News - Renewable energy potential in the Gulf States
Jack Cornforth, Assistant Editor of Outreach
As the host of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and home of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is positioning itself as an important player in the world of renewable energy. Read More...
News - Renewables becoming more competitive worldwide
Amy Cutter, Editor of Outreach
Significant falls in the cost of renewable energy are making it competitive with fossil fuels in countries worldwide. Read More...
Miquel Munoz Cabre, IRENA
In 2013 IRENA will lay the foundations for systematic co-operation with civil society by developing meaningful, transparent and effective mechanisms for engagement. Read More...
Renewable energy: Why the definition needs to be revised
Almuth Ernsting, Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch
Climate change mitigation and sustainability are the key rationales for increasing the share of renewable energy. Read More...
The tambourine gives the pace to renewable energy
Nicola da Schio, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)
To walk the donkey, our ancestors use to have three instruments: the stick, to keep the direction; the carrot, to give it the right incentive; and the tambourine, to tap the rhythm of its movements. Read More...
Concentrated solar power in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges and opportunities
Alison Ebbage, Journalist
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are obvious potential hotspots for concentrated solar power (CSP) development. Read More...
Laurence Brahm, author, activist lawyer and political economist
With a global recession teetering on depression, China needs a new economic stimulus. Read More...
Don't forget coal when it comes to energy access
Benjamin Sporton, World Coal Association
Rather than a strict focus on renewable energy, all low carbon solutions must be supported. Read More...
Re-energising Europe: The choices are ours
Adam White, WWF European Policy Office
The choices we make about the resilience and sustainability of our energy system are of such central concern to all our lives that they must be informed by more voices than just those of the great and the good alone. Read More...
Electricity self-sufficiency: A case study from Mexico
Antonio Sarmiento G, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
The numbers are staggering and surprising. If humanity could capture one tenth of 1% of the solar energy striking the earth – one part in one thousand – we would have access to six times as much energy as we consume in all forms today, with almost no greenhouse gas emissions. Read More...
Rethinking PPPs in renewables through community participation: A developing nation perspective
Surabhi Shankar & Varun Santhosh
The International Energy Agency estimates that 1.4 billion people will continue to lack electricity access in 2030. Read More...
Water, food and energy: The trilemma facing the 21st century
Felix von Geyer, freelance sustainable development journalist
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) warning in November’s World Energy Outlook that water demand would outstrip energy demand two-fold highlighted the scale of water-energy nexus. Read More...
