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ISSUE #20 Sustainable Energy News (16 pages) - 1998-02-01 |
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Download this issue It is possible to download a pdf file of issue #20 Sustainable Energy News (16 pages). Download: SEN20_Feb_1998.pdf |
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Editors of this ISSUE Gunnar Boye Olesen & René Karottki |
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Where Can We Make a Difference? |
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Editorial by Rene Karottki INFORSE Secretary |
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Development Banks & Energy |
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New Initiatives, But Lack of Progress. Massive Support Continues for Unsustainable Energy. |
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WB Solar Initiatives |
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Unsustainable WB |
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World Bank Support for Sustainable Energy in Sri Lanka |
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An overview of how a World Bank loan supports solar, wind, and small hydro projects in rural Sri Lanka, and what difference it makes for the rural population. |
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ESCO Concept Finds Its Way in Eastern Europe |
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EBRD loan for Polish-Danish ESCO to promote energy efficiency in Central Europe |
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IDB's First Loan for Energy Efficiency |
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The $ 10 million loan encourages energy efficiency but not renewables in Columbia. |
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Private Fundsí Initiatives |
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Multilateral Development Banks are not the only international sources of funding for renewable energy. A number of initiatives have been started to make private capital available for sustainable energy for developing countries. |
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UNDP-GEF New Trend Supports Micro Hydro |
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Straw Bale Houses for Chernobyl Settlers |
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Building straw-bale houses became a State Program following the Byelorussian NGO initiative. |
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New Low-Energy Greenhouse Concept |
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Half of the energy consumption of conventional greenhouses in Denmark. Energy consumption competitive with that of producing imported open-land fruit. |
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New INFORSE Action Plan |
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At the INFORSE Coordinators' Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, January 26-30, an overall Action Plan for the coming three years was elaborated. It makes a clear distinction between activities geared towards international policy and those addressing goals of increased cooperation among INFORSE members, particularly South - South cooperation. Click to read a full version of INFORSE Action Plan og INFORSE OPERATIONAL Strategy. |
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EU Funds for Development |
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Eight years of Solar Home Systems |
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Eight years ago, when projects began to introduce solar photovoltaic systems to the people of Senegal, few guessed how important the role of NGO's would be to this effort. Now, the maintenance and dissemination of Solar Home Systems (SHS's) are in the hands of 11 local organisations and their national NGO, FOPEN Solaire. |
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Demand-Side Management (DSM) in Thailand |
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After 5 years the Thai DSM program has saved the expected amount of electricity, using only a fraction of its budget. |
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Electric Efficiency Program in India Helps Utility and its Customers |
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Ahmedabad Electricity Company (AEC) became the first utility in India to initiate a Demand-Side Management (DSM) project in 1994, and has found large potential for cheap efficiency measures. |
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INFORSE-Europe Meeting 26 June '98 |
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Join the Energy & Climate Group |
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Ministers & NGOs to Discuss Sustainable Energy in June ´98 |
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Sustainable-Energy Successes Exhibited and Documented |
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Help Protesting New Nuclear Development in Ukraine |
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EU Proposals on Renewables and Cogeneration |
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Energy Charter Treaty in Force |
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Major Step at the First INFORSE Workshop in Argentina |
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The INFORSE workshop in October in Argentina attracted 60 interested parties. A permanent ìSustainable Energy Forumî was created. Proposals from the Workshop are expected to act as an Action Program |
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Off-Grid Electricity to 1.4 mill. Argentineans |
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$314 million is planned to be spent for off-grid electricity to supply 300,000 households. Concessions and World Bank are contributing. |
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Referendum Victory for Environmentalists… |
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Residents Support Assessment of Pickering Nuclear Plant in Canada |
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1 Million Solar Roofs in USA |
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'Lets install solar energy systems on one million U.S. buildings by 2010' |
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10 Steps in Colorado |
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The Governors' dream is to turn the State into a World Center for Renewable Energy |
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