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European union unveils new one trillion euro energy strategy
The European Commission has sent an unprecedentedly clear warning to the EU member states that without strong new policy initiatives the EU`s existing energy and climate strategy is unlikely to achieve the 2020 targets, and it is wholly inadequate to the longer term challenges concerning energy and climate-change objectives. To deal with this, the Commission is proposing to spend €1 trillion over the next decade on infrastructure, new technologies and electricity storage, as part of a new energy strategy to deliver on the EU`s 2020 energy and climate goals.
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Creating Good Jobs and New Markets Through Energy Efficiency
The United States is mired in an urgent jobs crisis. Despite some early signs of a sustained economic recovery, in many parts of the country the debilitating fallout from the Great Recession on employment remains a painful fact of daily life. Few industries have felt the economic downturn harder than the construction industry, which suffered the most from the consequences of a decade of gross mismanagement of our nation’s mortgage markets and financial services industries.
The unemployment rate in the construction industry hovers at Depression-era levels, remaining near 25 percent ... |
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Reykjavik Energy Graduate School of Sustainable Systems
REYST is operated by Reykjavik Energy, Reykjavik University and the University of Iceland. REYST is an international, interdisciplinary graduate programme for engineers and scientists promoting education and research in sustainable energy use. We focus on sustainable energy use, geothermal in particular, interdisciplinary approach to the subjects, good access to research facilities and to companies and institutes that specialise in the utilisation of sustainable energy and practical projects are intertwined in the academic program. We welcome students of any nationality interested in research based graduate education. Our MSc programme is 120 ECTS units, duration 18 months and starts in August each year with an application deadline Feb. 1. Details Here
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