Originally published on World Resources Institute. By Letha Tawney, Bharath Jairaj and Xuege (Cathy) Lu Investors worldwide spent less on renewable energy and related technologies—such as smart meters, electric vehicles, and storage—last year than in previous years. Global investments in renewable energy fell to $214 billion, down 14 percent from 2012. … [continued]
Originally published on IRENA’s website. Abu Dhabi, UAE: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reinforced the call to action from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to limit global temperature increase and avert catastrophic climate change in a statement issued [this week]. The transition to a sustainable global energy mix must be … [continued]
IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund For Development (ADFD) are doing some great work to bring renewable energy to more communities in the developing world. I already covered this initiative back in January, including most of what is discussed in the video below. However, if you want to hear the head of … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Terje Osmundsen. The International Energy Agency (IEA) consistently entertains much too pessimistic assumptions about the growth potential and cost development of solar power, writes Terje Osmundsen, Senior Vice President of the Norwegian-based international solar power company Scatec Solar. According to Osmundsen, the cost assumptions used … [continued]
A very well-published and insightful writer, Scott Thill, recently reached out to me to pick my brain about REmap 2030. His questions were so good (imho) and I spent so much time on the answers that I figured it would be worthwhile to publish both here. Check them out below … [continued]
http://youtu.be/t2n2BkZo9-A One of the most exciting presentations I attended at the World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week* as a whole was a panel discussion about Wind for Prosperity, an initiative launched in November by Vestas, Masdar, the Carbon War Room, Sundog Pictures, DI Frontier Market Energy & Carbon Fund, and Econet Wireless. A … [continued]
We’ve posted a number of stories about the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) activities over the past couple of years. Numerous times, in the comments, people have raised questions about how much IRENA is actually doing to advance renewable energy and whether or not the agency is really useful. I … [continued]
IRENA has just launched REmap 2030, a roadmap showing how the world can double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030, and triple the share of “modern renewables.” Overall, REmap 2030 sees modern renewables quadrupling in absolute terms by 2030, a share of at least 30% in … [continued]
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) just announced funding for six renewable energy projects in six separate developing countries. ADFD is providing about $41 million in loans for these projects, while the total combined project costs come to over $80 million. “The … [continued]
There are actually thousands of cleantech champions out there, and many of them are CleanTechnica readers. I was actually a bit hesitant to make this list because of that — there are going to be a lot of people not on this list that really could be. However, in honor … [continued]
