News and Additional Resources
Below you will find links to the latest news on the development of an ecological civilization in China as well as links to additional resources that one may find useful |
Preview: The Pursuit of an Ecological Future: Making Economic Growth Mean Ecological Improvement
Director Morrison is authoring a new book entitled: The Pursuit of an Ecological Future: Market Rules and Structure for Sustainable Growth. His newest work lays out a comprehensive strategy for the conversion from an ecomony based ona reliance on fossil fuels and ecological degredation, to one in which renewables are the mainstay and economic growth means ecological prosperity. You can find a preview of the book here. |
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Ecological Pathways by Director Roy Morrison |
China faces a number of common global
challenges in moving toward an ecological future.The elements leading toward an
ecological world will differ in
their manifestations across nations and cultures
and will represent an expression of
common themes with national variations.What are these elements and themes?
What is the ecological pathway forward? |
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Interview: China Can Help Lead World to Transform to Ecological Future, Says U.S. Scholar
The Chinese government can help lead the world to transform from industrial civilization to an ecological future characterized by sustainable economic growth, U.S. scholar Roy Morrison told Xinhua on Wednesday...
Full Story Here. |
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Rooftop Solar Securitization Asset Class in Next 12 Months According to Sanjay Shestha, Managing Director and Senior Analyst Covering Alternative Energy at Lazard Capital Markets (LAZ) |
Wall street study that suggests that finance mechanisms such as REITs and MLPs would soon be applied to solar PV.
This is of enormous general significance to help craft a variety of fiance mechanisms that can be applied to a bundle of renewables and efficiency for all market economies around the world. The underlying reality is that efficient renewables will represent durable and bankable cash stream that will provide a durable way to finance as well as attractive income sources for investors of all sizes and classes including, for example, cooperatives, housing development tenants, unions, non-profits as well as traditional investment groups.
These kind of finance mechanisms can help guide planning the economic phase of the CIWG's work. |
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China Announces Photovoltaic Development Plan |
China has announced an aggressive campaign for PV development adding an additional 10 gigawatts/year for the next 3 years bring PV capacity to 35 GW, and for consolidation and integration of the photovoltaic industry.
The addition of 30 gigawatts of PV in addition to existing plans for wind expansion and problems with regional transmission makes clear the need for clear and effective plans for Supergrid development. This must include the integration of distributed city based renewables and electric car charging and storage resources into local DC microgrids linked to the supergrid. Electric vehicle charging and storage represents a potential enormous resource for the Supergrid, an enormous reduction in air pollution, fuel costs, and greenhouse gasses. If done well, as part of developing urban DC microgrids EVs will help balance the Supergrid. If done poorly, for exampe, the rampant deployment of 3 phase quick charging stations increasing peak load draws
This is a classic optimization problem. There is clearly an imbalance between existing load and the planned location of renewables and a power grid built to reflect load and largely fossil fuel power plant construction that reflects largely regional responses to load.
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Waste to Ethanol Production Commercialized at Indian River Plant in Florida |
Ineos says its has started commercial-scale production of cellulosic ethanol at its Indian River BioEnergy center joint venture at Vero Beach, FL. Shipments from the plant, the first US facility to produce cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale, will start in August. The plant uses a unique hybrid of gasification and fermentation technology to convert wood scraps, grass clippings and other waste materials into transportation fuels as well as energy for heat and power.
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US, China Agree on Climate Change Actions |
China and the U.S. have agreed on five areas in which the two countries can address climate change, according to the U.S. Department of State. The climate initiatives include carbon capture and storage, boosting energy efficiency in buildings, deploying renewable energy and investing in smart grid technologies. |
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Director Roy Morrison authored this article for policyinnovations.org published by the Carnegie Council. In it he discusses how the The World Cultural Forum held this spring in Hangzhou resulted in what may be an epochal pivot by the Chinese leadership toward an ecological future |
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Super Grid: A Discussion With Energy Expert Roy Morrison |
Director Morrison is interviewed by Michael Tobias of Forbes about the development of the Super Grid, and how it, coupled with an ecological tax, Advanced Energy Performance Contracting, Renewables Hedges, and more can lead the world towards a prosperous and sustainable future. |
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Asia's Accelerating Energy Revolution |
In late 2012, RMI’s cofounder, chairman, and chief scientist Amory Lovins spent seven weeks in Japan, China, India, Indonesia, and Singapore observing Asia’s emerging green energy revolution. In February 2013, he returned to Japan and China. Japan, China, and India—all vulnerable to climate change—turned out to be in different stages of a “shared and massive shift” to a green energy future, one with remarkable similarities to RMI’s Reinventing Fire vision for the United States. |
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The Shift Catalyst is a bi-weekly ezine for conscious change, powered by The Shift Network. In this issue Stephan Dinan provides the presentation that he gave at the World Cultural Forum about the role that China can play as a leader in the march towards green energy. |
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The China Dialogue is a bilingual online newspaper that aims to communicate information about our environment |
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Crisis for Local Economies as China's Green Energy Sector Crashes |
Recently the green energy sector within China has struggled, something that the CIWG hopes to prevent, and as a result many local economies that rely on the green energy sector have struggled. |
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