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EU Needs To Invest €400B By 2020 To Keep Renewables On Track

Apr 28, 2015 at 10:36 | Alexis Arthur

Smart grids are back in vogue. Or at least getting some mainstream media attention thanks to European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, who recently declared, “smart…

Tesla Could Be Changing The Dynamics Of Global Energy

Apr 27, 2015 at 16:09 | Michael McDonald

Tesla’s announcement last week about creating a new line of batteries for use by businesses, consumers, and the electrical grid at large is a game-changer…

Could The World Cope With Almost Limitless Energy?

Apr 15, 2015 at 16:40 | Gaurav Agnihotri

The concept of harnessing unlimited energy that has been a part of our ancient folklore and fiction might soon become a reality. A new, seemingly unlimited…

Top 5 Richest Tycoons In Renewable Energy

Apr 14, 2015 at 16:21 | Andrew Topf

Not so many years ago the idea of a renewable energy CEO raking in billions, joining the ranks of oil barons, publishing tycoons, banking scions and…

Texas Town First Of Many To Switch To 100% Renewable Power

Mar 27, 2015 at 18:24 | Nick Cunningham

On March 18 the city of Georgetown, Texas announced that it would soon be generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Georgetown agreed…

Renewables Poised For Massive Growth In The Middle East

Mar 19, 2015 at 17:18 | Darrell Delamaide

Growing scale in renewable energy projects has sharply reduced the price of sustainable energy to near parity with fossil fuels, creating new opportunities for energy companies…

Nicaragua On Course To Become Renewable Powerhouse

Mar 11, 2015 at 17:37 | Darrell Delamaide

Nicaragua’s concerted effort to develop renewable energy is beginning to pay off, with three-quarters of gross domestic primary energy supply and half its electric power now…

OPEC Decision Hits Renewables

Dec 03, 2014 at 14:04 | Colin Chilcoat

Is a solar supply glut on hand? Not exactly, but oil’s multi-month slide has largely overshadowed the sector’s emergent capacity. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the state of…

The Cost Of Energy Storage

Nov 28, 2014 at 16:38 | Euan Mearns

I taught my students that intermittent renewable electricity (wind and solar) was third class compared with dispatchable fossil fuels (first class) and baseload nuclear power (second class). But that renewables…

Google Gives Up On Renewables

Nov 26, 2014 at 15:40 | Roger Andrews

This is a post-mortem on a project initiated by Google – a master of innovation if ever there was one and a company with impeccable…

Waste To Energy Could Be Long-Term Renewable Solution

Nov 26, 2014 at 14:53 | Andrew Topf

On a recent business trip to Edmonton, in northern Canada, I was surprised to find, amid the bales of recycled materials and heavy equipment pushing around mountains of trash, a…

The Cold, Hard Truth About Renewables

Nov 19, 2014 at 16:58 | Gail Tverberg

Does the recent climate accord between US and China mean that many countries will now forge ahead with renewables and other green solutions? I think that there are more…

Renewable Energy Will Allow Communist Party Of China To Hold Onto Power

Nov 14, 2014 at 17:51 | Chris Dalby

News about the US-China climate change deal was met with an equal measure of praise and doubt. Many observers cheered the fact that the world’s two largest economies had come…

How Global Fossil Fuel Dependence Hasn`t Changed In 20 Years

Oct 31, 2014 at 15:28 | Euan Mearns

Whilst enjoying the good natured exchanges on this blog concerning the pros and cons of new renewable energy sources I decided to dig deeper into the success of Green energy…

Kazakh President Shuns Renewables In Favor Of Fossil Fuels

Oct 27, 2014 at 16:53 | Eurasianet

From small villages to big cities, wherever you go in Kazakhstan these days, billboards offer reminders that Astana is gearing up to host Expo 2017, the next World’s Fair. Kazakhstan…

Big Oil And Renewables: Not So Strange Bedfellows

Oct 22, 2014 at 17:28 | Andrew Topf

In most conversations about energy, the topic of Big Oil versus renewables usually becomes a zero-sum game. Renewable advocates accuse Big Oil of conspiring to shut out wind, solar and…

Epic Drought Impacting California’s Clean Energy Goals

Oct 06, 2014 at 18:10 | Nick Cunningham

California has just entered its fourth year of drought -- a slow-rolling crisis that is showing no signs of abating.All of California is now affected, with

New Technology Could Have Us Generate Power As We Walk

Oct 01, 2014 at 17:28 | Andy Tully

You may have heard how the jaw movement from talking or chewing can be turned into useable energy. Now scientists have found a way to harness the energy of…

A Big Pension Fund Is Investing Heavily In Clean Energy. What Should You Do?

Sep 26, 2014 at 09:34 | Martin Tillier

Earlier this week, one of the largest pension funds in America, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) made an announcement that was of particular interest to energy investors. They…

U.S. Firm Angers Dubliners With Plan For Waste-to-Energy Generator

Sep 23, 2014 at 17:39 | Andy Tully

Covanta Holding Corp. will soon begin construction on a new waste-to-energy generator in Dublin, Ireland and its surrounding area that is expected to operate at 58 megawatts and provide what…

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