Energy Subsidies
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Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
New Investment Rules Could Trigger ‘Exponential’ Cleantech Growth
Clean energy projects will gain access to the master limited partnerships (MLPs) used by the oil and gas industry under legislation reintroduced in the ... -
Report says EPA Clean Power Plan cannot save nuclear
Decentralized power models, like the renewable energy industry, are a factor in the decline of nuclear reactor based electricity generation. The EPA’s Clean Power ... -
AustraliaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergySolarWind
Wind and solar to replace coal in Australia by 2040
Wind and solar will largely replace coal in Australia’s electricity system by 2040, concluded Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance (BNEF) in their report New Energy ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesICYMIIndiaJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergySolarWater
Solar electricity buybacks may reduce groundwater depletion in India
Last week, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) created a new buy-back scheme in Gujarat, India. The idea is to enable farmers using solar-powered ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyWind
Premature Cut to UK Wind Program Sends ‘Chilling Signal’
UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s decision to eliminate onshore wind subsidies a year early is “raising doubts that the new government is committed to ... -
ChinaClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Renewables Deliver More New Capacity Than Coal, Gas Combined
Renewable energy delivered 59% of new generation capacity last year, more than coal and natural gas combined, Paris-based REN21 reported last week in its ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable Energy
Government Coal Subsidies Exceed $73 Billion Over Eight Years
Global coal production received more than US$73 billion in government subsidies between 2007 and 2014, according to a report released this week by Oil ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Energy Subsidies ‘Gobble Money, Cook the Planet’: The Economist
Economic policy-makers are capable of big mistakes, “but it would be hard to find a worse one than energy subsidies,” The Economist wrote last ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Decline May be Permanent, Analysts Say
Falling oil prices have throttled tens of billions of dollars in investment and reduced Canada’s future tar sands/oil sands production by 1.2 million barrels ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
$10 MILLION PER MINUTE: IMF Recalculates Fossil Fuel Subsidies
$10,083,713.85 per minute. Every minute of every day. That’s the total subsidy that fossil fuels receive, for a total of $5.3 trillion per year, according to ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind
Export Subsidies Vastly Favour Fossil Fuel Technologies Over Renewables
Rich countries spend about five times as much subsidizing exports of fossil fuel technology as they do for renewable energy, according to data obtained ... -
BioenergyClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Energy Subsidies Shift While Fossil Fuel Revenues Tank
U.S. energy subsidies declined and shifted focus from 2010 to 2013, and falling oil prices have cut into tax revenues in major oil-producing states, ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydroJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable Energy
Canadian Power Production Could Be 100% Renewable by 2035
Canada could produce all its electricity from renewable sources by 2035 and reduce its carbon pollution 80% by 2050, according to a report released ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsPost-Carbon Transition
International Agencies Push to Abolish Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Energy Agency are ramping up a campaign to abolish fossil fuel subsidies, just as ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsJurisdictionsPost-Carbon Transition
‘Dizzying Pace’ Continues at Geneva Climate Talks
The Daily Tck continued its phenomenal on-the-ground coverage of this week’s climate negotiations in Geneva, reporting that talks “seemed to move at an even ...
