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China puts coal on back burner as renewables soar – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

  2024-08-23 (or before) in Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Massive Attack castigate music industry over climate inaction: ‘We don’t need to talk. We need to act’

  2024-08-23 in The Guardian

As the group prepare for Act 1.5, a Bristol festival aiming to have the lowest emissions of any big music event, Robert Del Naja says decarbonised touring is possible

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Batteries step in as coal plant trips amid heatwave and near record demand in Texas

  2024-08-09 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Big batteries step in as coal unit trips in Texas at peak time in midst of heatwave. “Always on” baseload needs back-up just as much as renewables.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


‘Every building sits on a thermal asset’: how networked geothermal power could change cities

  2024-08-09 in The Guardian

The ground is humming with geothermal energy that could heat or cool our homes – and now the big US utilities are starting to take note

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Wind farms can offset their emissions within two years

  2024-08-08 (or before) in Science Daily

After spinning for under two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power plants.

  Tagged under: Wind Power | Oceans | Renewable Energy


‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy

  2024-08-08 in The Guardian

UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies

  Tagged under: Oil Industry | Fossil Fuels | Disinformation and Misinformation | Energy | Renewable Energy


‘I turned into a solar nerd’: money and fun were the unexpected benefits of installing panels

  2024-08-07 in The Guardian

Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat pump. He’s totted up the energy generated and cash saved over the years

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Why Methane Removal Might Be Our Best Bet to Stop Rising Global Temperatures

  2024-08-05 in Literary Hub

Cumulative emissions matter the most for longer-lived gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide since 1850 are about two and a half trillion tons—from a…

  Tagged under: Methane | Renewable Energy


Public and local policymaker preferences for large-scale energy project characteristics - Nature Energy

  2024-08-01 in Nature

Pennsylvanians support energy infrastructure projects that use solar, create jobs and are community owned. Elected officials misperceive constituents’ preferences, underestimating support for renewable energy and job creation.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Climate Crisis: Old King Coal Remains Omnipotent and Omnipresent - Bloomberg

  2024-07-25 in Bloomberg

The dirtiest fossil fuel still powers the world. Talk of its demise is greatly exaggerated.

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Coal | India | Renewable Energy


Solar and wind ‘will miss 2030 clean energy target without £48bn funding’

  2024-07-22 in The Guardian

Hitting target for zero-carbon electricity system will require ‘step-change’, says analyst Cornwall Insight

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Renewable energy: How incredibly simple tech can supercharge the race to net zero | New Scientist

  2024-07-20 (or before) in New Scientist

To even out the intermittent power supply from wind and solar, we need to build vast energy storage facilities. It turns out the best solution might be cheap, simple ideas like heating bricks and lifting weights

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says

  2024-07-16 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

AEMO boss says nuclear too slow to replace coal, and confirms that “notion of baseload” will not compete with grid powered by cheaper renewables.

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Renewable Energy


Trump VP Pick JD Vances Scorn for Clean Energy Grew as Ohio Embraced It - Bloomberg

  2024-07-15 in Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s newly picked running mate, Senator JD Vance, has grown more critical of renewable electricity and climate change even as his home state of Ohio embraced solar power and clean-tech manufacturing.

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Renewable Energy | Electricity | Energy | Donald Trump | Climate Change


Global Warming: Observations vs. Climate Models

  2024-07-03 (or before) by in The Heritage Foundation

Average warming of the climate system over the past five decades has been widely attributed to greenhouse gas emissions—primarily carbon dioxide (CO2)—from the burning of fossil fuels. This belief has led to calls for greatly reducing humanity’s reliance on such fuels and a transition to “renewable” energy sources such as wind power and solar energy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


BP imposes hiring freeze and halts new offshore wind projects

  2024-06-27 in The Guardian

New boss Murray Auchincloss reverses move away from fossil fuels, which had weighed on company’s share price

  Tagged under: BP | Renewable Energy


AI will be help rather than hindrance in hitting climate targets, Bill Gates says

  2024-06-27 in The Guardian

Microsoft co-founder says efficiencies for technology and electricity grids will outweigh energy use by datacentres

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


It doesn’t make sense: why US tariffs on Chinese cleantech risk the green transition | Jeffrey Frankel

  2024-06-26 in The Guardian

Global demand for renewable energy is surging so why make solar panels, wind turbines and EVs dearer for western consumers?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Future energy security

  2024-06-21 (or before) in Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit

Rise in British renewables will play a much larger role in bolstering the UK’s energy security than potential new domestic oil and gas production.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Fossil fuel use reaches global record despite clean energy growth

  2024-06-20 in The Guardian

Report finds developing countries are increasing reliance on coal, gas and oil as overall demand for energy rises

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Surging Renewables Push French Energy Prices Negative, Shutting Down Nuclear Plants – The UBJ – United Business Journal

  2024-06-15 in theubj.com

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Renewable Energy


Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?

  2024-06-12 in The Guardian

Allowing livestock to graze under renewable developments gives farmers a separate income stream, but solar developers have been slow to catch on

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Battery breakthrough could supercharge transition to renewable energy | The Independent

  2024-06-04 in The Independent

Zinc-air batteries hold huge potential for grid-scale storage

  Tagged under: Innovation | Renewable Energy


World will miss target of tripling renewable electricity generation by 2030 – IEA

  2024-06-04 in The Guardian

Analysis of policies of nearly 150 countries shows shortfall to hit target viewed as vital for transition from fossil fuels

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says

  2024-05-14 in The Guardian

Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progress

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Sunak to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind

  2024-05-02 in The Guardian

Exclusive: decision to grant licences condemned by critics as a stunt that shows Tories are ‘playing politics with climate’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Delivering the COP28 consensus on tripling renewable energy by 2030

  2024-04-30 (or before) in E3G - A safe climate for all

Tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030 is a critical milestone in the energy transition. Pace and ambition must be increased.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Batteries the biggest player again as renewable records smashed in California, reach 156 pct of load

  2024-04-22 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Batteries become biggest supplier in California’s evening peak for fourth time in a week, as renewables smash records with 156 pct of demand.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Study: Just three per cent of land could boost UK renewables generation 13-fold

  2024-04-09 in Business Green

Analysis from Friends of the Earth details how onshore renewables could slash emissions and curb energy costs without impacting food production

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Halfway to net zero heaven

  2024-03-29 in Business Green

UK emissions are down 52 per cent since 1990 and fossil fuels last year provided just a third of UK power - change is happening

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Study: Renewables provide more UK power than gas plants over last winter

  2024-03-22 in Business Green

ECIU estimates wind, solar, and hydro provided 40 per cent of UK electricity over winter months, while gas fired power plants provided around a third

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


UK heat pump rollout criticised as too slow by public spending watchdog

  2024-03-18 in The Guardian

Installations must speed up 11-fold as advisers say latest changes to scheme likely to make 2028 target even harder

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Technological Breakthroughs Fuel Bright Future for Tidal Power | OilPrice.com

  2024-03-17 in Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

Tidal energy represents a significant but underutilized source of clean electricity, with recent investments aiming to expand its contribution to the green transition.

  Tagged under: Innovation | Renewable Energy


RWE starts construction of first wave of UK solar farms

  2024-03-15 in Business Green

Energy giant confirms work has started on seven UK solar farms, as it beefs up Europe-wide green investment plans

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Super cheap transmission upgrades could double capacity and open floodgates for renewables

  2024-03-14 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Grid enhancing technologies are promising to decongest networks and bring in huge amounts of renewables. Can they work in Australia?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Australia’s biggest smelter to launch massive wind and solar tender, says nuclear too costly

  2024-03-13 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

The biggest single energy consumer in Australia, the Tomago smelter, is about to launch a massive tender for wind and solar. It says nuclear is too expensive.

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Wind Power | Nuclear Power | Renewable Energy | Australia


Biden isn’t advertising America’s record oil boom

  2024-03-13 by in Vox

Biden is not "waging war" on American energy. He’s boosting it.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


UK government must kick-start the construction of large-scale electricity storage or fail to meet legal binding net zero targets by 2050, warns Royal Society report | Royal Society

  2024-03-11 (or before) in The Royal Society

‘Large-scale electricity storage’ report examines a wide variety of ways to store surplus wind and solar generated electricity which will be needed when Great Britain’s supply is dominated by volatile wind and solar power.

  Tagged under: Batteries | Energy Storage | UK | Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid | Wind Power


Offshore versus onshore: The underestimated impact of onshore wind and solar photovoltaics for the energy transition of the British Isles

  2024-03-11 (or before) in ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

The total annualised system costs can decrease to 63 b€ and a levelised cost of electricity of 40 €/MWh if onshore wind and solar photovoltaics are allowed to be built to a higher extend. High levels of electrification and sector coupling are the main reasons for decreasing primary energy demand. The multiple risks of nuclear technology can be avoided if dedicated action towards 100% renewable energy is taken.

