Renewable Energy

http://priceofoil.org/2008/10/08/world-bank-lending-for-coal-up-256/

http://priceofoil.org/2008/10/08/world-bank-lending-for-coal-up-256/ 

Relying exclusively on the World Bank’s own figures, a new analysis shows
World Bank Group lending to coal, oil and gas is up 94% from 2007,

By design, dams alter the natural flow regime, and with it virtually every aspect of a river ecosystem, including water quality, sediment transport and deposition, fish migrations and reproduction, and riparian and floodplain habitat and the organisms that rely on this habitat.

A position paper developed by NGOs and other stakeholders for the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Africa, 16-18 April 2008, Dakar, Senegal

Coordinated by Community Research and Development Centre, Nigeria

• March 2008 World Rivers Review 
  

South Africa is in the grip of a severe energy crisis, complete with rolling blackouts, industries stopping operations, much blaming and frustration - and plenty of opportunities.

• March 2008 World Rivers Review

What renewable energy source is highly reliable and predictable, especially productive during the hours of highest electricity use, can be scaled small enough to power one building or big enough to electrify a town, is a proven technology whose costs keep dropping, creates more jobs than gas or coal, and could, with a major rollout, displace 2-3 billion tons of carbon annually worldwide?