savings of US $180 billion per year predicted in first global analysis of renewable energy versus fossil fuelsAmsterdam/Brussels, 6th July 2007: Investing in a renewable electricity future will save 10 times the fuel costs of a ‘business as usual’ fossil-fuelled scenario, saving $180 billion USD annually and cut CO2 emissions in half by 2030, according to a joint report by Greenpeace and the European Renewable
Energy Council (EREC) released today. (1)In the first global analysis of its kind, “Future Investment - A sustainable Investment Plan for the power sector to save the Climate’, demonstrates a powerful economic argument for a shift in global investments towards renewable energy (including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and bio energy), within the next 23 years, and away from dangerous coal and nuclear power. The report gives the financial rationale for
ESPAÑA: Las cementeras invierten 400 millones en cuatro años para afrontar las exigencias ecológicas 2007-07-16 03:58:00 Pero si en esto llevamos más de 10 años!'. Las cementeras se sorprenden de que les pregunten cómo han ido evolucionando sus procesos para hacer frente a las exigencias medioambientales.Para ellas, las mejoras de eficiencia energética son parte de sus quebraderos de cabeza desde siempre. 'Ha habido épocas de crisis energética en las que el 80% del coste de nuestra producción era la energía. Teníamos que ganar en eficiencia', asegura Manuel Melgar, director de relaciones institucionales de Portland Valderrivas. El cemento evoluciona con el CO2Sea como fuere, hace 10 años emitir CO2 a la atmósfera era gratis y ahora cada tonelada cuesta. Según las últimas cotizaciones para la venta de derechos en 2008, el precio de una tonelada de CO2 ronda los 20 euros. 'Sin hacer nada, hubiéramos tenido un excedente por encima de nuestros derechos de emisión de CO2 de 300.000 toneladas. El impacto económico sería muy grave', comenta Aniceto Zaragoza, director general de la patronal Read more:cuatro
JAPON: Toyota inventa un coche híbrido que se carga con un enchufe 2007-07-25 09:18:00 El número uno mundial automovilístico, la firma japonesa Toyota
, ha anunciado que dentro de poco probará en las rutas del archipiélago un prototipo de coche
híbrido que se recarga
en una simple toma de corriente eléctrica.Toyota, pionero de los motores híbridos que funcionan a la vez con combustible y electricidad, asegura haber obtenido una primicia mundial.El prototipo, que puede trasladar a cinco personas, está equipado con una batería de níquel híbrida. Se carga de la misma manera que un ordenador portátil, en una simple toma de corriente de eléctrica. La duración de la carga es de una hora y media en una alimentación de 200 voltios, o de unas tres horas y media en 100 voltios.Este automóvil está concebido para utilizar electricidad solo en trayectos breves (12 kilómetros), a una velocidad máxima de 100 km/h, gracias a un motor 100% eléctrico de 1.449,6 cm3. El motor a gasolina, que permite una velocidad superior, sería utilizado para largas distancias.Contra l Read more:inventa
ESPAÑA: Estrategia Española de Cambio Climático y Energía Limpia, 2007-2012-2020 [.pdf] 2007-07-24 09:37:00 Propuesta del Gobierno para el Consejo Nacional del Clima y la Comisión de Coordinación de Políticas de Cambio Climático.[summary]El cambio climático es una de las principales amenazas para el desarrollo sostenible, representa uno de los principales retos ambientales con efectos sobre la economía global, la salud y el bienestar social. Sus impactos los sufrirán aún con mayor intensidad las futuras generaciones.Por ello, es necesario actuar desde este momento y reducir las emisiones mientras que a su vez buscamos formas para adaptarnos a los impactos del cambio climático. Según el Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos de Cambio Climático (IPCC), en la contribución del Grupo de Trabajo I al Cuarto Informe de Evaluación, aprobado en París el 2 febrero de 2007, el calentamiento global es inequívoco y se atribuye a la acción del hombre con una certidumbre superior al noventa por ciento.DESCARGA GRATIS -->DESCARGA GRATIS -->MEDIDAS URGENTES DE LA ESTRATEGIA ESPAÑOLABl
AUSTRALIA: Carbon trade under way without fuss 2007-07-23 22:07:00 Carbon has traded in Australia for the first time, with government-issued carbon credits opening at $8.50 a tonne on the debut of the Australian Climate Exchange. By the close of trade, carbon had climbed to $8.60. This was a big discount to the €19.60 ($A30.62) at which carbon dioxide per tonne closed in London trade on Friday. Tony Beck, co-convener of the Australasian Emission Trading Forum, said the price would include five years of legislative risk before the Government's target of a cap-and-trade system by 2012. "You're talking about the difference between a limited number of voluntary emission reductions versus a significant reduction in national emissions over all," Mr Beck said. "The verification and the certification conditions that would apply under a trading scheme haven't been established, so it would be a bit risky to buy a credit now and assume it's going to be recognised under a national trading scheme." PricewaterhouseCoopers climate change services leader Andrew Read more:Carbon
