Energy & Renewables Newsletter
May 13, 2010
This Week“s Featured News Stories
Bioenergy now the Main Heat Source for Swedish Houses
Bioenergy is now the main source of heat for semi-detached and detached houses in Sweden. In 2008 more than half the energy used for heating and hot water came from bioenergy. In total 31.5 TWh were used to provide heating and hot water in detached and semi-detached houses in Sweden in 2008. 51% of these homes had bioenergy as their primary energy source and 49% had other primary energy sources (hydropower, nuclear power and fossil fuels). The biomass used for heating in Sweden is mainly wood-based by-products and residues from the forest ...
Details emerge on the American power act
The long-awaited US climate bill ("the American Power Act") is set to be formally unveiled today by its key proponents in the U.S. Senate (Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman) , with a last ditch effort the Obama administration urging quick passage of the controversial legislation this year.  At the heart of the new bill is a binding commitment to cut US carbon emissions by 17 per cent on 2005 levels by 2020, supported by an emissions trading scheme to be launched in 2013, initially to cover power firms, but ultimately to be expanded to cover other carbon intensive industries.  Based ...
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