energy
The power of patient capital
The founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty
China’s stunning economic rise
Country feature on China with an exclusive interview with His Excellency Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
Doubts about CCS
With industrial production estimated to be responsible for an ever greater proportion of global CO2 emissions, the International Energy Agency is advising that the world needs more than 3,000 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plants by the year 2050.
Nick Otter, chief executive of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, is upbeat, telling the Financial [...]
Business matters: Trends
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that manufacturing industry can improve its energy efficiency by an impressive 18 to 26%, while reducing the sector’s CO2 emissions by 19 to 32% based on proven technology.
If governments continue to make good on pledges to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy, and businesses maintain investments in climate [...]
Carbon capture and storage:
A necessary climate mitigation tool
Helge Lund, President and CEO of Statoil, illustrates the growing importance of new carbon capture and storage technologies.
Getting FiT
Miguel Mendonça is the research manager at the World Future Council
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A feed-in tariff (FiT) is a renewable energy law that obliges energy suppliers to buy electricity produced from renewable resources at a fixed price, usually over a fixed period.
The feed-in tariff mechanism has been used in over 50 countries worldwide, driving the majority of renewable [...]
From waste to profit
Twenty years since the concept of industrial ecosystems was first proposed, RENE VAN BERKEL considers strategies for achieving further eco-industrial development.
Power to the people
Interview with Hélène Pelosse, Interim Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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