It is hard to be against a 40% energy savings target

A timely report released this week by OpenExp provides evidence that all the arguments against 40% energy savings target are irrelevant! The report entitled “Clean Energy for All Europeans – Do the Commission’s Impact Assessments Assign the Right Role to Energy Efficiency?” is based on the Commission’s modelling results included in the EED and the … Continue reading It is hard to be against a 40% energy savings target →

Demonstrating the variation in economic value across energy efficiency investments

We are always looking for solid analysis related to energy efficiency. Judson Boomhower, Postdoctoral scholar, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Lucas Davis, Associate Professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley have written an important column the VoxEU.org website about their recent work. Electricity prices can vary dramatically … Continue reading Demonstrating the variation in economic value across energy efficiency investments →

BUILD UP Webinar – Report presentation: Energy Transition of the EU Building Stock

How to transform the building stock from being an energy waster to being a positive element in the EU energy system and the EU economy? Do the EU’s climate and energy targets meet the needs and expectations of the energy renovation market in the EU? How to maximise on 2016 as the ‘year of delivery … Continue reading BUILD UP Webinar – Report presentation: Energy Transition of the EU Building Stock →

Giving investors rapid, accurate cash-flow models and financial risk analyses for renewable energy projects

Risk analysis is important for all sustainable energy projects on the demand and supply side. Rob Matheson writes a good article on the MIT News website about new financial-modelling software for sustainable-infrastructure projects could boost investment in sector. Calculating the financial risks of renewable energy For investors, deciding whether to invest money into renewable-energy … Continue reading Giving investors rapid, accurate cash-flow models and financial risk analyses for renewable energy projects →

Finally putting a price on nature

Until now, no one has developed a good way to estimate the monetary value of natural resources. Chelsea Harvey writes in the Washington Post that a group of scholars may have finally come up with a solution. Economists keep saying we should put a price on nature. Now they’ve finally done it Putting a … Continue reading Finally putting a price on nature →

New report from eceee assesses how setting interest rates affects the Commission’s energy modelling

Increasingly, the European Commission is being challenged that its energy modelling is undervaluing the full set of benefits of energy efficiency. The modelling, many are saying, has faulty assumptions, particularly on discount rates. There have been concerns for years but as the review of current energy efficiency policies is set to take place to see … Continue reading New report from eceee assesses how setting interest rates affects the Commission’s energy modelling →

The problems with tracking energy savings

Stephen Lacey, Senior Editor at Greentech Media writes a good article about the concerns about tracking energy savings in Massachusetts. This is a global concern. What are your views? Lies, Damned Lies and Modeling: Energy Efficiency’s Problem With Tracking Savings The efficiency industry grapples with the lack of transparency in monitoring and verification of … Continue reading The problems with tracking energy savings →

A must read

There are few people who think so thoughtfully and clearly about energy in its fullest sense as Walt Patterson. He is trained as a nuclear physicist and has published thirteen books and hundreds of papers, articles and reviews, on nuclear power, coal technology, renewable energy, energy systems, energy policy and electricity. Since 1991 he has … Continue reading A must read →

How governments can help transform our energy systems

Walt Patterson never stops challenging us to think through the essence of energy policy, where it should be and how we should get there. Walt recently wrote this excellent piece for the RenewEconomy website. It should give you much to think about. Since 1991 he has been a fellow of what is now the Energy, … Continue reading How governments can help transform our energy systems →

This week’s briefs

There are some good brief items for you this week. • New eceee report This week the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) launched an analysis paper entitled “What we will gain from more ambitious energy efficiency goals in the EU”. The analysis presents and explains the findings of the Commission’s 2030 … Continue reading This week’s briefs →