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.
SLO County could be a ‘renewable energy hub’ after Diablo closes. Here’s how, Congressman Carbajal says
By
Kaytlyn Leslie
Congressman Salud Carbajal announced a new bill Monday to encourage investment in renewable energy businesses in San Luis Obispo County. The bill, called the Energy Opportunity Zone Act, is targeted to help the region stay competitive in the energy sector once one of its main energy producers, Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, closes in 2025.
Auctions didn’t make wind power cheaper, study finds
By
Craig Morris
The study thus basically further documents the real reason for the shift from feed-in tariffs to auctions: it wasn’t about price, as lots of people assume; the goal was to give policymakers a way to control, and hence limit, the amount built annually.
PREPARING A PUBLIC PATHWAY Confronting the Investment Crisis in Renewable Energy
By
Sean Sweeney and John Treat
Inadequate levels of investment in renewable energy are a major obstacle standing in the way of the transition to a new, renewables-based energy system.
High German power prices, low monthly bills?
By
Craig Morris
According to the most recent data, German retail power rates are the highest in the EU along with Denmark’s. The monthly power bill is, however, exaggerated in reports.
German Renewable Energy Revival
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
It mentions a “special auction” (Sonderausschreibung) of 4 GW onshore wind and 4 GW solar distributed over 2019 and 2020, in addition to offshore wind projects. I think that the transition to an auction model for renewable energy in recent years has been stopping progress, contributing strongly to Germany’s failure to meet the 2020 CO2 target. But there is one nice thing about it.
Germany’s energy consumption in 2017
By
Craig Morris
Based on preliminary figures for 2017, electricity from renewables grew by a record amount. Coal power production also fell noticeably even as nuclear power fell – despite record exports. But one big news item may have been overlooked amidst all the new records.
