The writing’s been on the wall for some time now – due to declining costs for generating renewable energy, the rising threat of climate change, and advancements in renewable energy technology, it’s clear that fossil fuels are on their way out.…
Concerns over the social costs and the financing of the energy transition ran through all panel discussions at the EESC’s European Energy Dialogue, organized by the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels on 8 September. The event focused on…
On February 6 the Swedish Energy Agency organized a symposium at which the World Energy Outlook 2013 report was discussed, primarily regarding a changing energy market. Personally, I was interested in what Bo Diczfalusy, Director of the Swedish Ministry of…
On 12 November the IEA’s World Energy Outlook report for 2012 (WEO-2012) was presented by the chief economist of that organization, Dr. Fatih Birol. When he did, so there was one idea that the journalists in the audience latched on…