New Set-Plan transforms the EU Energy System through INNOVATION
“We need a direction and Set-plan is all directions”. It ‘s time to act!. Things are crossing the borders. And it’s necessary the technical and…
Policy & Strategy
Putting energy efficiency first: consuming better, getting cleaner
European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic and EU Commissioner in charge of climate and energy, Spanish, Miguel Arias Canete (R) give a press…
Towards Integrated EU Energy Market
Review of the progress in the creation of the integrated internal EU energy market- one of the five pillars of the Energy Union. Member States…
Sustainable agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas, malnutrition and poverty
The lack of progress on agricultural issues influences climate change. Fact. During the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22) the Kingdom of Morocco, the Food…
EU ‘asleep at the wheel’ as China and US race ahead in renewables
In the next five years, the European Union will fall behind the US and China in the deployment of renewables, according to the International Energy…
COP22’s 5 Key Areas of Action
There is a cloud called Donald Trump on the horizon, but no one wants to see it in Marrakesh. Not now. The UN Climate Change…
Virginia Tech researchers: Climate change may benefit Ethiopia, increase the country’s access to water
Despite the many disastrous impacts of climate change, there are some regions of the globe that might benefit from hotter temperatures. A team of researchers…
The Open Source School Redefines Education in Italy
Threading elements of the great educational experiments of Bauhaus and Roycroft Community models together with Pierre Levy’s modern definition of “collective intelligence,” La Scuola Open…
In Win for Environment, Court Recognizes Social Cost of Carbon
If someone was tallying up all the benefits of energy efficiency programs, you’d want them to include reducing climate pollution, right? That’s just common sense….
What the U.S. can learn from European coal miners’ second act
By Joshua Zaffos/High Country News Europe and the U.S. have taken different paths in response to climate concerns and coal declines. People linger at an…
Ensuring energy security in the age of renewables
The last ten years have seen a remarkable growth in the use of wind and solar power worldwide as nations have sought to make dramatic…
Impact of New Pipeline Infrastructure Tied to Firm Capacity Contract Debates
On May 2, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a favorable environmental assessment for the Atlantic Bridge natural gas pipeline project, proposed by…
Time to Revalue Solar
New York Utilities and Solar Companies Jointly Revalue Grid-Exported Distributed Generation to Support Solar Growth On April 18, 2016, a coalition of New York State electric utilities…