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.
Mainichi: Biomass could turn tables around for renewable energy
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Renewable energy sources are commonly believed to be incapable of offering a stable power supply, but biomass, made from wood and animal-based materials such as livestock waste, is a source that has the potential to put those expectations on their heads. . . While Germany’s feed-in-tariff gives preferential treatment to cogeneration, Japan’s does not. Japan should find a way to promptly put this generated heat to good use. For example, setting up wood biomass stations in mountainous areas and creating small-scale CHP distribution systems would undoubtedly be effective in achieving both community independence and disaster preparedness. . .
Guardian: Only renewables – not nuclear – could be too cheap to meter
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Germany’s long support for wind and solar energy is delivering zero-cost electricity at times. In contrast, the UK’s new energy policy seeks to underwrite the rising cost of nuclear. . .
Renewables Helped France Avoid Freezing in the Dark
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Paul Gipe
In a startling development widely reported across Europe in the English-, French-, and German-language press, France imported electricity to meet peak demand during a brutal cold snap February 7, 2012.
Candidate for French Presidency Martine Aubry says France must phase out nuclear in her lifetime
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Martine Aubry
and build more wind and solar, increase efficiency, implement reverse block rate structure, and in effect emulate German industrial development. . . However, Aubry has to win her party’s nomination, then win the presidential election.
