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.
Renewable Energy Action Coalition of Hawaii (REACH) Calls for 100% Renewable Energy in Hawaii
By
Erik Kvam
The logic of asking for plans to achieve 100% renewable generation is the certainty that, as imported fuels get scarcer and more expensive, sooner or later these imported fuels will stop flowing to Hawaii, and sooner or later Hawaii must arrive at 100% renewable generation. Everyone in Hawaii, including the HECO Companies and their customers, will be much better off if we arrive at 100% renewable generation through intention and planning, rather than through crisis and failure to plan.
Renewables International: More evidence of popular support for German Energiewende
By
Craig Morris
A survey taken last month and published in the week before Germany’s parliamentary elections over the weekend provides even more evidence that the Germans stand behind their energy transition, though they do believe many things can be improved.
Comments of Paul Gipe to the 100 Percent Champions League, Kassel Germany
By
Paul Gipe
I am here today because this past spring we held a small conference in San Francisco. At the conference, Pathways …
Renewables International: German elections: best result for renewables
By
Craig Morris
Supporters of renewables have reason to rejoice this week, for the FDP has failed to get 5% of the vote, the limit required to enter parliament. It is the first time in the history of the German Republic that the FDP, a libertarian party, has not been represented in the Bundestag.
Enemy of Renewable Energy FDP Out of German Bundestag
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
With the FDP out, that leaves exactly zero parties in the Bundestag supporting the proposal of replacing the successful feed-in tariff with a renewable portfolio standard, recently floated again by the Monopolkommission. It didn’t have a chance anyway, but this election result makes that point even clearer.
Reneswables International: What the New York Times does not tell you Poverty an issue for social policy, not energy policy
By
Craig Morris
The New York Times published an astonishingly misleading article, depicting Germany as a country in which poor people are suffering from the high cost of renewables. Here’s what you need to know.
