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.
More on Regulatory Corruption: Whistle blower–Former Arizona Utility Regulator Threatened Him Not to Reveal Inappropriate Activity
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Osha Gray Davidson
Former Chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission Gary Pierce held about a dozen private meetings with executives of APS, the state’s largest electrical utility (and which is regulated by the ACC) — many of which took place while the commission was considering proposed rate hikes for APS customers, according to a letter written by an ACC employee who reported directly to Piece.
Mainichi: Japan can produce 295 billion kWh of renewable energy in 2030
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That equates to about 31 percent of Japan’s total energy production in fiscal 2013, which stood at 939.7 billion kWh. In fiscal 2013, renewable energy accounted for just 2.2 percent of the total.
Boell: Renewables have made power cheaper for German industry
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Craig Morris
The best news about this study is not its findings, though they will no doubt be widely circulated. Rather, it is a sign that Siemens has moved from unrealistic criticism of the Energiewende to unrealistic cheerleading for it. Two cheers for Siemens!
Guardian: ‘It’s never the science itself’: why the right questions climate and vaccines
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Suzanne Goldenberg
Creationism, climate denial and anti-vaccination rage: long before the measles outbreak in the US, a deep mistrust of scientists infected some strands of the American conservative movement.
San Francisco Chronicle: Agents search Michael Peevey’s home in PG&E judge-shopping case
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Jaxon Van Derbeken
In an e-mail to Brown in January 2014, Cherry dangled PG&E’s backing for CPUC Chairman Peevey’s pet project — a $4 billion coal-gasification plant planned in Kern County — as a possible reward for the company getting its preferred judge.
Guardian: Fossil fuel firms accused of renewable lobby takeover to push gas
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Arthur Neslen
Big energy firms such as Total, Iberdrola, E.On and Enel have together adopted a dominant position in trade bodies such as the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). Their representatives now constitute a majority on both group’s boards.
