RefocusPub Date : 2007-03-01Epub Date: 2007-04-09DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70045-8
David Hopwood, Rolf de Vos
{"title":"20% by 2020: the way forward","authors":"David Hopwood, Rolf de Vos","doi":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70045-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70045-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>9 March was a momentous day for renewable energy in the EU (and arguably the world). The EU says it will source 20% of its overall energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. But as the renewables industry breaths a collective sigh of relief, it also knows that the road to the statute book could be a long one for this piece of legislation, not least because some member states will fight tooth and nail to limit their individual obligations.</p><p>David Hopwood and <em>GreenPrices.com's</em> Rolf de Vos look at what happens now that the clock is ticking.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101067,"journal":{"name":"Refocus","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 22, 24-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70045-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83264992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RefocusPub Date : 2007-03-01Epub Date: 2007-04-09DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70051-3
Gail Rajgor
{"title":"Green boom?","authors":"Gail Rajgor","doi":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70051-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70051-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This year the US will see an explosion in the growth of green building, suggests one market expert. Gail Rajgor reports</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101067,"journal":{"name":"Refocus","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 50-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70051-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137162153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RefocusPub Date : 2007-03-01Epub Date: 2007-04-09DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70043-4
{"title":"The WilderHill new energy global innovation index (NEX)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70043-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70043-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Continuing coverage of the latest financial trends and developments in the renewable energy and related sectors, researchers at New Energy Finance present an update on performance of the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX), from 16 February – 2 March 2007.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101067,"journal":{"name":"Refocus","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 18-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70043-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137162156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RefocusPub Date : 2007-01-01Epub Date: 2007-02-23DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70031-8
Ruth Whittington
{"title":"Hydro and the CDM","authors":"Ruth Whittington","doi":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70031-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70031-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Kyoto Protocol international treaty, which entered into force in February 2005, established the largest and first truly environmental market in the world: for the trading of ‘carbon credits’. It also established – for the first time – binding emissions reduction targets for industrialised countries. The Protocol also established mechanisms for project-based carbon trading, and renewable energy – particularly hydroelectricity – has been one of the most successful project types in the carbon market to date. Ruth Whittington, EcoSecurities reports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101067,"journal":{"name":"Refocus","volume":"8 1","pages":"Pages 54-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70031-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85543162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RefocusPub Date : 2007-01-01Epub Date: 2007-02-23DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70028-8
Poula Mints
{"title":"PV 2006: From hype to reality","authors":"Poula Mints","doi":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70028-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70028-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>2006 was a year of hype, industry consolidation, and manic PR for the PV industry. Paula Mints of Navigant Consulting peels back the headlines and looks to the future of what will hopefully be a buoyant period for many aspects of solar technology.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101067,"journal":{"name":"Refocus","volume":"8 1","pages":"Pages 36, 38, 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70028-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73646667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RefocusPub Date : 2007-01-01Epub Date: 2007-02-23DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70011-2
{"title":"Solar thermal a hot topic","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70011-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70011-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101067,"journal":{"name":"Refocus","volume":"8 1","pages":"Page 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1471-0846(07)70011-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136434459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}