Energy Round-Up: is a 65% Renewables Target Achievable for Britian?

Last week Jeremy Corbyn pledged that under a future Labour government renewables would cover 65% of our electricity needs by 2030. [...]

DECC wins Energy Bill Battle

Labour spokesman Lord Grantchester withdraws amendment The Energy Bill is to become law without changes to the government’s grace [...]

Lack of Renewable Energy Policy has Cost Europe $100 Billion

Europe has wasted $100 billion by failing to create a renewable energy policy framework that could have better utilised [...]

The Money Problem With Germany’s Renewable Energy Law in 3 Charts

The world’s solar leader grapples with how to make its solar policies financially sustainable. As the German government gets [...]

EPIA: European Commission State Aid Rules Discriminate Against Small Generation

The European Commission (EC) has adopted new state aid rules, which dictate renewable energy policy design to member states. [...]

Top EU Companies Call for Strong Renewable Energy Policy

Eight of Europe’s top companies have urged Brussels to produce a strong 2030 climate and energy framework, including an ambitious [...]

Germany’s Chemical Industry Defends Renewable Energy Tax Break

Chairman of German Chemical Industry Association IG-BCE, Michael Vassiliadis, has warned that plans to abolish the renewable energy levy [...]

Analyst: U.S. Renewable Energy Policy Is Superior To Europe’s Policies

One energy analyst is challenging the commonly held belief that European nations’ renewable energy policies are more progressive than [...]

Climate policy initiative finds long-term, stable policy support key to reducing cost of financing renewable energy projects

Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs), Feed-in-Premia (FiPs), and Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) met through long-term power or premium contracts, lowered financing costs [...]