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.
Two German states already 100 percent renewable net for electricity
By
Craig Morris
In 2015, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein generated more renewable power than households and businesses in each state consumed.
Energiewende: killing the right industries
By
Craig Morris
Overall, some things in the Energiewende are going well; others, less so. But we have only just begun: the Energiewende is a generational project, with 35 years left until 2050.
The Miserable Failure of the German 2014 Renewable Energy Law Reform
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
The good thing about this development is that it clearly shows what happens when you phase out feed-in tariffs and use an auction model instead. A massive breakdown of the market, making the climate crisis worse.
Global energy transition conference bigger than ever
By
Craig Morris
Undersecretary Rainer Baake praised the German government’s implementation of auctions, in which markets set prices but the government sets the volume – and the German government is using the policy to slow down renewables in the power sector.
German retail power rate stable as share of renewables increases
By
Craig Morris
For the past four years, the average retail power rate in Germany has been stable, even though the share of renewable electricity rose from nearly 25 percent to 32.5 percent.
Dutch Transplant Wants to Save a Czech Watermill
By
Paul Gipe
Wherein we reconnect with a Dutch miller and learn of his campaign to preserve his adopted country’s watermills.
