Panorama

#TakeYourSeat at the UN Climate Change Conference

Monday, 26 November 2018 REM To bring the voice of the people to the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Poland (known by the shorthand 'COP 24', from December 2-14, 2018), the United Nations has launched the ‘People’s Seat’ ...

Government Climate Report Warns of Worsening Disasters and Shrinking Economy

Saturday, 24 November 2018 Dan McCue Climate change could significantly worsen the havoc created by natural disasters and cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars every year by the end of this century unless more is done on ...

ADFD and IRENA Launch Final Round of Funding for Renewable Energy Projects

Friday, 23 November 2018 REM The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and IRENA are inviting applications for more than $50 million in funding through the IRENA/ADFD Project Facility. The ADFD-financed initiative is available to government-guaranteed ...

Flexible energy options will make power systems cheaper finds BNEF reports

Friday, 23 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Flexible energy options such as energy storage, smart-charging electric vehicles, demand response and interconnectors are needed to ensure that the energy transition proceeds on an optimal path, finds ...

Google to Break Ground on New Data Center in Denmark

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Dan McCue Google is investing €600 million ($682.3 million) in a new data center in Denmark. The facility will be located in Fredericia in the western part of the country. Google says it chose the location for ...

IEA to Share Renewable Energy Expertise and Space Technology with Six Island States

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 REM The UK-based Institute for Environmental Analyticsis to roll out its innovative renewable energy analytics platform, RE-SAT, to six island states in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The extension ...

Decarbonising global industry and transport by 2030 is technically and financially feasible finds new report

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Robin Whitlock A new report by the Energy Transmissions Commission explains how to decarbonise the ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors, finding that full de-carbonisation of heavy industry and transport is both technical and ...

Major corporations call for easier access to renewable energy

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Almost 100 organisations led by major corporations have indicated their willingness to do more on climate change by calling on European governments to make it easier to invest and directly source renewable ...

BNEF Analysis Shows Wind and Solar are Cheapest Sources of Power Generation

Monday, 19 November 2018 REM Every six months, BloombergNEF runs its Levelized Cost of Electricity analysis, an assessment of the cost competitiveness of different power generating and energy storage technologies – excluding subsidies. ...

ScottMadden Energy Industry Update forecasts growth opportunity in efficient US electrification

Monday, 19 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

Management consultancy specialising in energy, ScottMadden Inc, has released its latest edition of The Energy Industry Update (EIU) which explores current thinking about electrification in the US.