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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

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If you spend most of the week huddled in a conference room or behind a computer, spend the rest of the day indoors, perhaps an expensive sports car is not your ideal possession. The last thing you need is an expensive car wasting away in the garage. Each brand is unique and comes with different price tags. Extra Costs.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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Their company, Farmers’ Ethanol , plans to combine energy and food production within the same facility and by doing so create a business that can survive the wild fluctuations in commodity prices that plague today’s corn ethanol business. Financing challenges. The generator is fueled by the methane produced by an anaerobic digester.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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Comprehensive policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from sources other than energy, for example waste, industrial emissions, fugitives, land-use change, deforestation and agriculture. Financial incentives that shift the risk reward balance in favor of low-carbon assets.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

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Major investments will be needed worldwide in the developing and scaling up of clean energy technologies; sustainable farming and forestry techniques; climate-proofing of infrastructure; and in technologies reducing non-biological degradable waste production, according to the report. The report comes out yearly.

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GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

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In 2008, a report by UNEP called for the elimination of fossil-fuel subsidies, concluding that such subsidies often lead to increased levels of consumption and waste; place a heavy burden on government finances; can undermine private and public investment in the energy sector; and do not always end up helping the people who need them most.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. This article discusses the process by which the UN approves carbon offsets and the flaws associated with this process. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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