Global investment in coal-fired power plants is set to decline “dramatically” after passing an all-time high during the past several years, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Sven Lindstrom –
The solar industry has exploded in the last decade, and is today an established and competitive renewable energy source. Despite this, solar energy has been surrounded by myths, rumours and false facts that has dimmed the sunny picture. Here are the ten most common solar energy myths – and the facts.
Asit Biswas
and Kris Hartley –
India should build long-term innovative capacity beyond the dominant pharmaceutical industry if it wants to stay competitive, say Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy professor Asit Biswas and doctoral candidate Kris Hartley.
John Elkington –
More government and funding support for research and development of potentially revolutionary technologies could lead to big wins for sustainable development. Volans executive chairman John Elkington makes the case for an International Office of Technology Assessment.
As fast-growing economies continue to expand and urbanise over the coming decades, sustainability challenges will only become more intense. While governments seek to establish cleaner growth and smarter infrastructure, businesses need to step up and play a bigger role too. Peter Lacy and Ynse de Boer explain how this can be done.
As the world's biggest manufacturing center and energy consumer, China's reliance on oil consumption urges an actionable solution. With the private cars being the worst polluters in China, the government ...
In my home, with two young children, we end the year with discussions of the best memories of the year gone by. Over dinner, we fill scraps of paper with ...
Medilyn Manibo –
From seawater to gravity, startup firms are using basic science to create simple and sustainable innovations to light up rural and off-grid communities around the world.
In a previous articles titled "Economic Feasibility of Sustainable Non-Food Feedstock Based Biodiesel Production: Part 1 and Part 2 ",we have covered how Pongamia Pinnata and Moringa oleifera are going ...
In a previous article titled Economic Feasibility of Sustainable Non-Food Feedstock Based Biodiesel Production: Part 1, we have covered how Pongamia Pinnata is going to be sustainable low cost feed ...
CJP sees the future position of biofuels within the broader scope of the global transformation of the energy system from fossil-‐based to renewable energy-‐based sources. A main threat for an ...