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.

Danish Energy Agency: An energy system without fossil fuels is technically possible

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Ture Falbe-hansen

The Danish Energy Agency has published an energy-scenario report and five sub-analyses on the energy system of the future and the challenges that need managing up to 2050 as fossil fuels are phased out and replaced with renewable energy.

Mainichi: Ex-PMs Koizumi, Hosokawa launch body to seek end of nuclear power

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Former prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Morihiro Hosokawa on Wednesday established a new entity to promote renewable energy as part of a joint antinuclear campaign that previously led Hosokawa to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election last February.

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Total Italian Solar PV System Size Distribution 2013

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Paul Gipe

System size distribution of total Italian solar PV installations through 2013. 17% of total installed solar PV capacity is in …

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Spanish Renewble Generation in 2013

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Paul Gipe

In 2013 Spain generated nearly 44% of its electricity with renewable sources, 30% from new renewables. Wind energy alone provided …

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Italian Renewable Generation 2008-2013

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Paul Gipe

In 2013 Italy generated nearly 34% of its electricity with renewable sources, 17% with new renewables. Solar PV provided nearly …

Japan Focus: Could a US-Japan “Green Alliance” Transform the Climate-Energy Equation?

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Andrew Dewit

As retired Navy Rear Admiral David Titley, an expert on climate change, wrote in a Fox News editorial in an effort to shake some sense into the heads of denialists: “The parallels between the political decisions regarding climate change we have made and the decisions that led Europe to World War One are striking – and sobering. The decisions made in 1914 reflected political policies pursued for short-term gains and benefits, coupled with institutional hubris, and a failure to imagine and understand the risks or to learn from recent history.”