EU energy policy: world-leading, insufficient, or both?
In 2021, the European Parliament will press ahead with its European Green Deal, aiming to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050. As part of this, the bloc will update its Renewable...
Analysis
How Norway became Europe’s biggest power exporter
The world’s largest synchronous electricity network has allowed many European countries to make power trading...
In for a penny: could pension fund reform make or break clean energy investment?
Pension funds hold trillions of dollars of the world’s wealth, yet many of these vast reserves come from fossil fuel...
Is this the golden age of battery innovation?
Will the lightning pace of battery innovation last? A report by the European Patent Office and International Energy Agency has...
The power of the pension: new issue of Future Power Technology out now
In this issue: pensions funds look to carbon neutralise, human rights issues in the supply chain, the golden age of...
Debate: subsidies versus carbon pricing in European renewables
Energy subsidies have long formed a key component of Europe’s push towards a green economy, with it understood that government subsidies for new renewable power projects help overcome the prohibitive…
Who’s fixing up human rights issues in renewables supply chains?
It’s well documented that consumers are increasingly in the spotlight for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices and stances – a 2018 survey by Accenture Strategy found that more…
Twitter round-up: Assaad Razzouk’s tweet on Vietnam boosting solar capacity most popular tweet in Q1 2021
Power Technology lists five of the top tweets on solar power in Q1 2021 based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform. The top tweets were chosen from influencers as tracked…
Hydropower and geopolitics: winners and losers in the Indian sub-continent
It is no secret that India boasts one of the world’s fastest-growing, and most energy-intensive, economies in the world. Figures from the International Energy Association (IEA) highlight the unprecedented growth…
Joining forces: can a new clean tech JV help India reach its climate goals?
Already home to over a billion people, India has one of the world’s fastest growing populations and its energy needs are expected to increase in-line with this trend. The country,…
Success stories after 5 years of BEV clean energy investments
Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) was started by Bill Gates to support the research and development of new innovative technologies that target sustainable and smarter solutions for a more sustainable world.…
