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 power exports more valuable than imports
By
Craig Morris
Germany exports more electricity when demand (and hence prices) are high; it imports when demand and prices are low.
Contemporary US Political Party Energy Politics – still a lot to play for
By
Catherine Mitchell
One of the lessons learnt from KP, is that it is easier to get across a focused environmental issue to the USA public. It is harder to communicate to the USA people what a sensible energy policy is, and because of this the environmental debate over the next few years at least is likely to be between the ‘drill baby drill’ and the ‘keep-it-in-the-ground’ factions.
All electricity in Austria’s largest state now produced from renewables
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The state in northeastern Austria now gets 63% of its electricity from hydroelectric power, 26% from wind energy, nine percent from biomass and two percent from solar.
The Leap Manifesto isn’t radical. It’s a way out of Canada’s head-in-the-sand politics
By
Martin Lukacs
Environmental activist David Suzuki, Naomi Klein and several others speak during a news conference to launching “Leap Manifesto–to transition the country off fossil fuels while simultaneously improving the lives of most Canadians.
The $25 trillion free lunch of the Dwarfs
By
James Wimberley
The great free lunch. . . Net cash cost of energy transition to 2040 ≈ $0.
Germany hardly needs industry demand management
By
Craig Morris
As in other countries, German industry can be asked to change power consumption in order to stabilize the grid. Now, it turns out that the policy option is used so seldom that it is to be done away with – another sign that the concern about fluctuating renewables on the grid may be exaggerated.
