Industry

 Ecotax policy rejected

the French government's plan to introduce ecological tax reforms got a serious blow on December 28, 2000, when the country's constitutional court rejected a planned industrial energy tax. The

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
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Energy Policy, Consumption Patterns, Electricity, Industry, France
Industry

 Showing the way

A UK-based company has developed a lantern which can provide cheap, reliable, ecologically friendly power. The Glowstar lantern, developed

Publication Date: 
14/09/2000
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Green Products, Solar Energy, Electricity, Industry
Industry

 The role ahead

They may not seem like much today, but only a fool will undermine the potential of fuel cells

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
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Industry

 Hurdles

Narrow business interests and an apathetic political leadership will never allow fuel cells to take off

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30/07/2000
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Industry

 Inklings

In which we trace where the world stands with fuel cells and some clear signals of the technology to come

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
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 The crossover

Fuel cells are more important to a developing country like India than developed countries. But the corporate sector is slow.

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30/07/2000
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 Time to 'learn' clean energy is now or never

Source: N Mattson 1998, GENIE: An energy systems model with uncertain learning, quoted in Anon 1999, A GENIE for Imperfect Foresight, IEA/OECD ETSAP News, June

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
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India

 Power galore

India s wind power potential is greater than previously known

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
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Energy Technology, Electricity, Industry, India, Kerala
India

 SMALL BUT POWERFUL

Small hydro power projects have been launched under the Rural Energy Development Programme in Sindhupalchok district of , Nepal. The main objective of the programme is to raise the living standards

Publication Date: 
29/11/1998
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Small Hydro Power, Rural Energy, Electricity, Nepal
Economy

 Caught in a crossfire

A proposed power generation project in Laos has become the target of environmentalists ire

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Andrew Nette
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Dam Safety, Deforestation, Economy, Displacement, Electricity, World Bank, Laos

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