A new survey conducted by the British Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has found British support for renewable energies has grown in the past year. The survey, DECC Public Attitudes Tracker, was run from early 2012 through to last March. There were four surveys — one longer survey and … [continued]
Stop me if you’ve heard this before – renewable energy technologies face global challenges from fossil fuels and a lack of public subsidies, but new financing mechanisms and government mandates may be key to their continued growth.
What’s different now, according to Ernst & Young’s (E&Y) latest “Renewable energy country attractiveness indices,” is how shale gas development and crashing public financing are changing the way renewable energy is funded across the globe…
Beyond solar and EV news, here are some more cleantech and climate news & views from around the interwebs: Renewables “Then You Win” Michael Liebreich Youtube Video: http://youtu.be/U7vvipH-kU8 Despite Conservative Attacks, States Continue to Realize the Benefits of Renewable Energy Standards: “States’ adoption of renewable energy standards—which require electric utility … [continued]
Handing the gas lobby a huge victory, the EU is likely to classify natural gas a renewable energy source eligible for 80 billion euros in subsidies, paving the way for a lot more in the way of shale gas “fracking” as opposed to truly innovative, green renewable energy resource development.
This is an excellent piece on shale gas production, price, and (lack of) profit. It really exposes the inappropriately low price of shale gas for what it is. This discussion could go a lot further, but this is probably enough for one day: by Dave Cohen Shale gas drilling and … [continued]
Some more clean (& dirty) tech policy and politics stories from the last week….
