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.

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2022 Report on Britain’s Successful Small-Scale Renewables Program

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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. …

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Danish Biogas Supplies One-third of Gas Consumption in 2022

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Paul Gipe

Denmark never ceases to amaze me. Despite switching back and forth between conservative and progressive governance over the past decades, …

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Feldheim: The energy self-sufficient village

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Annika Leister

If your German is not up to the article on Feldheim here’s the gist in English. Feldheim is reaping the …

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Ontario’s deepening hydro mess

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Mark Winfield

The Ford government is surprisingly unwilling to explore renewable energy projects despite the wide range of options available to it.

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Ten years of the turbine in our backyard has shown we can coexist with wind energy

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Paul Gipe

Germany’s economy and climate ministry today announced a more ambitious target of clean energy making up 80% of its power mix by 2030 – a bump up from its previous target of 65%. Currently, 40.9% of Germany’s power mix consists of clean energy.

WWEA and Global100RE call for renewable energy equipment for immediate humanitarian relief in Ukraine

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Stefan Gsanger

In order to help civilians, the World Wind Energy Association WWEA and the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform Global100RE, supported by Global100RE Ambassador Ruslana, are calling for donations of equipment which can supply power independently from the national grid, after all small and stand alone solar systems including batteries, power banks etc.