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		<title>Prospects for biomass in the UK</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2011/08/prospects-for-biomass-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2011/08/prospects-for-biomass-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://climateanswers.info/2011/08/prospects-for-biomass-in-the-uk/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://climateanswers.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Biomass-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Biomass" /></a>The UK government is strongly supportive of biomass as a means of increasing energy security. It also regards biomass as  a major contributor to meeting the UK’s EU renewable energy target, and as an important contributor to carbon reductions – though it has stressed that not all biomass is sustainable.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions about renewable heat</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2011/03/questions-about-green-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2011/03/questions-about-green-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Webmaster</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://climateanswers.info/2011/03/questions-about-green-technology/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://climateanswers.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Question-mark-21.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Question mark #2" /></a>Questions about pollution from biomass combustion and the efficiency of heat pumps, from Allessandro de Maida]]></description>
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		<title>11 March 2011: UK government takes lead on renewable heat</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2011/03/11-march-2011-uk-government-takes-lead-on-renewable-heat/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2011/03/11-march-2011-uk-government-takes-lead-on-renewable-heat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the UK government announced plans to introduce a Renewable Heat Incentive. So, it does seem to be taking seriously its promise to be "the greenest government ever".]]></description>
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		<title>27 January 2010: France, offshore wind and district heating</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2011/01/27-january-2010-france-offshore-wind-and-district-heating/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2011/01/27-january-2010-france-offshore-wind-and-district-heating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Repowering communities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The French government has called for tenders for 3Gw of offshore wind off France, and has given a grant to GDF Suez for a district heating network in Paris, which will use renewable heat.]]></description>
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		<title>13 January 2011: US EPA accepts that not all biomass is good</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2011/01/13-january-2011-us-epa-accepts-that-not-all-biomass-is-good/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2011/01/13-january-2011-us-epa-accepts-that-not-all-biomass-is-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US EPA is to issue guidelines on which forms of biomass are sustainable and which not.  This is some progress, but the Scottish government is doing much better, issuing mandatory standards in April 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Repowering communities: Local solutions to a global problem</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/11/repowering-communities-local-solutions-to-a-global-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/11/repowering-communities-local-solutions-to-a-global-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashant Vaze Stephen Tindale and Peter Meyer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://climateanswers.info/2010/11/repowering-communities-local-solutions-to-a-global-problem/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://climateanswers.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/People-power-200x113.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="People power" /></a>This is a paper that the three authors of the Repowering Communities book discussed with UK government officials and other experts at a seminar on 1 November 2010. It covers examples of which local governments are doing best on energy efficiency and renewables, and makes some recommendations.]]></description>
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		<title>8 October 2010: US and Iceland co-operate on geothermal energy</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/10/8-october-2010-us-and-iceland-co-operate-on-geothermal-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/10/8-october-2010-us-and-iceland-co-operate-on-geothermal-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biomass]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It isn't often worth commenting on the fact that an agreement has been signed. Too many politicians make too many promises about what they plan to do in the future. However, a co-operation agreement between the US, the world’s top polluter, and Iceland, the world leader on geothermal energy use, is an exception.
]]></description>
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		<title>27 September: &#8216;Green Ed&#8217; Miliband</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-27-september-green-ed-miliband/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-27-september-green-ed-miliband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Miliband was a good Energy and Climate Change Secretary, so the UK now has a 'green' Prime Minister, 'green' Energy Secretary and 'green' Leader of the Opposition.  Now for some delivery...]]></description>
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		<title>2 September 2010: Slovenia – nuclear, coal and wood</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-2-september-2010-slovenia-nuclear-coal-and-wood/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-2-september-2010-slovenia-nuclear-coal-and-wood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned from a trip to Slovenia. On Monday, I chaired a session on the transition to new energy at the Bled Strategic Forum, an annual event which brings together politicians, business people, NGOS and journalists. This year, the forum was about the global challenges of the next decade, so there was a lot of discussion about climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>Why can’t we all be more like the Danes?</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-all-be-more-like-the-danes-2/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-all-be-more-like-the-danes-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashant Vaze</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=4065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-all-be-more-like-the-danes-2/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://climateanswers.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/People-power-200x113.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="People power" /></a>40% of heat in Denmark is delivered through district heating networks and 82% of this heat comes from Combined Heat and Power plants. How has Denmark done so well?]]></description>
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