Rio+20
Sustainable Energy For All - We are under 6 weeks away from Rio+20, a major global confab dedicated to sustainable development.  Late last week, Ban Ki Moon visited Washington, DC to give a keynote address to a series of panel discussions organized by Center for Global Development. (Mark Leon Goldberg, UN Dispatch)
Sustainable Energy For All: Action, not just an agenda - WWF welcomes the launch of the Global Action Agenda under the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. (WWF International)
How We Can End Energy Poverty & Bring Sustainable Energy to All - Perhaps more than anything else, access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, and has for at least the past 60 years. (Mat McDermott, Treehugger)
Sustainable energy policy
Energy secretary takes a swipe at George Osborne over green economy - Ed Davey hits out at chancellor's 'burden' remarks and says green policies are 'unashamedly good for growth'. (Fiona Harvey, The Guardian)
Do Elections Matter In Energy? - Despite the high volume of attention paid to elections, national policies may matter less than raw economics and common goals applied in nationally customized ways as the energy sector becomes increasingly networked across the world. (Peter Gardett, AOL Energy)
A comprehensive energy plan is crucial - President Barack Obama told Congress he would “keep trying every new idea that works, and listen to every good proposal, no matter which party comes up with it.” Western Republicans have laid out a clear path to energy security and job creation. (Senator John Barrasso, Politico)
Energy efficiency
Climate Goals Require $5 Trillion Investment by 2020 - Five trillion dollars of investment is needed worldwide by 2020 in renewable power, energy efficiency and cleaner transportation to contain rising global temperatures, the International Energy Agency said. (Alex Morales, Bloomberg)
Essent and Tendril Partner on First-of-Its-Kind Smart Energy Application Crowdsourcing Project - Tendril, the provider of the cloud platform for the Energy Internet, has partnered with Essent N.V., the largest energy company in the Netherlands serving more than 2 million households, to collaborate on the first-of-its-kind smart energy application crowdsourcing project. (Dan O'Mahony, MarketWatch)
Energy access
Areva Solar Builds Giant Solar Farm In India - In a northwestern corner of India, rows of steel and glass are rising from the ground to form what will be one of the largest solar power plants in Asia. (Ucilia Wang, Forbes)
Renewable energy
We can have safe, sustainable energy - With renewables we can contain consumption – and climate warming at 2C – if the big users act now. (Maria van der Hoeven, The Guardian)

U.S. and India partner to research biofuel - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that the University of Florida will be working with the Indian government on a new alternative energy project concerning biofuel. (John Max, Hydrogen Fuel News)