Sustainable energy policy
Cameron Urges ‘Financially Sustainanable’ Clean Energy - U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said wind and solar companies must focus on cutting costs and developing the most suitable sites to make their technology palatable to the public. (Alex Morales and Reed Landberg, Bloomberg)
White House Promotes a Bioeconomy - The plan would foster development of a bioeconomy that would include the use of renewable resources and replace harsher industrial methods. (Andrew Pollack, The New York Times)
Government may re-introduce sops for wind farms - The renewable energy ministry is planning to re-introduce incentives for the wind energy sector to allay fears that capacity addition could fall after the sops were withdrawn from April 1. (Rachita Prasad, The Economic Times)
Energy efficiency
UK to give £60m to developing countries to build CCS plants - Boost to carbon capture and storage technology as global partnership is formed to support energy efficiency projects. (Fiona Harvey, The Guardian)
Unpowered Dams: America's Hidden Clean Power Supply - The U.S. has more than 80,000 dams that produce no power at all — a neglected resource that could supply clean electricity to millions of homes in states where it is needed most, according to a new report from the Department of Energy. (David Ferris, Forbes)
Renewable energy
Green energy 'cheap within years', says 'passionate' PM - Renewables can be one of the cheapest forms of energy within years, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. (Richard Black, BBC)
Cameron to praise Britain's leadership over renewable energy – Prime Minister to tell meeting of 23 countries that UK is spearheading green revolution, as Tory divisions deepen over environment. (Fiona Harvey and Damian Carrington, The Guardian)
India sparks solar energy market: Report - India's ambitious national solar programme has catalysed rapid growth in the solar market driving solar energy prices low and demonstrating how government policy can stimulate clean energy markets, according to a new report. (The Times of India)
Energy access
Coalition of World Energy Ministers Commit to Improvements in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy Access - Leaders from the 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) today outlined specific commitments by participating countries and private sector leaders which will promote improved energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, and increased energy access around the world. (U.S. Department of Energy)
David Cameron's remarks to Clean Energy Ministerial meeting - The UK is leading on renewable energy, the prime minister told energy ministers at a summit in London. (The Guardian)
Learning from emerging energy innovations in Asia: Contributing to the discourse on an institutional framework for sustainable development - This study has been undertaken by TERI and IGES supported by AEI, Energy for All Initiative and the ADB and it focuses on what Asia has to offer by way of practice in addressing energy access and expansion of clean energy to the international dialogue on an institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD). (Energy for All)
Rio+20
Africa: Rio+20 Must Tackle Leaders' Economic Concerns - Climate Expert – The upcoming U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro could be more positive for the environment than recent international climate summits as long as it attracts enough world leaders and tackles economic concerns as well as environmental challenges, according to a top climate expert. (All Africa)
Swedish conference calls for action at UN Rio meet - A conference of international experts and environment ministers in the Swedish capital on Wednesday urged world leaders gathering later this year in Brazil to discuss world's sustainable development to "stop talking and start acting." (Louise Nordstrom, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Asia needs clean energy to power sustainable & inclusive growth - Balancing sustainable development with high rates of economic growth requires agreement on a new energy compact for Asia and the Pacific, the top United Nations Asia-Pacific official told a forum of sector policymakers in Singapore. (The Nation)