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Germany tops list of best energy efficiency policies
Germany has topped a list of the best and worst energy efficiency policies drawn up by Ecofys and Germanwatch for WWF and E3G.
UK Prime Minister says ‘breakthrough’ on climate change reached
UK Prime Minister is hailing the agreement reached by the EU Council on climate change funding a ‘breakthrough’ ahead of the Copenhagen summit in December.
Australia plugs into electric vehicles
The Australian research organisation CSIRO is launching a three-month trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Ontario switches on Canada’s largest solar plant
Ontario has switched on Canada’s largest solar plant at Stone Mills, near Napanee.
World must get on with carbon capture and storage
Energy ministers meeting in London this week at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum said the world must get on with carbon capture and storage with at least 20 commercial scale pilot projects needed by 2020.
GE and Masdar City to pilot smart appliances
GE is to trial smart home appliances on some of the first residents in Masdar City – the world’s first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city being built in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi.
India, Ontario and Hawaii back feed-in tariffs
India has indicated that it is likely to introduce feed-in tariffs for renewables, while Ontario and Hawaii have enacted region-wide feed-in tariff programmes.
G20 leaders to phase out fossil fuel subsidies
At the end of the G20 meeting last week, leaders agreed to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels to reduce wasteful consumption, increase investment in renewables and tackle climate change.
China could face huge bill for cutting carbon emissions
China’s president Hu Jintao may have promised reductions in carbon emissions by 2020, but the country could face a huge bill achieving the cuts, according to a report from the Energy Research Institute.
China promises to improve energy efficiency and cut emissions
China promised to improve the energy efficiency of homes, businesses and power plants in a bid to cut emissions at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York yesterday.