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Europe needs a greener investment plan for its energy union
Gas and motorway projects offer poor value for money and could be stranded as climate regulations kick in, say E3G researchers
EU invests €62 million in wind and solar projects
Climate analysts welcome renewables funding, but warn European Commission still supports low value, polluting projects
Can Brazil green its energy without mega dams?
Human rights violations, drought risk and now corruption are undermining the case for hydropower. Environment minister José Sarney Filho is making the case for change
Offshore wind sees EU building boom
Falling costs mean that power generated by offshore wind farms is becoming increasingly competitive with other fuels – and that’s good news for the climate
Carbon capture axe casts shadow over UK energy plans
Decision to scrap technology funds will hike the cost of meeting UK 2050 climate target, warns spending watchdog amid Brexit uncertainty
Offshore wind costs hit record low
Two 350MW arrays in the Netherlands will supply power at €87/MWh, beating the next cheapest project by miles
Mind the gap: Financing Africa’s energy boom
A solar entrepreneur struggles to get finance, while a minister defends a superfluous LNG terminal at London’s Africa Energy Forum
Scientists: Window for avoiding 1.5C global warming ‘closed’
World is almost certain to breach danger threshold for millions of vulnerable people, study finds
EU energy chiefs favouring fossil fuel lobbyists, says report
Big energy gets the most facetime with commissioners Miguel Arias Canete and Maros Sefcovic, finds Corporate Europe Observatory
10 EU countries ink offshore wind power agreement
Pact will slash costs of clean power source, say industry chiefs, making it competitive with new conventional plant within a decade
Gas v Google: Information, not fuel is driving the energy transition
The future energy system has more in common with an iPhone than a coal mine, fossil fuel incumbents are warned
Energy ministers gather in San Francisco to reboot climate ‘moon-shot’
Bill Gates and officials from over 20 governments will meet to discuss plans for a vast hike in clean-tech funding by 2020
Exxon, Shell, Total, Statoil renew clean energy drive
Is green the new black? Faced by falling oil prices and plunging profits, big oil companies are investing in renewables and clean energy
Seven signs a clean energy revolution is under way
From Portugal to Pakistan, small farmers to major corporations, renewables are gaining momentum in the market
India’s energy revolution accelerates, as solar costs near coal
Recent energy auctions suggest solar prices are falling fast in India, but we need to see whether these projects are actually delivered on time, at such low prices
BRICS bank hands $811m in green energy loans
New Development Bank issues first tranche of renewable energy loans in emerging economies, but 2016 outlook for renewables industry downgraded on Q1 results
IMF: Oil price crash delays clean energy transition
NEWS: Cheap fossil fuels could thwart development of renewables, says global lender in economic outlook
Are small nuclear reactors a clean energy solution?
NEWS: Nuclear companies meet to discuss licensing the controversial modular reactors set to cost billions of dollars and be built near towns
Greg Barker: Time for ‘fresh thinking’ on UK energy policy
NEWS: Former climate minister and envoy says he will advise new initiative to develop centre-right climate and energy policies, claiming greens are being wedded to ‘same answers’
Welcome to the world’s clean energy revolution, in 11 slides
ANALYSIS: Record investments in wind and solar are transforming our energy landscape, as this presentation from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s explains