“Harnessing RE for Sustainability” Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 1830H (RP Time) in Kalikasan, Kaunlaran! |
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Sections - Ecology and the Environment | |||
Written by EARTH Institute Asia Press Office | |||
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 09:25 | |||
W hen it comes to promoting the use of renewable energy (RE), the The Department of Energy (DOE) foresees that RE will “provide up to 40 percent of the country's primary energy requirements over the ten-year period beginning in 2003.” Biomass, micro-hydro, solar, and wind are expected to be the largest contributors to the total share of RE in the energy mix, an average share of 27.5 percent. Hydro and geothermal are expected to contribute the balance, as significant sources of electric power. About 1,500 barangays are programmed to be electrified using RE systems. But there are major constraints to achieve these goals. One of them is the lack of public awareness of the benefits of RE projects and how local communities may participate in the development and use of RE. T une in/watch Kalikasan, Kaunlaran! (KK!) on March 3, 2010, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Manila time), for the latest on RE, particularly biomass, and what opportunities it offers you as Dr. Cora Claudio, president, EARTH Institute Asia, converses with Engr. Ruby De Guzman, OIC-Division Chief, Biomass Division, Renewable Energy Management Bureau, Department of Energy, and Hans-Henning Judek, president, CEO Energy Visions Japan Co., Ltd., past winner of the Asia Clean Energy Forum’s Top Innovation Award-Clean Fuels for its “Decentralized Energy for Remote Regions in Developing Countries,” a system to miniaturize an RE facility into "village-size.” KK! Is accessible through DZRH-AM radio (666 in Metro Manila, other kHz nationwide), TV (Ch. 9 in Metro Manila, other cable TV channels nationwide), and Internet http://dzrh.prepys.com or (http://dzrh.tripod.com. Join the Quiz, contests, campaigns and projects of EARTH and KK! To join all, register at 2299: earth<space>your message. EARTH Institute Asia and DZRH co-produce KK!, with the support of Unilever, Unilab, Toby's Sports, Le Cellier French Wine Selection, Yehey.Com, Management Association of the Philippines ( Inquiries: 671-3266, 0917-829-1718, or earthinstitute@gmail.com.
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