An announcement this week by prime minister Raila Odinga that the Kenyan government planned to provide free to the public energy saving light bulbs as part of efforts to address growing energy requirements is stirring the country’s alternative energy market.
A new trend marking a shift to alternative energy products by industry players is quickly emerging.
Stores [...]

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The World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released a report indicating cement manufacturers had stepped up efforts to reducing their carbon emissions.
Under the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), representing the collective effort of 18 leading cement companies from around the world, the report “Cement Industry Energy and CO2 Performance: ‘Getting the Numbers Right’” documents emissons and energy [...]

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By Imelda V. Abaño*
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was interviewed by BusinessMirror correspondent Imelda V. Abaño on the sidelines of the climate-change talks in Bonn, Germany.
He outlined the current state and direction of climate-change negotiation ahead of December’s summit in Copenhagen. Here are excepts: [...]

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Africa gained significantly in 2008 as some $155 billion was invested in clean energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large hydro, a new report says.
Quite a number of these investments were in developing nations, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa included.
However, in comparison, investments in other developing regions of the world, notably Latin America and [...]

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By Bas Vlugt*
The Sustainer is a unique solution to produce fuel and electricity in remote rural areas, for example in the African countryside where only 5 to 20 percent of the population have electricity.
In many of these situations, access to energy would facilitate development, higher productivity and better education. Moreover, locally available resources can be [...]

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