Small-scale wind

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    United Kingdom
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    Agriculture
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency

    Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is the consulting arm of Practical Action, an international non-governmental organisation that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries.

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    Japan
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    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport
    Waste management

    The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.

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    Effective responses to climate change require efforts by both the public and private sectors to develop and disseminate new environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) on a global scale, as well as to adapt them to local needs. However, due to a number of market failures and specific uncertainties, the spread of green technologies is less than optimal, which necessitates additional incentives. Based on a review of recent literature, the present Global Challenges

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    United Kingdom
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    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Waste management
    Transport

    Specialising in solar, wind, and energy storage technologies, the PEC has worked in Africa, South America and Asia.

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    Denmark
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    Renewable energy

    The company KenTec was established in 1992 with the purpose of offering consultancy assistance within software development for decentralized Power/Heating plants to utilize the Danish natural gas to be burned in gas engines driving generators to produce electricity to the national grid lines.

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    Wind energy is perhaps the most advanced of the "new" renewable energy technologies, but there is still much work to be done. This roadmap identifies the key tasks that must be undertaken in order to achieve a vision of over 2,000 GW of wind energy capacity by 2050.