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.
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.
Paul Fenn Wants to Give Your Electric Company the Boot
By
Brian Eckhouse
He’s spent a quarter century advocating for making power a local matter. Now communities that want more renewable energy can buy their own.
KunstlerCast 298 — Solar and Wind in Vermont with David Blittersdorf of All Earth Renewables
By
David Blittersdorf
“Grind up the SUVs and build wind turbines with them,” says David Blittersdorf, founder of AllEarth Renewables. Podcast with more provocative thoughts on renewables, transit, and energy policy in Vermont and the nation.
Environmental Costs of Electric Power Generation in Germany
By
Paul Gipe
Oy Vey! It appears I’ve been following scientific estimates of the environmental costs from conventional electric power generation for at least 30 years. It’s probably been longer, but I found documentation that I’ve been writing about this controversial topic since at least 1988 when Olav Hohmeyer published his groundbreaking study on the topic for Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute.
New study: Germans still support the Energiewende
By
Craig Morris
The results of the most comprehensive survey of what the Germans think of their energy transition were published in November.
