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.
BCSEA: Webinar: Germany’s Path Towards 100% Renewable Energy Regions
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Germany has experienced a boom in local energy initiatives aiming at 100% renewable energy. The webinar will offer an overview of progress, and highlight the strategies that have worked, including successful political decision-making, networking, courageous entrepreneurship, and citizen-led organizing.
Boell: The German Coal Conundrum: The status of coal power in Germany’s energy transition
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Here, we have the coal conundrum of the Energiewende: is Germany building new coal plants to replace nuclear despite the country’s green ambitions? This paper finds that the concern is based largely on a temporary uptick in coal power in 2012/13 (due to a cold winter and greater power exports) and on a round of new coal plants currently going online.
Boell: The German Coal Conundrum
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Craig Morris and Arne Jungjohann
An in-depth look reveals that coal is not making a comeback in Germany. The current addition of new coal projects in Germany is a one-off phenomenon. Recent projects started in 2005-2007 as part of an overall trend in Europe caused by low carbon prices and upcoming stricter pollution standards for coal plants. New coal plants in Germany are unrelated to the nuclear phaseout of 2011 after the Fukushima accident.
Renewables International: Obama’s coal proposal–The great climate shell game
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Christian Roselund
I frequently find myself feeling somewhat schizophrenic in the world of the American media. I will be looking at a reality which has very clear features (to me), and I will find it being nearly universally described as something very different.
Edmonton Journal: Alberta needs to kick its coal habit
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Sheila Pratt
A large-scale shift away from coal to a variety of electricity sources including solar, wind, and geothermal power, could be accomplished in 20 years with only a slight price increase in the first decade and then cheaper prices starting in the second decade, said Thibault.
Renewables International: Carbon emissions–Obama’s seven percent proposal
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Charles Komanoff
President Obama plans to reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. At first glance, it sounds impressive – but the reference year is 2005, and emissions from electricity are already down 13 percent since then. What about overall emissions, including from heat and transport?
