Archives: June 2009

Clean Development Mechanism: Lessons for Post-Kyoto Talks

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 29

Ahead of the post-Kyoto meetings in Copenhagen later this year, a lot has been made of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) -- a United Nations-backed program that...

New World Record For Emissions Targets

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 25

In a classic case of 'whatever you can do, I can do better,' Scotland has announced the world's most ambitious greenhouse gas targets -- the home of Braveheart, kilts, and...

Living with solar panels in California: The $11 power bill

Posted by: Adam Aston on June 24

There's a fascinating, deep-dive on one home owner's experience with solar energy over at ExtremeTech.com (see link below). Loyd Case installed about 6 kw or about 27 panels on his...

Major Shift in Cleantech Investment

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 23

Last week, I was in Geneva attending a cleantech summit that brought together Europe's top venture capitalists and entrepreneurs looking for investment. One theme kept emerging: VCs are moving their...

A Global Carbon Market is Closer Than You Think

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 15

Setting up a cap-and-trade carbon market isn't easy. Throw in a global economic crisis and continued domestic and international wrangling over policy and it becomes almost impossible. Yet in an...

Essential Reading on Concentrated Solar & Smart Grids

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 11

There are a couple of articles in The Economist's most recent Technology Quarterly that are worth checking out. The first outlines the case for concentrated solar power: technology that turns...

House Panel Spars over Climate Legislation

Posted by: John Carey on June 09

By Elise Craig How contentious is proposed legislation to tackle climate change by putting caps on greenhouse gas emissions? A fairly subdued House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment hearing on...

Could Carbon Prices Hit $180?

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 09

Here's one for the alarmists out there. According to Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the price to offset a metric ton of carbon must top...

Has the Solar Market Finally Bottomed Out?

Posted by: Mark Scott on June 08

Predictions about when markets will rebound are notoriously prone to failure. But with that forewarning in mind, I want to pose a question: has the solar market finally bottomed out?...