Council on Foreign Relations / by Michael A. Levi, Elizabeth C. Economy, Shannon K. O’Neill and Adam Segal http://www.cfr.org/publication/23321/energy_innovation.html [Michael Levi's blog] Three colleagues of mine and I have a new study on low-carbon technology out today. We’re focused on what an academic would call the international political economy of energy technology and innovation policy. … Continue reading »
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The European Environment – State and Outlook 2010: Synthesis
European Environment Agency www.eea.europa.eu/soer/synthesis/synthesis The SOER 2010 Synthesis provides an overview of the European environment’s state, trends and prospects, integrating the main findings of SOER 2010.
Google Earth Engine
http://earthengine.googlelabs.com/#intro Introduced during the climate meetings in Cancun, Google has unveiled an online technology that allows scientists and researchers to track and measure changes to the environment using 25 years worth of satellite data. This resource utilizes “trillions of scientific measurements” collected by NASA’s LANDSAT satellite, the company said. Google is already working on applications … Continue reading »
Climate Innovation Centres: A New Way to Foster Climate Technologies in the Developing World
InfoDev | UK AID | Bloomburg / by Ambuj Sagar and Bloomberg New Energy Finance http://www.infodev.org/en/Document.1015.pdf [PEN-e posting] Accelerating innovation in emerging technologies is essential to help reduce the current and long-term impacts of climate change. However developing countries, which are most immediately threatened by these impacts, lag in their capacity to transfer, develop and … Continue reading »
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2011 Renewable Fuel Standards
US EPA http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/rfs-2011-standards-rule-preamble-regs.pdf [PEN-e posting] Under the Clean Air Act Section 211(o), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set renewable fuel standards each November for the following year based on gasoline and diesel projections from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EPA is also required to set the cellulosic biofuel standard each year … Continue reading »
Report to the President on Accelerating the Pace of Change in Energy Technologies Through an Integrated Federal Energy Policy
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-energy-tech-report.pdf [PEN-e posting] This report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, dated November 29, calls for the development of a coordinated government-wide Federal energy policy. The Council recommends a Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) that could establish government-wide goals, coordinate actions across agencies, and … Continue reading »
Emerging Economies – How the Developing World is Starting a New Era of Climate Change leadership
World Wildlife Fund http://assets.panda.org/downloads/emerging_economies_report_nov_2010.pdf [PEN-e posting] This report, dated November 2010, by the World Wildlife Federation examines emissions trends and climate action plans for five of the world’s largest developing economies – Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. It finds that overall these key emerging economies are acting with greater determination, ambition and energy … Continue reading »
Carbon Capture and Storage Country Attractiveness Index
Ernst and Young http://tinyurl.com/23u4pns [PEN-e posting] The Ernst & Young Carbon capture and storage country attractiveness index provides scores for national energy markets, energy infrastructures and their suitability for CCS technologies. The index provides scores out of 100 and is updated on a regular basis. The methodology is based on the long running Ernst & … Continue reading »
Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices
Ernst and Young http://tinyurl.com/25x2r96 [PEN-e posting] Issue 27 of the Country Attractiveness Indices sees a new world order emerging in the clean energy sector – with China now the clear leader in the global renewables market, and also the inclusion of four significant new entrants to the CAI: South Korea, Romania, Egypt, and Mexico. China’s … Continue reading »
Passing the Starting Line: Nuclear Construction Risk (executive summary)
Ernst and Young http://tinyurl.com/2fq27m9 This report from Ernst and Young finds that there is a growing momentum for investment in nuclear power, with 65 reactors1 under construction in 15 countries, a further 120 being actively pursued and many existing reactors being refurbished. These major capital projects come with a multibillion-dollar price tag and a correspondingly … Continue reading »
