South Africa moves forward on green power subsidies
South African environmentalists have grown increasingly frustrated of late: while the government is full of bold plans for renewable energy, it has been slow to bring about real growth in the sector....
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India: taming the tides in Gujarat
While China declares itself as a world leader in wind energy, India is also trying to make its claim in the global renewable energy sector, and it is one step closer with the announcement that it plans...
View ArticleExxaro, Tata Power team up in Africa
When it comes to investing in Africa, it’s not all about China. On Monday India’s Tata Power and South Africa’s Exxaro announced the launch of a joint venture to focus on renewable energy projects, to...
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Central Asia: feel the wind (energy)
Central Asia is mainly known for its abundant hydrocarbon reserves – but some countries in the region are already turning their attention to wind resources to produce cleaner, renewable energy....
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Enel renewables: looking further afield
Time for a change of plan. With the Mediterranean region in economic trouble, Enel, the Italian electricity utility, is looking not just at new energy, but also new markets. Enel Green Power, the...
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China’s power problems
The trouble with being the world’s biggest energy user and sprawling across 9m square kilometers is that it is often hard to get the power where you need it. In China, the trials and travails of the...
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Guest post: Mongolia’s bid to dodge the resource curse through green power
By Nandita Parshad of the EBRD As Mongolia goes to the polls for parliamentary elections the country – remote, still largely unknown, the most sparsely populated on Earth – is enjoying a rapid and well...
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Bulgaria’s renewable energy sector roiled by legal changes
Not many more where those came from Bulgaria’s complicated relationship with renewable energy continues. While a recent Saudi investment indicates some potential, sharp cuts in subsidies and a...
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S Africa: renewables interest dampened by legal hurdles
South Africa’s latest round of renewable energy contracts has attracted interest from European developers after home subsidies have dried up, but legal uncertainty and rules over local ownership may...
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Guest post: Turkey – resource poor?
The country in Europe with the most potential in renewable energy must establish a world-leading manufacturing base in the sector, writes Matthew Vogel of Alternatif Investments. The Turkish...
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ERG and renewables: how long will eastern Europe’s winds last?
Italian energy company ERG Group is at present predominately an oil and gas operation – but like many of its competitors, it wants a bigger piece of the green energy action. Perhaps emerging Europe is...
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Renewable energy in Poland: endlessly renewable squabble
Poland’s long-running reluctance to tackle a new law on renewable energy is starting to impose growing economic and political costs, as big energy companies freeze planned projects and smaller...
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Suntech jumps as it awaits surgery
The share price of Suntech, the Chinese solar giant now in bankruptcy court, jumped 15.6 per cent in New York on Monday after a Chinese media report said Warren Buffett might invest in the struggling...
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Renewable energy plans face testing year
Oil-rich Gulf countries have announced some of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy plans but analysts say the next year marks a big test to show whether these pledges will turn into contracts,...
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RusHydro leading push to meet Russian power demand
By Ben Aris of bne Following a tragic accident in 2009 that killed 75 workers, Russia’s biggest hydropower station Sayano Shushenskaya is back in action and planning to treble its installed capacity as...
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Chile green power draws punters
Chile, the world’s top copper producing nation, has a problem: A lack of energy. But an emerging markets-focused private equity firm, Actis, and Mainstream Renewable Power, say at least part of the...
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Guest post: EM can join the shale gas revolution
By Melissa Stark, Accenture A lot has been written about the shale gas and oil boom in the US and why that model cannot be replicated in other countries with plentiful potential resources. In fact,...
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How to finance a new climate economy
By Felipe Calderón, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate Over the next fifteen years, the world needs to invest more in new infrastructure and upgrades than everything that exists today. This...
View ArticleSolar energy in Africa comes of age as costs reach grid parity
By Simon Currie and Laura Kiwelu, Norton Rose Fulbright Harnessing abundant and free solar energy has long been regarded as the obvious solution to Africa’s persistently low electrification rates....
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