Our infrastructure isn’t ready for climate change

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Commentary: We need to spend $3.6 trillion to upgrade, modernize By Ed Maurer and Eugene Cordero, April 29, 2013, 11:11 a.m. EDT SANTA CLARA, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Recently, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its latest Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, a measure of the condition, capacity, and maintenance …

NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter: Deal round up: Biofuel industry shows steady progress

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  Essential industry insights: cleantech, renewables, sustainability   NewNet Daily Newsletter 25 March 2013 Read New Energy World Network to stay up-to-date on all the latest fundraising activity in cleantech, renewables and sustainability Deal News Deal round up: Biofuel industry shows steady progress PREMIUM Siemens signs MoU with Qatar’s Green Gulf ARPA-E …

The Challenge of Institutional Investment in Renewable Energy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

David Nelson and Brendan Pierpont, Climate Policy Initiative, March 2013             Available via Creative Commons A move toward renewable energy sources will require significant long-term, low-cost investment. Policymakers, faced with fiscal constraints and a still-recovering financial system, have begun to look to institutional investors – principally pension funds and insurance …

Rising Tide for Ocean Energy: UK Aims to Ride the Wave

kristyGreentech

Rising Tide for Ocean Energy: UK Aims to Ride the Wave by David Appleyard, Chief Editor, Renewable Energy World International | August 30, 2012 | Post Your Comment Growing global interest in harvesting the sea’s vast generation potential is now focused on the UK, where a series of initiatives such …

Nevada’s 1st Commercial Wind Farm to Bring Lasting Benefits

kristyGreen Prosperity

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:21 PM PDT Nevada?s first commercial wind power farm ? Pattern Energy?s 151-MW Spring Valley Wind project ? is up and running, a milestone that is being marked by a public ceremony on the project site near the town of Ely. Government officials, including long-time renewable …

World Sustainable Energy Days – register now!

kristyTV Series

World Sustainable Energy Days – register now! 29 February – 02 March 2012 Wels/Austria, www.wsed.at The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED), the largest annual conference in this field in Europe, offer a unique combination of events on sustainable energy production and use, covering energy efficiency and renewable energy sources for …

Germany’s Low Carbon Energy Strategy

kristyGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

Organized by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) Jennifer Morgan, World Climate and Resources Institute, welcomed the Federal German Ministry initiation of this event at a crucial time in the climate change negotiations. She stressed the urgency to massively scale up the development …

IPCC: Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

kristyGreen Prosperity, Greentech, Trendspotting, Reports Relevant to GTS:, Reports You Need

    1. Introduction The Working Group III Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) presents an assessment of the literature on the scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of the contribution of six renewable energy (RE) sources to the mitigation of climate change. It …

Colombia promotes geothermal energy with IDB support

kristyResource Efficiency

July 7, 2011 – News Releases Colombia promotes geothermal energy with IDB support A $2.7 million GEF grant to help spur investment in non-conventional renewable energy source Colombia will promote investment in non-conventional renewable energy sources and lay the groundwork for its first geothermal project with a $2.7 million grant …

Japan: Prime Minister Kan slams nuclear energy, goes green

kristyTrendspotting

Kan slams nuclear energy, goes green http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105110158.html The Asahi Shimbun, English Web Edition, May 12, 2011 Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his administration intends to dump plans to get half of the nation’s future energy needs from nuclear power and instead place greater reliance on renewable energy sources. “I believe …