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If, as David Wallace-Wells so memorably put it, climate change is worse, much worse, than you think, then the net zero transition is big, much bigger, than you think.

The former freestyle champion turned golden boy is now concerned about the fate of the Diablerets. As an expert in sustainable development, he runs the Ecovillages forum every year in the Vaud resort.

An Interview with ABC.es The big Spanish companies are very well placed in the face of the energy transition...

If anyone can pull off a green home renovation with the minimum of fuss, it should be Michael Liebreich.

Exclusive: Students issue an open letter ahead of global day of action on 15 March, when young people are expected to strike across 50 nations

As we head into another cycle of climate change politics beware the economic doomsayers.

James Murray reflects on school strikes, theories of change, and vegan sausage rolls.

Climate Change: Can the world economy continue to grow without burning fossil fuels? Or do we all need to cut back on our consumption in order to save the planet?

Will global climate co-operation survive pressure on the liberal democratic order?

A couple of months ago I wrote a wildly optimistic piece about how we've all probably bought our last cars.

Will we all abandon our cars in favour of self-driving taxi apps by the year 2030, or is this pure fantasy?

The most popular climate paper of 2018 called for “collective human action” to keep global warming from turning Earth into a “hothouse,” according to media tracking data.

While the federal government dithered, business, the states and the public took matters into their own hands to dramatically change the energy picture

It is easy to feel deflated after another UN Climate Summit failed to deliver the ambitious pledges that are required, but read between the lines and the signals for business leaders are hugely encouraging

As 1982 drew to a close, Men at Work were midway through a 15-week stretch atop the Billboard album charts with "Business as Usual." So they've got today's intro tune...

Fossil fuel producers may need $90 billion a year or more to spread carbon capture technology

Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Technology: Michael Liebreich and Azeem Azhar in Conversation

Germany will have to buy out utilities if it wants to speed up the pace of coal plant closures, RWE CEO Rolf Martin Schmitz told an energy conference in Berlin on Monday

Zach interviewed Michael Liebreich, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, right after that projection. Lieberich highlighted that it was completely insane that they would project that the same price decrease we saw in 2 years we would see next over the course of ~22 years.

One to watch: Michael Liebreich's keynote address at the OECD Centre on Green Finance & Investment 2018 Forum.

Secondly, one of the key talking points automakers have long used to push back on cleaner car regulations is the claim that “consumers don’t want these cars.”

There are certain topics we at CleanTechnica find so important that we cover them from multiple angles. It’s like putting the pieces of a puzzle together to show the full picture.

No.10. Project Bo comes online...

Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) is delighted to announce that Michael Liebreich has joined SDCL as a Senior Advisor, effective immediately.

Michael is Chairman and CEO of Liebreich Associates, through which he conducts speaking and advisory assignments. He is also Senior Contributor to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world’s leading provider of information on clean energy and transportation, which he founded in 2004 and sold to Bloomberg LP in 2009. He is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College’s Energy Futures Lab. He serves on the UK Department for International Trade’s Capital Investment Advisory Board, and until recently was a board member of Transport for London.

Michael Liebreich said: “SDCL is at the forefront of some of today’s most exciting developments in energy and transport. Cheap generation of clean electricity is colliding with ubiquitous computing, communications, machine learning and financial processing to create unprecedented opportunities for companies to minimise energy costs and improve resilience while reducing their climate impact. SDCL is a world leader in bringing these solutions to market, and I very much look forward to helping them accelerate their growth.”

Jonathan Maxwell, Founder and Chief Executive of SDCL, said: “I am extremely excited to welcome Michael, a truly outstanding leader in the clean energy finance business, to our team. Michael’s expertise, vision and amazing network will help us drive our rapidly growing business, which is focused on efficient and decentralised generation and management of energy. So far we have developed and invested in hundreds of millions of pounds worth of projects; we believe we can grow by an order of magnitude.”

For more information:

Jo Jagger
Liebreich Associates
jo@liebreichassociates.com
+44 20 3051 6468

Keith Driver
SDCL
info@sdcl-ib.com
+44 20 7287 7700

SDCL Website: http://www.sdcl-ib.com/energy-efficiency-investments/

Hydrogen economy offers big opportunities to decarbonise the UK but coordinated leadership from government and industry is needed, Policy Exchange report finds

Despite the hype, the road to safe self-driving cars will be a long and winding one.

