At the first EU summit of 2011 in Budapest today, EU leaders aimed to gain consensus on broad plans for huge infrastructure investments and energy market integration, both necessary to attain the goal of 20 percent renewable power by 2020. While some optimistic appraisals of the EU’s renewable…

The commom wisdom among renewable energy proponents on subsidies has long been the more, the better, but state supports have proved to be too successful leading to reductions in some European countries to one type of state support — the guaranteed payment rate for solar generated…

Having abandoned hope of passing comprehensive climate legislation before the November elections and probably this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will instead bring an energy bill to the Senate this week.

For proponents of a carbon-capping mechanism, the bill represents a…