The EU plans a “massive” increase in solar and wind power, and a short-term boost for coal, to end its reliance on Russian oil and gas as fast as possible. In a plan outlined on Wednesday, the…

If we are to make headway in achieving our energy efficiency objectives, ensuring financing is essential. While there are some low-cost measures, the bulk of what needs to be done is relatively…

First published here Chile’s share of renewable energy has tripled in the past five years. Maximiliano Proaño takes a look at the policy behind this massive growth, and the road ahead. In May, Chile’s…

Industry is starting to get some answers Since the oil crises in the 1970s, industry has been treated specially, although not always in ways that led to important improvements in energy performance.…

The starting gun on the global clean energy race has long been fired — now Europe is finally getting out of the stalls. Two new proposals, unveiled by the European Commission on Thursday, are meant to…

First published here. On the 9th July I attended the launch of the Mayor of London's Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF), a £500m public-private energy efficiency fund established by the Greater London…

By 2025, it’s expected that global waste will reach 6 million tons per day and a lot of that will go straight to landfills. In the U.S. alone, 140 million tons of waste find their way into landfills…

First published here Glass production is a highly energy-intensive industrial process. The container and flat glass industries (which combined account for 80% of glass production) emit over 60 million…

Ulchin Nuclear Power Plant won’t be closing any time soon, although President Moon had hoped to reduce the share of nuclear in Korea (Photo by IAEA , edited, CC BY-SA 2.0 ) From Yi hyun kang, Energy…

The European Union announced a major renovation wave last fall. It wants to double the rate of renovation in existing buildings over the next ten years. This is urgently needed, because buildings play…