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November 10, 2020
Why India should keep coal out of its infrastructure story
- Rasika Athawale
As India looks to “build back better” from the Covid crisis, the country would benefit economically, environmentally and socially by investing in clean technologies. In late 2019, the Indian government announced a $1.4trn National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) to jump-start… View Summary +
August 18, 2020
Extended ETS outperforms carbon border adjustment in the power sector
- András Mezősi ,
- Zsuzsanna Pató ,
- László Szabó
The European Commission’s proposal to introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism would not work as well as extending the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to reduce global emissions and further integrate energy exporting countries into the European power market. Carbon leakage… View Summary +
July 10, 2020
Early insights from India’s first month operating the real-time market
- Dheer Patel
India’s real-time market (RTM), launched on June 1st, 2020 on both the power exchanges after two years of public consultations by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). The RTM is a centralized market platform which runs a double-sided closed auction,… View Summary +
June 19, 2020
How we reduced our energy bills by 60%
A year ago, I announced that we had replaced our six-year-old, reliable gas boiler with an air source heat pump. “Ripping out a perfectly well functioning gas boiler before the end of its natural life and replacing it with a… View Summary +
June 18, 2020
Extra Credit: Maximizing the Benefits of Solar in Schools
- Dara Torre ,
- Janine Migden-Ostrander
While across the country America’s schools have been shuttered this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sun continues to shine. More than 1,000 megawatts of installed solar capacity from nearly 5,500 K-12 school buildings continues to generate… View Summary +
April 17, 2019
Walking the walk on capacity mechanisms
- Philip Baker ,
- Michael Hogan
Following the decision of the General Court of the European Union in November last year to annul the capacity market in Great Britain, the European Commission has now embarked on a detailed formal investigation of the market’s design. The Court’s… View Summary +
February 21, 2019
Electronic Certificate Tracking Systems Offer Advantages for China’s Renewable Energy Quota
- Rachael Terada ,
- Ryan Wiser ,
- Lijun Yue
A key policy driver to support renewable energy development is a renewable energy quota. China is considering a new renewable energy quota system for its electricity sector that will support its aggressive clean energy goals. On November 15, 2018,… View Summary +
September 25, 2017
It’s cheaper to save energy than to buy it, despite misleading claims
“Energy efficiency is too expensive, will increase costs to consumers and push people into energy poverty”—this is a claim made by some commentators in Brussels recently. As the Energy Efficiency Directive is being negotiated in the Parliament, Jan Rosenow reveals… View Summary +
August 4, 2017
To Achieve Blue Skies, China Needs Common-Sense Energy Policies
- Christopher James
As a former air regulator, I’ve come to the conclusion that China must integrate its energy and environmental policymaking in order to meet its ambitious goals in both areas. Although the path to clean air and efficient electricity markets extends… View Summary +
June 19, 2017
European Council set to wipe out energy efficiency progress, leading to a decade of higher energy costs
Saving energy saves money, improves security, lowers emissions, and makes it easier to meet renewable energy and climate goals. That’s why energy efficiency is the sensible foundation for the Energy Union and the 2030 Clean Energy Package now under review:… View Summary +