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.
The duck in the room – the end of baseload
By
Jérôme Guillet
There’s simply no space left for new (or even, soon, old) nuclear
The revolving door at public utilities commissions? It’s alive and well
By
External Source
Of the 473 commissioners for whom Heern could find information on what they did after they left utility regulation, 50% of them went to work for one of the industries they regulated, or in an industry-adjacent role such as consulting. “That revolving door is definitely alive and well,” Heern told me.
The real lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany–The end of baseload is coming
By
Jérôme Guillet
A lot of articles about the closure of the last German nuclear power plants have emphasized the cost in carbon emissions of closing nuclear plants rather than coal (more precisely: lignite) plants: see for instance Jean-Marc Jancovici, the highly publicized French pundit.
Finally, The EU’s Market Policy Recognizes Reality
By
Paul Gipe
After decades of ideological mismanagement of the blocs’ electricity market policy, change may be on the horizon. The EU’s policy has nearly obliterated the continent’s renewable energy industry, leading to the easily predictable–and predicted–dependence on Russian gas and oil. It took the invasion of Ukraine and skyrocketing energy prices for the EU to ask “how did we get it so wrong.”
2022 Report on Britain’s Successful Small-Scale Renewables Program
By
Paul Gipe
Despite the Tories best efforts to kill them, small-scale renewables have continued to grow under Britain’s pioneering feed-in tariff program. …
Danish Biogas Supplies One-third of Gas Consumption in 2022
By
Paul Gipe
Denmark never ceases to amaze me. Despite switching back and forth between conservative and progressive governance over the past decades, …
