By Adnan Z. Amin In 2011, while the cost of renewable energy technologies continued to fall, global total investment reached a record $257 billion, and global renewable power capacity exceeded 1,360 GW. With these investments, renewable energy has moved from a niche, environmentally driven option into an economically viable solution to meet the growing energy demand of a rapidly growing global population. Many nations are currently making critical decisions on how to supply their populations soaring demand for energy. For some, this involves expanding their existing infrastructure, whereas for others it…

By Eswar Mani Over the course of September 9th and 10th, the members of the Zayed Future Energy Prize Review Committee were faced with the daunting task of shortlisting the top 50 candidates for the 2013 Zayed Future Energy Prize out of a record 579 entries.  While this was my third year judging for the prize, it was by far the most challenging process, given the overall increase in quantity and quality of the applications.  Furthermore, in addition to the four categories of Large Corporations, Small/Medium Enterprises, Non-Profit Organizations and Lifetime Achievements,…

by Bader Al Lamki This week, as Vice Chairman of the Review Committee for the Zayed Future Energy Prize, I had the chance to assess firsthand many great examples of renewable energy and emissions reducing technologies and solutions from SMEs & NGOs, large corporations and individuals from around the world. In fact I was very encouraged to see that in addition to energy efficiency and carbon reduction initiatives, quite a few of this year’s submissions were from influential groups or organisations that advocate green transparency among companies around the world….

by Terry Tamminen Reading tributes from around the world to fallen tech hero, Apple’s Steve Jobs, two things are clear to me – his successor is likely to be in the clean energy sector and working somewhere other than the US. I’m not saying Americans have lost their legendary inventive spirit, just that for every one working hard in Silicon Valley or MIT, I have met 50 innovative, inspirational thinkers from other nations. And most are tackling the greatest challenge to our environment and economy – securing sustainable, clean energy…