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 at Your Fingertips
By
Paul Gipe
The Energy Transition is becoming a fashion item! Painted fingernails are a popular adornment for women of all ages. Kirsten Hasberg announced the launch of her crowd-sourced venture EnergyDemocracy.TV at the Pathways to 100% Renewable Energy conference in San Francisco April 16, 2013. In doing so, Kirsten flashed her painted fingernails on which are the symbols of renewable energy technologies that make energy democracy possible, including one finger with the symbol for wind energy.
RMI: Germany’s Renewables Revolution
By
Amory Lovins
Germany has doubled the renewable share of its total electricity consumption in the past six years to 23% in 2012. It forecasts nearly a redoubling by 2025, well ahead of the 50% target for 2030, and closing in on official goals of 65% in 2040 and 80% in 2050. Some areas are moving faster: in 2010, four German states were 43–52% windpowered for the whole year. And at times in spring 2012, half of all German electricity was renewable, nearing Spain’s 61% record set in April 2012.
Cost-minimized combinations of wind power, solar power and electrochemical storage, powering the grid up to 99.9% of the time
By
Willett Kempton
At 2030 technology costs and with excess electricity displacing natural gas, we find that the electric system can be powered 90%e99.9% of hours entirely on renewable electricity, at costs comparable to today’s–but only if we optimize the mix of generation and storage technologies. . .
Reuters: Renewables turn utilities into dinosaurs of the energy world
By
Geert De Clercq
Every new solar panel installed on European rooftops chips away at power utilities’ centralized production model. Unless they reinvent themselves soon, these giants risk becoming the dinosaurs of the energy market.
Opportunities Forsaken: The Iraq War and Renewable Energy
By
Paul Gipe
For the Amount Spent on the Iraq War the US Could be Generating 40% to 60% of its Electricity with Renewable Energy
