Ignoring its significant solar and wind power potential, Turkey is planning a massive 'dash for coal' with over 37,000 MW of new coal fired power stations.
… Erdogan's Turkey embarks on massive 'dash for coal' Oliver Tickell | 5th November 2013 News … Turkey is planning a massive 'dash for coal' with over 37,000 MW of new coal fired power stations. This is the key …
India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW by 2022, write Areeba Hamid & Oliver Tickell - reducing power shortages and bringing electricity to off-grid of rural communities for the first time. But it may also have an unintended consequence - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future profitability evaporate..
… | 20th February 2015 News India Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Solar Finance … - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future … capacity is more than 250GW, most of from coal-fired power plants, while it has 22GW of …
Chinese coal and nuclear energy giants are suddenly piling into the solar industry. Is this the way of the future, not only in China but around the world?
… China: nuclear and coal giants go solar Oliver Tickell | 10th January 2014 News China Solar Power Coal Nuclear Energy Renewables Chinese coal and nuclear energy giants are suddenly …
Amber Rudd's speech today exposes her total failure to assemble a coherent energy strategy, writes Oliver Tickell. It reveals the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the country facing the real prospect of lights going out in the next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery.
… 2015 News Energy UK EU Politics Nuclear Coal Oil Renewables Climate Change … Even her headline announcement of 'an end to coal' was - while a clever way to confuse environmentalists - not all it seems. Coal power stations still have ten years to …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
… 2016 News Energy Climate Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind Solar … loser The IEA also assumes an increase in coal consumption up until 2040 in all except … 450 Scenario, which projects a 50% drop in coal consumption. Yet the 10% drop in coal …
A new report on fracking and climate change from the Task Force on Shale gas presents a rosy picture of the fuel's role as a climate-friendly 'bridge' to a renewable energy future, writes Oliver Tickell. But the truth is the precise opposite - it's a climate disaster that will only delay the arrival of clean energy.
… gas (LNG). It is also much better than coal. Gas will be needed for several decades … of gas is actually a lot worse than that of coal. Lord Smith himself provided the answer: … chamber, gas is a dirtier a fuel than coal. It has been estimated that, in fact, as …
An ambitious plan to make a wholly renewable energy system cheaper than fossil fuels within a decade has been launched today and is set to receive its first hearing at the G7 Summit in Germany next week.
… in the world than electricity generated from coal, launched today, is already on the agenda … less costly to produce than energy based on coal, gas and oil" , according to the Global … sources becomes cheaper than new-build coal in sunny parts of the world by 2020, and …
If we are to move beyond the political impasse generated by the IPCC report and prevent catastrophic climate change we must look to market mechanisms, specifically price competitive renewables, writes Oliver Tickell......
… more importantly, ever increasing volumes of coal, oil and gas are spewing out of the … is also much cheaper to install than new coal fired capacity, which typically costs … peak capacity dwarfing all but the largest coal fired stations. Of course there is a …
The world's smart money is piling into renewable energy, solar power in particular, write Tim Radford & Oliver Tickell, as renewables pull away from fossil fuels in terms of both investment and new generation capacity added each year.
… capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined, according … of magnitude larger than the buildout of coal and gas." The price of wind and solar … as much carbon to the atmosphere as 34 coal-burning power stations in one year - or …
UN climate talks in Bonn ended today without the progress needed to secure agreement at the Paris COP in December - shortly after the G7 issued aspirational climate promises devoid of action, and heedless of warnings that Germany is already suffering the impacts of climate change.
… of having flipped "from climate chancellor to coal chancellor." "While she talks big on … silent when it comes to supporting a levy on coal power plants, without which Germany will … decisions taking place now regarding coal-based infrastructure - such as mines, …
Tesla Energy's new mains power battery has just transformed the energy market - giving a huge boost to small scale renewable energy and killing off both fossil fuelled and nuclear power in the process.
… Energy Renewables Wind Solar Fossil Fuels Coal Nuclear solar-roof-cut.jpg Tesla Energy's … do this it will cut away life support from coal and gas fired plants that are currently …
The rapid spread of solar power across China, India, Africa and Latin America is being driven not by subsidy but by the market
… 87% of which was provided by oil, gas and coal. Nuclear power contributed a gross 626 … the growth, and knock out 4,000 Mtoe-worth of coal, and it will have to produce 16,000 Mtoe …
The UK government kicked away one of the main financial supports for renewable energy in yesterday's budget. The surprise move will cost the sector £3.9 billion over the next five years and undermines any prospect of the country meeting its EU renewable energy targets.
… wood chips and pellets - in addition to coal. Shares in the company slumped around 25% …
On current trends global CO2 emissions may begin to reduce within a few years, thanks to the growth in renewable energy. But rigorous policies in China, the US and the EU will be needed.
… by 4%, mainly because of a further shift from coal to gas in the power sector. The European …
The 'Autumn Statement' delivered with such aplomb by the Chancellor is yet another attack on the UK's sustainable future, write David Lowry & Oliver Tickell - cutting energy efficiency funds just as tens of thousands are set to die of cold this winter, betting £250m on pointless nuclear research, and raiding the renewables budget to fund subsidies to nuclear power and fossil fuels.
… , the Treasury re-defined payments to gas, coal and nuclear generators under the … the government's main policy is to shift from coal to gas while hammering renewables, while …
The UK's plan to get China to build and finance new nuclear power stations is based on a wish and a prayer, writes Oliver Tickell. There is no reactor design, including new Chinese ones, that we can depend on to fill our impending power generation gap. This time, the last one out won't even have to turn out the lights.
… years to 2023 thanks to the closure of old coal fired and nuclear power stations. In the …