  Tagged under: UK | Nuclear Power | Wind Power | Solar Energy | Renewable Energy


Ember | Clean Energy Policy

  2024-03-11 (or before) in Ember Climate

Ember is an energy think tank that aims to accelerate the clean energy transition with data and policy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Mersey Tidal Power: Plans for multibillion-pound barrage connecting Liverpool and Wirral unveiled

  2024-03-11 in Business Green

Tidal barrage connecting Liverpool and Wirral announced as the preferred option to harness renewable energy from the River Mersey

  Tagged under: UK | Tidal Energy | Rivers | Renewable Energy


Large-scale electricity storage | Royal Society

  2024-03-11 (or before) in The Royal Society

This policy briefing explores the need for energy storage to underpin renewable energy generation in Great Britain. It assesses various energy storage technologies.

  Tagged under: Electricity Grid | Electricity | Batteries | Renewable Energy


Abandonded mine water source heat pump system for residential applications – pv magazine International

  2024-03-09 (or before) in pv magazine International

Chinese researchers have designed an abandoned mine water source heat pump system that can reportedly perform better than gas boilers in residential buildings. It consists of a submersible pump, a plate heat exchanger, a water source heat pump, a circulating water pump, and an end section.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Heat Pumps


Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s

  2024-03-08 in The Guardian

Research shows industry lobbying against support for solar panels and electric cars while enjoying subsidies itself

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Lobbying | Oil Industry


50MW Norfolk solar farm to bring 176% biodiversity gain

  2024-03-08 by in Solar Power Portal

Downing Renewable Developments has received planning consent for a 49.9MW solar farm in Norfolk, set to bring a biodiversity net gain of 176%.

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | UK | Renewable Energy


UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge

  2024-03-07 in The Guardian

Potential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain

  Tagged under: UK | Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Government confirms £1bn budget for clean power auction, but fears grow over offshore wind target

  2024-03-06 in Business Green

Experts warn next auction round likely to leave the UK badly off track to meet its target of 50GW of new offshore wind capacity by 2030

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Energy | UK Politics | Wind Power


Wave energy crucial to UK’s clean power ambitions, report finds - edie

  2024-03-05 by in Edie Awards

A resilient and cost-effective transition to 100% renewables in the UK would require at least 27GW of wave energy capacity, new research has shown.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


How can nuclear fit into a renewable grid where base load can’t compete?

  2024-03-05 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Coalition’s push for nuclear is fundamentally flawed, not just for nuclear, but for any high capital cost base load generator. 

  Tagged under: Electricity Grid | Australia | Nuclear Power | Renewable Energy


Exxon CEO Shares "Dirty Secret" Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals | Leadership Next

  2024-03-04 (or before) in YouTube

As CEO of the energy giant, Darren Woods is leading the third-largest U.S. company through the energy transition. While Exxon Mobil is investing in low-carbo...

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance | Net Zero | Exxon | Carbon Capture and Storage | Renewable Energy


Wind and solar projects gathering pace, despite Coalition campaign

  2024-03-03 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Despite all the doom and gloom, the wind and solar currently under construction makes it certain we will be over 50% renewable by mid 2026 at the latest and probably by late 2025.

  Tagged under: Wind Power | Solar Energy | Renewable Energy | Australia | Project 2025


Australia to seek 10 GW of wind and solar this year in biggest ever tenders

  2024-03-01 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Australia will seek 10 gigawatts of new wind and solar capacity this year, along with 3 GW of dispatchable capacity, as it races to meet its ambitious renewables target.

  Tagged under: Wind Power | Renewable Energy


Spanish Power Is Almost Free with Renewables Set for Record - Bloomberg

  2024-02-29 in Bloomberg

Electricity prices in Spain slumped to almost nothing as the nation’s wind and solar parks are churning out more power than ever.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Spain | Wind Power


Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’

  2024-02-28 in The Guardian

Decision by premier Danielle Smith further pits Canadian province against environmental groups pushing green energy

  Tagged under: Canada | Renewable Energy


How Scotland is working with African countries on a massive renewable energy boom – Dr Richard Dixon

  2024-02-28 in The Scotsman

Renewable energy projects have benefits for rural electrification, energy security, job creation and even health – as well as the fight against climate change

  Tagged under: Health | Renewable Energy | Africa


The network of conservative think-tanks out to kill the switch to renewables

  2024-02-28 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Australia’s renewable energy plans are being targeted by coordinated campaigns from conservative “think tanks”, as the Coalition embraces nuclear and rails against large scale ren…

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Renewable Energy


Oregon Dismantling Environmental Reviews in the Name of Renewables?

  2024-02-24 by in Collapse Curriculum

The Erosion of NEPA and the Illusion of Green Progress

  Tagged under: Oregon | Renewable Energy | Collapse


Power struggle: fears for UK energy generation as green projects delayed

  2024-02-16 in The Guardian

Path to relying solely on green power appears long as series of problems collides with reality of keeping the lights on

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


World must spend $A18 trillion in renewables and grids by 2030 to meet climate targets

  2024-02-13 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

World must spend at least $A18 trillion on renewables and the grid to meet climate targets, and most can come from scrapping fossil fuel plans.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


Europe’s deepest mine to become gravity battery for storing renewable energy | The Independent

  2024-02-08 in The Independent

Estimates suggest abandoned mine shafts could store enough electricity to power the planet

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


West of England coalmines to be mapped for renewable energy potential

  2024-01-30 in The Guardian

Regional mayor Dan Norris launches project to explore potential for former mines to produce low-carbon heat

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Geothermal Energy


China Added More Solar Panels in 2023 Than US Did In Its Entire History - Bloomberg

  2024-01-26 in Bloomberg

China installed more solar panels in 2023 than any other nation has built in total, adding to a massive renewable energy fleet that’s already leading the world by a wide margin.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


Underground hydrogen discovery in France raises hopes for clean energy

  2024-01-25 in The Guardian

Deposit of natural hydrogen could be the largest ever found and enough to meet global demand for two years

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | France


EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low

  2024-01-24 in The Guardian

Fossil emissions ‘finally back to 1960s levels’, say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowly

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Windmills are Killing Our Donuts! And It’s All Biden’s Fault! - Legal Planet

  2024-01-22 by Dan Farber in Legal Planet - Environmental Law and Policy

Donald Trump has been talking a lot about donuts lately. Donuts, it seems, are threatened by renewable energy and depend on fossil fuels. Maybe because he’s heard that they’re cooked in oil? Trump’s knowledge of cooking is likely pretty minimal, given that it’s unlikely he’s ever been inside a kitchen. And windmills are terrible, just … Continue reading "Windmills are Killing Our Donuts! And It’s All Biden’s Fault!"

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power


Rishi Sunak facing renewed pressure over plans to ‘max out’ North Sea oil

  2024-01-21 in The Guardian

Dithering on renewable energy and insulation will leave people in Britain ‘colder and poorer’, campaigners warn

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Rishi Sunak | Insulation | Fossil Fuels


Global environmental cost of using rare earth elements in green energy technologies

  2024-01-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Decarbonization of economy is intended to reduce the consumption of non-renewable energy sources and emissions from them. One of the major components …

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Climate Change and Energy Transition: The 2023 Scorecard

  2024-01-16 by in resilience

To reach net zero emissions by 2050 (which the IPCC considers necessary to cap warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius) by providing 100 percent of total global energy from renewables, we would need a nearly ten-fold increase in renewable energy production, even assuming zero growth in overall global energy demand during that time.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Global Warming | Net Zero


Long Duration Energy Storage Could Cut Cost of GB Power System by up to £24 Billion 

  2024-01-13 (or before) in Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

New analysis by LCP Delta and published within the consultation on 'Designing a policy framework to enable investment in long duration electricity storage' from the Department for En...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | UK | Energy Storage | Batteries | Electricity


Biofuel industrial park coming to Nevada

  2024-01-03 in Las Vegas Review-Journal

As part of the agreement, Nevada and Denmark aim to create a renewable energy powered industrial park on 200 acres in Lincoln County.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions than petrol or diesel vehicles?

  2023-12-23 in The Guardian

In part five of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we assess the greenwashing claims

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electric Cars | Cars


Special report: Redesigning the UK's energy grid for a greener climate

  2023-12-15 (or before) in YouTube

The UK's electricity grid is struggling to catch up with the shifting energy map, as renewables replace fossil fuels and the grid’s infrastructure and manage...

