Category: renewable energy

Debating the financial issues surrounding renewable energy

Financing sustainable energy is always a hot topic. Laura Singleton writes on the Imperial College London website about a recent panel debate at the college’s Business School.   The end of fossil fuels? Investors debate the future of renewable energy Investors, staff and students gathered at the Business School last week to debate the financial … Continue reading Debating the financial issues surrounding renewable energy →

In Ireland a dramatic number of households are starting to take energy matters into their own hands

Eoin Burke-Kennedy writes a good article in The Irish Times about predictions in Ireland that up to one-third of Irish households could be generating their own electricity within 10 years. If this does happen, just think about how we have to revise our thinking on our total energy system. No doubt the energy transition is … Continue reading In Ireland a dramatic number of households are starting to take energy matters into their own hands →

Progress being made in promoting renewables in Turkey

Turkey is hosting the G20 this year and that forum gives considerable attention to energy matters, including the energy efficiency action plan. Next year, Turkey is hosting the World Energy Council Congress. Recently a Turkish national became head of the International Energy Agency. Now Metehan Oguz writes on the Morning Consult website about the valuable … Continue reading Progress being made in promoting renewables in Turkey →

If renewable energy is getting so cheap, why do we still need policies and subsidies to support it?

The question is raised by Kate Gordon, vice chair at the Paulson Institute in a blog on the Wall Street Journal website. What do you think?   Why Renewable Energy Still Needs Subsidies The wind-energy sector won a long-fought battle in mid-July, when the Senate Finance Committee voted to extend the production tax credit, the … Continue reading If renewable energy is getting so cheap, why do we still need policies and subsidies to support it? →

How California is adapting to a greater share of renewable energy

The energy community is often looking to California for showing leadership in the deployment of sustainable energy technologies.   Gabriel Kahn writes in the Wall Street Journal about how utilities are looking at batteries, software and new pricing strategies to prevent overloads from wind and solar power.   Renewable Energy’s Potential May Be Understated In February … Continue reading How California is adapting to a greater share of renewable energy →

Insurers are now showing a greater interest in renewable energy

We have been deploying renewable energy technologies on a large scale for many years now but as Elizabeth Pfeuti writes on the Chief Investment Officer website that after a period of hesitation European insurers have jumped into renewable energy infrastructure investment.   Insurers Commit to Renewable Energy Infrastructure A consortium of European insurers have committed … Continue reading Insurers are now showing a greater interest in renewable energy →

The benefits from renewable energy

We are in the midst of a low-carbon transition and renewable energy technologies are playing an increasingly important role. Bobby Magill reports on the SBS website that building wind and solar farms helps to reduce the human impact on climate change by displacing noxious emissions from coal-fired power plants.   Renewable energy saves lives, study … Continue reading The benefits from renewable energy →

Germany supporting development of renewables in Indonesia

We are regularly hearing about the support that the German development bank is providing globally to support sustainable energy. The Jakarta Post writes about major new loans from KfW to Indonesia to support the development of new and renewable energy resources.   German bank offers 2 billion euros for renewable energy Germany has reiterated its … Continue reading Germany supporting development of renewables in Indonesia →

Demand flexibility

Chris Mooney writes a good article in the Washington Post about what the Rocky Mountain Institute calls ‘demand flexibility’ or ‘flexiwatts.’ Is this the way of the future?   There’s a big change coming to how we power our homes — and it isn’t about solar or batteries Earlier this year, home energy received its … Continue reading Demand flexibility →