Renewables
IRENA: Saudi Aramco float could spark renewables boom
Riyadh’s reforms spell big changes for the clean energy sector, says Adnan Amin
Microgrids bring light, not industry to rural India
Most small-scale power systems only run a few hours a day, researchers find, falling short of government aspirations for energy access
Solar industry strong despite Sun Edison bankruptcy, say analysts
US solar giant accused of wild spending spree, but industry in good shape says Indian energy minister and analysts at Bloomberg
India’s energy revolution accelerates, as solar costs near coal
Recent energy auctions suggest solar prices are falling fast in India, but we need to see whether these projects are actually delivered on time, at such low prices
BRICS bank hands $811m in green energy loans
New Development Bank issues first tranche of renewable energy loans in emerging economies, but 2016 outlook for renewables industry downgraded on Q1 results
Solar is now cheaper than coal, says India energy minister
Energy minister says power realities are changing fast, predicting a fast uptake in solar energy despite concerns over baseload and storage
IMF: Oil price crash delays clean energy transition
NEWS: Cheap fossil fuels could thwart development of renewables, says global lender in economic outlook
Renewable power installations grew 8.3% in 2015 – IRENA
NEWS: Solar and wind farms muscled out fossil fuel-fired plants as preferred form of new power generation in 2015, says clean energy body
Welcome to the world’s clean energy revolution, in 11 slides
ANALYSIS: Record investments in wind and solar are transforming our energy landscape, as this presentation from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s explains
Solar and Saudi Arabia: Riyadh bows to the inevitable
COMMENT: Last week deputy crown prince Salman announced the formation of a post-oil $2 trillion fund, accelerating a major Middle East energy transition
Indian minister mocks the West’s Africa energy initiatives
NEWS: Piyush Goyal says citizens in poorer countries deserve more than just a light bulb, urging richer countries to deliver power for TVs and fans
UN: China, India driving new clean energy investments
NEWS: Further policy interventions required, say authors of UN report, if world is to move away from oil, gas, coal and embrace low emission future
Why Germany’s clean energy shift is vexing its neighbours
NEWS: Transition towards a grid based on fickle renewables is messing with Poland’s electricity markets
To Mars on a sunbeam: NASA bets on solar space travel
NEWS: US agency funds competition to design better solar cells seen as critical to exploration of deeper space
China confirms 2015 emissions fall as solar, wind break records
NEWS: Carbon pollution declines for second year on falling coal consumption, says statistics agency
Canada ‘out of step’ as global clean investment soared in 2015
NEWS: Renewables attracted US$367 billion of investment worldwide despite low fossil fuel prices, but Canada bucked growth trend
No, the WTO did not just kill India’s solar industry
ANALYSIS: Green group outrage at trade ruling is a wild exaggeration and ignores the real failures of India’s clean energy plans
Coalition of 17 US states signals support for wind, solar
NEWS: New ‘Accord’ published on Tuesday avoids direct mention of climate change, but makes economic case for renewables and warns of future extreme weather events
China breezes past EU to become wind power leader
NEWS: Booming market grew 27% in 2015 edging past European Union for first time, says industry group
World’s first cactus-powered plant opens in Mexico
NEWS: Pilot scheme will run cars and a small power plant on biogas from prickly pear harvested in Michoacan state