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.
New Page Posted of Photos of Paul Gipe’s Career in Renewable Energy
By
Paul Gipe
I’ve finally taken the time to post some pictures from my career in renewable energy and energy policy. Some date from 1976, possibly earlier. My memory of those days is fuzzy as they say.
“Base load” power: a myth used to defend the fossil fuel industry
By
Giles Parkinson
As the network operator builds out its clean power sources, they noted, coal-fired generators could only serve as “reserve power” to supplement renewables. “The only hurdle to overcome is ‘mindset’,” Liu said. “There’s no technical challenge at all.”
Does France really need solar roads?
By
Olivier Daniélo and Richard Robert
So it is time to raise not very pleasant, though serious questions. If one accepts that in the context of the French energy transition, the Wattway solution has absolutely no economic relevance against the other solutions available, then either this decision is just an irresponsible communication coup, or some public money is going to be spent to fund an industrial project in no way related to the country’s energy transition.
Can utilities be trusted with the energy transition?
By
Craig Morris
Utilities are building giant wind and solar projects everywhere, but largely in competitor territory, not their own. And they see community projects built by citizens as a threat within their own turf. Corporate utilities don’t want their own investments in renewables competing with their existing conventional energy assets, and they don’t want yours either.
100% Renewable Energy: What We Can Do in 10 Years
By
Richard Heinberg
The most important thing to understand about the energy transition is that it’s not optional. Delay would be fatal. It’s time to make a plan—however sketchy, however challenging—and run with it, revising it as we go.
Can Germany’s renewable energy revolution be replicated in the United States?
By
Beate G. Liepert
But cloudy Germany, not sunny California, has the advantage when it comes to solar electricity, with a capacity of 38 gigawatts compared to a mere 11 in the Golden State as of 2015.