  Tagged under: Energy | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Renewable Energy


Farmers says climate change is biggest threat, renewables the best solution

  2023-12-12 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Seven out of 10 farmers interviewed had already invested in emissions reduction efforts, by installing solar panels and batteries, electrifying farm equipment or planting trees.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Farming | Trees


Baseload price and the support to renewables

  2023-12-12 by in gemenergyanalytics.substack.com

A brief introduction to the impact of baseload price on the support to renewables with the German case

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’

  2023-12-09 in The Guardian

But country’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, would not say whether it would support phase-out wording in climate deal

  Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburst on sidelines of UN COP28 climate conference - ABC News

  2023-12-06 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Australian mining magnate and climate campaigner lashes out at oil and gas supremos he says are "selfish beyond belief".

  Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy


Heavy dependence on Carbon Capture and Storage ‘highly economically damaging’, says Oxford report

  2023-12-04 (or before) in smithschool.ox.ac.uk

Heavy dependence on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to reach net zero targets around 2050 would be “hugely economically damaging”, costing at least $30 trillion more than a route based on renewable energy, energy efficiency and electrification.

  Tagged under: Net Zero | Renewable Energy | Carbon Capture and Storage


Warning: the UK government's hydrogen plan isn’t green at all, it’s another oil industry swindle | Kevin Anderson and Simon Oldridge

  2023-12-04 in The Guardian

A taxpayer-funded drive for ‘blue’ hydrogen is good news for fossil-fuel lobbyists, but bad news for the climate crisis, say climate academics Kevin Anderson and Simon Oldridge

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


COP28: UN climate talks go big on ending fossil fuels

  2023-12-03 (or before) in The BBC

Countries and companies pledge more renewables and emissions cuts but critics say the measures fall short.

  Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


UN climate talks have focused on renewable energy for too long says Exxon chief

  2023-12-03 (or before) in Financial Times

Darren Woods tells FT that oil and gas major has a role to play in reducing emissions

  Tagged under: Exxon | Renewable Energy


US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

  2023-12-02 in Associated Press News

The United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit. Saturday's announcement by U.S.

  Tagged under: COP28 | US Politics | USA | Coal | Electricity | Middle East | Renewable Energy


Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants

  2023-11-21 in Yahoo

Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide. The long-term economics of gas-fired plants, used in Europe and some parts of the United States primarily to compensate for the intermittent nature of wind and solar power, are changing quickly, according to Reuters' interviews with more than a dozen power plant developers, project finance bankers, analysts and consultants. They said some battery operators are already supplying back-up power to grids at a price competitive with...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Economics | Wind Power | Electricity Grid | Finance


Solar panel advances will see millions abandon electrical grid, scientists predict | The Independent

  2023-11-09 in The Independent

Solar energy costs have fallen 90 per cent over the last decade, while new discoveries have seen efficiency rates rise

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electricity Grid


Vanadium flow batteries stake a claim for round the clock storage for renewables

  2023-10-29 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Largest vanadium flow battery in south hemisphere is going through its commissioning process at Port Pirie, with big hopes for the future of round-the-clock storage.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Is crisis at Siemens Energy symptom of a wider wind power problem?

  2023-10-27 in The Guardian

Rising construction and financing costs are likely to require fresh policies from the UK and US

  Tagged under: Wind Power | Renewable Energy


Mike Johnson's First Big Bill Cuts Biden's Climate Funding - Bloomberg

  2023-10-26 in Bloomberg

The first major legislation House Republicans passed under newly installed Speaker Mike Johnson would cut billions of dollars in consumer rebates for energy efficiency upgrades included in President Joe Biden’s signature climate law.

  Tagged under: US Politics | Legislation | Joe Biden | Renewable Energy | Louisiana


Solar behind big price falls as grid demand and coal power pushed to record lows

  2023-10-22 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

The growth in renewables over the past year has had a major impact on Australia’s main electricity grid, with wholesale prices tumbling from their 2022 peaks, and grid demand and coal output …

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Renewable Energy


Geothermal: Europe’s next renewable opportunity

  2023-10-20 (or before) in EURACTIV

Geothermal heat, especially when paired with district heating networks for broad local distribution, is an abundant resource just below our feet. Europe needs more of it to decarbonise the building sector and kick its fossil fuel habit, writes a cross-party group of five MEPs.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | European Union | Geothermal Energy


UK infrastructure needs much more investment, say government advisers

  2023-10-17 in The Guardian

National Infrastructure Commission says public transport, home heating and water networks all in need of renewal

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Trains


Synergies between renewable energy and energy efficiency

  2023-10-14 (or before) in IRENA Ð International Renewable Energy Agency

This working paper considers how renewables and energy efficiency can work together to contribute to global energy decarbonisation, and how this synergy affects energy system and technology cost.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Decarbonisation


COMMENTARY: Ten reasons why nuclear power has no future - NB Media Co-op

  2023-10-11 by in NB Media Co-op

Nuclear power is dirty and dangerous now, and for many generations to come. The following ten reasons state why nuclear has no future. Nuclear power is too slow to help mitigate the climate crisis. A 2022 report by the National Academies of Science found that most advanced reactors, including small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs), “will […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power


Dear Keir Starmer: here’s what you should know about Sunak’s attack on climate policy – he lied and lied | Fiona Harvey

  2023-10-09 in The Guardian

He says costs will fall on the poor, but that’s a choice made by his government , says Fiona Harvey, an environment editor at the Guardian

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Rishi Sunak


‘Detached from reality’: anger as Rishi Sunak plans to restrict solar panels

  2023-10-07 in The Guardian

Climate campaigners dismiss government argument that move will improve food security

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Rishi Sunak


Housebuilding companies saved billions from Tory delays to low-carbon rules

  2023-10-04 in The Guardian

Exclusive: Almost £40m given since 2010 as government delays to low-carbon regulations save builders and developers billions

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’

  2023-10-02 in The Guardian

Rightwing thinktank Civitas mistakenly cost onshore wind power 10,000 times higher than reality and claimed bill would be £4.5tn

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power | Net Zero


Fossil fuels ‘becoming obsolete’ as solar panel prices plummet | The Independent

  2023-09-27 (or before) in The Independent

Solar costs down nearly 90 per cent over last decade in huge boost for renewable energy

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels


‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief

  2023-09-26 in The Guardian

IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electric Cars | EVs | Net Zero | Cars


Global push for clean hydrogen foiled by costs and lack of support, report finds

  2023-09-22 in The Guardian

IEA says firms are announcing more projects but waiting for government support before investing

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


Green light for giant North Wales offshore wind farm

  2023-09-21 (or before) in constructionenquirer.com

Awel y Môr wind farm is the biggest renewable investment in Wales for a decade

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Johan Rockström interview | Planetary boundaries, 'negative emissions', mitigation models & fairness

  2023-09-20 (or before) in YouTube

Johan Rockström is best known for his work on the Planetary Boundary Framework and as co-director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. In th...

  Tagged under: COP27 | COP26 | Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Net Zero | Climate Justice | Climate Change Mitigation


Fast and fair renewable energy for Africa: Lessons from Kenya - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

  2023-09-19 (or before) in business-humanrights.org

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Africa


Learning from success in renewable energy: Indigenous leadership & shared prosperity - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

  2023-09-19 (or before) in business-humanrights.org

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Fossil fuel investment ‘very unwise economic risk’, says energy expert

  2023-09-14 in The Guardian

Fatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, warns large-scale fossil fuel projects carry big financial risks

  Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Solar, batteries and microgrids essential for disaster-prone communities, study finds

  2023-09-13 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Losing power after a disaster is devastating for communities, a new report suggests this can be mitigated by distributed and renewable energy resources.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


'Extremely disappointing': Few, if any, offshore wind bids expected in latest clean power contracts auction

  2023-09-07 in Business Green

Fifth round of the government's Contracts for Difference scheme looks set to have attracted minimal interest from offshore wind developers, as industry continues to wrestle with soaring inflation

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Woodside, Chevron say WA faces gas supply crunch as scientists warn of 'climate time bomb'

  2023-09-02 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Chevron


National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Home Page

  2023-09-01 (or before) in National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The only federal laboratory dedicated to research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


How Much Wave Energy Is In Our Oceans?

  2023-09-01 (or before) in National Renewable Energy Laboratory

In a recent study published in Renewable Energy, NREL and PNNL researchers presented a more comprehensive and accurate methodology to measure the wave energy available in ocean sites around the world.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Oceans


John Kerry urges oil and gas chiefs to bring climate change plans to UN summit | Financial Times

  2023-08-28 (or before) in Financial Times

US climate envoy calls for concrete proposals for renewable energy investment and emissions cuts by 2030

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change


Sustainability has lost its meaning as the nuclear lobby triumphs

  2023-08-26 (or before) in Euronews

Listening to the 14 EU country-strong Nuclear Alliance that lobbied for nuclear power's green label and now wants to see it treated the same as other renewables means everything is allowed, Thomas Stuart Kirkland and Christiana Mauro write.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Sustainability


40GW of solar panels gathering dust in European warehouses

  2023-08-24 by in Energy Monitor

If these stored solar panels were deployed, they would displace seven billion cubic metres of fossil gas, according to Beyond Fossil Fuels.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels


New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power – pv magazine International

  2023-08-23 (or before) in pv magazine International

In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Economics


Stop renewables and wait for nuclear: Nationals stunning rejection of science and industry

  2023-08-14 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Nationals push to stop rollout of renewables highlights weakness of 2050 net zero targets. In their minds, everything can be delayed, even if science and industry say no.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Net Zero


'Power-ups': Octopus and UKPN to offer free electricity during spikes in renewables generation

  2023-08-10 in Business Green

Octopus Energy and UK Power Networks to provide free green electricity to local grids at times of high wind and solar generation

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity | Electricity Grid


Energy crisis: Why are renewable prices rising too?

