Liebreich: Europe Risks Losing the High Ground on Clean Energy
By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @MLiebreich Download the PDF here. Last month, without knowing the programme, I accepted an invitation to join a group of friends at London’s Royal Albert Hall for an evening of classical music. Imagine my excitement when I discovered the highlight of the concert would be […]
McCrone: Energy Forecasts for 2030 and Beyond – Why They Differ so Much
By Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance Hari Seldon could tell us exactly what will happen to the world’s energy system. A character in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels, Seldon used what the author called “psychohistory” – a complex blend of galactic history, sociology and statistics – to work out exactly what civilisations would do in the future.
McCrone: Energy Forecasts for 2030 and Beyond – Why They Differ so Much
By Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance Download the PDF here. Hari Seldon could tell us exactly what will happen to the world’s energy system. A character in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels, Seldon used what the author called “psychohistory” – a complex blend of galactic history, sociology and statistics – to work out […]
McCrone: Summit 2013 Discussed How to Avoid Energy’s Extinction Events
By Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance Downlaod the PDF here. Are you a mammal? Well, you clearly are – in a biological sense. And if you got as far as reading this article, the chances are that you are also a mammal in the metaphorical sense that I am about to describe. […]
McCrone: Summit 2013 Discussed How to Avoid Energy’s Extinction Events
By Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance Are you a mammal? Well, you clearly are – in a biological sense. And if you got as far as reading this article, the chances are that you are also a mammal in the metaphorical sense that I am about to describe.
Advantage America: The U.S.-China Clean Energy Technology Trade Relationship in 2011
ABOUT THE REPORT Advantage America: The U.S.-China Clean Energy Trade Relationship was developed for public informational and educational purposes. Underlying data for this report were compiled for Pew by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the definitive source of insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector. A full description of the data sources and methodology employed in the development of this report can be found in the appendices.
Q1 2013 Clean Energy Policy & Market Briefing, prepared for Clean Energy Ministerial
2012 clean energy investment sinks 11% to $269bn Total funds invested in clean energy globally slipped by 11% in 2012 to $268.7bn from a revised figure of $302.3bn in 2011. Policy uncertainty, market overcapacity, and tighter credit conditions in some nations were all to blame, but declining wind, solar, and other equipment costs also played a major role. Indeed, despite the significant investment drop, new clean energy generating capacity actually deployed appears to have risen in 2012.
Liebreich: The New Energy ROI: Resilience, Optionality, Intelligence
By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @Mliebreich Download this PDF here. In March 2005, in one of my first ever New Energy Finance VIP Comment articles, I wrote the following: “In 1934, Aldo Leopold, a young professor at the University of Wisconsin and one of the pioneering figures of the environmental movement, […]
Liebreich: The New Energy ROI: Resilience, Optionality, Intelligence
By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @MLiebreich In March 2005, in one of my first ever New Energy Finance VIP Comment articles, I wrote the following: “In 1934, Aldo Leopold, a young professor at the University of Wisconsin and one of the pioneering figures of the environmental movement, tried to recreate a prairie on a piece of disused farm-land. He discovered what countless others have discovered after him: that it is extremely difficult to design and assemble an ecosystem.
Financial regulation – biased against clean energy and green infrastructure?
Much has been written about the policies required to make clean energy attractive for investors: support mechanisms that are “long, loud and legal”, or that provide “TLC” (transparency, longevity and certainty). However, in many cases, even when supportive policies are in place, results have been mixed, with limited uptake unless risk-adjusted returns are extremely – some would say overly – generous. This White Paper identifies a number of areas in which the regulation of investment itself, rather than policy relating to underlying assets, companies or technologies, may be holding back the flow of investment.