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April 22 As Cities Fill with Smog, China Embraces Stable and Regulated Renewable Development in 2013
China's renewable energy sector is expected to adopt a more stable and regulated development pace in 2013 as many favorable policies to drive the development of the sector have been established, along with increased awareness of environmental protection and benefits of renewable energy. This comes after increased reports of cities around the country have found themselves blanketed by severe smog and haze in recent months.
According to former president Hu Jintao’s report at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the country is urged to decrease coal-based energy usage and increase the proportion of renewable energy in end-user energy consumption. In addition, the functions of the National Energy Administration and the State Electricity Regulatory Commission will be consolidated as per the country’s State Council’s institutional reform and function transformation scheme. This move is expected to not only standardize the market of renewable energy, but also facilitate distributed power generation in China over the next few years.
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April 22 US and Israel to cooperate on biofuels research
In Washington, Israeli academic and industrial biofuels research scientists and innovators are visiting Washington to explore opportunities for cooperation with the US for development of advanced biofuels. Following the meetings in Washington, they will travel to DOE labs in Oak Ridge Tennessee and in California to meet with more than 50 U.S. scientists and energy program managers in those locations.
“Cutting-edge research and development is taking place in Israel in the selection, bio-engineering and modification of fuel feed-stocks; in growing novel feed-stocks on non-arable land and without using fresh water; and in the more-efficient and cost effective production of fuels from feed-stocks using innovative chemical, physical and biological processes. Building on that research base, we are establishing a scientific, technical and economic collaboration between Israel and the U.S. to help both nations achieve our energy goals,” explained TIEP Executive VP Neil Goldstein.
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April 16 US aviation industry to keep biofuel support
US development of viable biofuel for the aviation industry has received further long-term support from the government this April.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation secretary Ray LaHood signed a five-year agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, which was announced at the Advanced Biofuels Summit.
The federal government and its partners hope to oversee an annual production of 1 billion gallons of drop-in aviation biofuel by 2018.
‘In his state address, president Obama called on us to work together to reduce carbon emissions - developing these alternative jet fuels will do just that, while creating jobs and helping airlines save money on fuel,’ says LaHood.
The renewed agreement will continue to focus on goals between the Airlines for America, Boeing and USDA's Regional Biomass Research Centres which include evaluating current and potential feedstock types and systems, developing multiple feedstock supply chains, developing state and local public-private teams and issuing periodic reports.
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April 3 Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world. "Our new process could help end our dependence on fossil fuels," said Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering. "Hydrogen is one of the most important biofuels of the future."
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