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 Price of a Fully Renewable US Grid: $4.5 Trillion
By
Chloe Holden
Shifting to 100 percent renewables in the U.S. is an attainable goal, Wood Mackenzie analysts say. Three major hurdles must be overcome.
What we really need: Priority for renewable energy and an emissions ban
By
Stefan Gsänger
Higher prices, as we know from behavioural psychology and from real life, do not automatically lead to behavioural changes. Rather, habituation effects often occur at a higher price level. Smoking is a good example: With every increase in tobacco tax over the past few decades, tobacco consumption has temporarily declined but recovered after a short time. Only the introduction of a ban on smoking in public spaces led to a noticeable decline in smoking.
Renewables produced 77% of Germany’s electricity on Easter Monday
By
L. Michael Buchsbaum
Awash in sunshine and gentle breezes, over the spring Easter holiday, renewable energy production throughout Germany began to climb, hitting a record on Easter Monday as roughly 77% of electricity was generated by renewables. Is this a further sign that coal is on its way out? L. Michael Buchsbaum presents the facts.
We must have a green industrial revolution. And Labour will lead it
By
Rebecca Long-bailey
We must draw on our history to find a way through the environmental crisis that faces us
Corbyn launches bid to declare a national climate emergency
By
Toby Helm
Labour will this week force a vote in parliament to declare a national environmental and climate change emergency as confidential documents show the government has spent only a fraction of a £100m fund allocated in 2015 to support clean air projects.
Indiana House defeats proposed moratorium on new renewable power plants
By
John Russell
The proposed moratorium was widely seen as an effort to delay the plans of several large utilities to retire aging, coal-fired generating units and replace them with renewable energy and natural gas.
