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Burning Issue: Peak Coal Close But Demand Lingers
“It looks like coal weather today,” is an unlikely forecast, but it shouldn’t be. Coal production and consumption are linked to weather, and the retu…
1 year, 9 months ago
Gone With the Wind: Turbine Additions Still Fall Short
Wind is key to tripling global clean energy capacity by 2030, but in recent years both onshore and offshore additions have been blowing cold. The lan…
1 year, 9 months ago
Current Investments: Expanding the World’s Power Grids
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” This proverb is just as apt if you swap out “trees” for “grid investme…
1 year, 9 months ago
Catch Me If You Can: EU Trails US On Clean-Tech Policy
Tariffs and subsidies loom large in the energy transition. The US Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, has been of global importance, changing trade rela…
1 year, 10 months ago
Heavy Transport Maps Out a Low-Carbon Future
Heavy transport is at a crossroads. There are many possible paths for decarbonizing aviation, maritime shipping and long-haul trucking, including sus…
1 year, 10 months ago
Who Gives a COP? UN Biodiversity Summit Expectations
This month, 196 parties are converging in Cali, Colombia for the 16th United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16). Less famous but no l…
1 year, 10 months ago
Rocky Markets Undermine Energy Transition Metal Demand
Lithium-ion batteries, hydrogen electrolyzers and transmission lines all require one fundamental ingredient: metals. In other words, there can be no …
1 year, 10 months ago
BNEF Pioneers Award: Net-Zero Fuels and Nature Data
Innovative climate tech is a key weapon in the battle to halt global warming, but finding the most effective new technologies isn’t always easy. Ente…
1 year, 11 months ago
Growing Problems: Food Companies’ Environmental Impact
Agriculture is responsible for almost a third of global emissions. It’s also a leading driver of deforestation, water stress and plastic waste genera…
1 year, 11 months ago
Satellites Zero In on Elusive Methane Emissions
Methane might be the world’s simplest hydrocarbon, but its immense global warming potential makes it a complex problem in the battle to halt climate …
1 year, 11 months ago