A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development confirms the belief that government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry remain high. The new report, OECD Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2015, was revealed earlier this week, and details almost 800 spending programs and tax breaks currently used by … [continued]
Provisional data provided by the International Energy Agency shows electricity production down 0.8% in the OECD, due to a drop in fossil fuel and hydro production. The figures, released on Thursday, show that electricity production in the 34 member states of the OECD fell 0.8% to 10,712 TWh, a decrease … [continued]
The International Energy Agency released figures for 2014 electricity generation in the OECD in 2014, highlighting the increase in renewable energy generation, which accounted for 22% of all electricity generated. However, that news is juxtaposed with the fact that the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) figures show that energy production across … [continued]
The International Energy Agency has warned that clean energy progress is falling short of the necessary levels to combat a global temperature increase. In a report published Wednesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) examined progress across the development and deployment of key clean energy technologies, including hydro and ocean energy, … [continued]
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts has shown that investment in and deployment of clean and renewable energies is shifting towards developing nations. The report, Power Shifts—Emerging Clean Energy Markets, shows that investment and deployment of electricity infrastructure is shifting from the industrialized economies of the Northern Hemisphere towards … [continued]
Picking up where we left off yesterday, the nations that were actually expected to meet this week’s INDC deadline all fall into the “developed” category. I use quotation marks to indicate the fuzzy nature of that concept. A more appropriate term might be “industrialized,” since the world’s concept of what’s developed and … [continued]
Wealthy nations spend, on average, roughly 5 times more on export subsidies for fossil fuel technologies than for renewables, based on newly revealed data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Given that the European Union is home to many of these wealthy nations, but is also one … [continued]
We’ve heard some cautious rejoicing comes from scientists and media this weekend about the world economy and energy carbon dioxide emissions finally decoupling last year. World emissions of CO2 remained at 32.3 billion tons in 2014, while world GDP figures grew by 2.9%. Many analysts have hailed the change as … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman. A study released on 26 February by the International Energy Agency concludes that integrating high shares – i.e., 30 percent of annual electricity production or more – of wind and solar PV in power systems can come at little additional cost in … [continued]
Markets reduce greenhouse gas emissions nearly 17 times cheaper than paying power generators renewable energy subsidies, according to new analysis of 15 nations by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
