During the past two months of COVID-19 “lockdown”, the United States has watched 30 million jobs evaporate, incurred an additional $2 trillion dollars of debt, seen our national debt exceed the GDP, and still not fixed our infrastructure. In fighting the coronavirus, the availability of cheap,…
In China’s latest efforts to pit renewable energy against fossil fuels, it is again betting on size. Resources such as wind and solar don’t stand much of a chance if there isn’t a way to store energy when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine. So some of China’s biggest state-owned…
Fifty years ago, natural gas transformed homes with instant heat and hot water. But the days of gas and other fossil fuels dominating domestic fuels may be numbered. Rapidly evolving policy in the EU is searching for technologies to speed up electrification and decarbonization. Heat pumps could be…
Amid a recent strife with Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, the minister of Regional Development, Rogério Marinho, is facing the mission of unleashing already this month the revamp of housing program My House My Life, which will have a new name, and of negotiating the passage of the legal framework…
The government will not allow non-compliant airport and highway operators to use the covid-19 pandemic as a “lifeline” for their concessions, warned the Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio Freitas Tuesday morning in an online seminar organized by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU). The minister’s…
At least 500 million are living in Africa without access to electricity. The continent needs billions for clean energy projects. One idea is to form a creditworthy intermediary that supports regional market integration and that creates scale to bring down green energy prices. One of the reasons why…
Did you hear the news about a “breed” of stocks that made investors the richest in 2019? It’s not housing stocks, which enjoyed a record rally last year. It’s not even everyone’s beloved tech stocks like Netflix or Facebook. This may sound like a joke if you’ve followed this sector for long, but…
The Jair Bolsonaro administration wants to allow foreign companies to bid for infrastructure projects and become government suppliers without the need for a Brazilian subsidiary. It will likely introduce a new measure soon. The Ministry of Economy thinks the measure will ease the participation of…
Solar industry rules favor large companies such as banks, telephone companies, retail chains, and agribusiness companies. In the opinion of industry experts, the government has taken a populist stance in addressing the "not taxing the sun" speech. The debate was centered around eliminating a…