Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:June 25, 2003

*News and Events G8 Plans to Boost Energy Efficiency and Renewables Worldwide DOE, USDA, and Interior to Promote Woody Biomass for Energy New Large Wind Power Additions Planned for Oklahoma, Oregon Massachusetts Launches $30 Million Green Power Project World’s First Offshore Tidal Power Prototype Now Operating Hydrogen Group Disputes Study on Potential Ozone Impacts*Site News Virtual-Web Energy Demonstration Construction Center*Energy ConnectionsReport Finds Carbon Emissions Growing Despite Restrictions G8 Plans to Boost Energy Efficiency and Renewables WorldwideThe group of eight leaders of large industrialized countries, known simply as the G8, recently set forth plans to encourage energy efficiency and renewable energy development around the world.The early-June G8 Summit, which brought together the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and France, resulted in a document that noted “the need … to support the development of cleaner, sustainable and more efficient technologies.” The document commits to promoting energy efficiency and encouraging rapid innovation and market introduction of clean energy technologies. To increase the share of renewable energy in global energy use, and to accelerate the development of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, the G8 emphasizes collaborative research with an emphasis on achieving competitive energy prices. The […]

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