Solar Builder: A pair of long-range plans for Carolina utilities owned by Duke Energy underestimate potential savings from renewable energy sources over the next decade, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. The IEEFA report is the fourth in a series examining the integrated resource plans (IRPs) for Duke […]
The Economic Times: Delays in signing power sale agreements (PSAs) are a bottleneck in the growth of renewable energy capacity in India, dampening investor confidence and threatening the viability of projects, according to a latest study. PSAs for 19 gigawatt (GW) of capacity tendered by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was yet to […]
Charleston Gazette-Mail: The West Virginia House Energy and Manufacturing Committee signed off on a resolution Tuesday eyeing divesting from state retirement investments in businesses that have divested from fossil fuel companies. The resolution, which now goes before the House Rules Committee, would direct the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study what it calls […]
Gizmodo: Myrtle Felton has lived in St. James Parish her whole life, but it looks nothing like it did when she was young. “It looks like a third world,” she said. “Sometimes I just go ride to River Road, and I try to remember what it actually looked like years ago. I try to remember, […]
The New Yorker: In a few months, a small British financial think tank will mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of a landmark research report that helped launch the global fossil-fuel-divestment movement. As that celebration takes place, another seminal report—this one obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the world’s largest investment house—closes […]
Electrek: IKEA US will use a fleet of 40 electric vehicle last-mile delivery trucks to service New York City’s five boroughs by May 2021 in partnership with Fluid Truck. The online vehicle rental company enables IKEA to rent e-trucks on a flexible schedule. The US transition to clean energy will pick up pace over the […]
Common Dreams: The nation’s transition from dirty to renewable energy is “nearing exponential growth”—a shift set to usher in “transformative” impacts within a handful of years. So declares the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its “U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021” report released Wednesday. Among the key findings (pdf) are that wind […]
Financial Times ($): Japan does not often grab global ESG headlines, but this week it should. Our Nikkei colleagues report that Japan is looking to stop supporting coal-fired power projects overseas. It is a significant development as Japan is one of the biggest — and last few remaining — supporters of foreign coal projects. (Moral […]
