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.
Renewables International: US could nearly quadruple share of renewables
By
Craig Morris
A country report published by IRENA finds that the United States could have 27 percent renewable energy (not just electricity!) by 2030, up from 7.5 percent in 2010 – and much higher than the 10 percent it would have under business as usual.
2014 Wind & Solar Generation in France Less than 5%
By
Paul Gipe
In comparison to its European neighbors, France has fallen off the renewable energy bandwagon, according to the most recent report …
SF Chronicle: Guidelines for the post-Peevey era of the California Public Utility Commission
By
Loretta M. Lynch, Former Cpuc President
Despite lavish talk about increasing renewable energy and the start of renewable mandates in 2002, the PUC has authorized more fossil-fueled energy than renewable energy during Peevey’s tenure, with prices and terms kept secret. Often these plant approvals are fast-tracked and approved with no demonstrated need.
So why is renewable energy so much more expensive in the UK compared to other countries?
By
Dave Toke
So, in short, the new CfD system replicates the existing ability of the electricity majors to siphon off up to 30 per cent of the incomes supposedly paid by electricity consumers for renewable energy.
Blinded by the lights? Or Just Blinded–British Energy Policy
By
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson blasts Britain’s ruling party and government bureaucrats for an ideologically driven rush to a “capacity market” in response to a “manufactured,” that is, imaginary, crisis.
Why Germany Has No Need for North-to-South Power Lines
By
R. Andreas Kraemer
The North-to-South transmission lines are not needed; they are a waste of money, designed to increase the cost of the rnergiewende and thus do discredit it, and to split the environmental community in various ways. Here is why:
