If UK politicians want to reunite the country and garner votes they'd do well to embrace renewables in their manifestos, writes JOE WARE
… take note (if you want our vote)... Renewables are now more popular than ever Joe Ware | 5th May 2017 News General Election Renewables Clean Energy Fossil Fuels renewables.jpg If UK politicians want to …
Renewable energy, without doubt, is both driving and shaping the clean global economy of the future, writes Jeremy Leggett. But don't forget its equally essential partner: closing the consumption loop to create a truly circular economy in which there is no longer any such thing as 'waste', only resources we are not yet smart enough to use.
… | 1st February 2017 Comment Waste Energy Renewables Recycling go-circular-cut.jpg … emissions constraints will entail renewables providing this. The second involves … and refurbished. The transition to renewables, as I argue regularly, will be …
The UK is placing energy storage at the heart of its new Modern Industrial Strategy, due to its potential to support smart energy systems and the automotive sector. As the energy industry moves away from carbon-heavy production, the twin-approach of renewable energy and storage will be critical for delivering on the demand while securing the future of UK energy, writes IAN LARIVE
… Change Ian Larive | 31st March 2017 Comment Renewables Energy Storage Low Carbon renewables.jpg The UK is placing energy … energy for off-grid areas. Advancing renewables with batteries In the UK …
Mexico's oil looks set to run out within a decade, writes Jeremy Leggett, and it can hardly rely on Trump's America to make up the difference. But Mexico enjoys abundant sunshine, and the cost of solar power generation is falling fast. Let Trump tie America's economy to debt-financed fossil fuels. Mexico's future prosperity will come from harnessing its inexhaustible solar riches.
… solar Jeremy Leggett | 11th May 2017 Comment Renewables Fossil Fuels Oil Energy Mexico USA … are his shale gas and shale oil regions. Renewables outpacing fossil fuels across the … from fossil-fuel supply to decentralised renewables. The oil and gas industry, clocking …
David Cameron's Conservative government did its best to kill off the UK's lowest-cost renewable energy technologies, onshore wind and solar. But in next week's budget, the Chancellor can put that right. Renewables are low carbon, quick to deploy, have low environmental impacts, and enjoy high public support, writes Ervin Bossanyi. It's time to give them a break!
… Bossanyi | 1st March 2017 Comment Energy Renewables Finance Climate Change Politics … budget, the Chancellor can put that right. Renewables are low carbon, quick to deploy, … cent - 90 per cent) public approval rates for renewables. In the UK, 71 per cent are in …
Forum for the Future, an international sustainability non-profit, has published a report in which former energy bosses, ministers and civil servants advise the Big Six energy companies to back renewables, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… 9th August 2017 News Climate Pollution Energy Renewables Big Six Utilities … advise the Big Six energy companies to back renewables, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE A new … mainstreaming smart energy services and local renewables in order to avoid stranded assets. …
The implementation of solar cookers across Moroccan communities is proving to be a great example of how decentralisation of renewable energy is contributing to the energy independence of a country by LINA YASSIN & ARTHUR WYNS
The importance of decentralised solar energy Lina Yassin & Arthur Wyns | 19th October 2017 News Solar Decentralised Energy Morocco Climate Change 405531.jpg The implementation of solar cookers …
Dynamic power pricing that responds to supply and demand could transform the way we manage our electricity systems, writes Claire Maugham, opening the door to the mass integration of renewables like wind and solar. But smart meters are essential to making that happen.
… Maugham | 3rd April 2017 Comment Energy Renewables Technology UK smart-meters-cut.jpg … opening the door to the mass integration of renewables like wind and solar. But smart …
President Trump comes into office determined to discard huge swathes of his predecessor's legacy on day one, writes Mark Barteau. But he will struggle to undo Obama's clean energy regulations. It's not just that they are legally robust, it's also that energy markets in the US and the wider world have shifted firmly, and irreversibly, towards efficiency and renewables. Sorry, Mr Trump.
… | 20th January 2017 News Politics Energy USA Renewables Fossil Fuels obama-cut.jpg … and irreversibly, towards efficiency and renewables. Sorry, Mr Trump. In the closing … starts a trade war. Economic clout of renewables What about renewables for …
Nuclear power was originally sold on a lie, writes Dave Elliott. While we were being told it would make electricity 'too cheap to meter', insiders knew it cost at least 50% more than conventional generation. Since then nuclear costs have only risen, while renewable energy prices are on a steep decline. And now the nuclear behemoths are crumbling ... not a moment too soon.
… Elliott | 12th April 2017 News Energy Nuclear Renewables Technology UK France Finland Japan … against cheap gas and increasingly cheap renewables. The nuclear industry still has … As nuclear power grows more costly, renewables prices plunge Cost reduction is …
In an open letter to the UK's political party leaders, Scientists for Global Responsibility urge those politicians to take the global threat of climate change seriously and to exploit science and technology to create jobs, tackle fuel poverty, and reduce local air pollution
… 2017 News Climate Change Politics Science Renewables Trump Paris Agreement ocotillo, … Energy Bill Revolution 2. REN21 (2017). Renewables 2017 Global Status Report. Renewables Global Staus Report 3. BEIS (2017). …
When Prime Minister Theresa May went to Brussels to hand in her 'Article 50' Brexit notice, she was also pursuing a separate, covert objective, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Leaked papers show that the UK was lobbying to gut new EU rules and targets on renewable energy and energy efficiency - even though they will only come into force after Brexit.
… 30th May 2017 News Politics Energy Efficiency Renewables UK EU Brexit t-may-cut.jpg When … 26. UK: 'States should be allowed to leave renewables targets until the last minute' The …
Are universities leading the way when it comes to producing their own energy - and if so, which university is top of the table? INDIA BENJAMIN investigates.
What universities can learn from leaders in clean energy India Benjamin | 12th October 2017 News University Renewable Biomass Solar Wind Energy 405440.jpg Are universities leading the way when it …
European politicians are enthralled to the biofuels lobby - they are living a fantasy and it’s time to wake up to the reality of an industry driving deforestation, land grabbing and poverty, says MOLLY SCOTT CATO MEP
… the mythical Emerald City when it comes to renewables, stubbornly clinging to the idea … is needed to meet the EU’s biofuel demands. Renewables policy in the EU has massive global … economic logic - and ethics - as the price of renewables such as wind and solar falls and …
After years of pro-nuclear bombast from the Conservative Party, its 2017 manifesto hasn't got a single word to say about nuclear power, write Oliver Tickell & Ian Fairlie. Instead it announces a renewed focus on cutting energy costs, and a big boost for increasingly low-cost wind power; while both Labour and Libdems offer only weak, highly qualified support for new nuclear build. And so the great British 'nuclear renaissance' reaches its timely end.
… gas, oil, solar and hydro, as well as other renewables where these can be delivered at … its manifesto also signals a big switch to renewables: "To ensure: security of energy … change commitments." But best of all on renewables are the Libdems, who promise (inter …
Britain will become 'world leaders in decarbonising our economy' claims John McDonnell at his speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton today. And with Labour still ahead of the polls, his radical agenda for renewable energy could become government policy, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… this Government has slashed the funding, the renewables industry needs to find its feet." …
President Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord - a decision designed to satisfy his campaign pledges - will go down in history as significantly anachronistic and self-harming, writes FREDERIK DAHLMANN
… | 2nd June 2017 Comment Trump Paris Agreement Renewables Climate Change reneweables.jpg …
The nuclear industry faces an uncertain future as the reactor building boom is struck by unexpected costs, serious technical problems, and long, expensive delays, writes Paul Brown. Meanwhile renewables like wind and solar are offering investors an enviable combination of falling cost, low risk, fast build times, predictable returns and minimal long term liabilities.
… Brown | 17th January 2017 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Finance olkiluoto-cut.jpg The … delays, writes Paul Brown. Meanwhile renewables like wind and solar are offering … are putting ever-greater effort into renewables, which provide much quicker …
Theresa May's party made a commitment to delivering the lowest cost power in Europe. The Conservatives also promised utter impartiality in deciding between power generation technologies. So how can it now justify a pro-nuclear energy policy that could cost each household £12,600? OLIVER TICKELL investigates
… power in favour of increasingly low-cost renewables, can't we? No: its nuclear … than the 15 year contracts given to most renewables generators, the bill comes to a …
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As the new year begins, the global clean energy transition is progressing much faster than most people realise, and is probably irreversible, writes Jeremy Leggett. President-elect Trump's prospects of revitalising the US coal industry, and giving the oil and gas industry the expansionist dream ticket it wants, are very low.
… I have summarised their rapid advances in renewables in earlier monthly reports. This … 2022 . The Authority now plans for non-hydro renewables to meet 43% of electricity as soon … favour clean-energy investments, not least renewables. A reminder of the background. The …
So the Trumpapocalypse has happened. He has finally withdrawn the US from the Paris climate agreement. Understandably there is righteous anger around the Globe over such a reckless act of climate vandalism, which imperils the natural world and the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. But here's the good news, it may prove to be just the kick up the jacksie that we needed, writes JOE WARE
… | 6th June 2017 News Paris Agreement Trump Renewables Climate Action trump .jpg So the … away. Already there are more jobs in US renewables than in extracting coal, oil and … shift their investments from fossil fuels to renewables visit …
MOLLY SCOTT CATO, Green MEP for the South West and member of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee, questions Monsanto's role in the decision by EU countries this week to re-authorise Europe’s most used weedkiller, glyphosate.
Failure to end use of toxic herbicide glyphosate 'nothing short of scandalous' Molly Scott Cato | 29th November 2017 Comment Glyphosate Herbicide Monsanto EU Farming Green Party …