The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) is the Government body responsible for administering legislation that will reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy in Australia. The CER was established on 2 April 2012 as an independent statutory authority by the CER Act 2011 and operates as part of the Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources portfolio. The role of the CER is determined by climate change law. The schemes it administers work together to reduce emissions while encouraging business competitiveness. Its purpose is to accelerate carbon abatement for Australia
EU energy efficiency directive article 8 compliance solutionsKeith Beattie
Energy efficiency audits are mandatory under EU EED Article 8 and phase 2 has started. EECO2 are experts provide energy efficiency solutions for Pharmaceutical and Life Science clients globally and can help clients meet their compliance obligations.
This report provides information on policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Vermont.1 It considers both carbon pricing policies, such as carbon taxes or cap-and-trade programs, and nonpricing policies, such as electric vehicle (EV) and energy efficiency incentives, weatherization programs and investments in low-carbon agriculture. This study aims to inform the policy dialogue but is not intended to address the complete universe of policy options. The key findings are presented below.
Consensus Recommendations on How to Catalyze Low-Income Solar in DCGW Solar Institute
This research poster was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by Amit Ronen and Anya Schoolman.
Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District. The Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014, developed the recommendation that the city pursue a direct dollar-per-watt rebate program that incentivizes low-income participation and community solar projects, combined with a credit enhancement program that unlocks needed capital.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by James Mueller and Amit Ronen.
Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code” Given the looming expiration of clean energy tax incentives and the likelihood of comprehensive tax reform, the clean energy sector need to be developing pragmatic and politically attuned alternatives that fit within the context of tax reform principles. The GW Solar Institute is launching a research series, Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code, which seeks to develop innovative policy solutions and inform policymakers on the full range of impacts that these potential options could have.
EU energy efficiency directive article 8 compliance solutionsKeith Beattie
Energy efficiency audits are mandatory under EU EED Article 8 and phase 2 has started. EECO2 are experts provide energy efficiency solutions for Pharmaceutical and Life Science clients globally and can help clients meet their compliance obligations.
This report provides information on policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Vermont.1 It considers both carbon pricing policies, such as carbon taxes or cap-and-trade programs, and nonpricing policies, such as electric vehicle (EV) and energy efficiency incentives, weatherization programs and investments in low-carbon agriculture. This study aims to inform the policy dialogue but is not intended to address the complete universe of policy options. The key findings are presented below.
Consensus Recommendations on How to Catalyze Low-Income Solar in DCGW Solar Institute
This research poster was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by Amit Ronen and Anya Schoolman.
Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District. The Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014, developed the recommendation that the city pursue a direct dollar-per-watt rebate program that incentivizes low-income participation and community solar projects, combined with a credit enhancement program that unlocks needed capital.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by James Mueller and Amit Ronen.
Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code” Given the looming expiration of clean energy tax incentives and the likelihood of comprehensive tax reform, the clean energy sector need to be developing pragmatic and politically attuned alternatives that fit within the context of tax reform principles. The GW Solar Institute is launching a research series, Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code, which seeks to develop innovative policy solutions and inform policymakers on the full range of impacts that these potential options could have.
A wider net will be cast in 2016 as many more employers and industries will be subject to scrutiny and enforcement efforts by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the first time.
This webinar will explain why this change is happening and delve deeper into what it means to you and your organization. Additionally, the webinar will discuss the anticipated overall direction of OSHA in 2016.
Topics will include:
* The broader range of industries targeted for OSHA enforcement, including health care
* Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
* The expected staggering increase in fines assessed for OSHA violations
* Increased emphasis on joint employer responsibility
* Whistleblowing and its impact on your business
* Rulemaking and potential changes in current programs
http://www.ebglaw.com/events/osha-forecast-developments-to-watch-in-2016-and-beyond/
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
The document describes investment strategy for a foreign player to make strategic long term investment in the renewable energy sector in the republic of India. The concept paper explores, key criteria for selection of country. Further the document highlights key risks being envisaged in investing in the developing country. Further, it also explores how to apply impact investing or ESG investing principles in your investment?
