Categoría: Energy

60,000 people in eight towns to get safe clean water and better sanitation The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) Cohesion Fund are continuing their efforts to modernise and upgrade water and wastewater services in Romania. The EBRD is extending a new RON 28.6 million (€6.4 million) loan to… Continue reading EBRD and EU help improve water and wastewater services

An EBRD credit line for energy efficiency is helping reduce carbon footprint in the Caucasus.     Innovation in industry always requires significant investment. But new technologies also permit better energy efficiency. Cement producer Georgian Building Group (GBG) embraced this strategy with the help of the EBRD’s sustainable energy financing facility Energocredit, a credit line worth US$… Continue reading Supporting energy efficient industries in Georgia

Issued by the APEC Energy Working Group Gyeongju, Korea, 16 July 2015 – Energy officials from APEC economies are laying a foundation for more sustainable cities in the Asia-Pacific, intent on mitigating the environmental impact of rapid urbanization and the escalating threat it poses to energy security and economic growth in the world’s most populous region. Technical support for… Continue reading APEC Breaks Ground on Sustainable City Development

EBRD facilitates large carbon credit transaction in Georgia Georgia’s Enguri hydropower plant (HPP) has concluded the first sale of carbon credits. In a landmark transaction the state-owned operator Engurhesi Ltd issued and sold over 400,000 carbon credits to the           Norwegian electricity company Statkraft. The operation was supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and… Continue reading Enguri Hydro Power Plant concludes sale of carbon credits

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Florida International University (FIU) announced a new partnership to build a commercial-scale distributed solar power facility that will both generate electricity for FPL’s 4.8 million customers and serve as an innovative research operation. The project involves the installation of more than 5,700 solar panels on 23 canopy-like structures… Continue reading FPL, FIU partner build innovative solar research facility

Environmental permitting affects practically all onshore construction projects in the United States. Often, these processes impose delays, constraints and additional costs that are not anticipated by the project team. The goal of this course is to provide attendees with a broad understanding of many of the commonly encountered permitting processes associated with construction, maintenance and… Continue reading ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, WETLANDS, STORMWATER & FLOODPLAIN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

While many geothermal industry players have their eyes on active development regions like East Africa or Indonesia, Japan may actually be a quiet contender for the next hot spot. As Japan continues to bounce back from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, it has focused on renewable energy to lessen its reliance on nuclear and… Continue reading Is Japan the Next Boom Market for the Geothermal Energy Industry?

PARIS — Squashed between a highway overpass and a towering suburban shopping center east of Paris, a drilling rig is completing the second of two geothermal wells aimed at capturing the earth’s natural heat for homes and offices. The project is one of five around the French capital being built by Engie, the new name for… Continue reading Paris Geothermal Boom Brings Deep Drilling to Crowded Suburbs

Driven by rapid expansion in developing countries, renewables are becoming a significant source of the world’s power.  According to the United Nations Environmental Programme’s (UNEP) 9th “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015,” investment in developing countries was up 36 percent in 2014, totaling $131.3 billion. China ($83.3 billion), Brazil ($7.6 billion), India ($7.4 billion)… Continue reading Managing the Risks of Renewable Energy Projects in Developing Countries