Video: Michael Liebreich talks to Fatih Birol sharing insights on the future of clean energy.

Electric vehicles continue to gain market share at an accelerating rate, but electrification could go even further, expanding into the realm of commercial trucking, marine travel and even to airplanes.

Had California and Germany invested $680 billion into new nuclear power plants instead of renewables like solar and wind farms, the two would already be generating 100% or more of their electricity from clean (low-emissions) energy sources, according to a new analysis by Environmental Progress.

In 2040, one third of the world's energy consumption will come from the sun and wind, according to renewed bishop Michael Liebreich. But it is not enough. - It will take 332 years before electricity is responsible for all energy consumption, he says (Translated)

One of the most difficult people I ever worked with was a very clever newspaper journalist with a stunning knack for getting scoops.

One of the highlights took place on the eve of the exhibition — the Conference Opening keynote speech by Michael Liebreich, founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, UK, which offered the large audience an in-depth and exciting look at the global trends on the road to a world of renewable energies.

With 1,177 exhibitors, 86,000 square meters of exhibition space and around 47,000 visitors from 155 countries, the launch of The smarter E Europe was a resounding success.

The UK's fast expanding electric vehicle (EV) market could be about to receive a major boost, in the form of an ambitious £1.6bn plan to drastically extend the country's fast charging network

Hydrogen is making headlines again, but is the excitement justified? Policy Exchange's Joshua Burke investigates

One to watch: Michael Liebreich's keynote address at the Energy Disruptors Unite 2018 Conference in Calgary.

LISBON/BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After learning that three babies died in a government hospital in the Sierra Leone city of Bo last November when a power cut switched off machinery keeping them alive, London-based energy adviser Michael Liebreich decided to act.

At the heart of the clean energy business there are the readily renewable options such as wind and solar (and marine tidal), requiring lesser construction related foundations, beyond equipment installation and operation than its counterparts...

For the past hundred years, fossil fuels have dominated the energy industry creating a juggernaut in Big Oil. However, the increased popularity of renewable energy indicates that if fossil fuel companies want to keep their grip on the market, investments in renewable energy are needed.

The founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Michael Liebreich, recently launched the Project Bo crowdsourcing campaign, triggered when he saw a tweet last year from Dr Niall Conroy of University College Dublin, who was working at a Sierra Leone hospital.

Renewable energy is now indisputably part of the mainstream electricity sector – part of what Michael Liebreich, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, calls “the new orthodoxy of the Three-Third World”.

Charitable fund-raising drive aims to save babies lives by delivering solar and storage system to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Bo, Sierra Leone

On November 19, 2017 three babies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Government Hospital in the city of Bo, Sierra Leone, died when a power shortage stopped their oxygen supply. Project Bo was established to ensure this never happens again.

Solar power prices have been dropping faster than people expected, even faster than experts expected, and even faster than bullish experts expected.

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has some front. On Monday, in the first Question Time of the parliamentary year, Turnbull was asked about the Greens’ proposal to buy back the grid and put a cap on returns to reduce prices.

LONDON: When Saudi Arabia announced its plan to embark on a program of renewable energy construction last year, the largest renewable energy project in the Kingdom was Saudi Aramco’s solar car park, according to Michael Liebreich, founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the clean-energy research group.

Ignite is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Liebreich to its advisory board to further strengthen the company's strategic growth and scale up.

A combination of digitisation, ever faster WiFi, and more advanced self-driving EVs could revolutionise green urban spaces - but how soon will this smart city vision be realised?

Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder and Transport for London board member Michael Liebreich has told tahawultech.com why he believes a world of autonomous cars is currently a distant reality that must overcome urban challenges.

Opec’s influence, bringing back coal and responses to climate change

Michael Liebreich is a really smart guy...

The solar, wind, battery, and electric car “miracles” have gone mainstream.

Ahead of the One Planet Summit the EU has sent an admirable message to those communities that risk losing out as a result of decarbonisation

International and Irish energy experts are today exploring how Ireland can reduce its carbon emissions over the next decade, at a landmark Take Charge conference hosted by ESB and IIEA.

Bloomberg New Energy Futures predicted last year that electric cars would spur growth in food and retail developments around charging stations.

