UK's Brown eyes Gulf investment in alternative energy markets
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Sunday to open Britain's energy markets to foreign investors in a "new deal" designed to promote clean energy and end a conflict of interest between oil producers and consumers. At an emergency oil summit in Jeddah, Brown unveiled plans to work with Saudi Arabia on technology to capture carbon emissions from energy plants and with the United Arab Emirates on nuclear technology.
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Pressure increases on Gulf water supply
A Dubai-based desalination, water, and wastewater treatment specialist has urged governments and the private sector to manage water as a social good. Speaking at the 2nd Annual PPP Middle East and North Africa summit in Amman, Jordan, Metito warned that global lessons in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) with regards to water utilities must be considered if the Middle East and North Africa are to improve the water services.
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Dubai to host the first Middle East Waste Summit
Dubai Municipality this week announced the inauguration of the first major summit to tackle the issues of waste management and recycling in the Middle East.
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Taqa moves into wind farms
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) has teamed up with French-based wind power specialist Theolia to tender to build and develop a 300-megawatt wind farm in northern Morocco.
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Bush urges Congress to end offshore oil drill ban
US President George W. Bush last week urged Congress to end a ban on offshore oil drilling, seeking to address rising consumer angst over record-high gasoline prices with a plan sure to anger environmentalists.
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Europe moves on energy-wasting lightbulbs
The EU plans to implement a phase-out of incandescent bulbs starting next year, replacing them with long-lasting compact fluorescent ones.
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Japan leads in hybrid heavyweights
Bulldozers, front-end loaders and excavators used in building and mining projects are going hybrid amid surging fuel costs, and Japan again seems to be in the lead.
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Fuel cells, batteries gear up for mass production
Honda Motor Company started production of its new FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle in Japan last week. The new vehicle was designed from scratch as a fuel cell vehicle and is being produced at a dedicated fuel cell vehicle assembly line.
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Renewable power for rebuilt World Trade Centre
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has reached an agreement that will make the redeveloped World Trade Centre the site of one of the largest fuel cell installations in the world.
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Oil demand up, but production down
Global oil production fell by 126,000 barrels per day in 2007, dropping to 81.5 million barrels per day, according to a new report from BP. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008, released on June 11, also notes that global oil consumption grew by 1 million barrels per day in 2007, a 1.1% increase that brought total petroleum consumption to 85.2 million barrels per day. In other words, oil demand exceeded the supply by 3.7 million barrels per day.
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Canada sued for ignoring its own Kyoto law
Canada last week became the first country ever to be brought to court for failing to comply with its legal commitments to combat global warming.
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Online calculator tracks air travel carbon footprint anywhere in the world
The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, has unveiled a carbon calculation tool on its website that allows travellers to estimate the carbon footprint for any flight they take. A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide.
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Smart tech could reduce global emissions by 15%
Transformation in the way people and businesses use technology could reduce annual man-made global emissions by 15% by 2020 and deliver energy efficiency savings to global businesses of over €500 billion ($800 billion), according to a new report published last week by independent non-profit The Climate Group and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI).
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San Francisco launches nation's largest municipal solar incentive
San Francisco, California, passed legislation last week to implement a 10-year solar incentive programme that will be the largest municipal solar programme in the United States.
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One third of Mauritius electricity to come from sugar
About a third of Mauritius' electricity will come from sugar waste by 2015, making it by far the largest component of an ambitious national target for renewable energy, a senior sugar official said last week.
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