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Carbon Market In A Slump As Climate Talks Continue In Bonn
As world environment ministers and representatives meet in Bonn for climate talks this week, investors in the carbon market are hoping, probably in vain, for some kind of certainty as to what will happen after 2012.After five consecutive years of...
Community Energy Sees A New Dawn In The UK
It's a historic week in Scotland where a new community wind power scheme will be commissioned by the end of the week, epitomising a wave of interest in community-led renewables.The project is in Udny, Aberdeenshire and has been five years in...
Smart Grids Will Cut Carbon Emissions By Over 50%
The coming conversion of the world's electricity networks to the so-called 'smart grid' (I don't think it means it becomes self-aware - at least I hope not) will cause the grid to decarbonise itself by over 50% in America. The exact amount...
IEA: Intermittency Of Wind And Solar Not A Problem
Intermittency of supply is a common criticism of some renewable sources of energy, specifically wind and solar.But a new book from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Harnessing Variable Renewables: a Guide to the Balancing Challenge shows that...
The World Must Wean Itself Off Coal or Face Catastrophe
News that climate-warming gas emissions are increasing faster than expected means that the world must put a stop to building new coal-fired power stations as soon as possible, in order to prevent future emissions being "locked in" for decades....
