Using electric vehicles as mobile power storage could ease large-scale deployment of renewables across energy grid
Read article: Electric vehicles could help save billions on energy storage
China is moving into the world picture in many spheres, not least energy
Read article: China’s energy plans
In line with his electoral promises, US president Donald Trump has tried to revamp much of the US energy system. So what's the outlook?
Read article: US renewables struggle under Trump
Germany is continuing with its nuclear phase-out, while pushing renewables strongly, despite recent policy changes
Read article: Germany stays on track
Emissions from some Mekong reservoirs as high as from fossil-fuel plants
Read article: How clean is tropical hydropower?
France has some quite ambitious renewable-energy targets, coupled with a partial nuclear phase-out policy, but progress has been a little patchy
Read article: Renewables in France – good targets, slow progress
While the EU ought to reach its target of getting 20% of its energy from renewables by 2020, the UK is having problems getting to its 15% by 2020 national target
Read article: Renewables in the EU and UK – the state of play
Scientists use US as benchmark to highlight possible causes of performance shortfall
Read article: Why aren’t China’s wind farms producing more electricity?
Team from Stanford reckons 100% of all global energy can come from renewable sources (with biomass excluded) by 2050
Read article: Jacobson’s new 100% renewables model aims to rebut critics
The move away from feed-in tariffs could slow the push to renewables
Read article: Supporting renewables: FiTs not tenders?
