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.
CleanTechnica: New “Breakthroughs” in Anti-Solar Propaganda
By
Christian Roselund
Anyway, it’s progress that the enemies of solar like the Breakthrough Institute are now reduced to hoping that other countries will be unable to match Germany’s cost reductions. A couple of years earlier their tune was still “solar is too expensive.” That talking point has been retired.
Renewables International: Renewables and California’s heat wave
By
Bernard Chabot
Just as power demand is peaking in the area, California is losing its nuclear plants. At the beginning of June, a decision was made not to reopen the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant, and just this week yet another nuclear plant, this time Diablo Canyon, shut down one of its two reactors because of a leak. . . Overall, Chabot concludes that “variable but predictable” renewable electricity “combine very well in hot months in California.” At the moment, Californians can use all of the electricity they can get.
IGov: The (German) tortoise and the (British) hare
By
Matthew Lockwood
Between 1990 and 2000, the UK’s grid carbon factor fell by almost 30%, but in the decade 2000 to 2010, it fell only 3%. By contrast, while Germany’s decarbonisation trend has been slower, is has been sustained, with the grid factor falling by 14% in the 1990s and almost 12% in the 2000s. The German tortoise has now caught up with the UK hare.
German Association of Rural Women on the Energy Transition and Increasing Energy Efficiency
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Recent translation of the position statement by LandFrauen on the phase out of nuclear power in Germany and the role of rural women in the energy transition and increasing energy efficiency in Germany.
CleanTechnica: 100% Renewable Energy And Beyond!
By
Thomas Gerke
While many countries still discuss whether or not a 100% renewable energy system – or “just” a 100% renewable electricity supply – is even theoretically possible, Germans seem no longer bothered by such unscientific doubts. To make matters “worse,” some of them (including myself) are even convinced that a transition to a 100% renewable energy system can and should be accomplished within only a few decades’ time.
Renewables International: Impact of Germany’s Energiewende on the poor
By
Craig Morris
Overall, the Left generally speaks out for the poor in Germany. . . Yet, their study entitled “Poverty risks from the Energiewende” is subtitled “myths, lies, and arguments.” It addresses 20 claims – again, we don’t have the space here – made against the EEG in terms of the impact on the poor.
