Pot pourri

Here are some important briefs:

•  IPEEC looking for Executive Director – The International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC) is a high-level international forum that provides global leadership on energy efficiency by identifying and facilitating government implementation of policies and programmes that yield high energy-efficiency gains. IPEEC also aims to promote information exchange on best practices and facilitate initiatives to improve energy efficiency. Founded in May 2009, IPEEC is a voluntary, high-level forum of developed and emerging economies that represent a significant fraction of the global economy. Information on the vacancy is available here.

•  On June 27^th, Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP) and Energy in Demand co-organised: Financing Energy Efficiency: Why bother?  This event brings together high-level policy and business actors for balancing and sharing priories and ideas on the practical ways for driving investment into energy efficiency. The subjects covered will be energy efficiency market, institutional investing, private investors, EU ETS, crowdfunding, insurance, ESCOs and ‘green banking.’  Rod moderated the event. The presentations are available on the EEIP website.

•  Thames Array wind farm – The world’s largest wind farm began operation this week in the UK.  The Thames Array is owned by Denmark’s Dong Energy conglomerate; the German utility Eon; and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy group. Germany’s Siemens built the turbines. The total cost was £1.9bn (€2.2bn). The installed capacity comes to 630 MW and there are 175 turbines.

•  IEA report on Sustainable Buildings – The IEA published Transition to Sustainable Buildings, Strategies and Opportunities to 2050. The report is part of the Energy Technology Perspectives series.  It presents detailed scenarios and strategies to 2050, and demonstrates how to reach deep energy and emissions reduction through a combination of best available technologies and intelligent public policy.  Information on the report is available on the IEA website.

•  JRC report on Science for Energy – The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission publishes new science report – The third in the JRC’s series of thematic reports has been published. Entitled Science for Energy, this new publication gives an insight into the research carried out by the JRC in the areas of energy efficiency, security of energy supply, renewable energy, nuclear energy, energy technology innovation and hydrogen technologies. The report outlines JRC’s work and achievements in the different areas of energy research, including for instance biofuels, smart grids, ecodesign, photovoltaics and fuel cells. Within each area, the detailed policy context is cited, showing the JRC’s added value as independent and science-based advisor to the EU policy-making process. The report is available here.