Panorama

How to re-energise our communities through transformative capitalism

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 REM A new green paper by ResPublica entitled “Re-energising Our Communities: Transforming the energy market through local energy production” concludes that the UK government must bring an end to the “closed ...

United Kingdom

Longest HVDC cable in world to boost renewables grid access

Monday, 20 February 2012 Toby Price ScottishPower and National Grid have awarded contracts to deliver a major electricity grid upgrade comprising the first ever subsea link between Scotland and England/Wales to a consortium with the Milan-based ...

Europe

Over 1 million jobs in European renewable sector

Thursday, 16 February 2012 Toby Price EurObserv’ER has released its latest report, providing a round-up of the state of Europe's clean energy sector in 2010. According to ‘The State of Renewable Energies in Europe’, the European Union’s ...

Spain

Negative reactions to Spanish FiT freeze continue

Friday, 03 February 2012 Toby Price Aftershocks from the Spanish government’s announcement last week that it is imposing a moratorium on feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for renewable energy continue to rattle around the world. We caught up with ...

Switzerland

More power to renewables through new joint venture

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 REM The Swiss energy supplier, EBM, has entered into a joint venture with power supplier Energy Water Bern to expedite the production of electricity from wind, small-scale hydro and solar power. The two energy ...

A look back at REM this time last year

February 2011’s top ten a mixed picture

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Toby Price This month last year, Adnan Amin was battling to win the post of Director General he currently holds at IRENA during a period which saw mixed fortunes for different renewables technologies. German solar ...

Renewables M&A hits record highs rising 40% year-on-year

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 REM Deals for 'new generation' renewable technologies – wind, solar, biomass - are entering the big time driving the market to new record highs, reports the financial services firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers ...

Considerable potential for job creation in renewable energy, says IRENA

Friday, 27 January 2012 Toby Price The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published a new working paper entitled “Renewable Energy Jobs: Status, Prospects & Policies” setting out the potential for creating jobs in ...

President Obama calls for US to embrace ‘all of the above’ energy strategy

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Dan McCue

It was fitting that President Barack Obama paused last night to embrace Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Great progress made in 2011, says IRENA

Monday, 16 January 2012 Toby Price The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is still a few months shy of its official first birthday, but Adnan Z. Amin, its Director-General, is happy that "so much has been accomplished in ...