The European Union’s financial watchdog has warned of the risks of leaving the transition to a low-carbon economy until it’s too late. The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), which was established in 2010 in the wake of the ongoing financial crisis, has released a report (PDF) investigating the risks associated with … [continued]
At long last, Japan has entered its official Intended Nationally Determined Contribution into the pool of national climate pledges for the UN’s Paris COP21 talks in December. The Paris summit aims for a worldwide agreement to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, … [continued]
The first-ever pan-American action statement on climate change came out last Thursday, July 9, as the Climate Change Summit of the Americas in Toronto drew to a close. A recent poll shows that 84% of Canadians believe that prosperous countries like their own have an obligation to show international leadership in reducing … [continued]
With the release this morning in Copenhagen, Denmark, of the final world Synthesis Report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel, it has become evident that all peoples of Earth need to take action (Sunday, November 2, 2014). Why is this important to Americans? IPCC interfaces on a global scale between science and … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post by Terje Osmundsen A broad movement has emerged in Norway to get the country’s $720 billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in renewable energy. According to Terje Osmundsen, blogger and Senior Vice President of Scatec Solar, a globally leading solar power provider, such a change … [continued]
With ThinkBlue, the world’s third largest automaker is raising the stakes in its sustainability drive, including allocating $500 million-$600 million for renewable energy investments. VW management recently hosted an energy management workshop and site tour of its green manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. CleanTechnica was there.
A distributed power-clean energy milestone was reached late last week as leaders from government and industry joined officials from the University of Delaware and NRG energy to celebrate the first instance of electric vehicle-to-grid (EV2G) technology being used to sell electricity to the power grid. Ongoing success could well provide a critical missing link on the path to a clean, green, renewable and distributed energy infrastructure, economy, and society.
Revenues and average selling prices for solar PV module manufacturers continued to drop in 2012 amid a continued overhang of supply. Further contraction and consolidation lies ahead, at least until 2015, according to NPD Solarbuzz.
Renewable power costs are declining sharply, with rapid deployment and fast rates of learning fueling ongoing capacity additions and cost reductions, according to a comprehensive new global report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Local and state government leaders joined Abengoa executives in commissioning the Castilla-La Mancha Solar Complex, which created more than 1,700 local jobs and sets the stage for clean energy output that will prevent more than 60,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.
