This report reviews four energy efficiency programs for low income households: (1) the Brazilian Electricity Public Benefits Fund, (2) the Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation (ProBEC) in Southern Africa, (3) the United Kingdom’s Fuel Poverty Strategy (especially the Warm Front Scheme) and
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Source: World Energy Council, French Environment and Energy Management Agency
Date: July 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) State Lead by Example Guide identifies best practices and state examples of clean energy activities; highlights the benefits and costs of taking action; and identifies issues, strategies and resources for implementing key steps.
Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Date: June 2009
This International Energy Agency's Demand-Side Management (DSM) Programme was charged with studying issues surrounding the integration of energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy resources and energy storage technologies—both locally and globally—to maximize the value of the r
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: January 2008
This report explores the cost and benefit effects of renewable energy (RE) expansion in the German power and heat sector.
Source: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Date: June 2010
This European Commission communication to the European Parliament and Council concludes that moving towards a low carbon economy needs new technology to be conceived, tested, and then deployed. Public and private investment in energy technology development has to increase substantially.
Source: Commission of the European Communities
Date: July 2009
This database provides publications, case studies, tools, general discussions, and other resources focusing on a wide variety of technologies. Users may search technologies by name, sector, and the service that featured technologies provide.
Source: United Nations, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy Research Center of the Netherlands, Joint Implementation Network, University of Edinburgh, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership
This report is produced yearly by the European Commission in order to provide: 1) a concise and authoritative assessment of a portfolio of low-carbon energy technologies currently in place in the European Commission; 2) their current and estimated future market penetration and the barriers to th
Source: European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy and Transport
Date: January 2011
This article outlines the ongoing microgrid research, development, and demonstration efforts currently in progress in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Canada as they have been presented in a series of microgrid symposiums started in Berkeley, California, on 17 June 2005, followed by a secon
Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power & Energy Magazine
Date: August 2007
The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2012) reference case overview evaluates a wide range of trends and issues that could have major implications for U.S. energy markets. Projections in the AEO2012 reference case focus on the factors that shape U.S.
Source: Unites States Energy Information Administration
Date: January 2012
This study focuses on how energy efficiency programs and renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies, both separately and combined, will affect Michigan’s economy.
Source: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, NextEnergy Center
Date: April 2007