Renewable Energy

IEA convenes 2019 meeting of the Renewable Industry Advisory Board

April 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

The IEA convened the 2019 meeting of the Renewable Industry Advisory Board (RIAB) on 2 April, focusing on innovation and policies to scale up sustainable bioenergy deployment. The meeting brought together fifty senior representatives from companies active in the bioenergy sector, industry associations, research organisations, representatives from the Biofuture Platform and other policy makers. Covering a wide […]

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Solar Standouts: Jordan, India, and Chile set pace on renewable energy

April 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

In 2017 the world’s emerging-market nations marked an important transition: They added more clean energy than fossil fuels to their electric generating capacity. Chile, India, and Jordan topped the list in that trend, tracked in a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). It’s not just that the cost of renewable energy is falling. […]

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Siemens Gamesa committed to lowering offshore wind costs through EU-funded i4Offshore project

April 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

As announced in December 2018, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Aalborg University in Denmark are leading the i4Offshore research and development project focused on significantly reducing the cost of offshore wind power. Officially entitled “Integrated Implementation of Industrial Innovations for Offshore Wind Cost Reduction”, the project is supported by a European Union grant of nearly […]

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Vestas chairman expects some countries to reinstate wind power subsidies

April 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Wind power businesses around the world have faced margin pressure as governments phase out subsidies and move towards more competitive contract tenders COPENHAGEN: The chairman of Vestas , one of the world’s biggest wind turbine makers, said he expects some countries to reinstate subsidies for wind power projects as governments are under pressure to build […]

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Shell to quit U.S. refining lobby over climate disagreement

April 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading U.S. refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies. In its first review of its association with 19 key industry groups, the company said it had found “material misalignment” over climate policy with the […]

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Can Millennials Save Earth From Capitalist-Driven Climate Change?

April 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

News stories about climate change almost always paints a picture of Armageddon: thousands of lives lost, communities displaced, economic hardship and instability among several other tragedies. However, sensationalising news of such a tragedy sells – it always has – as the risks associated with climate change are very real and very near. Thus, it makes […]

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Will millennials save the planet from capitalism-created climate change? The hope is alive

March 30, 2019 Anand Gupta

Youth movements, activists, and organisers are changing Indian consciousness, fighting the impact of capitalism-created climate change Nearly every news story about climate change paints a picture of incredible devastation: thousands of lives lost, entire communities displaced, massive economic instability, worsening conditions for vulnerable populations, lack of relief funds, slumps in agricultural yield, suffering with no […]

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UK greenhouse gas emissions down 2.5 percent as renewables hit record

March 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

LONDON: Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.5 percent in 2018, dropping for a sixth straight year but more slowly than before, as record output of renewable power ate away at coal-fired generation, government data showed on Thursday. Output of the heat-trapping gases in Europe’s second-largest emitter behind Germany fell to 449 million tonnes of carbon […]

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The Quest for a 100% Green Grid: Five Takeaways on Getting There

March 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

New Mexico. California. Hawaii. They’re all among the states that have passed laws requiring that all of their power from clean sources in the coming decades. Puerto Rico joined the bunch on Monday with a 100 percent renewable energy goal by 2050. But how? While reductions in wind and solar costs have helped close scores […]

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