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.

Renewables are Ready to Deliver a Renewable World: Time for Action for 100% Renewable Energy Globally

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Renewable energy organisations representing different spheres of the renewable energy community have gathered today on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear accident to emphasise that renewable energies are not only available in abundance but ready to deliver a renewable world.

US conservatives falsely blame renewables for Texas storm outages

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Martin Farrer

Lawmakers and the Murdoch media target wind and solar but grid operator says fossil fuel generators suffered biggest problems

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Proud to be a co-signer of the joint declaration of the global 100% renewable energy strategy group

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Paul Gipe

It was quite an honor to be asked to join a distinguished group boldly stating that “A World Based on 100% Renewables is Possible” now.

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Severe weather, blackouts show the grid’s biggest problem is infrastructure, not renewables

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Jonathan Shieber

Citing a market participant, Jenkins noted on Twitter that roughly 26 gigawatts of thermal energy is offline because natural gas is being diverted to provide heat instead of power. Only about 4 gigawatts of wind is offline because of icing, Jenkins noted.

Energy company wants to build nation’s largest battery storage plant in Morro Bay Read more here: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article249134985.html#storylink=cpy

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John Lindt

An energy company that pulled a plan to build a battery storage plant in Morro Bay is back with a new proposal — and it’s far more ambitious than the first go-round.

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FITs Drive 9,000 MW Boom in Vietnamese Solar Rooftops

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Toby Couture

Vietnam has just witnessed a veritable solar tsunami, with installations jumping from about 400MW in 2019 to 9.500MW by the end of 2020. This is unprecedented for the rooftop solar PV market in any market I can think of – other markets like Japan, China, and Germany have each seen annual deployment levels between 7-15GW, but significant shares were made up of large ground-mounted systems.