  2023-08-07 (or before) in Green World | Green Party News and Features

Green World speaks to Octopus Energy, GEUK and Ecotricity’s Simon Pickering about spikes in green energy prices, and the need for the UK to shift to renewables.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


UK offshore wind at ‘tipping point’ as funding crisis threatens industry

  2023-08-05 in The Guardian

Industry figures warn climate crisis goals cannot be met unless government pumps more money into renewables

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power | Tipping Points


Number of green jobs in UK reached record high in 2021 - edie

  2023-07-31 (or before) by in Edie Awards

The number of UK-based jobs in low-carbon and renewable energy sectors in 2021 was almost 40,000 higher than in 2020, official new figures show. But the Government is still not on track to deliver its flagship pledge of two million green jobs by 2030.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero | Sustainability


The UK has lost its net zero leadership – so why are we still stalling on proven technologies like onshore wind?

  2023-07-31 (or before) in thriverenewables.co.uk

Following a recent report from the Climate Change Committee, we give our thoughts on the state of the energy transition in the UK, including the government’s consultation into ‘community engagement’ around onshore wind.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Net Zero | Wind Power | Committee on Climate Change UK


The end of Oppenheimer's energy dream

  2023-07-21 in Home » IAI TV

Nuclear energy is both lauded as a baseload renewable power and decried as risky, expensive and outdated technology. Small modular reactors have received billions in venture capital and unprecedented media attention, but are they a red herring, with philosophy, rather than science, driving our fixation? Professor Allison Macfarlane explores the current sombre state of the technology, where it is falling short, and what philosophy is driving the interest in this unpromising tech.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power


Phase down of fossil fuel inevitable and essential, says Cop28 president

  2023-07-13 in The Guardian

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved

  Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


'Exponential deployment is now unstoppable': How the clean tech revolution is happening faster than you think

  2023-07-13 in Business Green

Today's analysis from RMI suggesting the global power system is on track for net zero emissions is hugely optimistic, but the assumptions underpinning it are surprisingly feasible

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero


The planet warms, the world economy cools – the real global recession is ecological | Larry Elliott

  2023-07-09 in The Guardian

Governments focus on the climate when they have few other economic worries. That can no longer be the case

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Economics | Fossil Fuels


‘Revolutionary’ solar power cell innovations break key energy threshold

  2023-07-06 in The Guardian

Next generation cells surpass limits of today’s cells and will accelerate rollout of cheaper, more efficient solar power

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Innovation


Cascata Chuva

  2023-07-02 (or before) by in CascataChuva - Humidity-to-Electricity Game-changing technology in Renewable Energy

Humidity-to-Electricity Game-changing technology in Renewable Energy

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


Sunak U-turn on wind farms in England draws wrath of green Tories

  2023-07-02 in The Guardian

Prime minister under fire as government backtracks on plan for more onshore turbines to keep voters on side

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Rishi Sunak | Wind Power


Home - CATCHER

  2023-07-02 (or before) in Home - CATCHER

Renewable Energy Conversion Technology humidity to electricity humidity to electricity humidity to electricity Projects‘ vision CATCHER‘s vision is based on the collective dream of humanity to get “ENERGY from AIR”. The pioneer of the experiments on capturing electricity from the atmosphere was Nikola Tesla (1932). Tesla’s intent was to condense the energy trapped between the […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity | Tesla


Solar farm pelted by giant hail as severe storm ripped through Nebraska

  2023-06-30 by John Engel in Renewable Energy World

The 4.375 MWac solar farm was damaged June 23 by the same storm cell that tore through a Wyoming coal mine, leaving eight people injured.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


UK renewables reach record 47.8% share in electricity generation - Energy Live News

  2023-06-30 by in Energy Live News

Government data shows that this surge comes in contrast to a 10% decrease in generation from fossil fuels

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Electricity


Microgrid "living laboratory" to demonstrate resilient, renewable power systems of the future - One Step Off The Grid

  2023-06-29 in Homepage - One Step Off The Grid

A flagship mixed-use, precinct-based solar and battery power system will highlight the benefits and challenges of deploying microgrids on the electricity network.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid


Portugal generated 100% of its energy from renewable sources in March

  2023-06-29 (or before) in Quartz | Make business better

It aims to run only on renewable energy year-round by 2040.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Technology | Go Zero

  2023-06-28 (or before) in Zero

Our clean burning fossil fuel alternative is made from air and water. A responsible and renewable process to creating carbon neutral synthetic fuel.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Greenhouse gas emissions from global energy industry still rising – report

  2023-06-25 in The Guardian

Researchers say ‘urgent action’ needed as rise in renewables is eclipsed by increase in world’s total energy consumption

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


New windfarm could be used to power North Sea oilfield

  2023-06-24 in The Guardian

Electricity generated on Shetland could be used to fuel the proposed Rosebank field, instead of homes

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels | Electricity


Switzerland referendum: Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt - BBC News

  2023-06-19 (or before) in The BBC

A new law will require less dependence on imported oil and gas and more use of renewable sources.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Householders to receive money off bills for going green under Labour plans

  2023-06-17 in The Guardian

As set out by Ed Miliband, GB Energy’s renewable energy projects will create jobs, tackle energy bills and directly benefit local people

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Queensland budgets $19bn for shift to renewables, in huge push away from coal

  2023-06-13 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

“The most significant investment ever:” Queensland government allocates $19 billion over four years to ensure the state meets its renewable energy targets.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


'Glastonbury's biggest fan': Octopus Energy debuts 'try before you buy' wind turbine

  2023-06-13 in Business Green

Twenty-eight metre tall turbine erected at Festival site to provide clean power to food vendors and demonstrate speed with which onshore renewables can be deployed

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Shell to put profits above clean energy as oil boss signals the speed to green will slow

  2023-06-11 by in inews.co.uk

Shell set to reward shareholders with more of its record oil and gas profits rather than invest in renewables as it rows back on pledge to cut oil output

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell


El Niño is coming. We must plan for the worst to protect Australia’s energy system | Dylan McConnell and Iain MacGill

  2023-06-09 in The Guardian

The Bureau of Meteorology predicts increased temperatures and heatwaves this year, raising the prospect of blackouts – just as the electricity sector faces several other challenges

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Predictions | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | El Niño | Heatwaves


Countdown to COP28: Time for world to focus on oil and gas phase-out, renewables target – not distractions like CCS

  2023-06-08 (or before) in Climate Action Tracker

  Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy


Spain on track to pass 50 pct renewable energy generation in 2023

  2023-06-08 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Spain expected to surpass 50% average renewables mark on its grid this year, beating neighbouring EU powerhouses to the milestone.

  Tagged under: Spain | Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


Full industrial electrification could more than double US power demand. Here’s how renewables can meet it.

  2023-06-08 (or before) in utilitydive.com

Accelerating industrial electrification requires policymakers to ensure increased electricity demand is supplied with new least-cost clean generation in rural areas with high-quality renewable resources.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


Renewable Energy Grid Survey points to 66 GW development pipeline in South Africa

  2023-06-06 (or before) by in Engineering News|Real-Economy News

A new survey of South Africa’s renewable-energy development pipeline, and its potential implications  for grid planning and investment, reveals that there is currently a 66 GW pipeline of wind and solar projects in South Africa and that a number of these projects are envisaged to be coupled with battery storage. The pipeline also includes some 2 GW of gas-to-power. The ‘Renewable Energy Grid Survey’, which has been compiled by Eskom in collaboration with the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) and the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) indicates that about 18.3 GW is at an a...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Africa | Wind Power | Electricity Grid


Government says renewables 'cannot ensure security of supply' - we tell them they are wrong! - 100% Renewable UK

  2023-06-06 by in 100% Renewable UK

In an answer to a Parliamentary Question posed by Caroline Lucas MP the Government has said that the reason it has not modeled a ‘renewable only scenario  (e.g. wind, solar, and tidal) as this cannot ensure security of supply’. This arrogant dismissal of the possibilities for 100 percent renewables is contrary to an increasing number … Continue reading "Government says renewables ‘cannot ensure security of supply’ – we tell them they are wrong!"

