The Indian government has set a target of 30% electric vehicle penetration by 2030. To achieve this, the collaboration of India's state governments will be key - which is why the World Ec...

Richa Sahay 03 Oct 2019

Global Health

CO2 emissions around the world

Efforts to stave off global warming could be in jeopardy unless more action is taken. But which countries generate the most carbon dioxide emissions?

Sean Fleming 25 Sep 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Without private finance, there will be no green transition. Here is what needs to happen

Cutting investments in dirty energy whilst increasing those in clean energy is so vital in bringing business that contributes to climate change to their knees, so we can focus on green al...

Werner Hoyer · Project Syndicate 25 Sep 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Switzerland speeds up its climate goals

As a new report shows a record level of emissions, what is the world doing to hit carbon targets?

Katharine Rooney 24 Sep 2019

Batteries

Three ways batteries could power change in the world

The Global Battery Alliance's new report explains how a more sustainable value chain combined with collaborative action could unlock the potential of batteries around the world.

Benedikt Sobotka and Martin Brudermüller 19 Sep 2019

Future of Energy

100 million Africans could be unemployed in 2030, new report says

African governments are investing heavily in job creation and skills-building, with returns coming back in now officials set their gaze on renewable energy to provide electricity to rural...

Kandeh Yumkella · Project Syndicate 17 Sep 2019

Sustainable Development

Investment in renewable energy is slowing down. Here's why

Investment in renewable energy around the world is entering a new phase that will require governments and the private sector to re-think the way they develop projects.

Yongping Zhai · Asian Development Bank 13 Sep 2019

Electricity

5 charts that show renewable energy's latest milestone

For the first time, renewable sources generated more electricity than coal in the OECD group of 36 developed nations last year.

Simon Torkington 27 Aug 2019

Africa

This is what needs to be done to bring electricity to Sub-Saharan Africa

Rapid urbanization and population growth remains a major obstacles to universal electricity access in Africa. Current figures suggest nations will fall short of Sustainable Development Go...

World Resources Institute 20 Aug 2019

Electricity

Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds

China has the largest solar industry in the world and now it has reached grid parity. This expansion means solar generation costs the same as electricity from the grid.

Josh Gabbatiss · Carbon Brief 19 Aug 2019

Future of Energy

This new solar technology can be printed or woven into fabric

Silicon-based solar cells have made great strides in terms of its cost and availability, but their manufacture remains energy-intensive and ill-equipped to meet future demand for renewabl...

Shahzada Ahmad 02 Aug 2019

Electricity

The Current War: there were also dynamic women who made electricity a success

Although Hollywood film 'The Current War' illuminates the history of electricity, it's narrative does not celebrates women's role in the electricity movement in the late 19th century, des...

Abigail Harrison Moore and Graeme Gooday · The Conversation 24 Jul 2019

Future of Energy

Africa is facing an electricity crisis – a pay-as-you-go model could solve the problem

Off-grid, solar power model PayGo is tackling Africa's electricity problem, with similar companies signing up 750 million homes to solar energy on a pay-as-you-go-basis. In addition to be...

Yinka Adegoke · Quartz 04 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Despite climate pledges, G20 coal subsidies are on the rise

While support for coal mining has fallen, other subsidies for coal-fired power have risen substantially, researchers said.

Laurie Goering · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 25 Jun 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

650 million people will still have no access to electricity by 2030, according to a new report

A handful of developing countries have surged ahead in providing electric power to their people, but others - mainly in sub-Saharan Africa - are lagging behind, report shows.

Megan Rowling · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 23 May 2019

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Electricity

How can India transition to electric vehicles? Here's a roadmap

CO2 emissions around the world

Without private finance, there will be no green transition. Here is what needs to happen

Switzerland speeds up its climate goals

Three ways batteries could power change in the world

100 million Africans could be unemployed in 2030, new report says

Investment in renewable energy is slowing down. Here's why

5 charts that show renewable energy's latest milestone

This is what needs to be done to bring electricity to Sub-Saharan Africa

Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds

This new solar technology can be printed or woven into fabric

The Current War: there were also dynamic women who made electricity a success

Africa is facing an electricity crisis – a pay-as-you-go model could solve the problem

Despite climate pledges, G20 coal subsidies are on the rise

650 million people will still have no access to electricity by 2030, according to a new report

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