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July 8, 2016

The Scale of the Energy Access Gap

By Benjamin M. Attia Access to electricity is a key catalyst correlated with economic development. The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently estimated that over 1.5 billion people do not have access to affordable electricity, representing one quarter of the world’s population [1]. In the absence of aggressive new policies and significant financing, it is estimated that […]

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Filed Under: Energy Access, Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Abundant Energy, Clean Energy Financing, Energy Access, Energy Markets, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Water-Energy Nexus

December 23, 2015

China’s Cap-and-Trade Decisions

By Joseph Nyangon How China Can Shape the Future of Carbon Markets In the lead-up to the 2015 Paris climate change conference, policymakers stressed the need for creation of integrated carbon markets and called for linking new climate financing mechanisms with the United Nations-organized Green Climate Fund (GCF) based in South Korea. Both the U.S. and […]

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Filed Under: Carbon Markets, Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Markets Tagged With: Carbon Markets, Carbon Trading, China, Energy Markets, Green Dispatch

February 19, 2015

Water: An Additional Reason for Rapid Deployment of Sustainable Energy Technologies

No one denies the importance of water. Our life depends on it and we need it to survive. However, we don’t always know the worth of water until the well runs dry or unless we live in drought-stricken parts of the world.

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Filed Under: Renewable Energy, Water-Energy Nexus Tagged With: Energy Markets, Environmental Justice, Water-Energy Nexus

February 17, 2015

Obama’s Budget Proposals for Clean Energy and Climate Investment

President Obama has released a $4 trillion budget proposal for FY 2016. It contains a range of programs designed to encourage deployment of the next generation clean energy and energy efficiency technologies.

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Filed Under: Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Economics, Renewable Energy Tagged With: Decarbonization, Energy Markets, Innovation, Natural Gas, Sustainable Investing

January 28, 2015

Pathways to Deep Decarbonization Report

Key findings of this report show that total CO2-energy emissions from the identified 15 preliminary deep decarbonization pathways can lead to a decrease in emissions by 45%. While this does not achieve the full decarbonization needed to assure to stay below 2 degree Celsius limit, the report stresses that pathways can be immediately implemented, which moves us substantially toward a global goal of living sustainably.

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Filed Under: Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Economics, Renewable Energy Tagged With: Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency, Energy Markets, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Investing

January 23, 2015

Impacts of Shale Boom in the U.S. and Beyond

Increased shale oil and gas production may not keep oil and gas prices down in the long-term as a prolonged price slump could tighten profit margins forcing energy companies to cut or delay investment projects. Escalating conflicts of attrition among top oil-producing nations are also possible as countries scramble for new energy markets. The resultant price rout would weigh on other markets and sectors devaluing currencies exposed to oil exports as well as intensifying risks to oil-dedicated sovereign wealth funds.

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Filed Under: Energy Economics, Energy Markets Tagged With: Energy Markets, Innovation, Natural Gas, Shale Gas

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