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Competitiveness Has Caught Up With Climate Policy

January 20, 201413 years Guest Contributor 13 Comments

Originally published on Energy Post by Sonja van Renssen Behind the heated debate in Brussels about climate and renewable energy targets, what is really happening is that concern over high energy prices has taken precedence over climate concerns in Europe. Competitiveness has caught up with climate policy. Indeed, the two … [continued]

UK Registers Impressive Wind, Renewable Energy Gains

July 1, 201214 years proteus 4 Comments

Electricity from onshore wind, offshore wind surged higher in the UK, leading a renewable energy sector that now supplies 11.1% of UK electricity. Power suppliers turned increasingly to coal-fired power generation, as well, however, as domestic natural gas production drops. […]

One Plan to Solve the Euro Zone’s Debt and Energy Crises

June 10, 201214 years proteus 6 Comments

A group of European economists and scientists have put forward a plan to address the Euro zone’s debt and energy crises: a debt-for-renewables swap.