
The Economic Impact of AI on Energy Transition: Financial Institutions at the Forefront of a Green Revolution
The global shift towards sustainable energy sources is one of the defining challenges of our time. While renewable technologies like solar and wind power have made significant strides, their…
Read Full articleChina faces 4 big risks if it continues building more coal plants
Author: Jennifer Layke From January 2018 to June 2019, China added 43 gigawatts (GW ) of net new coal power capacity to its existing 1,000 GW coal fleet, while the rest of the world collectively…
Read Full articleElectric Vehicles & Heat Pumps: Electric motors play a crucial role in the energy transition
Electric motors are implicated in two major decarbonisation options involving electrification: electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps. This will lead to a significant market growth, as well as growing…
Read Full articleFour reasons why financial institutions should be active in energy efficiency
Four reasons why financial institutions should be active in energy efficiency This is the first in a series of blogs based on and picking up key elements in the EEFIG Underwriting Toolkit which was…
Read Full articleResponding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover
The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, infecting more than 120,000 and killing more than 4,200 people as of March 12, 2020. The loss of human life is heart-breaking and set to…
Read Full articleDigital financing platforms - a solution to finance smart city projects?
A few month ago I was starting to look a bit closer to the world of Fintech with the aim to identify new digital financing platforms providing access to finance for smart city projects , especially…
Read Full article21st century energy management
First published here Growing up I loved anything to do with the future – particularly the 21st century. TV21 was the comic to read and it was full of stories about life in the 21st century,…
Read Full articleBeyond Energy Savings: How European SMEs Are Leading the Way with the Multiple Benefits Approach
What if every step your company took toward energy efficiency unlocked not just lower utility bills, but also happier employees, more innovative products, and stronger business resilience? Across…
Read Full articleQ&A: Why cement emissions matter for climate change
A builder directs wet concrete from a cement truck into the foundations of a large building. Credit: Peter Righteous/Alamy Stock Photo. First published here . If the cement industry were a country, it…
Read Full articleConnecting the dots of Energy Efficiency Directive with sustainable finance reporting. The full potential unlocked.
During this summer, the European Commission published in the OJ (Official Journal) a series of Recommendations and guidelines, addressed to member states, for the transposition of the Energy…
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