Results for: solar

January 19 2011

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) White Paper: Sun sets on oil for Gulf power generation

Executive Summary The Gulf Region has some of the world’s best solar resources. However, governments in the region have historically valued oil and gas at cost and have provided their populations with subsidised electricity, two factors which have impeded the development of renewable energy.

December 21 2010

Liebreich: Clean Energy 2010 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance This is the final Monthly Briefing of 2010, so it’s time to ask ourselves how the year will go down in history, and how that compares with our forecasts from the start of the year. 2010 will not go down as a vintage year for clean […]

December 21 2010

Liebreich: Clean Energy 2010 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance This is the final Monthly Briefing of 2010, so it’s time to ask ourselves how the year will go down in history, and how that compares with our forecasts from the start of the year.

December 3 2010

Weathering the Storm: Public funding for low-carbon energy in the post financial crisis era

Executive Summary Clean energy technology development has arrived at a crucial juncture.

October 28 2010

Liebreich: Power Struggles – The Growing Geopolitical Role of Electricity Markets

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Between 1929 and 1933, in response to a vicious recession sparked by a credit bubble, European powers embarked on a rivalry which would see world trade collapse to nearly nothing within four years – creating the conditions which ultimately led to the outbreak of the Second […]

October 28 2010

Liebreich: Power Struggles – The Growing Geopolitical Role of Electricity Markets

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Between 1929 and 1933, in response to a vicious recession sparked by a credit bubble, European powers embarked on a rivalry which would see world trade collapse to nearly nothing within four years – creating the conditions which ultimately led to the outbreak of the Second World War.

September 24 2010

Liebreich: The Perils of Protectionism

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Take a Western world struggling to escape from recession and high unemployment. Add an industry which is growing rapidly but absorbing an increasing amount of government support. Sprinkle on some cut-price competition from an emerging economy, and what do you get? In our forecasts at the […]

September 24 2010

Liebreich: The Perils of Protectionism

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Take a Western world struggling to escape from recession and high unemployment. Add an industry which is growing rapidly but absorbing an increasing amount of government support. Sprinkle on some cut-price competition from an emerging economy, and what do you get? In our forecasts at the start of the year, we identified protectionism as one of the key risks for the clean energy sector in 2010. And sure enough we are hearing a growing chorus of complaints around the world about unfair trade.

August 27 2010

McCrone: Watch the Debt Markets for Clues on the Next Twist for Clean Energy

By Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it,” said Mr Spock. 2010 looks set to be a record year for clean energy investment, but not as we know it. At the start of the year, we predicted total new investment in clean energy in the […]

August 27 2010

McCrone: Watch the Debt Markets for Clues on the Next Twist for Clean Energy

By Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it,” said Mr Spock. 2010 looks set to be a record year for clean energy investment, but not as we know it.