Punjab Green Hydrogen Policy
<p>The Punjab Energy Development Agency has released a draft green hydrogen policy aiming to achieve a green hydrogen and ammonia production capacity of 100 kilo tonnes per annum by 2030. The policy proposes
Biomass
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EU gives Tanzania $200m to develop energy sector
Energy is one of the three focal areas of the EU’s development co-operation with Tanzania. The other two are agriculture and governance. The European Union, through the Energy for Growth and Sustainable
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West Africa Clean Energy Corridor launched at AUW
The West Africa Clean Energy Corridor (WACEC) aimed at accelerating the deployment of utility scale renewable energy into the region, was launched in Cape Town on Wednesday with a warning for governments
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Vulnerability of CDM projects for discontinuation of mitigation activities
This study forms part of a broader project, supported by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), with the primary objective to analyse the current situation and development of the international
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Biofuels technology: a look forward
This paper assesses biofuels technology readiness and provides foresight to biofuels development in Southern Africa. Efficient conversion pathways, coupled with biomass from waste or high-yielding energy
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One-off subsidies and long-run adoption: experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in Senegal
Free distribution of a technology can be an effective development policy instrument if its adoption is socially inefficient and hampered by affordability constraints. Improved cookstoves may be such a
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The charcoal transition: greening the charcoal value chain to mitigate climate change and improve local livelihoods
Greening the wood energy sector holds a vast potential for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and improving rural livelihoods, FAO said on the occasion of the UN's International Day of Forests.
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Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using natural light to generate
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Fixing Europe's clean fuels policy
The EU’s 2009 renewable energy directive (RED I) was designed to increase the share of “renewable” fuels in transport. To achieve this the EU imposed a target of 10% renewable energy in transport on EU
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Biomass subsidies ‘not fit for purpose’, says Chatham House
Subsidies should end for many types of biomass, a new Chatham House report argues, because they are failing to help cut greenhouse gas emissions. The report adds that policymakers should tighten up accounting
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Most wood energy schemes are a 'disaster' for climate change
• Using wood pellets to generate low-carbon electricity is a flawed policy that is speeding up not slowing down climate warming. • That's according to a new study which says wood is not carbon neutral