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Category: Renewable Energy

Not the end of the world

By Jan Fagerberg Posted on 05/06/2024 Posted in Climate Change, Economic Growth, Renewable Energy

Hanna Ritchie is a Scottish researcher with a PhD in environmental science, and one of the editors of “Our world in data”. In  the book “Not the end of the world” she confronts the widespread pessimism regarding the future of …

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The global green shift

By Jan Fagerberg Posted on 17/01/2023 Posted in Climate Change, Economic Growth, Innovation, Renewable Energy

Economic development is a process of constant change, driven by innovation. Such changes  challenge the positions of existing firms, forcing them to adapt, but also provide opportunities that firms of all types, including new entrepreneurial ventures, may exploit. A similar …

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How solar energy became cheap

By Jan Fagerberg Posted on 06/09/2022 Posted in Innovation, Renewable Energy

Not long ago solar energy was regarded as too expensive to be of interest for mainstream energy markets. Since then costs have declined dramatically, and the IEA – once the darling of nuclear and fossil fuel industries – now points …

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Paths to a zero-emission world

By Jan Fagerberg Posted on 08/11/2020 Posted in Climate Change, Renewable Energy

To avoid the most negative effects of climate change scientists say that temperature increase compared to preindustrial times needs to be restricted to 1,5 degrees, most of which has already occurred (IPCC 2018). The main reason for these temperature increases …

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