ワシントン国際再生可能エネルギー会議終了：米国の公約 / クリッピング 日刊 温暖化新聞

" （ワシントン国際再生可能エネルギー会議より） ３月４日から開かれていたワシントン国際再生可能エネルギー会議（ＷＩＲＥＣ）が、６日終了した。会議で、米国政府は「世界最大のエネルギー消費国」とした上で、2013年までに国内の使用電力の7.5％を再生可能な資源でまかなうこと、再生可能エネルギーにおいて複数機関がまとめる取り組みを通してリーダーシップを取リ続けていくことを公約した。各省庁の具体的な取り組みは次の通り。 .......... "

-----日刊 温暖化新聞、2008年03月08日

関連
プレスリリース / WIREC 2008,March 6, 2008
・WIREC 2008 Update - Thursday

"WIREC 2008 closed today with a presentation of findings from yesterday's discussions. Representatives from each of the four focal themes detailed conclusions and next steps in Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Development; Market Adoption and Finance; Technology, Research, and Development; and State and Local Governments.

Following that, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner laid out the United States pledges for the Washington International Action Program (WIAP).

The United States pledged to continue its leadership in renewable energy through efforts coordinated by multiple agencies. The Department of Agriculture will work on the development and cultivation of switchgrass for the production of cellulosic ethanol, and drive up markets and demand for woody biomass and biobased products. USDA also committed to producing or saving 682 kilowatt hours of energy in FY 2008.
.....
Finally, the U.S. government-the single greatest energy consumer in the world-has pledged that 7.5 percent of its electric energy use will come from renewable resources by 2013. ..... "

・WIREC 2008 Pledges
/ United States America

" 21 Actions displayed:
USA / Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership
USA / Environmental Protection Agency Recovery of Landfill Methane to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Generate Renewable Energy
USA / Trade and Development Agency Jatropha Biodiesel Development Feasibility Study
USA / Department of Agriculture Federal Biobased Preferred Product Procurement
USA / Agency for International Develpment Improved Access to Clean Energy Services in Developing Countries
USA / Department of Treasury Clean Technology Fund
College of the Atlantic, USA College of the Atlantic 100% renewable by 2015
International Green Energy Council, USA IGEC Global Commitment
Town of Warrenton, Virginia, USA To reduce the carbon footprint of Warrenton by 25% by 2012 primarily through a waste to energy plant
USA / Department of the Interior Geothermal Resource Studies
USA / Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program
USA / Department of Defense Renewable Energy Production and Procurement
USA / Trade and Development Agency Biomass Power Generation Feasibility Study
USA / Department of State Greening United States Embassies
USA / Department of State APP Grants Add Renewable Power in India
USA / Environmental Protection Agency Renewable Fuel Standard
USA / Department of the Interior Land Use Planning for Renewable Energy on Public Lands
Juniata College, USA Juniata College Increases Wind Commitment to 75%.
City of Bellingham, WA, USA City of Bellingham Commits to 100% Green Power
NatureWorks LLC, USA NatureWorks Pledges to Purchase Green Power
My Organic Market, LLC, USA Offset 100 percent of energy usage by purchasing wind energy. "

　/ Photo Gallery

関連記事
・Clean energy today: All bluster or the real deal? -----CNER News - Green Tech blog -,March 7, 2008

" .....
For the last word, I'll quote famed venture capital investor Vinod Khosla who followed Hayward at WIREC with his own talk.

His message was simple: technology disruption always happens faster than you think. Just look at cell phones, semiconductors, or projects to map the human genome.

”We are repeating the same mistakes in energy," Khosla said. "It's hard for people to imagine what energy will look like in 10 or 15 years.” ..... "

コメント
　アメリカの姿勢は、強烈だ。別に再生可能エネルギーに力を注ぎ込んでいるわけではない。オイルだかで、オイル業界は空前の利益をだし、資金の行き場として再生可能エネルギー市場も活性化している。いまだ、ブッシュのアメリカの姿勢は、石油も原子力もそして再生可能エネルギーも、「すべてにおいてアメリカはリードする気がある」ということだ。

-----イメージ(pop up ; ”hirusagari”）

-----photo by Rina 2007-----

　さて、今回の公約、控えめな日本のものを見ておくと、

”Japan Pledge
Set a renewable energy introduction target of 19,100,000 kl (crude oil equivalent), accounting for about 3% of the total primary energy supply by 2010.
Set the new energy usage target for 2014 of 16 billion kWh. "

　なんら強烈なメッセージどころか、危機感も政治的なリーダシップの、なにものも感じられない。
Rinaさんの写真から、つい、これを選んでしまった.....(t_t)

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