NEW ZEALAND: Renewable energy 10 times cheaper 2007-07-17 13:19:00 Cost of renewable energy 10 times cheaper than ‘business as usual’ fossil-fuelled future, says breakthrough report Savings of US $180 billion per year predicted in first global analysis of renewable energy versus fossil fuelsAmsterdam/Brussels, 6th July 2007: Investing in a renewable electricity future will save 10 times the fuel costs of a ‘business as usual’ fossil-fuelled scenario, saving $180 billion USD annually and cut CO2 emissions in half by 2030, according to a joint report by Greenpeace and the European Renewable
Energy Council (EREC) released today. (1)In the first global analysis of its kind, “Future Investment - A sustainable Investment Plan for the power sector to save the Climate’, demonstrates a powerful economic argument for a shift in global investments towards renewable energy (including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and bio energy), within the next 23 years, and away from dangerous coal and nuclear power. The report gives the financial rationale for
ESPAÑA: Las cementeras invierten 400 millones en cuatro años para afrontar las exigencias ecológicas 2007-07-16 03:58:00 Pero si en esto llevamos más de 10 años!'. Las cementeras se sorprenden de que les pregunten cómo han ido evolucionando sus procesos para hacer frente a las exigencias medioambientales.Para ellas, las mejoras de eficiencia energética son parte de sus quebraderos de cabeza desde siempre. 'Ha habido épocas de crisis energética en las que el 80% del coste de nuestra producción era la energía. Teníamos que ganar en eficiencia', asegura Manuel Melgar, director de relaciones institucionales de Portland Valderrivas. El cemento evoluciona con el CO2Sea como fuere, hace 10 años emitir CO2 a la atmósfera era gratis y ahora cada tonelada cuesta. Según las últimas cotizaciones para la venta de derechos en 2008, el precio de una tonelada de CO2 ronda los 20 euros. 'Sin hacer nada, hubiéramos tenido un excedente por encima de nuestros derechos de emisión de CO2 de 300.000 toneladas. El impacto económico sería muy grave', comenta Aniceto Zaragoza, director general de la patronal Read more:cuatro
ASIA: UN says China is a 'crucial target' of Live Earth's anti-global warning message 2007-07-10 23:36:00 China, by some reports the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, is a "crucial target" of the Live Earth
concerts' anti-global warning
message, the United Nations representative in Beijing said Thursday. China's business center of Shanghai is one of seven cities staging the 24-hour concerts on Saturday aimed at raising awareness of climate change. The location is poignant since the city is the linchpin of the booming Chinese economy - blamed for spewing ever-growing levels of green house gasses into the atmosphere. "Global warming is a very complex issue," Khalid Malik, the United Nations' resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative in China, said in a news release. "With its rapid economic growth and soaring carbon emissions, China is regarded as a crucial target for this message," Malik said. China has been drawing growing international attention for its chronic environmental problems, from poisoned rivers and lakes to choking air and spreading deserts. The Netherland Read more:China
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AMERICA: ComEd, Utilities Roll Out New Devices, Programs to Help Consumers Keep Their Energy Use Down 2007-07-10 20:22:00 Utilities are rolling out more programs than ever to help consumers cut their energy use, motivated by cost considerations, pressure from regulators and increased consumer acceptance. In doing so, they hope to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants, forestall the need for building new plants and put a brake on rising electricity costs.Moving beyond traditional rebate programs, utilities are putting sophisticated tools in consumers' hands, such as online calculators, advanced electric meters, in-home displays, remote-control devices and innovative pricing plans. Some consumers say they're changing their energy habits as a result, a task that can be time-consuming but which many people say they find rewarding. Letting the Power CompanyControl Your ACBarrington Hills, Ill., resident Nancy Hennelly and her family are participating in a voluntary program offered by Commonwealth Edison Co., a unit of Exelon Corp., in which customers pay variable prices for electricity rather than a Read more:Energy
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