This is a very thoughtful article by Marc Karell on the Energy Manager Today website about how we should all properly treat energy efficiency. How to Think about Energy Efficiency I recently gave a talk to an engineering society about sustainability, with the emphasis on energy conservation and greenhouse gas emission reductions. I discussed … Continue reading Thinking of energy efficiency as an investment to be studied and the benefits maximised
Author: Rod Janssen
France sets the bar for energy savings
This was a very strange week, with the UK deciding to cut many of its renewable energy subsidies together with ending its flagship Green Deal and France taking an opposite view. Mike Szabo writes a very good article on the Carbon Pulse website, describing the measures in the energy bill that was approved in France … Continue reading France sets the bar for energy savings
Book review on communicating about climate change
Dennis Bours, from the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office has posted a book review by a professor who looks at the current climate change debate from the perspective of an English professor. The review is well written and it certainly leads one to want to now read the book. Let EiD know if you … Continue reading Book review on communicating about climate change
REN 21 Global Status Report for 2015
First released in 2005, REN21’s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) provides a comprehensive and timely overview of renewable energy market, industry, investment and policy developments worldwide. It enables policymakers, industry, investors and civil society to make informed decisions. The Renewables Global Status Report relies on up-to-date renewable energy data, provided by an international network of … Continue reading REN 21 Global Status Report for 2015
Taiwan putting a focus on addressing energy consumption in its energy-intensive sectors
John Liu writes in the China Post about mandatory energy efficiency measures that will come in place next year in Taiwan. While the main focus is on the textile industry, the article also considers what is happening in the other energy-intensive industrial sectors. Textile industry to face mandatory energy caps Starting next year, mandatory … Continue reading Taiwan putting a focus on addressing energy consumption in its energy-intensive sectors
Explaining climate policies in Australia
Andrea Bunting writes a thorough overview on the greenleft website on the situation in Australia to balance climate policies with its priorities to be a major energy and commodity producer. It will be interesting to see Australia’s position at the global climate summit in Paris later this year. What’s wrong with emissions trading Australia’s climate … Continue reading Explaining climate policies in Australia
New survey shows advantages for businesses from energy efficiency
Lisa Cohn writes on the energyefficiencymarkets website about the results by a regular study by Deloitte in the US showing the importance of energy efficiency to improve competitiveness. It is encouraging that companies generally are positive about their efforts to date, with 52 percent characterising their energy management efforts as extremely/very successful, compared to 42 … Continue reading New survey shows advantages for businesses from energy efficiency
Regulators in Maryland order electric utilities to give greater effort on energy savings
Timothy Wheeler writes in the Baltimore Sun about recent orders from the state regulator to increase its effort on energy savings, with a special target on low-income consumers Utilities ordered to boost energy-saving efforts Maryland regulators ordered the state's electric utilities to boost their efforts to reduce power consumption, setting one of the most … Continue reading Regulators in Maryland order electric utilities to give greater effort on energy savings
Micro-hydro schemes offer good job opportunities
James Meadway explains in the Guardian that micro-hydro energy schemes in Britain offer significant opportunities to regenerate deprived areas, but they must overcome start-up costs and declining subsidies. Small scale hydropower can provide stream of new jobs to rural regions Micro-hydro, the generation of electricity from small streams, has begun to take off in … Continue reading Micro-hydro schemes offer good job opportunities
Understanding the macro-economic benefits of renewables
Rodney Edwards writes on the Impartial Reporter website about how communities taking their energy future into their own hands was the topic under discussion at a recent renewable energy event attended by locals who are opposed to fracking in Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ‘Renewables can be the source to re-energise rural communities, bringing jobs … Continue reading Understanding the macro-economic benefits of renewables
