Lisa Murkowski

We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies.

American Politician

T. Boone Pickens

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.

American Businessman

Caroline Lucas

What does the public want? It wants a vested interest in its own energy provision - driving more efficient behaviour. It wants greater choice and responsibility at a local level. And it wants increased use of renewables to protect the environment.

British Politician

Greg Walden

I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil.

Ed Davey

Alongside energy efficiency, renewables and abatement, I believe safe nuclear power, with manageable waste, can play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as long as it is cost competitive with other low carbon generation.

Bill Gates

Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2. And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale, is create a new system. And so, we need energy miracles.

Cate Blanchett

Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.

Australian Actress

Masayoshi Son

Renewables is part of social responsibility, but the information revolution is the only main thing I am interested in.

Japanese Businessman

Piyush Goyal

I can't inject renewables into a grid that doesn't have base load.

Indian Politician

Fatih Birol

Renewables are critical in our fight against climate change.

Turkish Economist

Renewables are closely linked to environmental concerns and clean energy discussions.

Environment Focus

'Renewables' often carries a positive meaning as it suggests sustainability and responsibility.

Positive Connotation

Renewables can imply economic investment opportunities and job creation in sustainable industries.

Economic Aspect

 other people's renewables, so we could go back and talk very politely to the people in the top left-hand side of the diagram and say, "Uh, we don't want renewables in our backyard, but, um, please could we put them in yours instead?" And that's a serious option. It's a way for the world to handle this issue.

David Mackay: A reality...

 to country size other people's renewables so we could go back and talk very politely to the people in the top left-hand side of the diagram and say we don't want renewables in our backyard but please could we put min yours instead and that's a serious option it's a way for the world to to handle this

A reality check on...

 And this is to power the entire U.S. vehicle fleet. To power the entire world with 50 percent wind, you would need about one percent of world land. Matching the reliability, base load is actually irrelevant. We want to match the hour-by-hour power supply. You can do that by combining renewables.

Debate: Does the world...

 And so we all have to raise our ambition. That means coal has got to phase down faster. It means we've got to deploy renewables, all forms of alternative, renewable, sustainable energy. We've got to push the curve of discovery intensely. Whether we get to hydrogen economy or battery storage

The US is back in the...

 in almost all forms of transportation. Let's consider the electrical portion first. The great news is that our technology is already advanced enough to capture all that energy from renewables, and there's an ample supply. The sun continuously radiates

Can 100 renewable...

 total energy consumed by humans is derived from fossil fuels however renewables are the fastest growing source of energy in the world renewable energy has many benefits first it can combat climate change because it creates no direct greenhouse gas

Renewable Energy 101 PIPE...

 we often hear that, rather than shifting to renewables, we are continuing with business as usual. This assessment, unfortunately, is far too optimistic. The truth is that we have already exhausted so much of the easily accessible fossil fuels

Naomi Klein: Addicted to...

 and wood mostly in third world countries so instead we try to push renewables with taxes and subsidies but the problem with taxes and specially energy taxes is it hurts that especially the poor with strong green policies in Britain cost of

Economics of climate...

 We can do it differently. And it's time, it really is time, to debunk the myth that a country has to choose between development on the one hand and environmental protection, renewables, quality of life, on the other.

A small country with big...

 We also often hear that renewables could be the energy of peace. Less true. To understand, I need to tell you about the materials that we need in order to decarbonize. They're pretty. And they can be deadly.