The US Natural Resources Defense Council has released the results of a new “bipartisan” poll of five key states that sought “Views on Environmental Regulations,” which clearly show Americans are not only in favor of existing environmental protections — and in some cases favor tougher enforcement — but also support President Obama’s … [continued]
Once a leader in renewable energy investment, Australia now lags behind developing countries such as Algeria, Myanmar, and Thailand.
In 2015, the Indian government plans to hold a renewable energy investment summit based on similar successful events in the state of Gujarat.
The International Renewable Energy Agency claims a doubling of the current global investment in clean energy technology is needed to fight climate change.
One of our readers recently passed along a couple of very interesting charts about nuclear energy as well as the nuclear energy report from which they came. The report, World Nuclear Report 2013, is well worth a more careful look, but for those who just love some interesting charts, here … [continued]
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released the seventh edition of its Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment report based on data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The report details the “latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable power and fuels.” One of the main conclusions … [continued]
Germany has been very successful with its feed-in tariff. It has deployed a lot of solar. And brought down prices for everybody in the process. Now Adnan Al-Daini proposes a different way to finance renewable energy. In this article published at Huffington Post in February he calls for printing money and investing … [continued]
Sungevity, one of the top online photovoltaic (PV) retailers and solar service companies, recently shored up $125 million in new financing to boost its business.
According to the recent Global Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices Report (CAI) released by Ernst & Young, China continues to dominate the global renewable energy sector. The survey grades 40 nations based on their renewable energy markets, renewable energy infrastructure, and their suitability for individual technologies. Even though dropping … [continued]
Confounding pessimistic expectations for Rio+20, Ban-ki Moon announced encouraging news regarding the UN’s “Sustainable Energy for All” program. The UN Secretary reiterated his assertion that “sustainable energy is the golden thread that weaves together the economy, the environment and equity.”
