green energy

Dramatic progress in renewable electricity is a hugely positive development; but the benefits are most easily grasped in developed, relatively sparsely populated countries.

The transition to a green economy now seems to be a certainty, rather than a hopeful aspiration, as growing public acceptance and technological advances make investments in clean energy increasingly practical.

We should not underestimate the tremendous potential the sun and wind have for building global wealth and fighting poverty.

The sea is constant, reliable — and scandalously underutilized as a resource for producing green energy.

Despite convulsions in the sector, the clean-tech industry can expect plenty of sunny days ahead.

The review of the feed-in tariff system should not be perfunctory. The government should make serious efforts to remove obstacles to the expansion of renewable energy sources.

The government must act to prevent the major power companies and lawmakers representing their interests from weakening efforts to reform the nation's power industry.