This policy brief outlines high-level issues related to the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It broadly introduces some key challenges that must be addressed for wide-scale deployment of CCS.
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Source: World Resources Institute
Date: October 2007
This handbook is designed to be a user-friendly guide rather than a technical compendium or comprehensive collection of relevant legislation. The focus is on national legislation, but the report encompasses national constitutional provisions, regulations and state and local laws.
Source: United Nations
Date: January 2007
This report sets out the main findings of discussions carried out by the Developing Countries Group of the European Photovoltaic Technology Platform with regard to identifying and defining an effective financial mechanism to bolster renewables in microgrids as a part of a least-cost strategy for
Source: European Commission, Alliance for Rural Electrification, PhotoVoltaic Technology Platform
This report focuses on the important role of renewable energy technologies in responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty while mitigating climate change.
Source: United Nations
Date: January 2011
The report provides policy information on the assessment of the environmental and social costs and benefits of biofuels. It examines concerns of critical developments and reviews the options for a more sustainable use of biomass and measures to increase resource productivity.
Source: United Nations
Date: January 2009
The IES has organized a lecture series on EU energy policy that offers in-depth discussions of the issues facing the EU in the coming years. Starting with a general overview, the lectures become increasingly in-depth as the series progresses.
Source: Institute for European Studies
Date: July 2013
This report provides brief overviews of industry trends and global investment in the renewable energy sector and then focuses on outlining tax and incentive policies from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, No
Source: KPMG International
Date: December 2012
This database is intended to be a comprehensive collection of building energy efficiency policies from select countries around the world. Policymakers can access this database to find out what policies and incentive schemes are being implemented around the world.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
This report identifies the opportunity for the sustainable development of Ireland’s abundant offshore renewable energy resources to increase indigenous production of renewable electricity.
Source: Ireland Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Date: February 2014
The authors of this paper argue that the breakdown in conventional policy labels represents an important shift in renewable electricity policy, one that policymakers, analysts, government officials and investors around the world need to better understand.
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date: February 2015