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Power Grid System Market In Subsea, By Offshore Power, Components, and Geography 2018

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The report covers the global power grid system market in subsea which includes different components of subsea power grid system, types of power supply sources for subsea power grid system, and other related segments. It studies the extent of end use of subsea power grid solutions in different application areas with respect to different regions. It also analyses the market with respect to drivers, opportunities, and winning imperatives related to the industry. The qualitative analyses more...

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Susan Rogen on June 17, 2013

Evidence on Demand HelpDesk Report | Existing efforts to reform the CDM so that more projects reach communities in least developed countries

evidenceondemand.info –

This brief report has been produced in support of a proposed DFID project Business Case to increase the flow of international carbon finance to Least Developed Countries (LDCs)—with a focus on countries in Africa—to support poor peoples' access to clean energy and other poverty-reducing technologies. The report provides information on the ongoing efforts to reform the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) so that more projects reach poor people and communities in LDCs, including donor initiatives more...

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Ollie Lister on June 11, 2013

The Governor’s Solution: How Alaska’s Oil Dividend Could Work in Iraq and Other Oil-Rich Countries

The Governor’s Solution: How Alaska’s Oil Dividend Could Work in Iraq and Other Oil-Rich Countries

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Reliance on natural resource revenues, particularly oil, is often associated with bad governance, corruption, and poverty. Worried about the effect of oil on Alaska, Governor Jay Hammond had a simple yet revolutionary idea: let citizens have a direct stake. The Governor’s Solution features his firsthand account (PDF) that describes, with brutal honesty and piercing humor, the birth of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, which has been paid to each resident every year since 1982. Thirty years more...

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D C on June 9, 2013

The 2013 Resource Governance Index

The 2013 Resource Governance Index

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The Resource Governance Index (RGI) measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sectors of 58 countries. These nations produce 85 percent of the world's petroleum, 90 percent of diamonds and 80 percent of copper, generating trillions of dollars in annual profits. The future of these countries depends on how well they manage their oil, gas and minerals. The RGI scores and ranks the countries, relying on a detailed questionnaire completed by researchers with expertise in the more...

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D C on May 23, 2013

Trillions of Dollars in Oil, Gas and Mining Revenue Still Shrouded in Secrecy

Trillions of Dollars in Oil, Gas and Mining Revenue Still Shrouded in Secrecy

revenuewatch.org –

Secrecy still prevails in how natural resources are managed, and this conspires against economic development. The lives of over a billion citizens could be transformed if their governments managed their oil, gas and minerals in a more open, accountable manner. This emerges from the Resource Governance Index, which my organization, Revenue Watch Institute, released recently. The Index measures the transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries. Together these more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

A website that helps save your electricity bill

A website that helps save your electricity bill

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Abhishek Jain has come a long way since he left a high-profile job in Deloitte to help Indians save electricity at home. His online initiative, bijlibachao.com, not only helps analyse electricity bills but also calculates how a consumer can save money by choosing the right colour for a room and correctly placing appliances. “An electricity bill is a confusing entity. If the bill is Rs. 2,000 - 3,000, let’s go pay it, but how it gets to Rs. 2,000 - 3,000 no one knows, and one just goes and pays more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

Saudi Arabia blocks climate change from UN poverty goals

Saudi Arabia blocks climate change from UN poverty goals

Saudi Arabia is leading calls for climate change to be omitted from the UN’s 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At an SDG meeting in New York recently attended by over 70 nations the Saudis, together with fellow oil producers Venezuela and the UAE called for discussions of climate change to be separated from those on energy. Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and other big oil exporters have already gained reputations as serial blockers at the these talks, which are at a delicate stage. more...

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D C on May 17, 2013

Engineering ‘key to Africa’s development’

Engineering ‘key to Africa’s development’

bdlive.co.za –

"AFRICAN governments need to invest more in engineering sciences for the continent to meet its ambitious infrastructure development goals, Harvard professor Calestous Juma said at the World Economic Forum on Africa on Friday. "Last year, African heads of state approved an infrastructure development programme that envisages investments of $360bn up to 2040. "By 2020, they aim to invest $67.9bn in the priority areas of energy, transboundary water supply, transport, and information and more...

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John Daly on May 13, 2013

ELLA BRIEF: Government Intervention to Strengthen the Ethanol Sector: Lessons from Brazil

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The development of Brazil’s ethanol sector - its expansion, commercialisation, up-take, competitiveness and profitability - can largely be attributed to government policies. Strategies to make ethanol production more attractive, practices to enable the use of ethanol in automobiles, tax breaks and price fixing, are just some of the policies underpinning ethanol’s early commercial development in Brazil. Since the beginning of thePróalcool programme, the ethanol sector has depended more...

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Mark Turner on May 6, 2013

IMF World Economic Outlook

IMF World Economic Outlook

A number of assumptions have been adopted for the projections presented in the World Economic Outlook. It has been assumed that real effective exchange rates remained constant at their average levels during February 11 March 11, 2013, except for the currencies participating in the European exchange rate mechanism II (ERM II), which are assumed to have remained constant in nominal terms relative to the euro; that established policies of national authorities will be maintained; that the average more...

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D C on May 2, 2013

What If We Never Run Out of Oil?

What If We Never Run Out of Oil?

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New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle—and a nightmare. The Chikyu (“Earth”) is a $540 million Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel. On its current voyage its crew is trying to develop an energy source -- Methane Hydrate -- that could free Japan from its dependence on foreign oil. "Stored mostly in broad, shallow layers on continental margins, methane hydrate exists in immense quantities; by some estimates more...

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John Daly on April 29, 2013

Global Phase Change Material (PCM) Market Excepted to Grow at CAGR 20.1 Percent by 2018

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Energy saving, environment friendliness, and wide range of applications are the main growth driver for PCM market. It offers applications across building & construction, HVAC, textile, fixed refrigeration, cold chain, thermal energy storage, electronics, and more. Building & construction has the largest PCM market followed by HVAC. The global PCM market is estimated to grow from $460 million in 2013 to $1,150 million by 2018, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.1% for more...

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Paul Thomen on April 24, 2013

Sharing clean energy knowledge via (Linked) Open Data

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) [1] located in Vienna, Austria is a non-profit market catalyst for clean energy in developing countries and emerging markets. For more than 6 years, REEEP has been operating the clean energy information portal http://www.reegle.info [2], which provides easy access to high quality information on clean energy. This access is provided by taking advantage of (linked) open data sources, by publishing all data in open and machine readable more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

SEA Change weekly newsletter – 2013 04 11

SEA Change weekly newsletter – 2013 04 11

seachangecop.org –

We start this newsletter with two calls for papers; the first one being of S.A.P.I.EN.S, a journal on sustainability research, and the second call for paper in Topic 2 of the Asia Pacific Journal on Environment and Development. IMPACTS, the international conference on climate change effects, is showcased in Topic 3. Topic 4 presents the Equal Access participatory M&E toolkit and related manuals, and World Bank resources on various topics are offered in Topic 5. This newsletter ends with an more...

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Dennis Bours on April 11, 2013

Wilson Solar Grill Stores the Sun's Energy for Nighttime Fuel-Free Grilling

Wilson Solar Grill Stores the Sun's Energy for Nighttime Fuel-Free Grilling

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"Up until now, solar powered grilling has required, as you might expect, the sun, which means traditional fuel-fired grills are required after sunset. But new solar technology developed by MIT professor David Wilson could bring a nighttime solar-powered grill to the market very soon; an invention also of great benefit to those in developing nations who rely on wood to cook all their food."

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John Daly on April 10, 2013

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