Latest Energy News 21 June 2019 TOP STORY: US EPA replaces Clean Power Plan with Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule The United States Environmental Protection Agency has issued the final version of the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which will replace the previous administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP)….
Latest Energy News 20 June 2019 TOP STORY: Canada approves US$5.5bn Trans Mountain oil pipeline project The Federal government of Canada has approved the construction of the C$7.4bn (US$5.5bn) Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, that it acquired from Kinder Morgan for C$4.5bn (US$3.4bn) in 2018. The 1,150-km…
Latest Energy News 19 June 2019 TOP STORY: Groningen gas production could fall 20% faster than planned (Netherlands) According to the Dutch government, gas production from the Groningen gas field in the northern Netherlands could decline 20% faster than initially expected for the year starting in October…
Latest Energy News 18 June 2019 TOP STORY: Chinese investments in thermal power generation reached record low in 2018 According to the China Electricity Council (CEC), total investments in power generation in China declined by 3.9% in 2018 to CNY 278.7bn (US$40bn), as investments in thermal power…
Latest Energy News 17 June 2019 TOP STORY: European Commission approves Italy’s €5.4bn support for renewable power The European Commission has approved a €5.4bn support scheme for renewable power generation in Italy, considering that the measure was in line with EU State aid rules and did not…
Latest Energy News 14 June 2019 TOP STORY: Queensland (Australia) grants final approval for Adani’s coal mine project The Environment Department of the Australian state of Queensland has granted its final approval for the Carmichael coal mine developed by Adani, approving the mine’s groundwater management plan. Adani…
Propuestas del Centro Interdisciplinario de Biodiversidad y Ambiente, CeIBA A. C. https://ceiba.org.mx 11 de junio 2019 … Antecedente El Centro Interdisciplinario de Biodiversidad y Ambiente (CeIBA) elaboró en 2018 Planteamientos Estratégicos para la Política Ambiental y el Desarrollo Sustentable[1] con el fin de realizar propuestas para el debate nacional sobre el…
Latest Energy News 13 June 2019 TOP STORY: British government commits to net zero GHG emissions by 2050 The British government has unveiled plans to make the United Kingdom carbon neutral (net zero emissions) by 2050 and laid a «statutory instrument’ in the House of Commons (the…
Latest Energy News 12 June 2019 TOP STORY: Japan aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 The Japanese government has adopted a long-term growth strategy under the Paris Agreement, with the aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The plan, which doesn’t specify a timeline for phasing…
Latest Energy News 11 June 2019 TOP STORY: The UK introduces Smart Export Guarantee for small-scale renewable power generation The British Ministry of Energy and Clean Growth has presented the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), which will ensure small-scale renewable power producers – residential solar panels and businesses…
Latest Energy News 10 June 2019 TOP STORY: Japan’s Energy White Paper sets 22-24% renewable power target for 2030 The Japanese government has adopted its new Energy White Paper, which details progress to be made for the reconstruction of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and sets up the…
Latest Energy News 06 June 2019 TOP STORY: Finland aims to become carbon neutral by 2035 The government of Finland aims to reform its climate policy, by accelerating emission reduction measures and by strengthening carbon sinks, in order to make the country carbon neutral by 2035. Finland will…
Latest Energy News 05 June 2019 TOP STORY: South Korea confirms 35% renewable power target by 2040 The Ministry of Energy (MOTIE) of South Korea has released its Third Energy Plan, in which it confirms plans to raise the share of renewable energies in the power mix to…
Latest Energy News 04 June 2019 TOP STORY: Argentina’s RenovAr third round attracts 352 MW of renewable projects The Argentinian Ministry of Energy (Ministerio de Energía y Minería) has received 56 bids totalling 352 MW for the third round of the RenovAr programme that aimed at developing 400…
Boletín de prensa del CEMDA & Greenpeace México, 1º de junio 2019 La Semarnat sólo ha autorizado el «Proyecto de Ampliación del Puerto de Dos Bocas, Paraíso, Tabasco«. Se autorizaron modificaciones solicitadas por la Administración Portuaria Integral (API) de Dos Bocas Tabasco, S.A. de C.V. al proyecto para aumentar el…
Latest Energy News 03 June 2019 TOP STORY: Enercon and Enerjisa win 1,000 MW of wind projects in Turkey’s YEKA auction The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey has selected Enerjisa and Enercon to develop 1,000 MW of wind projects under the latest Renewable Energy Resources…
Latest Energy News 31 May 2019 TOP STORY: Renewables are becoming the cheapest source of new power generation According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), renewables are the cheapest energy sources for new power generation in most parts of the world. The cost of electricity generated from…
Latest Energy News 29 May 2019 TOP STORY: South Korea’s electricity demand rose by 3.8% in 2018 According to a recent report by the Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO)., total electricity consumption increased by 3.3% in South Korea to 563 TWh in 2018. The highest growth has been driven…
Vídeo de su intervención el 28 de mayo 2019, con subtítulos en inglés. «Somos Homo sapiens sapiens, de una Familia en la que muchos ya desaparecieron, del Orden Primates, de la Clase Mammalia, del Reino Animal, somos parte de la Naturaleza, somos animales sociales y naturalmente atraídos por líderes…»
Latest Energy News 28 May 2019 TOP STORY: South Africa’s carbon tax becomes law and will apply on 1 June 2019 South Africa’s proposed carbon tax has been passed into law and will thus apply as of 1 June 2019. The tax will be applied in two phases:…
Latest Energy News 27 May 2019 TOP STORY: China will remove onshore wind power feed-in tariffs as of 2021 The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China has decided to cut onshore wind projects feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in July 2019 and 2020 and to remove feed-in…
Anexo XVIII de la Gaceta Parlamentaria 5266 del 30 de abril 2029 Texto de presentación del Plan
Anexo XVIII- Bis de la Gaceta Parlamentaria 5266 del 30 de abril 2019 Texto in extenso del PND 2019 – 2024
Propuestas de CeIBA para el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2029 – 2024
Publication – Nuclear Power: Climate Solution or Inevitable Decline? In this in-depth, analytical publication, we take a look at the current status of nuclear power generation in several countries around the world – including where it’s increasing, where it’s being phased out, and the policies behind these changes in each country. We…
Latest Energy News 24 May 2019 TOP STORY: German government approves €40bn support plans for coal regions The Federal government of Germany has approved the key points of the structural funding programme for coal mining regions. The government will make available a €40bn financial support for the regions…
Programa Universitario de Estudios del Desarrollo (PUED), UNAM
Latest Energy News 23 May 2019 TOP STORY: Ghana postpones its 10% renewable energy target from 2020 to 2030 Ghana has decided to review its 2011 renewable energy act that set a target of 10% renewable energy in the power mix by 2020 and to postpone this target…
Enrique Provencio Durazo, presidente de CeIBA, coordinó la edición de las 100 Propuestas para el desarrollo formuladas por el Programa Universitario de Estudios del Desarrollo (PUED-UNAM); a continuación presenta estas propuestas en cinco breves vídeos:
Latest Energy News 22 May 2019 TOP STORY: ECLAC plans major energy investments in Mexico and Central America The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a comprehensive development plan (Plan de desarrollo integral) for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, dubbed…