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


The Biden administration sees hydrogen as a game-changing climate technology. The reality is far more complicated | CNN Politics

  2023-06-05 by in CNN

The Biden administration on Monday announced a goal to produce 50 million metric tons of clean hydrogen fuel by 2050 – a roadmap that, if successful, would cut around 10% of the country’s planet-warming pollution by the same date.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Hydrogen | Joe Biden | US Politics | Electricity | Health | Finance


Aerosol demasking enhances climate warming over South Asia - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

  2023-06-01 (or before) in Nature

Anthropogenic aerosols mask the climate warming caused by greenhouse gases (GHGs). In the absence of observational constraints, large uncertainties plague the estimates of this masking effect. Here we used the abrupt reduction in anthropogenic emissions observed during the COVID-19 societal slow-down to characterize the aerosol masking effect over South Asia. During this period, the aerosol loading decreased substantially and our observations reveal that the magnitude of this aerosol demasking corresponds to nearly three-fourths of the CO2-induced radiative forcing over South Asia. Concurrent measurements over the northern India...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Oceans | India


Global wind turbine orders surge to record in first quarter, led by China

  2023-05-31 by in The National News UK

Orders reached an estimated $15.2bn, up $3bn from a year earlier, Wood Mackenzie says

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Texas Senate Moves To Shut Down Renewable Energy Permanently - Reform Austin

  2023-05-26 in Reform Austin News - Drawing Attention to What Matters

With only days left in the legislative session, Texas Republicans in the Senate are hoping to permanently cripple the renewable energy industry in the state with amendments on a must-pass bill.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Texas | US Politics


How much do fossil fuel companies owe in climate reparations?

  2023-05-25 (or before) in Quartz | Make business better

Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron are the companies that owe the most for damages to the climate

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Chevron | Shell | Economics | Exxon | BP | Saudi Arabia | Aramco


How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

  2023-05-21 in The Guardian

Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | California


Solar panel efficiency to increase 50% with first production of ‘miracle’ tandem cells | The Independent

  2023-05-20 (or before) in The Independent

World’s first commercialisation of perovskite solar cells follows years of breakthroughs with the material

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Innovation


Tidal barrier proposal for Lincolnshire and Norfolk sets off wave of opposition

  2023-05-19 in The Guardian

Wildlife and environment groups condemn plan promising renewable energy for 600,000 homes

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Activism | Wildlife | Greenpeace | Tidal Energy


UK hits renewables generation record

  2023-05-15 by in Renews.Biz

National Grid data reveals it has taken 50 years to reach the one trillionth kWh milestone

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


'Mind-boggling' UK Government silence as Scottish renewables industry urges action

  2023-05-13 (or before) in The National | Scottish News

IT is “mind-boggling” that the UK Government has not delivered on its own promises to support the delivery of key renewables projects in…

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


E-Fuels, Renewable Natural Gas, & Carbon Capture Are Deep Fakes

  2023-05-12 by in Cleantech News Ñ #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla News

E-fuels, renewable natural gas, carbon capture -- fossil fuel companies will stop at nothing to protect their business model.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Carbon Capture and Storage


After court blocks renewables push, US promotes carbon capture & hydrogen

  2023-05-11 by in Climate Home News

The Environmental Protection Agency will set limits on power plants' emissions, forcing them to clean up or shut down

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Carbon Capture and Storage


Renewable energy projects worth billions stuck on hold - BBC News

  2023-05-11 (or before) in The BBC

Major UK renewable energy projects being delayed by more than 10 years as grid reaches capacity.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


Lack of floating wind ports a ‘national disgrace’ says Offshore Wind Champion

  2023-05-11 by in Energy Voice

The government’s Offshore Wind Champion said it was a "national disgrace" that maintenance work on the UK’s flagship floating wind project off Aberdeen

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Retained EU Law Bill: Government places hundreds of UK green laws on the chopping board

  2023-05-11 in Business Green

Laws, regulations, treaties and decisions related to habitats, air quality, climate change, renewable energy, farming and fishing proposed for scrapheap under government plans

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Farming | Climate Change | Fish


Infinite geothermal energy puts Iceland in vanguard of drive to net zero

  2023-05-09 by in Energy Voice

Set in the heart of the unforgiving North Atlantic Ocean, some 175 miles away from its nearest neighbour, Iceland is on the front line of efforts to

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Oceans | Geothermal Energy | Net Zero


Looming disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid Russia-Ukraine war - NS Energy

  2023-05-09 (or before) in NS Energy Business

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Russia


Green hydrogen versus direct renewables – best and worst ways to use wind and solar

  2023-05-08 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

The there are good ways to use wind and solar and bad ways. And much of it comes down to where green hydrogen is applied.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Hydrogen | Wind Power


‘Lack of vision’: UK green energy projects in limbo as grid struggles to keep pace

  2023-05-08 in The Guardian

Clean electricity plans stuck for years because of ‘negligence’ by governments over modernising network, say renewable energy developers

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid


UK renewable energy: the long wait for grid connections must end | Financial Times

  2023-05-07 (or before) in Financial Times

To get projects up and running faster, one idea is to cherry pick the ones that are likeliest to get built

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


Power grab: Why energy storage is key to renewables revolution and hitting net zero climate targets

  2023-05-05 (or before) in The Scotsman

Energy storage is key to the renewables revolution and meeting net zero climate targets, according to Mark Wilson, chief executive of ILI Energy

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero


“About time:” Net Zero Authority to guide just transition from fossils to renewables

  2023-05-05 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Federal Labor announces new national body armed with $400m budget to support emissions-intensive sectors, their workers and communities to transition to clean industry.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero


The Energy Transition in Five Charts and Not Too Many Numbers - RMI

  2023-05-03 by in Rocky Mountain Institute

The energy transition is driven by the exponential growth of renewables, and the key changes will happen by 2030.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Heat pumps will save more energy than insulation says top Energy Efficiency Expert - 100% Renewable UK

  2023-04-30 by in 100% Renewable UK

Professor Nick Eyre, speaking at the 100%renewableuk seminar on April 22nd (see recording HERE), has said that pro-insulation protestors should think of campaigning for heat pumps rather than insulation. Eyre heads the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS). He talked about how electrification through electric vehicles and heat pumps ushers in a new … Continue reading "Heat pumps will save more energy than insulation says top Energy Efficiency Expert"

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Insulation | Activism


Tesla says global energy demand will be cut in half by switch to EVs and renewables

  2023-04-26 by in The Driven - Australian EV News

Tesla says transition to EVs, battery storage, wind and solar will slash energy consumption needs by half compared to inefficient fossil fuels.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electric Cars | EVs | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Tesla


Australian renewables pioneer PacHydro rebrands, sees big demand for wind and solar

  2023-04-26 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Pacific Hydro rebrands in bid to reposition as Australia’s leading renewables-only generator – and unveils plans including a new retail arm.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


Pension funds shun Sizewell C in major blow to Britain’s nuclear ambitions

  2023-04-23 (or before) in The Telegraph

Asset managers ‘extremely sceptical’ about nuclear push despite project’s ‘sustainable’ status

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Net Zero


The North Seas can be the world’s biggest power plant

  2023-04-23 in Politico

Tomorrow, we will be taking another crucial step toward a green and independent Europe.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


These deep-sea “potatoes” could be the future of mining for renewable energy

  2023-04-21 (or before) in MIT Technology Review

Battery materials dot the ocean floor. Should we use deep-sea mining to go get them?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Oceans


G7 ministers agree to cut gas consumption and speed-up renewable energy | Reuters

  2023-04-16 (or before) in Reuters

The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France's energy transition minister said on Saturday.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | France


High costs and uncertainties cast a chill over Britain’s heat pump market

  2023-04-15 in The Guardian

What can be done to boost sales of the green alternative to gas boilers?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


How Putin made Europe go green faster

  2023-04-14 (or before) in YouTube

One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, analysts think Putin's aggression may have sped up Europe's energy transition. How's that?Credits:Reporter: Ajit Niran...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia


March sees renewables generate 47% of UK electricity

  2023-04-12 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

The latest data from National Grid ESO has shown that 47% of the UK’s electricity was generated by zero carbon sources in March 2023.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid


Contracts-for-Difference (CfDs)

  2023-04-12 by in Florence School of Regulation - European University of Institute

What are Contracts-for-Difference (CfDs)? How are they designed? And how do they apply to the markets?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Energy


Octopus, RES to decarbonise Kimberly-Clark manufacturing facilities with green hydrogen

  2023-04-11 by in Current News - Tracking the transition to a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised energy economy

Octopus Energy Generation and renewable energy company RES have confirmed plans to utilise green hydrogen at two Kimberly-Clark manufacturing facilities.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics

  2023-04-10 by in resilience

We are going to have to dramatically downsize the dream of a future in which we replace 150-year-old fossil fuel infrastructure with “clean energy” by 2050.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Türkiye foresees $1.5B investment in renewable-based storage projects

