Read article: Germany stays on track
Germany stays on track
Germany is continuing with its nuclear phase-out, while pushing renewables strongly, despite recent policy changes
Read article: Germany stays on track
Read article: How clean is tropical hydropower?
How clean is tropical hydropower?
Emissions from some Mekong reservoirs as high as from fossil-fuel plants
Read article: Renewables in France – good targets, slow progress
Renewables in France – good targets, slow progress
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 the EU and UK – the state of play
Renewables in the EU and UK – the state of play
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: Why aren’t China’s wind farms producing more electricity?
Why aren’t China’s wind farms producing more electricity?
Scientists use US as benchmark to highlight possible causes of performance shortfall
Read article: Jacobson’s new 100% renewables model aims to rebut critics
Jacobson’s new 100% renewables model aims to rebut critics
Team from Stanford reckons 100% of all global energy can come from renewable sources (with biomass excluded) by 2050
Read article: Supporting renewables: FiTs not tenders?
Supporting renewables: FiTs not tenders?
The move away from feed-in tariffs could slow the push to renewables
Renewable subsidies – and jobs
Renewable subsidies are falling as the technology improves, some say too fast, risking a slowdown and the loss of the non-energy benefits that renewables offer
Development aid and renewables: from aid to trade?
The stimulation of private sector investment, local economic development and employment are now the key focus in Africa
Can nuclear be used to balance renewables?
Nuclear plants cannot easily and safely be ramped up and down rapidly and regularly. So how can we balance variable outputs from renewables?
