In December 2013, legislation was passed breaking the 75 year state monopoly of oil, gas and electricity. This creates an important opportunity for private and foreign investment in Mexican energy production, especially in renewables with large potential, like wind and solar. With the national target of 35% of energy coming… read more
The Birth of Turkey’s Renewable Energy
The National Climate Change Strategy published in 2010 cites long term goals of at 30% of renewable energy in the total electricity production by 2023. (By 2012, the share of installed capacity was increased to 39%. but there is still much growth necessary to meet the intended 2030 total generation… read more
Clean Cookstoves: challenges to black carbon mitigation in Asia
The residential sector is by far the biggest contributor to black carbon emissions due to high use of inefficient biomass burning cookstoves. If all households were to switch to stoves using liquefied natural gas by 2030, projected global black carbon emissions in the residential sector would decrease by 71 percent. If… read more