  2023-04-09 by in dailysabah.com

Türkiye has completed the first pre-licensing process after receiving record applications for the installation of solar and wind-based electricity storage...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity


"The Seneca Effect" Published

  2023-04-09 (or before) by in Cassandra's Legacy

A blog about collapse as caused by depletion of mineral resources and climate change

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Minerals | Climate Change | Collapse


Column: Middle East starts cleaning up its power act with renewable push | Reuters

  2023-04-07 (or before) in Reuters

The Middle East has by far the lowest share of clean power in its electricity mix of all regions, but is starting to change that through hefty increases in renewable energy generation capacity.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity | Middle East


Opinion: Biden betrays our generation by greenlighting the Willow Project | CNN

  2023-04-07 by in CNN

President Joe Biden's recent approval of the Willow Project in Alaska has alarmed many young people. Climate activists Sophia Kianni, Greta Thunberg, and Vanessa Nakate urge Biden to consider our collective future before short-term political gains.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Activism | Joe Biden | Health | Alaska | Finance


On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research

  2023-04-06 (or before) in ieeexplore.ieee.org

Research on 100% renewable energy systems is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was initiated in the mid-1970s, catalyzed by skyrocketing oil prices. Since the mid-2000s, it has quickly evolved into a prominent research field encompassing an expansive and growing number of research groups and organizations across the world. The main conclusion of most of these studies is that 100% renewables is feasible worldwide at low cost. Advanced concepts and methods now enable the field to chart realistic as well as cost- or resource-optimized and efficient transition pathways to a future without the use of fossil fuels. Such proposed path...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Hydrogen | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice | Electricity Grid


The untapped power of ocean winds – why New Zealand is looking offshore for future renewable energy

  2023-04-06 by in The Conversation

Building offshore wind farms is complex and expensive. But with plenty of wind coming in from the sea, New Zealand could harness the renewable resource as it aims to decarbonise the energy sector.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Oceans | Wind Power


UK grid: March sees record-breaking 83% zero-carbon electricity - Energy Live News

  2023-04-06 by in Energy Live News

In March, almost half of the UK's electricity was generated by renewables, with wind power delivering a new record and coal accounting for just 0.5% of generation

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Wind Power | Electricity | Electricity Grid


'Call us crazy, but we’re betting on a big future for small renewable energy players – even in offshore wind'

  2023-04-05 in Recharge | Latest renewable energy news

OPINION | Nimble early movers still have a crucial role to play in project development and should get the rewards they deserve, writes Jérôme Guillet

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Load shifting and energy spills: Secrets to smarter grid dominated by wind and solar

  2023-04-04 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Major new report points to role smart management of energy and demand in the rapid shift to renewables, particularly while storage plays catch-up.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity Grid


WE DONT NEED NUCLEAR, WE NEED RENEWABLES, INVESTMENT AND CONSISTENCY FROM GOVERNMENT

  2023-03-30 (or before) in Tom Burke - Environmentalist

  Tagged under: UK Politics | Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power


Climate justice in higher education: a proposed paradigm shift towards a transformative role for colleges and universities - Climatic Change

  2023-03-29 (or before) in Springer Verlag

Moving beyond technocratic approaches to climate action, climate justice articulates a paradigm shift in how organizations think about their response to the climate crisis. This paper makes a conceptual contribution by exploring the potential of this paradigm shift in higher education. Through a commitment to advancing transformative climate justice, colleges and universities around the world could realign and redefine their priorities in teaching, research, and community engagement to shape a more just, stable, and healthy future. As inequitable climate vulnerabilities increase, higher education has multiple emerging opportunit...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Health | Climate Justice


Fossil fuel companies' climate communication strategies: Industry messaging on renewables and natural gas

  2023-03-29 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Research shows that multinational oil and gas companies have recently made a strategic shift away from outright climate denial to more nuanced discour…

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


The UK’s ‘green day’ has turned into a fossil fuel bonanza – dirty money powers the Sunak government | George Monbiot

  2023-03-29 in The Guardian

In prioritising oil and gas over renewables, ministers are doing the bidding of the polluters, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Rishi Sunak | Fossil Fuels


Boris Johnson’s climate adviser backs Labour’s energy security strategy

  2023-03-27 in The Guardian

Exclusive: No 10 adviser Sam Richards lends support to drive for energy independence and planning reform

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


Scotland's 'remarkable' renewables model should be spread to world, says US professor

  2023-03-19 (or before) in Herald Scotland

An American academic has come to Scotland to study what he has described as ”remarkable progress” in renewables. He wants to export it to the…

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


'They have not done anything': Hunt slammed for failing to back solar energy in Budget

  2023-03-19 by in City A.M. | Business news live from the City of London

The government should have prioritised boosting renewable energy such as solar power, argued the boss of a British energy supplier.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


Renewable energy

  2023-03-18 (or before) in European Environment Agency

Increased renewable energy sources will help the EU transition towards a prosperous, sustainable, climate-compatible and independent economy. In recent years, Europe has been generating more renewable energy and a growing share of its energy consumption is met through renewable sources.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding

  2023-03-17 in The Guardian

Insiders aren’t surprised as ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Exxon


Which States Generated the Most Renewable Energy in 2022?

  2023-03-17 in governing.com

Even though no congressional Republican voted for the biggest climate bill in the country’s history, red states were among the leaders in green power generation last year.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | US Politics


Opinion | How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?

  2023-03-16 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Alaska


Busting three myths about materials and renewable energy | MIT Technology Review

  2023-03-12 (or before) in MIT Technology Review

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


One State Generates Much, Much More Renewable Energy Than Any Other—and It’s Not California - Inside Climate News

  2023-03-09 by in Inside Climate News

A new batch of data about the country’s electricity generation shows the increasing dominance of one state as the clean energy leader. No, it’s not California. It’s Texas. This isn’t new. Texas has produced more gigawatt-hours of electricity from renewable sources than any other state for several years running, thanks largely to wind energy. Now, […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Texas | Electricity | California | Wind Power


Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015

  2023-03-09 in The Guardian

Exclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels


Rising costs ‘could block’ Hornsea Three

  2023-03-03 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday Times

An £8 billion project to build the world’s biggest offshore wind farm in British waters will be shelved within months unless the government offers tax breaks to offset soaring costs, its developer has warned.Orsted, the Danish renewable energy company, said that sharp rises in construction and finan

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Solar breakthrough paves way for first ‘miracle material’ panels | The Independent

  2023-02-28 (or before) in The Independent

Perovskite is vastly more efficient than silicon at absorbing sunlight, but until now has been too unstable for commercial use

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Innovation


The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.

  2023-02-23 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity Grid


New U.S. climate law could make Midwest water contamination worse - Investigate Midwest

  2023-02-22 (or before) in Investigate Midwest

This story was originally published by Circle of Blue. President Biden, U.S. environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Embedded in the new statute are more than $140 billion in direct payments and tax incentives for renewable fuels and cleaner electrical generation to help reduce […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | Activism


The Pilbara mining companies exploring greener ventures amid energy shift

  2023-02-18 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Pilbara, known for its iron ore production, is set for another bumper year. But there are new players and projects emerging in Australia's resources heartland.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Lithium | Minerals | Electric Cars | EVs


Across the country, a big backlash to new renewables is mounting - Idaho Capital Sun

  2023-02-16 in idahocapitalsun.com

Renewable energy development for wind and solar power has drawn opposition that has lead to bans, moratoriums and restrictions across U.S.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


France receives EUR2 billion floating offshore boost - Emerging Risks Media Ltd

  2023-02-15 in emergingrisks.co.uk

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  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | France | Climate Change


Wind and solar output set landmark new milestone in Australia’s rapidly changing grid

  2023-02-12 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Renewables output breaks above 20GW in Australia’s main grid for first time, while output of wind and solar jumps 900MW to new record.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electricity Grid | Wind Power


Snowy Hydro: drilling confirmed halted on part of multibillion-dollar project after tunnel collapse

  2023-02-11 in The Guardian

Labor says the latest setback in the pumped hydro scheme, which had already been delayed to 2027, was inherited from the previous government

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Collapse


Exxon Retreats From Major Climate Effort to Make Biofuels From Algae

  2023-02-10 (or before) in Bloomberg

Renewable fuels made from algae was the company’s most heavily publicized climate solution.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Exxon | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | California


Meet the Man Fueling Clean Energy Opposition in the Midwest

  2023-02-10 (or before) by in Distilled - Michael Thomas

Kevon Martis and a group of fossil fuel-funded allies have led a decades-long campaign to sow fear and misinformation about renewable energy. It’s working.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Disinformation and Misinformation


Column: Big oil companies are already reneging on their global warming promises

  2023-02-09 in Los Angeles Times

BP and Shell made eye-catching promises to invest in renewable energy. If you're shocked that they're already backing off, you haven't been paying attention.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Shell


How close is nuclear fusion power?