Tax Reform, a Looming Threat to a Booming Solar IndustryGW Solar Institute
This policy brief investigates the impact that recent Congressional tax reform proposals would have on the solar industry. As the first policy brief in an ongoing series, it outlines both the challenges and the opportunities for the solar industry within tax reform. The GW Solar Institute's analysis finds that all recent tax reform proposals would increase the cost of solar energy substantially compared to current policy. Even the Baucus tax reform proposal, which includes a 20 percent Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar, would increase costs by 34 percent over current policy due to its drastic changes to current depreciation schedules and the minimal impact from a lower corporate rate. No matter which other broader changes to the tax system Congress adopts in tax reform, additional energy sector policies would still be necessary to maintain solar’s economic competitiveness relative to current law.
A wider net will be cast in 2016 as many more employers and industries will be subject to scrutiny and enforcement efforts by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the first time.
This webinar will explain why this change is happening and delve deeper into what it means to you and your organization. Additionally, the webinar will discuss the anticipated overall direction of OSHA in 2016.
Topics will include:
* The broader range of industries targeted for OSHA enforcement, including health care
* Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
* The expected staggering increase in fines assessed for OSHA violations
* Increased emphasis on joint employer responsibility
* Whistleblowing and its impact on your business
* Rulemaking and potential changes in current programs
http://www.ebglaw.com/events/osha-forecast-developments-to-watch-in-2016-and-beyond/
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.
The document describes investment strategy for a foreign player to make strategic long term investment in the renewable energy sector in the republic of India. The concept paper explores, key criteria for selection of country. Further the document highlights key risks being envisaged in investing in the developing country. Further, it also explores how to apply impact investing or ESG investing principles in your investment?
Tax Reform, a Looming Threat to a Booming Solar IndustryGW Solar Institute
This policy brief investigates the impact that recent Congressional tax reform proposals would have on the solar industry. As the first policy brief in an ongoing series, it outlines both the challenges and the opportunities for the solar industry within tax reform. The GW Solar Institute's analysis finds that all recent tax reform proposals would increase the cost of solar energy substantially compared to current policy. Even the Baucus tax reform proposal, which includes a 20 percent Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar, would increase costs by 34 percent over current policy due to its drastic changes to current depreciation schedules and the minimal impact from a lower corporate rate. No matter which other broader changes to the tax system Congress adopts in tax reform, additional energy sector policies would still be necessary to maintain solar’s economic competitiveness relative to current law.
By Bernard Galea
The purpose behind this report is to analyse the major provisions of the main legislation concerning waste in India. It is an examination of the provisions that would be relevant to companies and enterprises engaged in activities and industries which are capable of producing waste.
As part of its ongoing reports on the Government’s energy and climate change policy the Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook has been monitoring progress on the draft energy bill. This will form part of a major feature on environment, sustainable energy and climate change in the next edition of the Parliamentary Yeabook
Increasing SME participation in procurements
Angelica Hymers
Local authorities power on fracking to be limited?
Emma Braidwood
PCER, DPA and satisfaction surveys
Megan Larrinaga
FOI review: the increasing burden
Emma Graham
Putting a stop to public procurement boycotts
Tom Nanson
Potential employment law implications of a ‘Brexit’
Sarah Hooton
The Environment (Wales) Act 2016
Ben Standing
Business guide on carbon emission redution and sustainabilityBarney Loehnis
Guide on how businesses can reduce their carbon footprint, with a focus on Asia and Hong Kong, but broadly relevant for any global brand.
The guide was developed by contributions from Cathay Pacific, HSBC, Hang Seng, Hang Lung, Hong Kong Land, OSBC, Bank of East Asia (BEA), Aegis, MTR Corporation, Sino Group, Standard Chartered, Gammon Hong Kong Electric, China Light and Power (CLP), OOCL, PCCW, DTZ, Town Gas and Swire Pacific
Contents: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: Utilities continue to prepare to implement the EPA's most sweeping carbon-dioxide rule to date.
-Nuclear Still Delivers: Some public power utilities continue to invest in nuclear power plants as CO2-free, diversified energy sources.
-Smart Start for Public Power: Utilities modernized the gird with smart meters.
