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27,000+ More Clean Energy Jobs Lost in May

Tuesday, 16 June 2020 REM As the U.S. Congress this week begins debating economic stimulus support for the energy industry, a new analysis of unemployment data shows the biggest part of America’s energy economy – clean energy ...

Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende launch proposal for massive dual benefit economic aid package

Wednesday, 03 June 2020 Robin Whitlock Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende have released the English version of “Dual-Benefit Stimulus for Germany”, a proposal for a massive economic aid package that will tackle the economic effects ...

£31 Million SmartHubs Energy Management Project Progresses

Wednesday, 27 May 2020 REM Data modeling, systems design, and detailed planning are all moving at full speed for the SmartHubs Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) project in West Sussex, UK, with implementation planned to safely ramp ...

EBRD Invests in Wind and Solar Energy in Poland

Monday, 18 May 2020 REM The EBRD is advancing the green energy transition in Poland by supporting Qair’s portfolio of almost 200 MW of renewable energy with five loans totalling PLN 280 million (approximately €63 million ...

America has lost 594,300 clean energy jobs because of COVID-19

Thursday, 14 May 2020 Robin Whitlock Nearly 600,000 US clean energy workers have lost their jobs since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic after 447,208 new workers filed unemployment claims in April - tripling the claims filed in March. ...

Just Plain Wrong: The false claims, errors and outdated information that is Planet of the Humans

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 Robin Whitlock As many readers will have observed, Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore’s new film looking at the renewable energy industry, Planet of the Humans, has become very controversial, receiving a considerable amount ...

Eurosolar appeals to European policymakers to use the opportunity presented by COVID-19 to fight climate change

Wednesday, 06 May 2020 Robin Whitlock Peter Droege, President of Eurosolar, Axel Berg, Chairman of the German section, and Claus P. Baumeister, Eurosolar Curator have appealed to policymakers across Europe to utilise the opportunity presented ...

Orkney awarded 100,000 euros EU Responsible Island Prize

Monday, 04 May 2020 Robin Whitlock

The Orkney Islands have been awarded 100,000 euros in the first ever EU Responsible Island Prize, funded by Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme.

Renewable Energy Can Support Resilient and Equitable Recovery

Monday, 20 April 2020 REM Advancing the renewables-based energy transformation is an opportunity to meet international climate goals while boosting economic growth, creating millions of jobs and improving human welfare by 2050, ...

New report shows how little EU countries use existing EU regional development funds for investment in clean energy infrastructure

Monday, 20 April 2020 Robin Whitlock Transitioning to climate neutrality requires bold long-term investments in clean energy infrastructure, but a new report from Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe concludes that EU Member States must make ...