For investors concerned about climate change it’s the number one question: what impact will the Covid-19 pandemic and the massive economic and social response to it have on efforts to address the…
Bernice Dapaah calls bamboo "a miracle plant," because it grows so fast and absorbs carbon. But it can also work wonders for children's education and women's employment – as she's discovered.
Bamboo…
Missing from the global discourse on climate change and biodiversity
When Paula Whyte, a technical advisor for Tanzania-based non-governmental organization Mpingo Conservation and Development…
To meet its climate targets, the UK should ban advertisements for gas-guzzling SUVs, according to a report from a British think tank that wants to make SUVs the new smoking, as the BBC reported.
The…
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis hasn’t prevented the nascent battery storage industry from growing over the past several months. And some of the largest sites are underway at some of the most random…
EBRD supports PPC in Greece with working capital during coronavirus pandemic
€160 million loan to ensure stability of energy sector and support decarbonisation
Engagement under Bank’s Vital…
A consortium made up of Shell and Eneco is to develop an offshore wind farm that will incorporate a range of "technology demonstrations" including floating solar and hydrogen produced by electrolysis.
Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, continues to wrangle world leaders to make and meet ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions…
While the Covid-19 pandemic has devastated huge swathes of the global economy over the past six
New figures from research company BloombergNEF show that worldwide investment in new renewables…
A massive battery storage project is officially underway in Monterey County, California, with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Tesla beginning construction on one of the largest battery…
Bangladesh’s minister of power, energy and mineral resources, Nasrul Hamid, surprised energy watchers recently when he said the country is planning to “review” all but three of 29 planned coal plants…
This Autumn, the school strike movement Fridays For Future calls for a global climate action day. On September 25th, demonstrations and manifestations will take place all across the globe, all…
As much as $613 billion could be invested globally in new solar generation between 2021 and 2025, AES Corporation estimated July 30.
The Arlington, Virginia-based company, which provides power in 14…
The country’s latest calamity illustrates a striking inequity of our time: The people least responsible for climate change are among those most hurt by its consequences.
Torrential rains have…
EDF Renewables plans to build a 200-megawatt solar plant with a 180-megawatt/720-megawatt-hour battery for Nevada utility NV Energy, the developer announced Wednesday, adding to the growing list of…
On 24 June 2020, the European Commission and 14 Member States (Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, The Kingdom of Spain and Sweden)…
EuroSun 2020 offers a platform to discuss the latest developments with leading solar energy experts as well as policy makers and industry representatives. We have created an exciting and dynamic…
An African economic leader like Botswana should embrace solar to reduce subsidies and tariff hikes.
As Sub-Saharan solar ambition has scaled up, Botswana has awarded its first ever power generation…