-Power in Numbers: New Jersey public power utilities are trying to secure state legislation that would allow them to work together through a joint action agency and harness economies of scale.
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Hierarchical Digital Twin of a Naval Power SystemKerry Sado
A hierarchical digital twin of a Naval DC power system has been developed and experimentally verified. Similar to other state-of-the-art digital twins, this technology creates a digital replica of the physical system executed in real-time or faster, which can modify hardware controls. However, its advantage stems from distributing computational efforts by utilizing a hierarchical structure composed of lower-level digital twin blocks and a higher-level system digital twin. Each digital twin block is associated with a physical subsystem of the hardware and communicates with a singular system digital twin, which creates a system-level response. By extracting information from each level of the hierarchy, power system controls of the hardware were reconfigured autonomously. This hierarchical digital twin development offers several advantages over other digital twins, particularly in the field of naval power systems. The hierarchical structure allows for greater computational efficiency and scalability while the ability to autonomously reconfigure hardware controls offers increased flexibility and responsiveness. The hierarchical decomposition and models utilized were well aligned with the physical twin, as indicated by the maximum deviations between the developed digital twin hierarchy and the hardware.
Final project report on grocery store management system..pdfKamal Acharya
In today’s fast-changing business environment, it’s extremely important to be able to respond to client needs in the most effective and timely manner. If your customers wish to see your business online and have instant access to your products or services.
Online Grocery Store is an e-commerce website, which retails various grocery products. This project allows viewing various products available enables registered users to purchase desired products instantly using Paytm, UPI payment processor (Instant Pay) and also can place order by using Cash on Delivery (Pay Later) option. This project provides an easy access to Administrators and Managers to view orders placed using Pay Later and Instant Pay options.
In order to develop an e-commerce website, a number of Technologies must be studied and understood. These include multi-tiered architecture, server and client-side scripting techniques, implementation technologies, programming language (such as PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and MySQL relational databases. This is a project with the objective to develop a basic website where a consumer is provided with a shopping cart website and also to know about the technologies used to develop such a website.
This document will discuss each of the underlying technologies to create and implement an e- commerce website.
Sachpazis:Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Estimation in simple terms with Calculati...Dr.Costas Sachpazis
Terzaghi's soil bearing capacity theory, developed by Karl Terzaghi, is a fundamental principle in geotechnical engineering used to determine the bearing capacity of shallow foundations. This theory provides a method to calculate the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, which is the maximum load per unit area that the soil can support without undergoing shear failure. The Calculation HTML Code included.
Saudi Arabia stands as a titan in the global energy landscape, renowned for its abundant oil and gas resources. It's the largest exporter of petroleum and holds some of the world's most significant reserves. Let's delve into the top 10 oil and gas projects shaping Saudi Arabia's energy future in 2024.
Immunizing Image Classifiers Against Localized Adversary Attacksgerogepatton
This paper addresses the vulnerability of deep learning models, particularly convolutional neural networks
(CNN)s, to adversarial attacks and presents a proactive training technique designed to counter them. We
introduce a novel volumization algorithm, which transforms 2D images into 3D volumetric representations.
When combined with 3D convolution and deep curriculum learning optimization (CLO), itsignificantly improves
the immunity of models against localized universal attacks by up to 40%. We evaluate our proposed approach
using contemporary CNN architectures and the modified Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR-10
and CIFAR-100) and ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge (ILSVRC12) datasets, showcasing
accuracy improvements over previous techniques. The results indicate that the combination of the volumetric
input and curriculum learning holds significant promise for mitigating adversarial attacks without necessitating
adversary training.
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two type of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.
Student information management system project report ii.pdfKamal Acharya
Our project explains about the student management. This project mainly explains the various actions related to student details. This project shows some ease in adding, editing and deleting the student details. It also provides a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students.
Industrial Training at Shahjalal Fertilizer Company Limited (SFCL)MdTanvirMahtab2
This presentation is about the working procedure of Shahjalal Fertilizer Company Limited (SFCL). A Govt. owned Company of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation under Ministry of Industries.
