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20 03 2020 | 08:00

Can Big Oil Still Fund Its Renewable Energy Push?

Big Oil had just announced overhauled long-term strategies to soothe investor concerns about climate change and become part of the solution in the energy transition—and then came the big oil price…

20 03 2020 | 07:48

Wind Generation Exceeds Hydroelectric in 2019: Stocks in Focus.

Per a latest report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), annual electricity generation from wind energy in the nation exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time in 2019.…

20 03 2020 | 07:24

EBRD supports Western Balkans in decarbonizing district heating and cooling systems, improving energy efficiency in buildings.

Renewable energy sources can be used in district heating and cooling systems without increasing citizens’ energy bills or heating plants’ and local governments’ costs, while at the same time…

20 03 2020 | 07:03

FG launches $200m renewable energy project ‘to light up 500,000 households’.

The federal government has launched the $200 million Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) to provide off-grid energy to over 500,000 people across 105,000 households in rural communities across the…

16 03 2020 | 17:59

Giles Dickson: Germany must deliver on permitting promises.

The German wind energy market has fallen to just around 1 GW of new installations in 2019, from an average of 4 GW a year not long ago.

16 03 2020 | 17:10

Industrial Strategy ‘needs more strategic approach to renewable energy’.

Responding to publication of the European Commission’s ‘European Industrial Strategy’ on 10 March 2020, which aims to boost the competitiveness of European industry as it embarks on the twin green…

16 03 2020 | 16:20

The elephant in the room: Can the solar industry go circular?

To avert an impending waste crisis, the industry must look at ways to extend the useful life of solar power systems and maximise what can be reused and recycled. Laws and knowledge sharing are…

12 03 2020 | 08:10

Lessons from Brazil and India as South Africa gets set to resume renewables auctions.

Auctions have proved extremely successful for driving down the cost of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) tariffs in both Brazil and India in recent years and are, thus, set to remain the main…

12 03 2020 | 07:50

Waste in the Renewable Energy Industry and How We Can Sustainably Power Our World.

When it comes to the life cycle of renewable energy, there is an increasing concern for how to handle the disposal of waste. Renewable energy, such as solar, wind and hydroelectric, while cleaner…

12 03 2020 | 07:32

Funding a fairer energy transition.

The Climate Investment Platform (CIP) launched last September to fast-track renewable energy investments in developing countries.

12 03 2020 | 07:31

More solar power deals pop up in Latin America.

Big clean energy supply contracts have been announced in Brazil, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

12 03 2020 | 07:31

Who pays for grid upgrades when big solar developers force out the little guy?

In short: In some rural places, large solar developers build as much solar as they can without incurring costs to upgrade the feeder lines that carry electricity to the rest of the grid. This leaves…

12 03 2020 | 07:19

Analysis shows climate finance not reaching most vulnerable.

Funding is intended to help countries protect their people from the climate breakdown People in some of the world’s poorest countries are receiving as little as $1 each a year to help them cope with…

10 03 2020 | 14:53

Don’t forget those 2020 targets.

The EU Green Deal discussion is focused on 2030 and 2050, but it

08 03 2020 | 10:33

Why a significant global price on carbon is critical.

Oil companies have set long term carbon emissions targets but the scale of their ambitions means near-term action is required  Like New Year’s resolutions, oil companies are promising to go on…

08 03 2020 | 10:10

Carbon Brief: UK carbon emissions have fallen by 29% in last decade.

New data from Carbon Brief has found that UK carbon emissions have dropped by 29 per cent in the last decade. In 2019, Carbon Brief found that the UK’s CO2 emissions fell by 2.9%, bringing the total…

08 03 2020 | 10:03

Germany hits record 61 per cent renewables for month of February.

Renewable energy sources provided a record 61.2% of Germany’s net public electricity generation in February, according to figures provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE),…

05 03 2020 | 07:17

JPMorgan Chase expands sustainability commitment as they put end to Arctic oil financing.

JPMorgan Chase has expanded its sustainability commitment with a new announcement that they will end Arctic oil financing. In 2017, JPMorgan Chase made two sustainability commitments: facilitate $…

05 03 2020 | 07:04

Fear? Cost? Fame? What’s turning on Asian businesses to renewable energy?

Businesses hardly ever adopt renewable energy for altruistic reasons, but does that matter? In this interview with Eco-Business, Lionel Steinitz, CEO of LYS Energy, talks about why firms go green,…

05 03 2020 | 06:37

'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen.

'It's not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It's much harder here.' NAIROBI…