hydropower
A combination of sector-wide pressures, the EU debt crisis, and international trade tensions is testing the resilience of clean energy companies as never before. Plus EU CO2 prices slip; China ups the ante in hydropower; and France's nuclear debate smoulders.
With growth in offshore wind – not to mention hydropower and geothermal – and grand plans to update and interconnect EU electricity grids, cable manufacturers like Prysmian are in a good position to capitalise.
New research claims the world can meet its energy needs 'cleanly, renewably and economically' within 40 years. But not without some major lifestyle changes – and trillions of investment dollars.
As winter power shortages shroud Nepal in familiar darkness, the country's hydropower debate is starting to heat up.
China looks set to be the world's fastest growing cleantech market of the next decade. But how will demand shape up for individual sectors like solar and wind – and which will take the lead?
The UN might be hailing Durban climate talks as a 'breakthrough,' but the reaction from the markets was distinctly damp. Plus solar prices continue to fall; EUAs lift; fracking in the US; hydro in Asia; and nuclear in China.