South African renewables may be boosted by plan to privatize utility
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a plan to rescue state-owned power company Eskom by separating it into three units. According to consultants Frost & Sullivan,…
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Plastic is a global problem. It’s also a global opportunity
Plastic: a most versatile and ubiquitous material, it is difficult to imagine life without it. Despite the growth it has enjoyed for decades, the detriment…
Japan’s nuclear rethink could derail UK energy plans
The planned nuclear power plant in Wales is looking increasingly precarious Update: Reports in the Japanese press claim Hitachi is set to suspend all work on Wylfa,…
Lessons from Cyclone Gaja: how to limit the impact of extreme weather in developing countries
Taking up almost the entire southern tip of India, Tamil Nadu is the country’s second-largest economy. Its delta region is considered to be the “rice…
How Minnesota could economically reach 70 percent renewable electricity
A November report suggests overbuilding wind and solar capacity could be cheaper than energy storage. A recent report from Minnesota pollution regulators shows the state…
As Drought Increases, Wyoming Pursues Dams And Cloud Seeding Projects
Drought conditions are becoming more common across the West, and Wyoming lawmakers are looking at some ideas for how to conserve and replenish water resources….
How to make the liquefied natural gas industry more sustainable
The recently announced $40 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern British Columbia represents the single largest private sector investment in Canadian history. And…
How to future-proof India’s economy
Steady and resilient growth performance by multiple Asian economies has led to the centre of gravity of global geopolitics shifting towards Asia. Amid the changing…
Nuclear Energy in the U.S.: Recent Plant Closures and Policy Decisions
Aging nuclear plants that cannot compete with low-cost energy sources are closing around the country. In some cases, states are subsidizing them in a bid…
Bitcoin’s high energy consumption is a concern – but it may be a price worth paying
Steven Huckle, University of Sussex Bitcoin recently turned ten years old. In that time, it has proved revolutionary because it ignores the need for modern…
Next-gen Nukes
Back in 2009, Simon Irish, an investment manager in New York, found the kind of opportunity that he thought could transform the world while —…
Better data would help crack the drought insurance problem
While drought policy raises many complex emotional, political and policy issues, it can be helpful to think of it as an insurance problem: how can…
Analysis: fossil-fuel emissions in 2018 increasing at fastest rate for seven years
Hopes that global CO2 emissions might be nearing a peak have been dashed by preliminary data showing that output from fossil fuels and industry will…