Often referred to as the “workshop of the world”, China has been criticised as its booming economy increases its demand for electricity and industrial resources. The country has one-fifth of the world’s population but over the last few years its emissions have exceeded those of the US. Greenpeace recently reported that large companies in China’s [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Obama’s investing in a clean-energy economy: can it really dig us out of the trench?
Since Obama took office there seems to be ceaseless focus on the “green economy”. The US President considers clean energy fuels key to boosting the economy and has allocated $60 billion of his stimulus package to building a renewable energy economy and cutting green-house emissions. His government also recently announced $3 billion in government [...]
Being part of the future energy conversation with you
For 200 years we have depended on fossil fuels, over-consumption of which has led us to enter an energy crisis. In the future, renewable energy sources will become a critical component of the energy mix and energy innovation is a solution to the problem, which will in turn be a key economic driver. However, we [...]
