Green energy in Europe: The surprising green electricity market in UK
Abstract Just over six months ago, views of experts on the green electricity market in the United Kingdom were when not pessimistic, rather cautious. Then, with the summer of 2001 blew a wind of change. Juice, GreenPlan, Green Tariff and many more new green energy products flooded the market supported by massive marketing campaigns using all possible media in the United Kingdom. Laetitia Ouillet, www.greenprices.com focuses on the latest developments of the green electricity markets in the United Kingdom over the past six months.
Background ::: Smallholders have begun to take advantage of a growing pool of investment in climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, early movers in this area are working to develop innovative models that will allow projects to be financially sustainable and scalable while benefiting local actors. This study focuses on two of these projects in East Africa, managed by Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda. They engaged in a participatory action research process to identify ways that local actors could take on expanded roles within the projects.