Energy Update
At the June Clean Energy Ministerial Meeting, Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Pedro JoaquÃn Coldwell, Mexican Secretary of Energy, announced that European and Mexican researchers will work together on tapping into new sources of geothermal energy. The project, known as GEMex, was selected in a joint call launched by the European Union and Mexico.
In 2014, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a goal to increase solar power capacity to 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2022—five times higher than the previous target. The 2022 target is extremely ambitious (the world’s total installed solar power capacity was 181 GW in 2014) and would make India a global leader in renewable energy.
U.S. electricity markets in the U.S. need explicit rules about the benefits that are delivered to the grid when energy storage and renewable generators are combined to offer a single capacity resource, Jason Burwen, policy and advocacy director for the Energy Storage Association (ESA), said on June 8.
On June 8, during its annual forum held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Canadian Hydropower Association announced the availability of an online map that depicts the country’s hydropower resources. Developed in coordination with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), CHA said the map is a tool to explore the story of Canadian hydropower development and learn about one of Canada’s greatest resources.
In parts one and two of this series on advocacy in the biomass industry, I discussed the need for key stakeholders to come together on policy issues and introduced a methodology, called Abigail’s Law, for assessing the current policy and program priorities.
ABUJA, June 8 (Reuters) - The Niger Delta Avengers militant
group on Wednesday rejected an offer of talks with the
government to end its attacks on oil facilities and also said it
had blown up a Chevron well in the delta.
KATOWICE, Poland, June 8 (Reuters) - Poland unexpectedly
rejected a dividend payout by state-controlled Tauron
on Wednesday, knocking shares in the energy utility and raising
questions among analysts over dividend payments by other
state-run firms.
LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - Refineries from India to the
United States are backing away from buying Nigerian oil amid
heightened uncertainty about deliveries as the country squares
up to militants in the restive Delta region.
ATHENS, June 8 (Reuters) - Greece's main power utility will
formally launch the sale of a stake in its power grid operator
ADMIE in June, a step towards opening up its electricity market
and complying with the terms of its international bailout.
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