1. Clean energy regulation in Australia
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) is the Government body responsible for administering
legislation that will reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy in Australia.
The CER was established on 2 April 2012 as an independent statutory authority by the CER
Act 2011 and operates as part of the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
portfolio. The role of the CER is determined by climate change law. The schemes it administers
work together to reduce emissions while encouraging business competitiveness. Its purpose is
to accelerate carbon abatement for Australia. Everything it does is connected to:
measuring
managing
reducing
offsetting Australia's carbon emissions.
In this article, GRT evaluates enforceable undertakings, differences to court undertakings and
when it is an appropriate remedy to enforce them and finish with current updates from the
Clean Energy Regulator.
Enforceable undertakings
The CER may accept an enforceable undertaking to improve and where necessary enforce
compliance with the legislation it administers. Enforceable undertakings are voluntary written
statements from the scheme participant that
they willdo, or refrain from doing, specified action to resolve non-compliance
or improve compliance with the legislation
administered by the CER. Undertakings are designed to secure effective and efficient remedies
to address non-compliance without the need for court proceedings, and to provide non-
adversarial and constructive solutions to compliance issues. Undertakings are governed by the
following legislation:
Part 23 of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (CFI Act)
Part 5, Division 3 of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER
Act), and
Part 15B, Division 1 of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (REE Act).
Differences between an undertaking to the CER and to a court
An enforceable undertaking is different from an undertaking to a court. There are two features
that we will explore; when the undertaking can be accepted; and what happens in the event of
non-compliance with the undertaking?
For an undertaking to the CER:
CER does not have to start court action before it can accept an undertaking.
CER may apply to the court for appropriate orders if the undertaking is not complied
with or take other regulatory actions.
2. For an undertaking to a court:
An undertaking may only be given when a court action has started.
A breach of the undertaking may itself be the subject of contempt proceedings which
may be enforced in the same way as an injunction.
When is an enforceable undertaking an appropriate remedy
A scheme participant wishing to enter an undertaking should first discuss it with the regulatory
officer assigned to the case. The decision whether an undertaking is appropriate in the
circumstances of the case, entails the CER considering the following factors:
the impact of the non-compliance on the objectives of the relevant scheme
the compliance history of the scheme participant
the culpability of the actions of the scheme participant in relation to the non-compliance
the extent to which the scheme participant is genuinely solving the problem
whether the scheme participant is making a full commitment to ongoing compliance
whether the problem has stopped
whether the agreed outcome would parallel the orders the CER would seek if
enforcement in a court was sought, and
the ability of the CER to properly monitor compliance with the undertaking.
Current updates from the CER in Australia
By 1 November 2021, more than 900 large companies are required to report information about
their 2020-21 emissions and energy production and use under our National Greenhouse and
Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme. The NGER scheme helps Australia to meet international
reporting obligations, informs government policy and the keeps the public informed about
greenhouse gas emissions and energy production and use. There is pressure on companies to
share information on climate related risks. The Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency
(CERT) report will provide participating companies with a simple way to track progress against
their goals to reduce emissions or source renewable electricity. The report will provide
consistent and comparable data that shows companies’ reported scope 1 and scope 2 emissions,
eligible carbon units and certificates surrendered, and their ‘net’ scope 1 and 2
position. Participating companies can use the independent CERT report to communicate their
achievements to consumers, investors, shareholders and financial regulators.
Clean energy conversations building towards a net zero future…
The draft biomethane method package is open for comment under the Emissions Reduction
Fund (ERF) with submissions closing on 30 November. The ERF incentivizes Australian
businesses to cut greenhouse gases and undertake activities that store carbon. To learn more
about the method package and to have your say, visit the Department of Industry, Science and
Energy Resources website. The monthly Emissions Reduction Fund Emissions
Position provides a national cumulative snapshot of project and abatement activity under the
Emissions Reduction Fund, including contract deliveries, project registrations by state and
territory, and project registrations by method type. The monthly Emissions Reduction Fund
carbon abatement statement provides a snapshot of activities under the scheme, including a
national snapshot of projects by method type and monthly 'Fund Facts'.
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