The Australian renewable energy industry faces a colossal threat of sudden extinction. Last week, the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) price dived to AU$23 after spending recent months hovering at AU$38. This is well below the AU$50/REC enjoyed only four months ago, and poses severe problems for the renewable energy industry, writes Warwick Johnston of SunWiz consulting.
30 October, 2009
If you are a foreign investor contemplating investment in the burgeoning wind energy generation business in the United States, beware of CFIUS!! No, this is not a disease, but a regulatory provision of US law that has a direct impact on any foreign investment involving national security.
29 October, 2009
Steve Sawyer pieces together the frenetic events that took place in June in Egypt, which saw the official creation of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
27 October, 2009
While there are applications that could benefit from energy harvesting using solar photovoltaics (PV), few manufacturers and designers have implemented solar charging solutions for portable product batteries. Steve Krausse thinks the time could be right.
21 October, 2009
More microfinance institutions need to fund renewables – often the first step out of poverty, says Binu Parthan, deputy director general of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).
21 October, 2009
The Waste Protocols Project - a joint WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) and Environment Agency initiative – recently launched a new Quality Protocol for biodiesel produced from waste cooking oil and rendered animal fats. Here Mervyn Jones, WRAP’s Joint Project Executive for the Waste Protocols Project, explains why the protocol has been introduced, and how it will benefit producers and users of biodiesel…
13 October, 2009
As an early convert to renewable energy as a business, the founder of Ernst & Young’s renewable energy, waste and cleantech unit - and originator of the Ernst & Young Country Attractiveness Indices - Jonathan Johns, looks at what the recession really means for renewables, and where we go from here.
13 October, 2009
As if the US renewable energy loan guarantee program hasn’t suffered problems enough, Congress contributed another headache in late July - just before recessing for the August break - when it reduced the budget of one of two loan guarantee programs by US$2 billion, reports Steve Barlas.
06 October, 2009
The 11th Renewable Energy Finance Forum, presented by Euromoney Energy Events in London, kicked off on 21 September 2009.
06 October, 2009