Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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Energy Storage to Become ‘Key Grid Asset’ with 13-Fold Growth Through 2024
The capacity of energy storage systems around the world is set to increase thirteenfold over six years, from 12 gigawatt-hours of installed capacity in ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysis: If Kenney Takes Alberta, Trudeau Finally Gets to Make a Decision
With Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party (UCP) looking virtually certain to win the Alberta provincial election next week, news analysts are beginning to weigh ... -
Air & MarineBatteries/StorageCanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydroPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
B.C. Seaplane Company Sets Out to Become World’s First All-Electric Airline
Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Harbour Air is setting out to become the world’s first all-electric airline—not by developing a new fleet for delivery in the ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
$21 Billion in Fossil Investment ‘Completely Undermines’ World Bank Support for Paris Goals
The World Bank is contributing US$21 billion to finance fossil fuel projects, compared to only $7 billion for renewable energy, notwithstanding then-president Jim Yong ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsPathways to 1.5SolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionWind
Renewables Make Decarbonization $15 Trillion Cheaper, Promise $160 Trillion in Savings by 2050
The plummeting cost of solar and wind farms, coupled with government policies driving faster electrification, has cut the cost of reaching global climate goals ... -
AsiaBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeForests & DeforestationGeneral RenewablesHuman Rights & MigrationJobsNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
Indonesia Sees Path to Prosperity in ‘Mainstreaming’ Low-Carbon Development
Indonesia’s planning minister has said the country will choose a low-carbon development pathway after a government report found it could significantly boost the economy. By ... -
New Brunswick Touts Small Nuclear Reactor Potential, Though Decisions Are Years Away
Although any decision is years down the road, New Brunswick is considering building a second nuclear reactor at its Point Lepreau power station and ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Meili: Saskatchewan Wants Climate Action, Not ‘All-or-Nothing Political Games’
Saskatchewan will be asking the wrong question on climate change until it looks beyond the carbon price debate and considers how to build a ... -
Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecuritySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Midwestern U.S. Loses Hundreds of Miles of Levees After ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Flooding
Severe flooding across midwestern U.S. states like Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri has taken out hundreds of miles of levees, leaving officials to compare the ... -
AustraliaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndiaSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Australian Farmers Face Suicide Risk as Multi-Year Drought Turns from ‘Crisis’ to ‘Marathon’
A brutal, multi-year drought brought on by climate change is taking its toll on the mental health of Australia’s farmers, just as it has ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Business, Investment Leaders Demand IEA Scenarios that Drive Toward 1.5°C
It’s high time for the International Energy Agency to develop future scenarios that show a reasonable prospect of keeping average global warming to 1.5°C, ... -
Chu: Renewables at 1.5¢/kWh Could Lead to a ‘Partial Hydrogen Economy’
Scientists should start thinking about what they’ll be able to do with renewable electricity in the near future when its cost falls to 1.5 ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Canada Warming at Twice the Global Average, Deep Emission Cuts and Adaptation ‘Imperative’, Ottawa Concludes
Climate change is warming Canada twice as fast as the global average, Northern Canada is heating up nearly three times as fast, and three ... -
AsiaDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Sustainable Investments Grow 34% Over Two Years, with Climate as Prime Motivator
Sustainable investments around the world grew 34% over the last two years to US$30.7 trillion, with financial professionals pointing to climate change as a ... -
Batteries/StorageDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Florida Utility to Replace Two Natural Gas Plants with World’s Biggest Battery
Florida Power & Light has announced plans to build the world’s biggest battery and charge it from an existing solar power plant to replace ...
