Smart grid is one of many solutions to fight climate change. The Demand Response Smart Grid (DRSG) Coalition and the Smart Grid Green Initiative was the first smart grid non-governmental organization to participate in a meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change.

Speaking yesterday at the Copenhagen climate conference, Department of Energy head Stephen Chu announced a $350 million plan to promote and deploy clean energy technologies in developing countries. Dubbed the Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative (REDI), the plan is the product of the Major Economies Forum (MEF), a grouping of industrialized countries that represent more [...]

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer set a serious and ambitious tone at a pre-conference press briefing for the Copenhagen climate negotiations. The talks have the potential to directly impact renewable energy industries by producing a carbon-conscious world. To follow what’s going on and engage in conversation, check out the YouTube Channel and the iPhone app.

Two weeks before Copenhagen, India announces a national solar energy policy, with the ultimate goal of having 20,000 MW of solar energy installed by 2022.

The U.S. and China have officially placed opening bids in climate change negotiations. This past Thursday, China announced a reduction in emissions intensity. This article looks at the difference in the pre-negotiation targets, how important this preliminary dialogue is for setting the tone at Copenhagen, and why the renewable energy industry should care.

President Obama is slated to speak in Copenhagen on December 9th, where he will propose emission caps for the U.S. in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. This is the type of leadership we need to legislate for a sustainable future and spur a clean energy economy and bring the solar industry to new levels of production and integration.

There is no getting around it. Leadership from China and the U.S., the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs), is imperative if any sort of successful international agreement is to come out of the Copenhagen climate change negotiations.

Yesterday, U.S. President Obama and the People’s Republic of China President Hu released a joint-statement on issues relating to climate change and renewable energy. The two countries are making concrete efforts to work together in order to scale renewable energy such as wind, solar, advanced biofuels, etc. and to achieve a cleaner way to burn coal. In the statement, it is clear both countries want to see a substantive document come out of Copenhagen without sacrificing the right to economic development.

India is set to announce a national solar energy plan this week, stemming from the solar energy mission detailed in the country’s 2008 National Action Plan on Climate Change.

The European Commission released on Wednesday its plan to reduce carbon dioxide levels by directing €50 billion to clean energy research and development over the next ten years, with €16 billion ($23.5 billion) of that money reserved for solar photovoltaic power. The Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan may be the latest step in the European [...]