Renewable energy investment predicted to surge
Countries are realising the cost of their dependence on oil and coal, says International Energy AgencyBetween the tropics and probably as far as the 33rd parallel, the sun could soon be a major source...
View ArticleCoal 'isn't going anywhere' despite renewables boom, says industry head
Coal will remain a safe bet for investors for decades to come as Asia drives future demand, says head of World Coal Association, Benjamin Sporton Coal isn’t going anywhere, according to the boss of the...
View ArticleBritain loses top energy rating after green policy U-turns
UK downgraded from AAA to AAB in World Energy Council’s ‘trilemma index’, after Conservatives scrapped onshore wind subsidies and cut solar subsidiesBritain has lost its top-notch energy policy rating...
View ArticleAfrica could lead world on green energy, says IEA head
World Energy Report 2015 predicts Africa could be the first to power economic growth with renewable energy while India becomes one of the world’s biggest energy consumersAfrica could be the first...
View ArticleBoris Johnson: Treasury is endangering community renewables
Mayor of London calls on the government to reconsider plans to remove tax relief for investors in community energy projectsBoris Johnson has warned the Treasury it is endangering efforts by local...
View ArticleWind is not driving the UK towards power blackouts | Chris Goodall and Mark...
Contrary to what Matt Ridley and the Tory commentariat would have us believe, last week’s grid problems were caused not by a lack of wind but an over-reliance on a small number of fossil fuel suppliers...
View ArticleWhy water, not drug wars, must always be the Mexico authorities' top priority
There is enough water in the valley of Mexico to meet the capital’s needs, writes H2Omx director José Cohen, but a lack of action leads to chronic shortagesIt’s not Mexico’s 10-year drug war I want to...
View ArticleWill the lights go out in the UK this winter?
National Grid is adamant there will be no blackouts this winter, but the safety cushion between supply and demand is increasingly threadbareAnyone of a nervous disposition should mark 11 January in...
View ArticleTurning up the heat on Amber Rudd over renewable energy | Letters
Amber Rudd admits the UK doesn’t have the right policies to meet the UK’s renewable energy targets (Rudd criticised after leak reveals renewables failure, 10 November), but she is clutching at straws...
View ArticleThomas Piketty and Tim Jackson: responsible investors must divest from...
Science, ethics and economics are intersecting to form a clear market signal: in the lead-up to the COP21 climate talks, responsible investors should divest from fossil fuels (Report, 13 November). At...
View ArticleThe sun is setting on solar, but there’s still time to scoop the feed-in tariffs
Householders are rushing to take advantage of generous Fits before they are cut in January – and you can tooAround 655,000 homes – less than 3% of the UK’s housing stock – have solar panels, but if...
View ArticleCuts to feed-in tariffs won’t stop solar’s eventual rise
Subsidies will be slashed by 89% in January, just as solar was winning wider plauditsIt was right of the government to offer generous subsidies to the first households installing roof-top solar...
View ArticleCoal is not the solution to energy poverty, warn aid agencies
Clean energy is preferable to coal-focussed policies which could leave a billion people still without electricity, analysis suggestsCoal power plants are not the solution to help billions of people...
View ArticleWhen will the world wake up to the potential of poo power?
A simple machine can convert human waste to electricity and fertilisers. It is time to rethink how we treat this valuable resource Ta Quang Nah is a Vietnamese rice farmer, pig breeder, builder and...
View ArticleCould Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini save the planet?
The French footballer has been moonlighting as a partner of a biochemical company that could revolutionise the energy industry – and net him £20bn. Go on, my son!Name: Mathieu Flamini.Age: 31.Continue...
View ArticleClean energy in refugee camps could save millions of dollars
New research shows that investing in clean cookstoves and solar lanterns could benefit people, the planet, and NGOs’ budgetsStretched humanitarian agencies could save millions of dollars – and reduce...
View ArticleWalmart is slapping itself on the back for sustainability but it still has a...
While the retail giant has met some of its sustainability goals, it has failed to set science-based targets for climate emissions or speed up progress on renewablesIt’s been 10 years since Lee Scott,...
View ArticleThousands of social tenants will lose out if solar subsidies cuts go ahead
Proposed cuts will halt solar panel schemes on up to 45,000 UK social homes, that could save households £200 a year on energy bills, say renewable energy firmsPlans to put solar panels on up to 45,000...
View ArticleThe UK is harking back to the energy system of the last century
While the Paris climate summit is set to launch the world towards renewable energy, UK energy secretary Amber Rudd is backing nuclear power and gasThe UK’s new energy policy, sketched out on Wednesday...
View ArticleEden Project bids to power biomes and homes with geothermal power
Hot rocks beneath the visitor attraction in Cornwall could generate enough clean energy to power the site and 4,000 homes, in one of the UK’s only geothermal plantsA tropical fish farm, medical...
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