News & Articles on Renewable Energy
My specialty is wind energy, but I have worked with all forms of renewable energy. Over the years I’ve written about a number of renewable technologies, including solar and geothermal energy. In recent years I’ve focused on comprehensive renewable energy policies that develop a mix of renewable resources. I’ve also written about our use of fossil fuels and nuclear power.
German Renewables Reach New Record–Surpass Fossil Fuels
By
Paul Gipe
Despite the doom & gloom here in the states where renewable energy is under a sustained assault by the Trump …
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
By
Leah Stokes
Like California, Australia has an enormous amount of solar. The country’s climate-change-and-energy minister just announced that, starting in July, electricity suppliers will be required to offer at least three free hours of midday power in some regions. This will give people a reason to charge their electric vehicles, use heat pumps to precool or preheat their homes and water, and store more clean electricity in batteries when cheap energy is abundant.
The world is at an energy policy crossroads: The European Union must choose between the poles of the USA and China – or pursue its own model
By
Stefan Gsänger
Europe should seek constructive cooperation with China on energy policy. Even though the two regions are developing very differently in socio-political terms, cooperation in the field of energy and climate policy offers enormous opportunities for the whole world. Europe and China can play a key role in the global energy transformation and in the global fight against climate change by using their resources for this purpose. This naturally requires constructive dialogue on an equal footing, in which both blocs formulate their own and shared interests and develop their relations on a clear basis. This also means that Europe and China can and should work together to convince numerous other countries that the path of renewable energies is the path to a good future for all people, a prosperous and more peaceful world that successfully overcomes the climate crisis.
Beyond Baseload Power: A New Paradigm of Power System Operation
By
Toby Couture
With the rise of low-cost wind and solar power, this baseload paradigm has come under strain. Utilities and regulators interested in keeping electricity prices low are starting to introduce variable renewables like wind and solar at scale instead: since the latter have zero marginal costs, they typically get dispatched first, making them by default the new foundation of the power system. In the process, other generating units are having to ramp and flex around them.
10 Quick Responses to Common Electric Car & Renewable Energy Myths
By
Zachary Shahan
Solar power and wind power are now the cheapest options for new electricity on the market. For this reason, solar and wind actually dominate new power plant capacity around the world. (Myth: Solar and wind power are expensive.)
Beyond Baseload Power: Toward a New Paradigm of Power System Operation
By
Toby Couture
But today, in a world with abundant and inexpensive solar and wind power, the economics have shifted – variable renewables are becoming the new foundation of the system, and other resources are starting to flex and ramp around them. This shift represents one of the most fundamental changes to the way power systems are designed and operated since Tesla and Edison waged battles over AC vs. DC.
