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According to Bi-Me, Middle East private equity and venture capital investors are set to play a crucial role in increasing global moves towards green technology and alternative energy.
“The region has amassed new fortunes from the rising worldwide price of oil and gas and now sees huge opportunities in green investing,” said Swati Taneja, Director of [...]
The Energy Bureau under the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Wednesday that starting from mid of July, all fuel for automobiles will have to contain at least one percent bio-diesel in order to help reduce carbon emissions and cut down on the usage of fossil fuels.
This move of using bio-diesels which is made primarily [...]
Another issue that is worth analysing. Biofuels have always been linked to causing food prices to increase. But to what extent? And how true is it? Well, according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian, biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated.
The unpublished assessment [...]
Faced with looming energy crises in their developing economies, Indonesia and the Philippines are looking at harnessing geothermal energy to solve their woes.
Both countries are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire- an area peppered with volcanoes and home to the world’s biggest reservoir of geothermal power.
“When I think of Indonesia and energy, I think [...]
The UK has also taken the step to increase their production of renewable energy in order to reduce the reliance on oil and to reduce greenhouse emission. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a national debate on achieving the UK’s target of 15% renewable energy by 2020.
However, this may translate to more costs for [...]
As many as a quarter of British homes could be fitted with solar heating panels under new government plans for a “green revolution”.
Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the new proposals are “the most ambitious” such strategy that Britain has seen.
The goal is to meet the EU target of [...]
China has just announced an overnight rise in its domestic energy prices on friday. The cost of diesel is up by 18.1% while gasoline price increases by 16.7%. Amidst the rising oil price, what can the chinese government do to deal with the energy crunch, especially in the poorer rural areas? Solution: Build more bio-gas [...]
In an article on 22 June (The Sunday Times), Andrew Raven who is a Canadian-born copy writer with the Straits Times wrote this article about how the increasing cost of energy has affected his daily routine.
Ever since he arrived in Singapore, he has gradually changed his habits in terms of public transport and his usage [...]