Negotiators are facing calls to reach a swift resolution to ongoing talks aimed at establishing a new global trade agreement for environmental goods such as solar cells and modules.
Solar pioneer Neville Williams has witnessed first hand the astonishing rise of PV over more than 30 years working with the technology. As the world gears up for the Paris climate talks in December, he tells Ben Willis why solar's time as a maintream energy source has now come.
The International Energy Agency has heralded the beginnings of a global shift to low carbon energy sources, but reiterated earlier calls for bolder action in the pending COP21 climate talks in Paris.
A senior executive at Chinese manufacturer and project developer ET Solar has said hopes remain high for a negotiated settlement to the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China despite the lack of progress on the issue during a recent meeting between the two countries’ presidents.
The European Commission has rejected a request by EU ProSun to replace the pricing benchmark used to determine the minimum import price applied to Chinese solar products sold in the EU.
Ahead of a major solar finance conference in New York next week, US developer Greenwood Energy's CEO Camilo Patrignani tells Ben Willis why investor appetite for PV has never been greater.
The UK’s former chief scientific advisor Sir David King is one of an eminent group of figures pushing for a new international clean energy R&D programme. He tells Ben Willis how he hopes the Paris climate talks in December will give additional momentum to solar and other renewables as they make the final push towards cost-competitiveness with fossil fuels.
