UN: Increasing Global Renewable Energy Market Share
The Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference offers a background report on recent trends and perspectives on increasing the global renewable energy market share.
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The Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference offers a background report on recent trends and perspectives on increasing the global renewable energy market share.
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REN21, a global policy network, offers a global status report on renewable energy.
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A UNDP report explores the lessons learned from international experience and UNDP-GEF projects on wind energy.
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Dilip Hiro says that countries must handle rising oil prices with energy efficiency and alternative sources.
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The defining feature of global energy markets remains high and volatile prices, reflecting a tight balance of supply and demand. This annual report by BP reveals data about world energy markets.
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A report from the House Committee on Natural Resources says that "big oil" is stockpiling supplies and pocketing the profits.
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A roundup of which countries produced and installed the most photovoltaic (PV) or solar cells, which convert the sun's light directly to electricity, in 2008.
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This working paper by Jeremy Carl, Varun Rai and David Victor discusses how India's continued economic success hinges on obtaining reliable and cost-effective energy supplies. Increasingly, those supplies depend on national and foreign delivery chains that are creaking and feared unreliable.
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The solar energy you haven't heard of is the one best suited to generate clean electricity for generations to come.
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The Hoover Institution's Policy Review considers the pitfalls of subsidizing energy alternatives.
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Wind energy is used in more than 70 countries – USA, Spain and China take the worldwide lead. This press release by World Wind Energy Association shows the capacity and future potential of wind energy.
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The International Herald Tribune reports that almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the pollution caused by producing these "green" fuels is taken into account.
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Carlos Pascual examines the impact of energy dependency and what efforts ensuring future sustainability, prosperity, and security will involve.
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Pierre Noël argues that U.S. dreams about energy independence lead to expensive policies with no real energy security benefits.
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The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012.
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This MIT study examines the role of coal as an energy source in a world where constraints on carbon emissions are adopted to mitigate global warming.
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This paper presents facts and figures to shed light on the controversial issues regarding biofuels and asks whether biofuels offer a cure that is worse than the disease they seek to heal.
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This Discussion Paper provides stakeholders with a framework for developing a research,
development, and demonstration (RD&D) Action Plan that will enable sustainable and
substantial electricity sector CO2 emissions reductions over the coming decades.
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In the most comprehensive environmental assessment of electric transportation to date, the
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
are examining the greenhouse gas emissions and air quality impacts of plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles.
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This article examines a number of widely accepted "facts" about the growing involvement of China's national oil companies (NOCs) in Africa. While some of these have some validity, others simply do not.
The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces
Special operations play a critical role in how the United States confronts irregular threats, but to have long-term strategic impact, the author argues, numerous shortfalls must be addressed.
Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies
The author analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.
The Power Surge
A groundbreaking analysis of what the changes in American energy mean for the economy, national security, and the environment. More
Two Nations Indivisible
A roadmap for the United States' greatest overlooked foreign policy challenge of our time--relations with its southern neighbor. More
Why Growth Matters
Two experts argue that despite myriad development strategies, only one can succeed in alleviating poverty in India: the overall growth of the country's economy. More
