This month the G8 Summit agreed the first steps towards a significant global strategy on climate change by agreeing that global warming temperatures should not exceed 2C of 1900 levels and that member nations will work towards an 80% reduction of green house gas emissions by 2050. The USA has taken a major step-change in its attitude towards the climate and President Obama who chaired the discussion stressed that the issue of climate change could no longer be ignored and that we should look towards December and Copenhagen. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Renewable Energy’
What is the supergrid?
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Renewable energy people moves - June
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009US
Signet Solar, the global manufacturer of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced a key addition to its executive team this month with the appointment of Bruce Horn as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Horn will oversee Signet’s financial development and offer strategic support as the company scales its manufacturing capabilities. (more…)
Raising project finance for renewable energy
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Renewable Energy is a noble concept, but a reality that has been near impossible to get off the ground by its champions. Alternatives, such as coal and nuclear, while damaging to the environment as well as posing health risks, have always won the energy race. The low financial risk involved combined with the stability of the associated technologies have kept them a safer bet for lenders. Environmentally sustainable forms of energy have always come up against the hurdles of a lack dependable technologies available and an inability to generate capital. However, the times are changing. (more…)
People moves, renewable energy - May 2009
Thursday, May 21st, 2009UK
Pannone the Manchester based law firm has strengthened its construction and projects team with the appointment of partner Simon Foy.
Foy has extensive experience in the energy, waste and PFI sectors and joins Pannone from Australian waste processing company Global Renewables where he was general counsel. He was in private practice at Simmons & Simmons and DLA Piper where he advised on many infrastructure, energy and PFI projects and was also the European legal director at US power company Edison Mission Energy.
US
Former Carter advisor, author and energy guru S. David Freeman will become the ‘Environmental Mayor’ of L.A.
Freeman helped shape the energy policy of the Carter era, and by funding the first wave of research into solar and wind technologies in the early 70’s helped to kick-start the renewable energy industry.
One of his first projects will be to revive a narrowly defeated solar energy plan for the city. Freeman is the man credited with putting solar panels on the White House. (more…)
Why we need a ‘Renewable Energy Action Plan’ now
Monday, May 18th, 2009Many compelling arguments have been made for renewable energy, although as of
August 2008 renewable energy sources have still only comprised 7% of all energy
sources used in the United States. Out of the total energy consumption, 40% is still
petroleum, 23% natural gas, 22% coal, and 8% of all energy is from nuclear electric
power (EIA, US Energy Consumption by Energy Sources, 2003-2007, May 2008). In
1991 – 18 years ago -, Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl, two writers more known for their
science fiction work, collaborated on a scientific survey piece entitled: Our Angry Earth.
The book starts by giving the political history of the U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf
War, which led to one of the biggest “environmental wars” and disasters related to
politics since Hiroshima was dropped in Japan during WW II. What did it take to finally
get people’s attention? Al Gore losing the 2000 Presidential election so he could create
the Inconvenient Truth movement around the globe, which 8 years of real progress was
lost on the federal level in the United States. (more…)
Announcement - Global Renewable Energy Recruitment Channel Survey & Global Renewable Energy Recruitment Awards
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Global Renewable Energy Recruitment Channel Survey
Renewable Energy Jobs is pleased to announce that it is launching the first Global Renewable Energy Recruitment Channel Survey. Our global survey will explore current and future trends in job seeker behaviour and analyse the effectiveness and popularity of various recruitment channels used across the renewable energy industry and around the world.
If you are currently involved directly within the industry please take part, it only takes 5 minutes.
Our results should benefit everyone involved in the industry, particularly both corporate and agency recruiters keen to ensure that they are utilising an effective mix of marketing resources, and projecting the right messages, enabling them to engage with job seekers on the right level.
We will be collecting data over the next three months and presenting our findings in September/October 2009. (more…)
