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China’s Tianjin Eco-city: Making Progress
In the face of rapid urbanization and environmental degradation, China is scrambling for sustainable urban development solutions. The country, which is known for building huge cities from scratch, has ambitious plans for 100 model eco-cities, 200 model counties, 1,000 model districts and 10,000 model towns – all by 2015, reports Xinhua, China’s official news agency. Although [...]
Progress Made at Rio+20 Earth Summit
The lofty purpose of the Rio+20 Earth Summit was to “establish an institutional framework for sustainable development and to establish a green economy.. While not legally binding, the document that emerges from Rio+20 will serve as a roadmap for sustainable development.” With that kind of set up, the conference couldn’t help but disappoint – let’s [...]
Big Oil Doesn’t Want to Hear About Electric Vehicles
I read an article this morning that highlighted some data released by BP and Exxon that suggests electric cars will only make up between 4 to 5 percent of the global market in 20 to 30 years. Now I wonder how BP and Exxon came up with this data? (Insert sarcastic tone here) Of course, [...]
Progress in Solar Thermal/CSP
The Vector is pleased to see progress made in the solar thermal / CSP (concentrating solar power) space. We have always believed that solarthermal is the heavy betting favorite to be the ultimate winner in therace for a clean energy technology to replace fossil fuels – at leastthrough the remainder of the 21st Century. The [...]
California Solar Initiative Making Good Progress Thus Far
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last week issuedits annual assessment of the California Solar Initiative, a $2.2 billion effort to install 1,940 megawatts(MW) of solar capacity across the state by 2016. On balance, thecommission’s findings are positive: Three years into the state’s 10-year solar program, California isalready 42 percent of the way towards its [...]
Copenhagen, Day Eight: Climate Progress Behind Closed Doors
As the second and final week of the the United Nations Climate Change Conferencebegins, the Bella Center is now thronged with members of civil society,the world press, and governmental delegations, overwhelming the15,000-person facility. At the end of the week over 110 heads of state will arrive, meet, and speak publicly on whether they can sufficiently [...]
China Climate Progress Report 2009
I’m a little late on this and should have definitely included this in our Copenhagen Kickoff post,but better late than never. Two weeks ago, the National Developementand Reform Commission (NDRC) released a 100-page progress report of itsclimate actions. While the main messages are familiar to reader ofthis blog, there are lots of interesting nuggets on [...]
P2 Solar’s progress report on proposed 25MW solar power station in Punjab
P2 Solar Inc. has reported its progress of the proposed 25MW SolarPower Station in Punjab, India. The 25MW project is part of a largerproposed 200 MW project and will be the first of its kind in NorthernIndia. P2 Solar is well underway in its process of puttingtogether a Detailed Project Report (DPR) that will be [...]
So Much Progress, So Much Work to be Done
My job takes me around the world to seeimportant solar constituencies from every segment of the industry. FromHamburg and Anaheim to Taiwan, Korea and India, I am fortunate to get aringside seat to view the enormous progress this industry has madesince 2004 when government policies, technology progress and fossilfuel prices helped push the world market [...]