UAE to host headquarters of global renewable energy agency

September 12th, 2009 Schwarzenegger to veto renewable energy billsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office said Saturday that he would veto legislation requiring a third of California's energy to come from renewable sources by 2020, choosing instead to mandate the change through an executive order.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With proper incentives, wind power can meet over 24 percent of India's energy needs by 2030, says a study carried out by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA). Releasing "Indian Wind Energy Outlook 2009" here Wednesday evening, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said it was his dream to see windmills all over India the way one would see them in Europe.

September 9th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government has decided to establish a department of climate change to attract more renewable energy generation projects to the state. A senior official in the chief minister's office here said Wednesday the Gujarat government has already implemented its solar and wind energy policy and will prepare a biomass energy policy now.

August 31st, 2009 DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the Alternative Energy Convention in October this year, WAM news agency reported. The conference will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre Oct 27-29.

July 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US will loan up to $37.5 billion to fund renewable energy projects around the country, the Energy Department said Wednesday. The new loans are part of an effort to stimulate the US economy and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

July 17th, 2009 ABU DHABI - A high-level delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has visited nine African countries to explore investment opportunities there, the WAM news agency said Friday. The government is looking to invest in the energy, agriculture, food and infrastructure sectors in Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania, among others, the report said.

July 1st, 2009 NICOSIA - Abu Dhabi has been selected to house the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The announcement was made at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, after other candidate cities, like Bonn and Vienna withdrew their candidacies.

June 15th, 2009 Officials vow support for renewable energy in WestPARK CITY, Utah — Cabinet leaders in the Obama administration promised Monday to help Western states develop a robust system for delivering renewable energy. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the West has vast untapped potential for harnessing wind, the sun and geothermal energy to create electricity.

June 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International that runs public toilets in India, has been awarded the Renewable Energy Award for developing low cost toilet technology to produce energy out of human excreta.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The cost of generating clean energy should be brought down to make it "affordable" for developing countries, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said Friday after his interaction with the visiting UAE foreign affairs minister. The minister, during his interaction with Abdullah Bin Zayad Al-Nahayan, the minister for foreign affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said the developing countries were more in need of renewable energy.

June 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - Sulabh International, an Indian organisation popular for introducing low-cost toilet technology, has been selected for this year's prestigious Renewable Energy award. The Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organisation (IREO) will present the award to Sulabh founder, Dr.Bindeshwar Pathak, at the United Nations headquarters here Thursday.

June 3rd, 2009 NICOSIA - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed strong support for UAE's proposal to host the headquarters of the newly established International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in the Masdar city of Abu Dhabi, saying that the political and technical arguments for this were overwhelmingly strong. "Locating IRENA in the developing world would send a powerful signal that all nations must participate in the transition to a sustainable future.

June 2nd, 2009 BRUSSELS - The renewable energy sector is expected to create an additional 410,000 jobs in the European Union (EU) by 2020, according to a European Commission report released Tuesday. That would bring the total number working in the sector to 2.8 million.

May 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The level of carbon emissions into the Earth's atmosphere will surge nearly 40 percent by 2030 if the governments can't force more limits on pollutants blamed for global warming, a US report said Wednesday. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected that energy consumption will increase 44 percent between 2006 and 2030, mainly because of higher demands from the developing world.

April 25th, 2009 Republicans push nuclear energy to lower costsWASHINGTON — The U.S. should build 100 more nuclear plants rather than spend "billions in subsidies" for renewable energy if it is truly committed to lowering electric bills and having clean air, the Republicans say.