Issue the Joint Girona Regenerative Earth Declaration of Renewable Energy and Sovereignty. On occasion of the successful two-day International Conference on Renewable Energy and Sovereignty held in Girona on 21st and 22nd November at the Josep Irla Auditorium, with the…
Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Peter is an academic who has written 20 books and over 350 papers on sustainable cities with a global reputation and has worked to deliver his ideas…
The Climate TRACE coalition released the most detailed facility-level global inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to date, including emissions data for 72,612 individual sources worldwide. The 70,000+ individual sites — including specific power plants, steel mills, urban road networks,…
Storage: heart of the energy transition Storage technologies as a solution, not a problem The “International Renewable Energy Storage Conference” (IRES), which has just ended, was dedicated to the central key topic of the energy transition, storage technologies, from September…
EUROSOLAR demands a new narrative of the EU and its Member States. Germany and all other EU states are challenged to confront Russia and other resource warmongers with a clear and unequivocal message. They have to say: Mr. Putin, we…
Beyond green, beyond the deal: Towards the renewable city The European Green Deal (EGD) offers a glimpse into a greener future for our cities, and a role for them to contribute to a greener future for Europe and the world.…
This is a very sad day for clear rules on financing under sustainability criteria. Nuclear and fossil gas lobby interests won over sound sustainability rules for green financing. In 2021 European Council and Parliament voted for a first green finance…
EUROSOLAR e.V. The European Association for Renewable Energy and the World Council for Renewable Energy, WCRE, urge all delegates of the European Parliament to vote against the EU Commission’s taxonomy delegated act next Wednesday (July 6th). The act intends to…
Storage – Heart of the Energy Transition From 20 to 22 September 2022 Energy storage systems are the key to the successful energy transition to full and secure renewable energy supply and are more relevant today than ever before. They…
Yesterday (23.06.2022), Herr Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor of Germany, and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action declared a heightened gas alert for Germany. As understandable as the short-term tactic is in response to the ‘tight markets’, and as…