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Renewables: does the IEA continue to underestimate them?
In a new market report on renewable energy, the IEA notes that renewables will represent “the largest single source of electricity growth over the next 5 years.
Karel Beckman

Oct 7, 2015

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Exit ahead – Shell at the end of the oil superhighway
Shell’s departure from the Arctic is another sign that the End of the Oil Age is in sight.
Karel Beckman

Sep 30, 2015

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Fossil fuel divestment booming, with $2.6trn in assets set to be dumped
New analysis shows 50-fold growth in fossil fuel divestment, with an estimated $2.6trn in assets earmarked by 430 institutions and 2,040 individuals.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 23, 2015

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When fuels compete: the new dynamics of global energy markets
Rapid change is sweeping across the energy world: fuels are increasingly encroaching on each other’s territory and the silos of regional markets are breaking down.
Christophe Brognaux

Sep 22, 2015

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Woodside’s failed PNG power play shows the growing desperation in gas sector
Woodside’s failed A$11.6-billion acquisition of Oil Search Ltd is a sign of both desperation and wider trends in the oil and gas industry.
Liam Wagner

Sep 17, 2015

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Shell leaves ALEC, improves consistency on climate lobbying
According to Shell, ALEC’s stance on climate change “is clearly inconsistent with our own.”
Aaron Huertas

Aug 10, 2015

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If we quit oil, then what?
Ditching oil would hugely increase electricity demand. Here’s why that’s a good thing for the environment.
Marian Swain

Jul 21, 2015

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Why cheap oil will NOT wreck the prospects for renewable energy
When oil prices collapsed in the 1980s, most large renewable energy programs were dismantled. But that won’t happen this time.
John Mathews

Jan 20, 2015

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Why oil price crash is good news for climate, and clean energy
The collapse in global oil prices is good for the climate, and clean energy. Big Oil has put Arctic drilling on hold because it no longer makes economic sense. That will allow extend the world’s carbon budget, and result in capital flowing to renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 19, 2014

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World’s first power-to-liquids production plant opened in Dresden
A Power-to-Liquids demonstration rig which is the first of its kind in the world was officially inaugurated on 14 November by Dresden-based sunfire GmbH.
Karel Beckman

Nov 24, 2014

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Interview Fatih Birol, IEA: “Gradual change will not save us”
The IEA’s renowned Chief Economist Fatih Birol notes that governments in particular have to take action to actively transform energy supply and end use.
Karel Beckman

Jun 4, 2014

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Massive write-downs of reserves show California shale boom to be mirage
EIA is downgrading its estimate of the oil reserves in California’s Monterey Shale from 13.7 billion barrels to 600 million barrels — a 96% decrease.
Desmosblog

May 26, 2014

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