Interviews

Exclusive interview with Dr. Arthur Wellinger, President of the European Biogas Association

"Some NGOs don’t stop claiming biogas would be the bad guy"

Thursday, 07 June 2012 Toby Price In this exclusive interview, we talk to Dr. Arthur Wellinger of the European Biogas Association about the current status of the sector and how it can contribute to meeting the EU’s targets in 2020 and ...

Exclusive interview with Juan Verde, Sustainability Advisor to Obama

Everyone, inc. Republicans, more aware of what green industry means to US

Thursday, 17 May 2012 REM In this exclusive interview, Juan Verde, Sustainability Advisor to the President of the United States, gives us an insight into his experiences, his vision for the sector and the boost the US government ...

This is the sixth installment of an ongoing series

EXCLUSIVE: Advocates for renewables need to change their messaging, BNEF founder says

Monday, 16 April 2012 Dan McCue Before Michael Liebreich established New Energy Finance in 2004, those who were deeply interested in renewable energy were essentially typecast into two distinct folds -- either they were engineers and ...

Martin Lidegaard, Denmark’s Minister for Climate, Energy and Construction

"Green conversion is best insurance for the future of Denmark Plc."

Monday, 20 February 2012 Toby Price Denmark is presiding over the European Union during the first half of this year. Renewable Energy Magazine therefore caught up with Martin Lidegaard, the country’s Minister for Climate, Energy and Construction ...

Paul Gipe, wind energy advocate and supported of feed-in tariffs

"Offshore wind is a chimera and a dangerous one at that"

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 Toby Price Paul Gipe has worked with wind energy since 1976 and in this exclusive interview with Renewable Energy Magazine, he reflects on progress in the wind sector over the ten years that have passed since our ...

IEA’s Philibert discusses scenarios for the future of the global energy

Monday, 31 October 2011 Dan McCue A former science journalist, Cédric Philibert has over the past two decades become one of the world’s foremost experts on climate change, renewable energy and the scenarios with which the planet will ...

SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith on federal loan guarantees and building the largest CSP plant in the US

Wednesday, 05 October 2011 Dan McCue They don’t have good cell phone coverage on the outskirts of Tonopah, Nevada, but soon, the former silver-mining town located about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno will be home to one of the United ...

Renewables will face stiff competition from shale gas, analyst says

Wednesday, 24 August 2011 Dan McCue Jack W. Plunkett doesn’t pull punches when asked his opinion on the state of the industries he covers, and that’s made him a go-to expert source in the US when it comes to a wide range of economic ...

Native Americans find capturing the wind a daunting struggle

Monday, 15 August 2011 Dan McCue It was an uncommonly chilly late summer night and the singer Neil Young had paused between songs to tune his guitar to a different key. The break onstage at the open-air concert gave Young a chance to ...

Juan Llovet, Gestamp Renewables Marketing and Communication Director

“Brazil is an emerging market with tons of opportunities for the development and growth of the renewable energy businesses”

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 Toby Price Starting out in iron and steel production, Gestamp made a logical move into renewables at the start of the century after identifying that the renewable energy industry would require huge amounts of steel. ...