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.
Guardian: Former BP geologist: peak oil is here and it will ‘break economies’
By
Nafeez Ahmed
Richard Miller was particularly critical of the UK government’s policies, including abandoning large-scale wind farm projects, the reduction of feed-in tariffs for renewable energy, and support for shale gas. “The government will do anything for the short-term economic bounce,” he said, “but the consequence will be that the UK is tied more tightly to an oil-based future, and we will pay dearly for it.”
Boell: Robert Habeck–Germany’s First and Only Minister for the Energiewende
By
Paul Hockenos
The fact that Robert Habeck is the first Energiewende minister in Germany – in its northern-most state, Schleswig Holstein – is only one of the attributes that distinguishes the 43-year-old, Baltic-Sea native from the average German politico.
Renewables International: German renewables generate a terawatt-hour of wind power in two days
By
Bernard Chabot
In a remarkable display of how renewable energy has come of age in Germany, renewables–primarily wind and biomass–generated one billion kWh in two days.
Lenz Blog: Ulrich Kelber Interview on German RE Policy
By
Karl-friedrich Len
Before the election, the CDU was the party advocating a faster transition, and the FDP coalition partner was always hitting the brakes full force. . . Now the CDU is the slower partner, and the SPD will try to get things done faster. . . That’s progress.
GET: Something to copy from Germany: transparency of energy data
By
Craig Morris
One marvels at how different the situation is in Germany, where both historic power production and forecasts are available from the Transparency EEX website (in English and German), and you can also check out prices from EPEX (in English, German, and French). There is no fee for basic access.
Renewables International: Socrates didn’t invent solar architecture–Review of John Perlin’s Let it Shine
By
Craig Morris
The knowledge from Faust’s book was translated into an active solar building program in the 1820s through the 1850s in Lower Bavaria, Hessen and Prussia. . . Faust’s ideas were implemented in Bavaria, where the first solar schools were built. Faust’s Sonnenstadt plan was an ideal solar city, and the frontispiece to his book became a reality as the inspiration for the rebuilding of La Chaux-de-Faunds, Switzerland in the 1850s. In 2009, the United Nations chose the city as a World Heritage Site.
