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Where are we at with renewable energy?

REN21’s Renewables Global Status Report provides the state of play for renewable energy around the world. It is a comprehensive report but also a straightforward read to understand where we are at in terms of deployment of renewables. I've highlighted some of the key sections to read in relation to emerging economies around the status of deployment distributed power and financial spend.

Solar and wind power in India - the start of something special

This report is important reading for anyone that wants to understand some of the key aspects of the solar revolution that India is trying to undertake. Its a big challenge but its the kind of transformation we’ve seen India rise up to deliver in the information technology sector.

China wind energy outlook

China dominates the world of wind energy manufacturing (turbines) and output. In 2014 China installed over half of all the wind capacity on the Earth. To most eyes, China is racing against time to replace polluting coal and fossil fuel infrastructure with clean wind and solar power.

Same energy, more power: accelerating energy efficiency in Asia

Energy efficiency is the approach that involves doing more with less through a number of initiatives to reduce energy waste. The commitments that China, India and Southeast Asian countries have made to energy efficiency show us that energy efficiency is good “bang for the buck".

How information technology is helping us become more energy efficient

In this report you’ll find a number of practical case studies whereby companies and governments are using information technology to provide a better grid system, smarter buildings and enhanced logistics. It shows how organisations are achieving reduced energy requirements as a result of improvements to energy efficiency and reduced consumption ...

Turning Poop Into Power

Long Sokhon is a small-scale farmer in Cambodia’s Pursat Province. Like 85% of Cambodians, she makes a modest living off the land. She used to cook for her family of eight over a wood-chip fire by night. Sokhon lived the way most do in rural Cambodia—one of the poorest countries in South East Asia with a population of 15.8 million. Then, she was given the opportunity to have a 2,000 litre slate-grey tank installed in the vegetable patch. Long Sokhon was chosen as part of a biodigester pilot project run by Engineers Without Borders Australia and Live & Learn Environmental Education.

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