The Coronavirus pandemic pressed pause on the world, but not the energy industry. Energy is at the core of everything: keeping hospitals running, ensuring that there’s food on supermarket shelves, and forming the main ingredient in society’s fightback against Coronavirus. Therefore, it would be illogical for governments and corporations to pursue anything other than strategic, resilient, green economic growth. A sustainable economic recovery and creating futureproofed jobs is the right response to the challenges unleashed by COVID-19.
In light of climate change and its associated impacts, a global transition to low carbon energy is underway with renewable energy at the forefront. Related technologies are becoming more efficient and falling in costs; some renewable energy forms like solar PV and onshore wind are now at (or approaching) cost-parity with fossil fuels. The heat sector, for example, is likely to see further deployment of solar water heating, biomass-fuelled burners and direct geothermal heating.
Renewable energy is expected to continue expanding as costs come down, innovative technologies are commercialised, and environmental drivers strengthen. In order to meet long-term climate and sustainability goals, renewable energy deployment must accelerate in all sectors, enabled by policy and markets.
I have observed a rapid shift in entrepreneurs and large corporations alike regarding their approach to energy. It is no longer viewed as an outsourced product, but instead is integral to their outreach, identity and their stakeholder community as a whole. This change in discourse is evidence of the green revolution in action.
The race for renewable energy is shaping global politics. I commend the work of the various national, transnational and international bodies in driving decarbonisation. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister has set goals to ensure that, within the decade, the UK will be at the forefront of the green industrial revolution. These bold ambitions and clear targets form the right signals at exactly the right time. They will encourage long-term investment and innovation from the renewables industry, and they will boost employment and economic benefits right across the UK. I am glad to be a part of this movement.
The green revolution has now gathered so much momentum, with net-zero goals enshrined in law in a number of nations, what once looked impossible now seems inevitable, to quote former United Nations Secretary-General, Ban-Ki Moon.
The Coronavirus pandemic pressed pause on the world, but not the energy industry. Energy is at the core of everything: keeping hospitals running, ensuring that there’s food on supermarket shelves, and forming the main ingredient in society’s fightback against Coronavirus. Therefore, it would be illogical for governments and corporations to pursue anything other than strategic, resilient, green economic growth. A sustainable economic recovery and creating futureproofed jobs is the right response to the challenges unleashed by COVID-19.
In light of climate change and its associated impacts, a global transition to low carbon energy is underway with renewable energy at the forefront. Related technologies are becoming more efficient and falling in costs; some renewable energy forms like solar PV and onshore wind are now at (or approaching) cost-parity with fossil fuels. The heat sector, for example, is likely to see further deployment of solar water heating, biomass-fuelled burners and direct geothermal heating.
Renewable energy is expected to continue expanding as costs come down, innovative technologies are commercialised, and environmental drivers strengthen. In order to meet long-term climate and sustainability goals, renewable energy deployment must accelerate in all sectors, enabled by policy and markets.
I have observed a rapid shift in entrepreneurs and large corporations alike regarding their approach to energy. It is no longer viewed as an outsourced product, but instead is integral to their outreach, identity and their stakeholder community as a whole. This change in discourse is evidence of the green revolution in action.
The race for renewable energy is shaping global politics. I commend the work of the various national, transnational and international bodies in driving decarbonisation. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister has set goals to ensure that, within the decade, the UK will be at the forefront of the green industrial revolution. These bold ambitions and clear targets form the right signals at exactly the right time. They will encourage long-term investment and innovation from the renewables industry, and they will boost employment and economic benefits right across the UK. I am glad to be a part of this movement.
The green revolution has now gathered so much momentum, with net-zero goals enshrined in law in a number of nations, what once looked impossible now seems inevitable, to quote former United Nations Secretary-General, Ban-Ki Moon.
Written by Alessandro Bazzoni