Windpower Monthly When Michelle Bachelet took office as president of Chile in 2014 she promised to place energy at the top of Chile’s political agenda and to prise open a space for renewables. The formerly sleepy pace of development in Chile’s wind power market seems to have led to few people noticing what actually happened […]
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Recharge A last-minute compromise deal by United Nations climate negotiators in Lima early Sunday set some modest building blocks for next year’s global talks in Paris, after negotiations came close to collapse due to divisions between rich and poor nations. The text of the Lima Call for Climate Action, agreed more than 30 hours behind schedule,
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SeeNews Renewables Wind and solar power are the “ideal choice” for achieving early greenhouse gas emissions reductions, but decision-makers first need to set aggressive emission reduction goals and put an end to the subsidising of fossil fuels. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said so at the Lima Climate Change Conference and also pointed to
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Sun & Wind Until 2030, wind and solar power will already reduce carbon dioxide emission by 3.8 billion tons per year. With a supporting policy and market framework, a lot more would be possible. As Steve Sawyer, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) put it: “We have the technology to solve a big
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Greentech Lead At the Lima Climate Change Conference today, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recommended phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies and aggressive emission reduction targets as key policy changes to facilitate energy revolution. Governments should also implement an effective price on CO2 emissions and ensure the functioning of electricity markets that accurately value wind
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Recharge Indian developer Welspun Renewables Energy has closed financing for its 126MW Pratapgarh wind project in Rajasthan, western India. The debt component of $10m has been secured through long-term funding from a consortium of leading financial institutions, according to the developer.”The financial closure of the Pratapgarh project has boosted our confidence,” Vineet Mittal, vice chairman
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