Speaking in September, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Michael Liebreich said “many hundreds of billions” of investors’ dollars have been squandered due to investment decisions led by poor energy forecasts since September 2011.

Until recently the battle to avert catastrophic climate change – floods, droughts, famine, mass migrations – seemed to be lost. But with the tipping point just years away, the tide is finally turning, thanks to innovations ranging from cheap renewables to lab-grown meat and electric airplanes

On October 17, Australia’s federal government announced the bones of a new energy policy – the National Energy Guarantee – which seeks to (i) ensure reliability in the National Electricity Market and (ii) provide a credible approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Prices for new solar power projects are falling so fast that the cheapest prices from 2016 have become the ceiling price for solar today.

Computermodelle sind nur so gut wie die Zahlen, mit denen man sie füttert. Beim Basisszenario der Internationalen Energieagentur IEA sind die Zahlen schlecht. Die IEA unterschätzt seit Jahren systematisch das Wachstum der Erneuerbaren – im schlimmsten Fall fällt das als selbsterfüllende Prophezeiung auf die Realität zurück.

Amazon wants its drones to charge your electric car. Here’s why you won’t need them.

Remember Gollum from Lord of the Rings? The Australian federal government is doing a pretty good impersonation of the twisted fictional character, as it wrestles with its own internal demons in trying to put together a credible energy policy, and possibly a clean energy target.

The world’s renewable electricity capacity is set to rise sharply over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says, expanding 43% on today’s levels.

A new International Energy Agency forecast this morning projects that worldwide renewable energy capacity will grow by another 43 percent over the next five years amid surging solar increases in China and other factors.

Michael Liebreich’s slidedeck for the recent BNEF Summit was, to use Zachary’s words, epic. I love his presentations too, and not just because the first girl I asked to marry me was a Liebreich. (No relation to Michael. She said no. I was 5. 😃 )

Since September 2011, “many hundreds of billions” of investors’ dollars have been squandered due to investment decisions led by poor forecasts, an energy expert has said.

It’s been said before, but it bears repeating, particularly given what former coal chief Ian Dunlop describes as the extraordinary stupidity of Australia’s energy debate:

Security of flows will be an increasingly pressing worry as the country’s consumption rises

With new technologies hitting the markets every day, renewables are becoming cheaper far faster than anyone anticipated. This trend puts clean energy in investors’ cross-hairs and spells the end of coal as the mainstay of power grids around the world.

'This is going to happen. Nobody is going to make coal great again,' says expert Michael Liebreich as green tech predicted to reap 86% of $10.2 trillion dollar power generation market by 2040

The cost of renewables is plunging faster than forecasters anticipated just a few years ago as technologies like gigantic wind turbines arrive on the market.
That’s the conclusion of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, whose founder Michael Liebreich estimated that clean energy will reap 86% of the $10.2tn likely to be invested in power generation by 2040.

Michael Liebreich, BNEF Chairman of the Advisory Board, gives his much-anticipated ‘state of the clean energy industry’ keynote at BNEF’s Future of Energy EMEA Summit in London, September 2017. View the presentation slides or the related opinion piece.

Banking giant says its $12.6bn environmental business programme supports almost 40,000 jobs and has avoided 2.37 million metric tonnes of CO2 being emitted in 2016 alone

“Bank of America has shown leadership with its long-term commitment to environmental finance,” said Michael Liebreich, chairman of the Advisory Board, Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

In 1911, Winston Churchill, the new First Lord of the Admiralty, began to switch the navy’s most powerful battleships from coal to oil power.

Tesla recently announced delivery of the first 30 production units of its Model 3 electric vehicle (EV). EV technology has generated plenty of buzz in the electric utility industry over the past decade and, with last week’s announcement, it would appear that projections of a significant market presence for EVs could give way to rapid growth.

So there you have it: first Norway and the Netherlands, then France and now the U.K. have all stated their intent to phase out conventional petrol and diesel cars once and for all. For those who have been following the progress of electric vehicles, these developments have been a long time coming.

Electric cars will soon be as cheap as gas ones, “signaling economic turmoil for oil-exporting countries.”

Influential analyst firm BNEF upgrades EV adoption forecasts, tipping them to make up 54 per cent of new car sales by 2040

Interview: Michael Liebreich gave Citywire his take on what the president's Warsaw trip signals ahead of G20 talks this week.

