China is building most of the new energy generation in the world. How this power is generated will shape global climate. 1.5 degree scenario requires China to build 500 GW or more of nuclear power by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We are a nonpartisan climate and clean energy policy think tank. This article is more than 7 years old. The Trump Administration ...

Time horizons should never be conservative, generalized or arbitrary, but ambitious, specific and planned. This is why attempting to make our world economy carbon-neutral and green by 2050 bothers me.

The world has about 3.5 billion cooling appliances (fridges and air conditioners). That number is projected to grow to about 9.5 billion cooling appliances by 2050. If we actually want to deliver ...

DNV GL has issued its annual Energy Transition Outlook. It reports that global electricity demand is set to grow by a factor of 2.5. Over half of this demand is expected to be met with renewable ...

The former coal-fired Sandow power plant near Rockdale, Texas, Thursday, June 14, 2018. The electric generating power plant owned by a subsidiary of Luminant was shut down in 2018. (Jae S. Lee/The ...

A new report lays out the case for massive growth of solar energy. Solar power now accounts for around 1% of the world's electricity generation, up from a negligible amount of solar capacity only a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Plastics and other petrochemical products will drive global oil demand to 2050, offsetting slower consumption of motor fuel, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.