E.ON’s move to supply its residential customers with 100% renewable electricity can potentially influence the *Big Six to move towards renewable energy and signals a changing trend in the UK power market, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. With the UK aiming to phase out all its coal-fired plants by 2025, the Big […]
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Switching to renewable energy reduces carbon emissions but at the cost of increased energy poverty
Renewable energy consumption reduces carbon emissions more effectively when it occurs in a context of increasing inequality. Switching to renewable energy sources from fossil fuels can help reduce carbon emissions but at the expense of increased energy inequality, claimed a study. The study published in the journal ‘Energy Research & Social Science’ found that renewable […]
Developed Countries Need to Do More for Climate Finance: Economic Survey
Under the Paris Agreement, developed countries had agreed to provide financial support to developing countries to deal with the impacts of climate change and take measures to limit emissions. New Delhi: The Economic Survey of 2018-19 released on Thursday has criticised industrialised nations for not providing financial support to developing countries for climate change adaptation […]
India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power
Costs of building large-scale solar installations in India fell by 27 per cent in 2018. A short time ago, solar power was considered a marginal power source. But it is now one of the major drivers behind the transition to greener, more sustainable energy. Around the globe, prices are falling and India is now producing […]
Top 10 largest solar power plants in the world
The biggest solar parks now have about 2 GW of generating capacity and are expanding towards 5 GW New Delhi: In a recent blog, PV Magazine compiled a list of the world’s largest solar power plants. It takes into consideration those power plants which have a capacity of over 500 megawatt (MW). According to the […]
About 100 world cities used 70% of electricity from renewable sources in 2018: Report
Renewables have become integral to city efforts to reduce CO2 and other harmful emissions Cities, at the forefront of energy transition, are increasingly adopting renewable options. At least 100 cities across the world reportedly generated 70 per cent or more of their electricity from renewable energy sources in 2018, according to REN21’s Renewables 2019 Global […]
ANALYSIS-Despite drought, Costa Rica’s electricity stays clean – but not cheap
Despite a harsh drought this year, Costa Rica – which relies heavily on hydropower – has been able to keep its electricity production almost entirely renewable. The dry spell, which ended in May, was the first big test of an ambitious push for clean energy, said Javier Orozco, planning director at the Costa Rican Electricity […]
Greener energy may mean slower growth
In future, as the world works to protect the climate by turning to low-carbon fuel sources, lower economic growth may be an unwanted consequence Economists teach us that resources don’t just run out. As something becomes scarcer, its price rises, triggering a search for new supplies or the discovery of substitutes. We’ve seen it happen […]
Where Sun Meets Water – FLOATING SOLAR MARKET REPORT
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Latest BP Energy Report Confirms World Is on an Unsustainable Path
The world continues increasing its consumption of fossil fuels and is departing irremediably from the struggle against climate change. Last June 11, the BP energy company presented its BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019, as it does each year. This is not a minor report: it is one of the private statistical resources most […]