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.
RMI: How Opposite Energy Policies Turned The Fukushima Disaster Into A Loss For Japan And A Win For Germany
By
Amory Lovins
Japan is indeed poor in fossil fuels—but among all major industrial countries, it’s the richest in renewable energy like sun, wind, and geothermal. For example, Japan has nine times Germany’s renewable energy resources. Yet Japan makes about nine times less of its electricity from renewables (excluding hydropower) than Germany does.
Putting the Brakes on Renewable Deployment in Germany?
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
Rejecting the previous idea of “the faster the better” sure sounds like putting on the brakes.
Fraunhofer: Germany Generates 31% of Electricity with Renewables in First Half 2014
By
Bruno Burger
The renewable energy sources solar, wind, hydro and biomass produced a total of about 81 TWh and accounted for approximately 31% of electricity production.
Resource Crisis: Lessons from a failed energy revolution: the real reasons of the nuclear failure
By
Hugo Bardi
I argue that nuclear energy ceased to be a viable option in the world’s energy mix as the result of the disappearance of the subsidies it received in the form of plutonium purchases by the military. This event was accompanied by a demonization campaign that forever destroyed the reputation of nuclear energy as an environmentally benign technology. In this story, there are several points of contact with the present situation with renewables, targeted by a demonization campaign destined to prolong the agony of fossil fuels.
Renewables International: SPD no longer the party of Hermann Scheer
By
Craig Morris
It is becoming increasingly clear that no German politician is holding the baton for renewables policy in Germany, especially after the recent amendments were approved on a Friday. Today, we take a look at who did not vote along party lines – and why.
Renewables International: EEG (Germany’s Renewable Energy Act) RIP
By
Craig Morris
The Bundestag just voted overwhelmingly in favor of the governing coalition’s proposes to change the country’s renewables policy. The grand coalition of Social Democrats and Christian Democrats got 454 yeas against 123 nays and six abstentions.
