John Mathews
Coal News & Commentary Renewables Solar Storage
The spectacular success of Germany’s Energiewende- and what needs to be done next
Formation of new government in Berlin will have important implications for future of the Energiewende, but much has been achieved already.
China Governments News & Commentary Renewables Solar
China’s amazing green shift to solar, wind and water power
This is a truly amazing swing in the largest electric power system in the world. At this rate, China’s electric power system will be expected to reach 50% green...
China and to some extent India are emerging as the principal practitioners of an alternative vision of energy growth.
Rolling out renewable energy around the world should be the real legacy of the Paris climate agreement.
Climate Other Good Stuff Renewables
This changes everything: The rise of renewables in industrial growth
Renewables can help countries expand manufacturing and create jobs, reduce local pollution, increase energy security and reduce import costs from fossil fuels.
Australian Federal Government Governments Malcolm Turnbull News & Commentary People Renewables Tony Abbott
With a single sentence, Malcolm Turnbull can end Tony Abbott’s war on renewable energy
The rhetorical war on renewables unleashed by Abbott and his colleagues over the past two years had the desired effect: investment in the industry dried up.
Bill Shorten's proposed policy for 50% of electricity to come from renewables by 2030 would bring Australia abreast with its international competitors.
News & Commentary Renewables
An emerging renewables superpower: China’s climate pledge guns for green growth
It’s official. On Tuesday, China submitted its emissions-reduction goals to the UN, in the lead-up to the Paris climate summit in December this year.
What if you could grow biofuels on land nobody wants, using just seawater and sunlight, and produce food at the same time?
Other Good Stuff Renewables Smart Energy
Why China is becoming a renewables super power, and the West is not
Unless Western countries intervene in their economies to build green energy and resource systems, they will continue to be defeated in this field by China.
