Panorama

Malaysian's set to boost renewable energy five-fold

Monday, 09 January 2012 Toby Price

The Malaysian National News Agency has reported that the Energy Commission of Malaysia intends to generate more renewable energy to replace depleting resources of conventional fuels.

United Kingdom

Government reveals renewables bring £2.5 billion boost to economy

Monday, 02 January 2012 REM Despite the UK government bringing in sharp cuts to the solar feed-in tariff at the end of 2011, Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, revealed on 29 December that the coalition remains committed to renewables, ...

Financial risk most acute hazard for renewables industry, says Economist Intelligence Unit

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 REM In a survey commissioned by Swiss Re, the Economist Intelligence Unit asked over 280 executives from the renewable energy industry about the risks and uncertainties they face in renewable energy projects. ...

Spain

Eurosolar sends critical letter challenging ethics of Spanish utilities

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 REM The Vice President of the European Renewable Energy Association (Eurosolar), Josep Puig, has sent a letter to the chiefs of the largest utilities in Spain, urging them to disclose vital information on ...

United Kingdom

Sweeping changes to ROCs proposed across England, Scotland and N. Ireland

Monday, 31 October 2011 Toby Price This month, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in London announced its proposals for the Renewable Obligation review meaning changes to the number of tradable Renewable Obligation Certificates ...

Greece

Athens urged to look at energy as way out of crisis

Friday, 28 October 2011 Toby Price Greece’s woes could be lifted through energy market reform and exporting solar power, says the International Energy Agency and the European Union’s Energy Directorate General. In separate developments, ...

UNEP report extolls the virtues of renewable energies

Thursday, 29 September 2011 Toby Price “Greater investments in renewable energy, as well as energy efficiency, are required now because the costs of inaction are high,” says the United Nations Environment Programme in the renewable energy ...

Electricity market reform encourages new investment

Thursday, 01 September 2011 REM In this opinion piece, Trade and Investment Advisor at the British Embassy in Madrid, Marianne Carlin, discusses the British government’s plans to reform the electricity market – which will ...

Japan moves a step closer to clean-energy feed-in tariff

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 REM

A renewable energy bill which would introduce feed-in tariffs has won the approval of the lower house of Japan’s parliament, and is expected to pass the upper house by Friday.

Ireland

Guide launched for green investments

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 REM UK digital media company Invezz has released a niche investments website for the Irish market. Green Investments Ireland has the goal of educating Irish investors on the broad spectrum of carbon offsetting ...