Study quantifies metal supplies needed to reach EU’s climate neutrality goal
KU LEUVEN / EUROMETAUX Independent KU Leuven university study, commissioned by EU industry, echoes IEA warning of severe global competition […]
Green energy
Climate-friendly cooling could cut years of greenhouse emissions, save $ trillions: UN
UN Environment Programme / IEA, Paris As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are
A decade of renewable energy investment, led by solar, tops US $2.5 trillion
UN Environment / Frankfurt School / Bloomberg New Energy Finance UN-backed report: Decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from
World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity in 2017
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi China leads with more than half of world’s new solar capacity; global solar investment jumps
UN-backed report: Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi Global investment of $241.6 billion (excluding large hydro), 23 percent less than 2015, brought 138.5GW
Galapagos: Wind turbines replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30% of energy needs
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal World’s top utilities hand over project keys, chart path for Ecuador’s famously biodiverse archipelago to
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set
UN Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 24 Mar 2016 For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent
Renewable energy’s record year helps uncouple growth of global economy and CO2 emissions
REN21 (Renewable Energy for the 21st Century), Paris Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; renewable energy targets
Renewables re-energized: Green energy investments worldwide surge 17% to $270 billion in 2014
UN Environment Programme, Paris, Nairobi 31-Mar-2015 Driven by Solar and Wind, World Investments Reverse 2-year Dip, Brush Aside Challenge from
Developing world policies help power global renewable energy generation to record
REN21, Paris (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) 03-Jun-2014 Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through