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Solar Energy Conversion Process: Light and Heat

The scientific struggle to increase the efficiency in which renewable energy is used and then reused has proven to be a daunting task. Large wind farms and fields of solar panels are commonly used to generate energy through solar radiation. Congruently, investors are having a troublesome time competing with traditional oil and electric suppliers.

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Supply fears hit UN carbon credits

FT, 6 Sep 2010

Uncertainty about the supply of UN-issued carbon credits has led to their price hitting a four-month high. Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) have surged on international carbon markets in recent weeks after a UN board acted over concerns that chemical plants in China and elsewhere in the developing world were deliberately overproducing HFC 23, a potent greenhouse gas, in order to claim the saleable credits for subsequently destroying it.

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A carbon border tax can curb climate change

FT, 6 Sep 2010

As global growth picks up after the economic crisis, carbon emissions are going back up too. With China and India back on track to double their gross domestic product every decade, and with coal providing nearly 30 per cent of global energy, the chances of stabilising and reducing emissions are low. Indeed, little progress has been made in the last two decades. Only recessions lower emissions – and then only for a short time.
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Low-carbon market to treble by 2020 - HSBC

Reuters, 6 Sep 2010

The world's low-carbon energy market is likely to treble by 2020, HSBC analysts forecast on Monday, saying that rising concerns about resource scarcity would support broad consensus on the threat of climate change.
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Novacem: Cement That Eats Carbon

Bloomberg, 3 Sep 2010

The construction materials industry emits gobs of carbon dioxide, but a British startup has devised a new cement that absorbs and stores CO2 when it's produced
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Efficiency key to 80% carbon reduction

28/07/2010 by INSIDE HOUSING

By Tom Lloyd

An Annual Energy Statement published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change yesterday set out 32 actions the government will take to achieve this goal.

These include rolling out the Green Deal scheme, which will allow households to access funds to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and pay back the costs over time through fuel bill savings.

The statement says the government is looking at how to make the Green Deal work for social tenants. Under its proposals providers such as energy companies and high street stores would run the Green Deal, guiding households through getting access to the funds.

The statement says these providers could form partnerships with local authorities or registered social landlords to improve the efficiency of rented stock.

A forthcoming Energy Security and Green Economy Bill will provide the legislation needed to implement the Green Deal, although the government is looking for some involvement from providers ahead of its publication.

The statement also says the government will include a new obligation on energy companies in the bill to replace the existing Carbon Emissions Reduction Target. The existing obligation will continue until the end of 2012.

CERT is being ‘re-designed to support the most vulnerable’. A ‘super-priority’ group is being introduced, to ensure energy companies direct their support at those who need it most.

Smart meters giving consumers detailed information about how much energy they use will be rolled out to all homes. Alongside the energy statement the government issued a prospectus outlining how this will work.

The statement notes that as the Green Deal and smart metering develop, there could be the potential for households to install micro-generation equipment through the scheme.

Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne said: ‘The era of cheap, abundant energy is over. We must find smart ways of making energy go further, and value it for the costly resource it is, not take it for granted.’

Copyright 2010 Inside Housing

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