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Presentations from the CREF Available Online
By: GVEP International, 09th Mar 10
Information from the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) that took place in Jamaica in October 2009, is now available online.
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Media Watch
By: GVEP International, 08th Mar 10
Read our weekly digest of articles from around the world on renewable energy issues, markets and technologies.
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Indian Government announces new Bio-fuel policy
By: GVEP International, 08th Mar 10
On the 24th December 2009 the Indian government released its new National Bio-fuel Policy. The new policy has taken into account the potential for native oilseed species in bio-diesel production, clearly emphasising the use of indigenous feedstock species for the development of this sector.
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GVEP-I’s work in line with UN Energy Report’s recommendations
By: GVEP International, 08th Mar 10
According to the latest UN Energy Report published last November (link below), around a quarter of the world’s population - 1.5 billion people - live without access to electricity, and around 3 billion rely on solid fuels like firewood, charcoal and dung. Improved cooking stoves, which use fuel efficiently producing little smoke, are still not ...
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Clean Energy Business Plan Competition and Financing Forum for Africa
By: GVEP International, 08th Mar 10
The Climate Technology Initiative Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) has just announced the launch of the Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF).
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Media Watch
By: GVEP International, 26th Feb 10
Read our weekly digest of articles from around the world on renewable energy issues, markets and technologies.
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Green entrepreneurship takes off in Colombia
By: GVEP International, 24th Feb 10
Bright new ideas are emerging from Colombia in response to global warming and energy access challenges. Ideas such as generating power from vegetable oil and slow moving river flows or producing fuel from discarded car tyres are being developed in order to help meet Colombia’s growing energy needs and result from an understanding on the ...
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Private sector initiatives turn India on to renewable energy
By: GVEP International, 23rd Feb 10
With nearly half of its one billion citizens without a secure electricity supply, India faces many difficult social and environmental challenges as its economy develops in the new century.
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Technical consultation on bioenergy initiatives
By: GVEP International, 23rd Feb 10
UN agencies and non-profit organisations met in Rome last October to share knowledge and experience at a technical consultation on "How to design, implement and replicate sustainable small-scale livelihood-oriented bioenergy initiatives".
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Developing Energy Enterprises Project (DEEP) East Africa training programme makes an impact
By: GVEP International, 23rd Feb 10
DEEP training helps rural micro-business owners who build and sell energy products expand in Western Kenya.
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