Feed The Grid

The government's decision to direct resources to nuclear and wind is typical of an institution befuddled and beset by lobbyistsAnyone who claims to understand energy policy is either mad or subsidised. Last week I wrote that politics is seldom rational. It is more often based on intuition and tribal prejudice

“We have seen from other UK renewable energy policies, such as small scale feed-in-tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive, that there can be a long lead time between initial enactment of primary legislation and the introduction of secondary ...

Germany's long support for wind and solar energy is delivering zero-cost electricity at times. In contrast, the UK's new energy policy seeks to underwrite the rising cost of nuclear"Too cheap to meter": that was the infamous boast of the nuclear power industry in its heyday. It has been catastrophically discredited by history

Plans to keep the nuclear plants open will encourage critics of the government's energy policy, which calls for expensive new nuclear reactors to meet short- to medium-term demand while renewable energy such as wind, solar and tidal power are improved ...

Some details revealed about how Apple intends to make its Maiden, North Carolina data center almost entirely powered from renewable-energy sources have come to light, showing a combination of solar and fuel-cell technology and practical energy-saving policies. The plans show that the company behind the iMac are also applying some cooling lessons learned from computers to the buildings, such as

Unregulated markets have overproduced CO2 because the costs are not priced into the transaction

• This Q&A is part of the Guardian's ultimate climate change FAQ
• See all questions and answersWhen free markets do not maximise society's welfare, they are said to 'fail' and policy intervention may be needed to correct them

Commission theIEA, in cooperation with International Renewable Energy Agency and other international institutions, to synthesize recent analyses of renewable energy development and deployment policies in G-8 countries, including: Experience with, ...

By Barbara Lewis / Reuters, SAMSO, DENMARK An offshore wind farm stands in the water near the island of Samso, Denmark, on May 19, 2008. Now a world leader in wind power, Denmark gets 25 percent of its electricity from wind and aims to double that ...

Anti-dumping laws don't protect the environment in every industry. In some cases, such restrictions can actually do harm.

Contact: MLucas@afphq.org Monte Shaw in his recent comments (“Ethanol Backers Push Back Against Anti-Renewables PAC,” May 9) claims a desire to “get the facts straight when it comes to ethanol and oil policy.” Unfortunately, instead of actually ...

by di-ve.com - editorial@di-ve.com AD chairperson Michael Briguglio said that economic and social policies should give priority to the green sector through job creation in sectors such as alternative energy. Speaking during a book launch of the "Green ...

In July, Japan will introduce a new feed-in tariff scheme, which was originally aimed to help cut fossil fuel consumption and has become a key policy as Japan tries to reduce its reliance on nuclear power after last year's Fukushima disaster.

Trying to tackle the huge challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harderNo one thinks it will be easy to slash the carbon emissions driving climate change while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harder

Trying to tackle the huge challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harderNo-one thinks slashing the carbon emissions driving climate change, while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price, is easy. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harder