In the last 10 days, I have been travelling around North America presenting to senior executives from energy companies, policy-makers and investors a long-term forecast for the world’s electricity system that would have been seen as wildly fanciful just a decade ago. And that’s putting it politely.

Liebreich is the founder of Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance, and his analysis of the clean energy industry is the most accurate you can find. So every year, when the latest New Energy Finance “New Energy Outlook” is released, I rush to get my hands on it. This year was no different.

But they still need a lot more investment if we’re going to make a dent in climate change.

The international community must show Trump, and any other leaders that may follow suit, that other core diplomatic goals – such as Nato funding – will depend on honouring their climate commitments

Talking to Tom Heap at his 'power station' in Notting Hill, Michael Liebreich thinks we should think big: renovating all our homes could mean that we don't need big new power stations like Hinkley.

Michael Liebreich talks to Simon Evans about the UK energy policy's series of failures, in a new report from the House of Lords economic affairs committee.

2016 has set the scene for what Michael Liebreich, founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, has termed a new ‘green revolution’ in efficiency and appliances.

Michael Liebreich talks to Tom Heap about New US President elect Donald Trump being a climate change denier, and so what does his rise to power mean for the environment?

An Article written by Bloomberg Journalist, Iain Wilson - Quoting Michael Liebreich's Energy Outlook from the Bloomberg New Energy Finance APAC Summit, Nov 2016.

Michael Liebreich talks about visions for the future of the British countryside after Brexit.

Interview: Green Entrepreneur and London Conservative supporter, Michael Liebreich, analyses the situation in the UK and discusses the European Summit which opens today in Bratislana.

Power for All caught up with Michael Liebreich to ask his predictions for the future of decentralised renewables and energy access.

UK power of the future increasingly looks green as the renewable energy sector gains backing from businesses signing up to sustainable electricity generation.

For the makers of solar, wind and other forms of clean energy, the future looks bright, with all-time-high investments and expanding markets throughout the world.

Michael Liebreich, chairman of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance advisory board, speaks about energy technologies and markets at the BNEF "Future of Energy" Summit in New York.

It’s the time of year for 2016 predictions, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Chairman of the Advisory Board, Michael Liebreich, anticipates corporations will continue their trend toward directly sourcing renewable energy to power their organizations.

As the world gathers in Paris (COP21) to hammer out measures which all hope will slow the rise in global temperatures, In the Balance is in the city to debate the role of big business and big finance in what happens.

IEA's World Energy Outlook 2015 acknowledges the increasing importance of non-hydro renewable energy, but retains unrealistically pessimistic estimates of cost reduction and future market growth.

This progress is not going to stop. Solar power is now seeing costs in the 6 to 8 cents/kWh range for good projects, before any subsidies. The cheapest we have seen is 5.84 cents/kWh on a project announced this year in Dubai. Solar electricity has moved from the era of 50 cents/kWh to 30 cents, to 20 cents, to 10 cents and now below even that.

Michael Liebreich was awarded the most prestigious accolade, the British Renewable Energy Judges Award 2015, an award specifically created by the judging panel to recognise outstanding contribution to renewables.

The Energy Gang talks with clean energy investment guru Michael Liebreich.

Thanks to better technology and improved efficiency, energy is becoming cleaner and more plentiful—whatever the price of oil.

4th and final part of a four-part interview.

Part 3 of a four-part interview.

Part 2 of a four-part interview.

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“Big wind farms in breezy locations such as the Great Plains in the US are now completely competitive with new coal-fired power stations.” By 2016, “the average wind farm in the US won’t need a subsidy at all”.

If this interview seems extraordinarily frank, it’s because I thought it was a background briefing and the journo didn’t tell me he was recording. It is basically a transcript of what I said in a long telephone conversation. But I like it – it contains some gems. Make sure you read parts 1 and 2.

Can you save the planet and make money at the same time? Meet the new generation of entrepreneurs making millions – even billions – from ‘clean tech’.

In a new study, New Energy Finance, an energy consultancy in London, shows that biofuels do have an effect on food prices but that this effect may not be quite as significant as some people think.

A version of the “prisoner’s dilemma” may suggest ways to break through the Kyoto impasse. The Economist Magazine devotes a whole page to my white paper on game theory and climate change.