Results for: solar

December 21 2016

India’s Energy Forecasts Are Falling Short And Climate Could Win

Those looking for a bright spot in the global warming picture might want to pay closer attention to India. For several years, demand for electricity in the world’s second-most populous country has trailed forecasts, data compiled by India’s Central Electricity Authority show. While the reasons for the mismatch are complex, the gap raises the prospect that […]

December 19 2016

EU Pivots Away From Distorted Energy Markets Toward Gas

The European Union seeks to tackle energy market distortions with policies that will eliminate coal and favor natural gas-fired and renewable power while reducing the cost of lowering emissions. The European Commission plan to limit the use of high-emissions generation to secure supply will hurt coal plants starting in 2020, but not modern gas units, according […]

December 19 2016

EU Pivots Away From Distorted Energy Markets Toward Gas

The European Union seeks to tackle energy market distortions with policies that will eliminate coal and favor natural gas-fired and renewable power while reducing the cost of lowering emissions. The European Commission plan to limit the use of high-emissions generation to secure supply will hurt coal plants starting in 2020, but not modern gas units, according […]

December 19 2016

The Chevy Bolt Is the Ugly Car of the (Very Near) Future

If you’re in the market for a car, there are some good reasons not to buy Chevrolet’s new Bolt. Maybe you insist on leather seats, take long road-trips to the middle of nowhere, or have a boat to tow around. If not, GM’s new long range electric vehicle will be at the very least entirely […]

December 19 2016

The Chevy Bolt Is the Ugly Car of the (Very Near) Future

If you’re in the market for a car, there are some good reasons not to buy Chevrolet’s new Bolt. Maybe you insist on leather seats, take long road-trips to the middle of nowhere, or have a boat to tow around. If not, GM’s new long range electric vehicle will be at the very least entirely […]

December 15 2016

World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That’s Cheaper Than Wind

A transformation is happening in global energy markets that’s worth noting as 2016 comes to an end: Solar power, for the first time, is becoming the cheapest form of new electricity.  This has happened in isolated projects in the past: an especially competitive auction in the Middle East, for example, resulting in record-cheap solar costs. But now unsubsidized […]

December 15 2016

Trump’s Wolves May Gather Around Obama’s Energy Nursery

Few things divide Barack Obama and Donald Trump as cleanly as the future of energy. Sitting right on top of that fault line is the Department of Energy and its advanced research projects agency.  The president-elect on Wednesday nominated former Texas Governor Rick Perry to lead the DOE, whose name Perry famously couldn’t recall during a […]

December 15 2016

Climatescope 2016: With new pledges and new projects, developing countries take clean energy lead globally

View this press release in PDF. Climatescope: key group of emerging nations builds 18% more renewable capacity than wealthier countries and four in five have now set national clean energy targets London and Washington, 15 December 2016 – Developing countries have made unprecedented pledges to consume more clean energy tomorrow even as they are leading […]

December 14 2016

Liebreich: A year of hectic change and off-target predictions

Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @MLiebreich Every January, Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Chief Editor Angus McCrone and I don our Nostradamus hats and try to predict what the coming year will bring. Then, each December, to keep ourselves honest, we revisit our predictions and mark our homework. Frankly, […]

November 18 2016

Zindler: Trump and clean energy – gloom, probability and hard realities

By Ethan Zindler Head of Americas Bloomberg New Energy Finance   Hello. As Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Americas chief and one of our de facto Washington “experts,” it has fallen to me to explain the meaning of the November 8 election results and the implications for the energy sector and the climate. Just one problem: […]