The Bank’s President will be actively involved in high-level conversations, sectoral deep dives and coalition building for climate and environmental action in Africa. The President of the African Development Bank Dr Akinwumi Adesina, will lead a delegation to the One Planet Summit (OPS 2019), which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on 14 March 2019 […]
Study shows climate change impacts wind energy industry
Over the past 40 years, annual energy production from wind in India has declined by about 13 percent, says study. Researchers have also found that the Indian monsoon is weakening as a result of warming waters in the Indian Ocean, leading to a steady decline in wind-generated power. Another study states that wind farms are […]
Spanish climate plan mandates 6GW-by-2030 boost for energy storage
Upcoming snap elections in Spain will decide whether newly-proposed measures including a nation-wide 6GW boost to energy storage become a reality. Draft climate change legislation green-lighted by Spanish ministers last Friday mandates a 3.5GW increase in pumped storage capacity by 2030. This, according to the legislative package tabled by Pedro Sánchez’s socialist government, would be […]
Environment Minister releases publication depicting steps taken by India to combat climate change
The Centre Tuesday released a publication titled ‘India – Spearheading Climate Solutions’ highlighting actions taken by the country to combat climate change. The coffee table book was released by Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan who said India has accomplished its ambitious targets to combat climate change. He said the initiatives captured in this publication are […]
Action against climate change: EIB and CaixaBank join forces to finance projects promoting climate action
CaixaBank is launching its first credit line to combat climate change via the EIB’s dedicated climate action financing programme. It is the first time that CaixaBank has allocated EIB funds to financing the projects of individuals. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and CaixaBank are taking another step forward to help finance climate action-focused projects together. […]
Wind-solar hybrid systems may raise project IRR by upto 10 Percent
Hybridisation should not only be a means if it has to serve an end purpose. Real hybridisation is when renewable energy sets higher standard for itself in terms of scheduled delivery, dispatchability write Sunil Dayal and Navdeep Gupta Encapsulating the idea of sustainable development more than seven decades ago, the then permanent representative of India […]
It’s Official: Gov. Brown Signs 100% Clean Energy Into Law
It’s Official: Gov. Brown Signs 100% Clean Energy Into Law He also signed an executive order directing California to achieve carbon neutrality—economy-wide—by 2045. Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 100 Monday, completing the legislative effort to transition California to fossil-fuel-free electricity. The law, which calls for 60 percent renewable energy by 2030 and 100 percent carbon-free […]
California Legislative Roundup: What Passed, and What Didn’t
Our review of the key energy and environmental bills of the state’s just-ended session, from clean energy and batteries to EV charging and green buildings. California lawmakers ended last week with a long list of energy and environmental bills that they passed — and a shorter list of those that failed to come to a […]
Trump’s Reversal of Clean Power Plan Won’t Hurt Renewables, But It May Boost Coal
The Clean Power Plan is out, the Affordable Clean Energy rule is in The Trump administration on Tuesday introduced a plan for the nation’s coal plants that loosens regulations set out by the previous administration. Under the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, a rework of President Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan (CPP), states will have […]
PM Modi’s solar diplomacy
In the years since Paris, the world has changed — Prime Minister Modi has seized on the momentum. The Western world has often pointed fingers at India and China in the last couple of decades, often as a scapegoat, in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and its effects on global, catastrophic climate change. While the […]