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100% renewable energy is only a matter of political will

Posted by anna in News, Renewables

Three years after the Fukushima/Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Global100RE Ambassadors are highlighting the need to refrain from using hazardous nuclear and fossil energy sources and instead shift towards 100% renewable energy. Ambassadors of the Global 100% Renewable Energy Campaign Bill McKibben, David Suzuki, Hans-Josef Fell, Jeremy Leggett, and Ulrich Kelber call on policy makers …

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Fukushima to use 100% renewable energy by 2040

Posted by anna in Asia, Industrialised Countries, Renewables

  By Sophie Yeo, published on RTCC The Japanese province of Fukushima has pledged to switch to 100% renewable energy by 2040, turning its 2011 nuclear disaster into an opportunity to tackle climate change. The mayor of the region, which has a population of about two million people, hopes that community energy schemes will …

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Can Japan Go 100% Renewable by 2050?

Posted by anna in Asia, Industrialised Countries, Renewables

Following the Fukushima nuclear accident and the subsequent planned power outages affecting large parts of eastern Japan, there are some voices calling for a review of national energy policy and for a shift in focus to renewable energy. Officials in the Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, however, are keen to remind the …

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Palawan aims for a 100% renewable energy future

Posted by anna in Asia, Global South, News, Renewables, Small Island

Palawan needs energy, and it needs it now, said Palawan Provincial Advisor for Energy Caesar Ventura to around a hundred Palaweños gathered in Mendoza Park, in the provincial capital Puerto Princesa on Tuesday, October 22 2013. It was the eve before the start of consultations for the province’s master energy plan. The goal is …

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