In lieu of a top ten list to close out 2015 or set the agenda for 2016, we focused on the reactions to the Climate Conference in Paris to find some “good stuff”: Our pragmatic rule of thumb on policy quality at any level is to test whether relevant voices on all sides of the…
Renewables
Renewables
Special Advent 2015 for German solar storage incentives
Early November in Germany is the most depressing time of the year. Cold and grey, and daylight, even of the grey variety, is waning. Pretty dim times for those almost ubiquitous solar installations all throughout the nation, which were spurred by a few short years of subsidies to incentivize demand for solar technology made in…
Climate Change Policy and/or Action, Renewables
Britain spewing hot clean air?
Big news from Britain last week: they plan to close all coal-fired power plants that are not capturing and storing the carbon they produce by 2025. Why is this big news? Britain is the first country putting a date forward – that should increase the likelihood of it actually happening… in theory. But before you…
Executive Pay, Renewables, Social License to Operate
Quotes for optimism
Three quotes last week made us think – optimists’ hats secured with some extra jerry-rigging just to be sure – some fundamental change is afoot. #1: Management of the Sequoia Fund, one of the longest running and most successful fundamental value equities fund in history – it got started with some Buffet influence – sent…
Renewables
Renewables are courted for their economics
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) tirelessly produces data points in lieu of simple rhetoric to steer the discussion on renewable energy onto a rational footing. Their latest levelized cost of energy calculations (LCOE) revealed that wind is cost-competitive with gas- and coal-fired electricity generation in the UK and Germany, after accounting for the cost of…