renewable energy

The headquarters of Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL), an electricity and natural gas company that operates across eight mid-western US states, lies just a few kilometres away...

If exploding coal-fired power stations around the world and looming energy shortfalls as “old world” facilities are retired weren’t enough, recent comments from the...

Large-scale power cuts caused by ageing coalfired utilities are just one of several reasons why Octopus Investments Australia is prepping its new $100 million fund to...

If you don’t spend your weekends keeping up with tweets from Australia’s energy market boffins - and you’d be forgiven - you could’ve easily missed some significant...

The content of recent media and academic reports so often represents climate as an insurmountable challenge where vested political, financial, and social interests...

With the regular news cycle and upheaval of last year it is easy to overlook huge changes taking place in how the world generates and consumes energy. Though recent...

In this concluding piece, we introduce some more concrete investment options in the global listed equity space that we think may benefit from increased investment in...

Australia is lagging behind other developed nations in the transition to clean energy. As ageing coal fired power plants become uneconomic and begin to shut down, the...

Climate change is considered one of the most critical global issues of our time. It has been an accelerant for mass environmental and ecological awareness and...

Some may have noticed similarities in the media reaction to Texas’s recent weather-induced blackouts that caused widespread damage to the storms that impacted South...

2020 was unquestionably a defining year in history, characterised by disruption, adaptation (or lack thereof) and acceleration. It will also likely be pinpointed as...

With apologies to George W. Bush^ for the title of our note, sometimes it is easy to underestimate how quickly, ‘slow’ and ‘consistent’ foundational change is...

I recently picked my seven-year old daughter up from school, gabbling excitedly about what she had just learnt about solar energy. The drive home was punctuated with...

NextEra Energy, the world’s largest generator of wind and solar energy, has overtaken Exxon to become the most valuable energy company in America. In just 7 years,...

A podcast double-header this week, thanks to an election special on the day of. Scroll down for a summary of each episode in various formats. Additionally, timestamps...

Demand for hydrocarbons is driving a quarter-decade investment opportunity, despite a revolution in electric vehicles and renewables over the longer term, says Lazard...

Australian energy policy is a mess. Investors should ignore the arguments. The antagonists are stuck in a perpetual time shift, prosecuting cases from 5-10 years ago,...

Our readers know we like the Infigen Energy (ASX:IFN) equity story; IFN is a renewable electricity generator and it offers a way to play the green theme here in...

In Australia, just 20 coal-fired power stations remain operational today. That number is set to fall dramatically over the coming decade; by 2030, 55% of Australia’s...

While some developed countries have already kicked the habit, Australia still uses coal to generate the vast majority of its power. But things are about to change...