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.
Tamil Nadu all set to generate 30 to 35 per cent power from renewable sources
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Tamil Nadu is going green in power generation as nearly 30 to 35 per cent of power supplied to the State is generated from renewable energy sources like wind and sun, according to Tamil Nadu energy secretary Vikram Kapur.
Germany’s worse-case scenario in the power sector
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Craig Morris
The Germans know the Energiewende’s weak spot, and they have modeled it, modeled it, modeled it.
Japan vows to ramp up efforts to export renewable energy technology
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Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Thursday that Japan will aggressively pursue the export of renewable energy technologies to tap into growth spurred via the worldwide transition to clean energy sources necessitated by the onset of climate change.
Photo Essay: Japan’s Renewable-Energy Revolution
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Sam Hall and Brian Eckhouse
These images, from a series of flights over the Tokyo and Kobe/Osaka regions of Japan, show a range of photovoltaic projects on former golf courses, quarries, dams, man-made islands and floating projects on ponds and reservoirs.
Revenge of PURPA
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Paul Gipe
The much maligned Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, PURPA for short, is back in the news. Not that it ever went away. PURPA has been the foundation stone upon which renewable electricity generation has been built in the United States.
The US nuclear camp critiques studies for 100% renewables. Without reading them.
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Craig Morris
Craig Morris reviews a few papers by Americans and advises them to tackle the best European studies for 100% renewables head-on, not ignore them.
