Progress made on international initiatives to promote clean energy
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MRS BULLETIN
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VOLUME 36 • MAY 2011
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opment in clean energy technologies. Since the last Clean Energy Ministerial, the United States has helped lead progress in several initiatives as part of the Global Energy Efficiency Challenge. These projects will cut energy waste around the world by helping to deploy super-efficient appliances, improving industrial and buildings efficiency, implementing smart grid technologies, and helping to put 20 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2020. For example, the Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) initiative expands global markets for efficient products in CEM countries both by incentivizing the deployment of super-efficient equipment and appliances and by facilitating stronger, more effective minimum standards. The initiative will help to strengthen and expand governments’ domestic actions
Participation in Clean Energy Ministerial Initiatives
Appliances (SEAD) Bioenergy Buildings and industry (GSEP) Carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) Clean energy solutions center Electric vehicles (EVI) Hydropower Off-grid lighting (SLED) Smart grid (ISGAN) Solar and wind Women in energy (C3E)
Source: Clean Energy Ministerial, www.cleanenergyministerial.org
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United States
United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates
Sweden
Spain
South Africa
Russia
Norway
Mexico
Korea
Japan
Italy
Indonesia
India
Germany
France
Finland
European Commission
Denmark
China
Canada
Brazil
March 2011
Belgium
nergy ministers and high-level representatives from more than 20 governments met in early April to announce renewed support for 11 international clean energy initiatives at the second Clean Energy Ministerial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). These initiatives are helping to accelerate the global transition to a clean energy future, with the goal of eliminating the need to build more than 500 mid-size power plants worldwide in the next 20 years, among other goals. At the conclusion of the meeting, India offered to host the fourth Clean Energy Ministerial in 2013 and South Korea offered to host the fifth in 2014, demonstrating continued commitment to the initiatives and the Clean Energy Ministerial process. The Ministerial will be held in London in 2012. “In just nine months since the United States hosted the first Clean Energy Ministerial, we have laid the groundwork for global progress in areas such as appliance efficiency, smart grids, and electric vehicle deployment. Working together, we can move faster to save money, create jobs, and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. First launched in Washington, DC, in July 2010, Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) initiatives promote economic growth while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, supporting renewable energy markets, expanding access to clean energy resources and jobs, and working to promote women’s leadership in c
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