Global Energy Perspective 2019.

The Global Energy Perspective Reference Case provides our view on how the energy transition will unfold.

UK’s carbon emissions fall for sixth consecutive year

New analysis shows UK carbon emissions have fallen for the sixth consecutive year.

Customers are taking their energy into their own hands.

In recent years, more and more people have decided to take control of the energy revolution by installing PV systems and battery storage systems, buying electric cars or by replacing their old oil-based heating system with a modern heat pump.

Solar self-supply solutions on the rise in Lebanon.

Solar self-supply solutions are getting more and more popular in Lebanon. IBC Solar together with a local partner recently realized an exemplary off-grid hybrid solution for a private housing estate.

Microgrid investment in blockchain booming

Blockchain microgrids have become a pivotal theme in the rapidly developing energy sector according to Global Data. The global microgrid market is expected to grow by 15% yearly.

Five EU countries call for 100% renewable energy by 2050

The European Union’s 28 energy ministers had their first public debate on the European Commission’s 2050 climate plan on Monday (4 March) but five member states derided the lack of a 100% renewable energy scenario among the EU executive’s proposed options.

Business groups say natural-gas delivery has reached a crisis point

New York is a city of canyons. But for Ashley Fallon, a child of Breezy Point who now lives in Rockaway Beach, her portion of Queens can seem closer to California than Manhattan.

The Good News About a Green New Deal.

Last month’s rollout of the Green New Deal, a fourteen-page legislative resolution, sponsored by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, that called for “net-zero green

Community Microgrids with Energy Storage: Cost Effective and Clean

New Ameresco energy storage VP Jacqueline DeRosa highlights how the dropping price of energy storage has positioned communities to take advantage of new microgrid models. Community microgrids with energy storage serve to enhance grid reliability, security, and efficiency. 

EU dragged to court for backing forest biomass as ‘renewable energy’.

A group of plaintiffs from Estonia, France, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and the US are filing a lawsuit against the European Union on Monday (4 March) to challenge the inclusion of forest biomass in the bloc’s renewable energy directive.

If U.S. Emissions Rose In 2018 Despite Clean Energy Growth, How Can We Meet Climate Goals?

New research finds the United States’ energy mix is rapidly decarbonizing largely due to economics, as coal-fired generation keeps retiring i

From birth to death: an archive of vanishing African rituals seeks a home

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Whirling masked spirits clad in raffia and laughing children daubed with clay dance across the pages of “African Twilight”, the latest book by two photographers documenting rapidly vanishing rituals across the continent.

U.S. pension funds push big utilities to adopt carbon-free generation plans.

Top U.S. pension funds are asking electric utilities to accelerate efforts to cut carbon emissions but will not force the issue with proxy resolutions this spring, hoping market shifts and falling prices for renewable energy have already made executives and directors receptive to the goal.

Holistic Climate Action At Its Finest – A Tour In Ikea’s New London Store.

As The Climate Group works to inspire and showcase the highest levels of leadership on climate action in the private sector, our Corporate Actions Engagement Manager Ole Jakobsen shares his experiences of touring the UK’s newest IKEA store.

Manufacturing Giant 3m Commits To 100% Renewable Power For Global Operations.

Manufacturing and technology giant 3M has become the latest company to join RE100, the global leadership initiative bringing together companies committed to 100% renewable power, led by The Cl

Crete zero emission by 2030.

A productive collaboration begins with a dominant goal: to became Crete zero-emission island in 2030  Greening the Islands Observatory & Crete Region  will involve Crete population in a new green growth strategy 

It is time to fix the broken nitrogen cycle, says UN Environment.

On the 4th of March 2019, UN Environment launched its latest Frontiers report, which explores five of the most significant emerging issues on the environment. The topics identified in the report are: synthetic biology, ecosystem connectivity, thawing permafrost peatlands, nitroge

Trump mocks push for renewable energy (video)

Heatwaves sweeping oceans ‘like wildfires’, scientists reveal

Extreme temperatures destroy kelp, seagrass and corals – with alarming impacts for humanity

'Enormous cost' of doing nothing on climate change: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Washington Gov.