4 September 2008
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka travelled to Brussels for the launch of "IEA
Energy Policies Review: The European Union 2008". The report is the first
IEA review of EU energy policies. EC Commissioner Andris Piebalgs joined Mr.
Tanaka for the press conference. Mr. Tanaka also met with EU President José Manuel
Barroso before the release of the report. All are pictured in the attached photo.
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4 September 2008
Combined heat and power is an attractive energy supply efficiency measure.
However, it has proven difficult to integrate into greenhouse gas emissions
schemes. Read here to learn about the IEA's recommendations for policy makers
in its new report. Read information
paper...
3 September 2008
Updated IEA Statement on Hurricane Gustav
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2 September 2008
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka attended the ONS Conference in Stavanger, Norway, from 26-27 August where he gave a keynote speech on “Energy for One World: Meeting the Twin Challenges of Energy Security and Climate Change”. He also participated in a panel discussion together with Helge Lund, President and CEO, StatoilHydro, Yuri Komarov, CEO, Shtokman Development, Andrew Gould, Chair and CEO, Schlumberger Limited, and Jean-Francois Cirelli, Vice Chair and President, GDF Suez, France. In addition, Mr Tanaka met with the Norwegian Minister of Energy and Petroleum and the State Secretary for Energy and Petroleum.
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Mr. Tanaka's presentation...
1 September 2008
IEA Statement on Hurricane Gustav click here
27 August 2008
The IEA recently launched a new project to identify opportunities for capturing
and using methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The first report in this series, "Turning
a Liability into an Asset," takes a look at potential for landfill methane utilisation
in India, and finds strong possibility for cost-effective emissions reductions.
Click here to download the report.