It was also expected to expand other renewable energies such as wind and wave power.
In the long-term China is also investing heavily in hydro-electrical power and another renewable energies.
Do we pin our banners to the mast of renewable energies, or is nuclear the way to go?
The Obama policy has been to impede, restrict, harass and attack producers of fossil fuels, while heavily subsidizing uneconomical renewable energies.
Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal, an advocacy group issuing trekking permits, are lobbying the government to increase the use of renewable energies and develop permanent campsites with basic utilities.
The conference aims to produce a set of recommendations for further research activities and networking on access to energy services, energy efficiency and renewable energies beyond 2012.
At issue is which person has the more effective pitch when it comes to energy policy and specifically whether to foster more fossil fuels or to increasingly favor renewable energies.
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Early in his career, Mr. Kan developed an interest in renewable energies, and he still proudly shows a fading picture of himself as a young, long-haired legislator visiting a Colorado wind farm.
This forced us to ask an important question: If some form of renewable energies are found in every square inch of the planet, why would we only concentrate them in a few central points?
Leitner is looking to tap opportunities in emerging growth markets, especially in Asia and Latin America, and to push the company further into renewable energies, which he hopes will soon represent 50% of his sales.
We want to have successful oil companies that are able to get the oil that we have in our country, but we also understand that our future requires us to make investments in clean, renewable energies.
"Now that you see many states restructuring their electric industries and allowing more competition, you're going to see more of these companies come into those communities and sell their products, like solar or wind or other renewable energies, " he said.
The conference is organized in support of the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All (2012) and the initiative of the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, which sets the goals for improved energy efficiency, doubling the use of renewable energies and universal access to modern energy services by 2030.
"What we look for is to have a new milestone in this very exciting history of aviation that can attract interest of the people, of the political world, of the media and show that with renewable energies and clean technology for energy efficiency, we can achieve impossible things, " Piccard said.
Irene can serve as our wake-up call, a reminder to look elsewhere for our energy needs: instead of pouring our money down the drain, funding oil despots overseas, our money should stay right here at home, where renewable energies can increasingly serve as an economic multiplier the likes of which Americans have never before experienced.
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Support the basic sciences and engineering programme and science policy activities in the cluster countries particularly for post-conflict countries, including practical science education in cooperation with the Education sector, promotion of access and retention of women in science and technology education, and research and development of renewable and alternative energies.
But we are willing to build a great partnership in the field of energy, either what refers to the exploration of the pre-salt deep oil reserves, as also the explorations of renewable sources of energies and clean energy that could guarantee for all mankind and for the humanity and for Brazil and for the U.S. a better improvement of its development in a sustained way.
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To achieve this, the WEO estimates that renewable and carbon-efficient fossil-fuel energies will have to expand their share of the energy mix from 19 to 26 percent by 2030.
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