Minister of Energy U.S.: Clean Energy Started With Changing Habits

Position

Home

News

Oil and Gas

Minister of Energy U.S.: Clean Energy Started With Changing Habits

Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:10

Article Index
Minister of Energy U.S.: Clean Energy Started With Changing Habits
Menteri Energi AS: Energi Bersih Diawali Dengan Merubah Kebiasaan
All Pages

Page 1 of 2

JAKARTA. Minister of Energy of the United States, Steven Chu, stating that the clean energy begins to change habits, but most of the world community is currently difficult to change habits in consuming energy and tend to underestimate the things simple and easy to create clean energy.

"People are too complacent with current conditions and reluctant to change habits for the use of clean energy," said Steven Chu as he opened the Clean Energy Ministerial Meeting in Washington DC, United States (19 / 7).

To that end, Steven Chu invites to delegates attending the state to accelerate efforts to clean energy use by increasing energy conservation, for example by creating and guarding the use of efficiency standards on general electrical equipment.

"Efforts to another is an increase in technological innovation, among others, by making use of CAD in designing energy efficient buildings, effective utilization of the smart grid, and the automation of energy utilization.

Meanwhile, from the investment side, the countries attending were asked to create policies that stimulate private sector interest in the field of clean energy beinvestasi, for example by applying the carbon-cap, renewable standard, feed-in tariffs, renewable national targets, insentives, green bank , and others.

The meeting that lasted 19 to 20 July 2010 attended by energy ministers or delegates from 24 countries and observers from the IEA, the UN, and WorlBank. On occasion, the Indonesian delegation led by expert staff engaged in regional and Minister of the Environment, Marwansyah Lobo Balia.

Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is the World Energy Minister level meetings that focus discusses the development and utilization of clean energy initiated by the U.S. Energy Minister, Steven Chu. Meeting in Washington DC is the first meeting of CEM as a result of the development of the Major Economies meeting on Energy and Climate Forum (MEF) in July 2009 in London, who agreed to enhance the global partnership in implementing the transformation to the use of low emissions and utilization of clean energy technologies.
[esdm] www.tenderoffer.biz

Prev - Next >>