  2023-02-07 (or before) in YouTube

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/sabinehossenfelder. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch The Story of Energy...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Fusion | Innovation


Shell’s actual spending on renewables is fraction of what it claims, group alleges

  2023-02-01 in The Guardian

Non-profit group Global Witness urges US regulator to investigate oil giant and potentially impose fines over apparent ‘mislabeling’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell


4 ways to store renewable energy that don’t involve batteries

  2023-01-29 (or before) in The World Economic Forum

Energy storage is increasingly important as the world depends more on renewables. Here are four clever ways we can store renewable energy without batteries.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Innovation


Who Needs Transmission Wires Anyway? — Episode 175 of Local Energy Rules – Institute for Local Self-Reliance

  2023-01-19 in Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Dan Juhl develops integrated clean energy projects that combine solar, wind, and/or battery storage. He shares how commercial-scale, hybrid solar and wind systems are a “real match” that can circumvent transmission system concerns.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


UK needs 'onshore wind and solar revolution': MP Skidmore's net zero study

  2023-01-13 in Recharge | Latest renewable energy news

Nation needs to set goals and roadmap for key onshore renewables like those seen in offshore sector, says former energy minister

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Net Zero | Wind Power


Coal power facility to stay open for extra two years in blow to net zero

  2023-01-12 (or before) in The Telegraph

Unit at Ratcliffe-on-Soar station was meant to shut in 2022

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Net Zero


The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars

  2023-01-11 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Equinor marks operational landmark at Hywind Scotland wind farm

  2023-01-10 (or before) in StackPath

Equinor has commemorated five years of operation of Hywind Scotland in the UK North Sea.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Renewable Energy Isn’t Replacing Fossil Fuel Energy

  2022-12-30 by in Deep Green Resistance News Service

Despite all the renewable energy investments and installations actual global greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing due to economic growth.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Economic Growth


BP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy

  2022-12-27 in The Guardian

Company’s oil and gas investments for 2023 will be as much as double those on renewables

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Fossil Fuels


Reliance on hi-tech solutions to climate crisis perpetuates racism, says UN official

  2022-12-27 in The Guardian

Rapporteur Tendayi Achiume says projects are at expense of marginalised groups and Indigenous peoples

  Tagged under: COP27 | Renewable Energy | Electric Cars | Cars


Fueling Resistance

  2022-12-14 (or before) in MIT

In Fueling Resistance, Kate Neville dissects the processes, and political economy framework, of resistance to two different alternative fuel projects in two distinct and disparate locations. The comparison centers on resistance to a biofuel project in Kenya and a fracking project in the Yukon territory of Canada. The unwritten premise is that these two energy projects, and the subsequent resistance to them, may not have obvious similarities given their distinct characteristics and locations but in fact have several elements in common. Neville outlines how these cases can be viewed as similar and concludes that understanding the ...

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Colonialism | Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Health | Climate Justice | Food Production and Consumption | Finance | Biodiversity Loss


Researchers agree: The world can reach a 100% renewable energy system by or before 2050 - Oxford Brookes University

  2022-12-11 (or before) in Oxford Brookes University

New analysis of energy research by 23 scientists around the world has concluded that the world can reach a 100% renewable energy system by or before 2050.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


First Nations Clean Energy Network: How renewables can avoid the mistakes of the past

  2022-11-30 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Two new guides aim to help renewables projects avoid the mistakes of the fossil fuel past and get the best outcomes for First Nations communities.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


'Like a hostage negotiation': Indiana bill on renewable energy standards dies after pushback

  2022-11-23 (or before) in indystar.com

An Indiana bill that would have established statewide standards for wind and solar projects died on the Senate floor over concerns about local control

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | US Politics | Wind Power | India


Fossil fuel industry dupes media, quietly funds non-profits to block renewable energy

  2022-11-16 (or before) by in Popular Information | Judd Legum | Substack

Shortly after he took office, President Biden announced a goal of building 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030, enough clean energy to power 10 million homes. For the administration, the offshore wind target was a part of a larger strategy of reducing carbon pollution and putting the country on track for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But, like many clean energy plans, this one was met with immediate resistance.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | Greenhouse Gases | Net Zero | Wind Power


Favourability towards natural gas relates to funding source of university energy centres - Nature Climate Change

  2022-11-11 (or before) in Nature

University-based energy centres play an important role in climate discourse but many are funded by fossil fuel businesses. This study shows that fossil-fuel-funded centres express more positive sentiment towards natural gas, compared to renewable energy, than those not funded by the fossil industry.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change


Home

  2022-11-10 (or before) in formenergy.com

We are developing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully-renewable electric grid year-round.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


Storing renewable electricity on the grid of the future | by Kit Fitton | Medium

  2022-11-10 (or before) in Medium

Batteries are going to need some help

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Electricity | Electricity Grid


The Unintended Side Effects of Bioplastics: Carbon, Land, and Water Footprints

  2022-11-03 (or before) in Cell Press

In this Perspective, Brizga et al. assess the potential environmental consequences (in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and land and water footprints) of substituting petrochemical plastics with bioplastics produced from renewable feedstock. Global bioplastic production is not sufficient to meet European packaging demand, and substituting petrochemical plastic packaging with bioplastic results in increased land and water use. Unless we find ways to decrease plastic demand, efforts to address plastic pollution using bioplastics are likely to prove temporary and inadequate.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases


How Do Right-Wing Populist Parties Influence Climate and Renewable Energy Policies? Evidence from OECD Countries

  2022-11-01 (or before) in MIT

Abstract. There is increasing evidence that right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) and their supporters are hostile to climate and low-carbon energy policies. In this article, we provide a quantitative analysis of the effects of RWPP representation in the legislature and executive on climate and renewable energy policy for a number of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development over the period 2007–2018. After controlling for other political, economic, and environmental factors, we find evidence for a significant and large negative effect of RWPPs in power on climate policy. Importantly, we also sh...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA

  2022-10-27 in The Guardian

International Energy Agency says Ukraine invasion boosted state spending on clean energy and ‘will accelerate transition to renewables’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Nuclear Power | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Russia


COP26 | Celebrating the untapped potential of the UK's marine energy industry

  2022-10-18 (or before) in YouTube

With #COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference kicking off over the weekend, today we're celebrating an untapped renewable potential in the UK: our #marine energ...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | COP26 | Climate Change


Oil, war and the fate of industrial societies

  2022-10-13 by in resilience

The world teeters on the brink of economic disaster due to energy shortages caused by war. The main oil-producing nations are unable and unwilling to increase output, even though prices are high and threatening to go much higher. The solutions being proposed—electric cars and renewable energy technologies—are coming on line, but not fast enough. Sound familiar?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electric Cars | Cars


Light fantastic: BP’s solar venture launches biggest UK project yet

  2022-10-06 in The Guardian

From solar farms to floating arrays, from Australia to Bedfordshire, Lightsource BP is ramping up its renewable energy push

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Greenhouse Gases | Solar Energy


Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid. (Published 2022)

  2022-10-04 in The New York Times

Discover the value of independent Times journalism today.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | US Politics | Florida


Reducing energy waste key to meeting climate goals

  2022-10-03 in Reuters

Embracing decentralised power grids may be the way forward in building out renewable energy capacity to reach global climate goals, the CEO of investment firm Sustainable Development Capital said on Monday.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Electricity Grid


Hydrogen is unsuitable for home heating, review concludes

  2022-09-27 in The Guardian

Too many technical difficulties to overcome to make it a viable low-carbon heating fuel, say researchers

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


Opinion | Nuclear Power Still Doesn’t Make Much Sense

  2022-09-16 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power


Portugal forging ahead with renewable energy

  2022-09-14 (or before) in The Portugal News

More than half of the electricity generated in Portugal this year came from renewable energies, with only Norway, Austria and Denmark producing more.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


Fast transition to renewables will save the world $18 trillion, says Oxford study

  2022-09-13 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

New study says rapid switch to renewables and storage will save the the world at least $US12 trillion ($A18 trillion) if reached by 2050.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Switching to renewable energy could save trillions - study - BBC News

  2022-09-13 (or before) in The BBC

New report says falling cost of renewable energy makes switch from fossil fuels cheapest option.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Switching The World To Renewable Energy Will Cost $62 Trillion, But The Payback Would Take Just 6 Years

  2022-09-06 by in Cleantech News Ñ #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla News

Mark Jacobson and his team have published a renewable energy study in which they argue the payback time is just 6 years.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Burning forests for energy isn't 'renewable' – now the EU must admit it | Greta Thunberg and others

  2022-09-05 in The Guardian

The EU’s classification of wood fuels is accelerating the climate crisis. Next week, a key vote can change that, says Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greta Thunberg | Activism | Climate Change | Trees


Three Myths About Renewable Energy and the Grid, Debunked

  2022-09-03 (or before) in Yale E360

Renewable energy skeptics argue that because of their variability, wind and solar cannot be the foundation of a dependable electricity grid. But the expansion of renewables and new methods of energy management and storage can lead to a grid that is reliable and clean.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Wind Power


Crab and lobster shells could be used to make renewable batteries

  2022-09-01 in The Guardian

Prototype designed using chemical in crustacean shells remains 99.7% efficient after about 400 hours

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell | Batteries | Sealife


Home - LINGO

  2022-08-24 (or before) in LINGO - Leave it in the ground

LINGO works on accelerating the fossil endgame towards a world without fossil fuels and with 100% renewable energy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Carbon Bombs - LINGO

  2022-08-24 (or before) in LINGO - Leave it in the ground

LINGO works on accelerating the fossil endgame towards a world without fossil fuels and with 100% renewable energy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


New Perspectives in Foreign Policy Issue 13, Summer 2017

  2022-08-13 (or before) in csis.org

Though New Perspectives seeks to bring new voices into the dialogue, it does not endorse specific opinions or policy prescriptions. As such, the views expressed herein are solely those of the authors and contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board, CSIS, or the CSIS Board of Trustees.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


The Earth Has Humans, So Why Don’t Our Climate Models? | https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/

  2022-08-05 (or before) in climatemodeling.science.energy.gov

While climate models have rapidly advanced in sophistication over recent decades, they lack dynamic representation of human behavior and social systems despite strong feedbacks between social processes and climate. The impacts of climate change alter perceptions of risk and emissions behavior that, in turn, influence the rate and magnitude of climate change. Addressing this deficiency in climate models requires a substantial interdisciplinary effort to couple models of climate and human behavior. The linking of social models with climate models would, for example, allow harmful changes in climate to lead to more aggressive impro...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts


Powdered sodium battery design promises a 15% leap in energy density

  2022-08-03 in New Atlas

With real uncertainty clouding the world's supply of lithium, alternative battery chemistries will be crucial as we continue our uptake of electric vehicles and mobile devices. One exciting candidate in this space is sodium-ion, and a research team in Russia has developed a novel battery of this…

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Lithium | Batteries | Russia


'Our fields shouldn't be full of solar panels': Truss vows to crackdown on renewables development

  2022-08-02 in Business Green

Latest Tory leadership race hustings sees favourite double down on support for domestic fossil fuel extraction

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


(PDF) Biopolymer Composites in Photovoltaics and Photodetectors

  2022-07-30 (or before) in ResearchGate

PDF | Environment friendly, biodegradable and nontoxic materials especially from renewable resources are attaining great levels of attention nowadays.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


More than 200 congressional staffers urge Pelosi and Schumer to act on climate or risk dooming younger generations | CNN Politics

  2022-07-13 by in CNN

For Democratic Congressional staffers -- many of whom are young -- passing massive investments in clean energy tax credits to deal with the climate crisis is especially urgent.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | US Politics | Climate Change | Legislation


US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all”

  2022-07-12 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

“No country has ever been held hostage to access to the sun.” US energy secretary says switch to renewables could be world’s best peace plan.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


World misses the mark on green COVID recovery – DW – 06/15/2022

  2022-07-10 (or before) in Deutsche Welle

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


‘Putin rubbing hands with glee’ after EU votes to class gas and nuclear as green

  2022-07-06 in The Guardian

Parliament backs plan to classify some projects as clean power investments

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Vladimir Putin | Russia


Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  2022-07-01 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) specifies the use of biofuels in the United States and thereby guides nearly half of all global biofuel productio...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Why are we feeding crops to our cars when people are starving? | George Monbiot

  2022-06-30 in The Guardian

Modern biofuels are touted as a boon for the climate. But, used on a large scale, they are no more sustainable than whale oil, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Whales and Dolphins | Cars


Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

  2022-06-28 (or before) in Natural Resources Defense Council

Many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium. Lithium may play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but a climate-friendly future cannot come at the expense of destroying...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Lithium | Batteries | Greenhouse Gases | Wetlands | South America | Water Resources


No miracle tech needed: How to switch to renewables now and lower costs doing it

  2022-06-28 in The Hill

A new system could result in a 63 percent lower annual energy cost worldwide.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


RenewableUK publishes manifesto for a fully decarbonised power system by 2035 - RenewableUK

  2022-06-23 (or before) by in renewableuk.com

RenewableUK is the UK's leading not for profit renewable energy trade association

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power | Tidal Energy


Sunak urges banks to keep funding oil and gas firms after windfall tax

  2022-06-23 in The Guardian

Sector says £5bn energy profits levy will make investment in new projects and renewables more difficult

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Rishi Sunak


Wind and solar power are 'bailing out' Texas amid record heat and energy demand | CNN

  2022-06-14 by in CNN International

Energy experts told CNN the Texas electric grid is holding up well this week in large part to strong performances from renewable energy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Texas | Electricity Grid


Defusing Carbon Bombs - LINGO

  2022-06-06 (or before) in LINGO - Leave it in the ground

LINGO works on accelerating the fossil endgame towards a world without fossil fuels and with 100% renewable energy by identifying game changers for the climate emergency, introducing new framings and defusing carbon bombs.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels


G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas

  2022-05-30 in The Guardian

Ministers from world’s biggest economies reach agreement that could shift estimated $33bn a year to clean energy sources

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Germany | France | Fossil Fuels | Japan


Solar power shines through after a slow start in Africa | Financial Times

  2022-05-26 in Financial Times

The case for the renewable energy source is becoming clearer on the ‘sun continent’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Africa


Aberdeen chamber report: Govt must ‘step-up and back’ energy industry transition as oil and gas demand grows

  2022-05-24 by in Energy Voice

A business group has renewed demands that government must put support behind low carbon projects in the north east that will "shift the dial" as concerns

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Do not work for ‘climate wreckers’, UN head tells graduates

  2022-05-24 in The Guardian

António Guterres says young people should tackle climate crisis by using talent to deliver a renewable future

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Five ways to jump-start the renewable energy transition now | United Nations

  2022-05-19 (or before) by in United Nations

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


EU plans ‘massive’ increase in green energy to help end reliance on Russia

  2022-05-18 in The Guardian

European Commission says extra €210bn needed over next five years to pay for phasing out of Russian fossil fuels

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Russia


Teesside net zero cluster earmarked for £150m 'carbon-free' liquid gas production plant

  2022-05-18 in Business Green

Joint venture Circular Fuels aiming to have 'world-first' renewable LPG production plant operating in Teesside by 2024 capable of turning waste into 'net zero' fuel

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero | Innovation


Storage Requirements and Costs of Shaping Renewable Energy Toward Grid Decarbonization

  2022-05-15 (or before) in Cell Press

Solar and wind energy can help to decarbonize electricity production but require other technologies, such as energy storage, to reliably meet demand. We study systems combining intermittent renewables with storage and other technologies and compare their electricity costs to alternatives. We estimate that in high-resource regions, with optimal resource mixes, low storage energy capacity costs (

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Wind Power


Innovatium | Carbon Reducing Technologies | UK

  2022-05-15 (or before) in Innovatium | Carbon Reducing Technologies | UK

Innovatium invent, develop and commercialise equipment and processes which reduce the carbon intensity of existing processes and enable greater renewable penetration into the energy mix.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Innovation


Opinion | We Can’t Drill Our Way to Energy Security

  2022-05-14 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal


Climate chaos certain if oil and gas mega-projects go ahead, warns IEA chief

  2022-05-12 in The Guardian

Fatih Birol says ‘carbon bombs’, revealed in Guardian investigation, will not solve global energy crisis

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels


Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity - Nature Communications

  2022-03-19 (or before) in Nature

Renewable energy production is necessary to mitigate climate change, however, generating the required technologies and infrastructure will demand huge production increases of many metals. Here, the authors map mining areas and assess spatial coincidence with biodiversity conservation sites, and show that new mining threats to biodiversity may surpass those averted by climate change mitigation.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Climate Change Mitigation


Renewable Energy Projects Face Opposition in 49 States, Local Restrictions in 31 States - Climate Law Blog

  2022-03-15 by in Log In ‹ Blogs @ Columbia Law School — WordPress

By Leah Adelman and Jacob Elkin Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law has published an update to its Report on Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States, which documents local restrictions on and opposition to the siting of renewable energy projects. The updated report highlights 121 local policies restricting new […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change


Tories plan big expansion of wind farms ‘to protect national security’

  2022-03-13 in The Guardian

Planning rules to be relaxed so that renewables and nuclear power can boost energy independence after Ukraine invasion

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Wind Power | Russia


Make younger generation pay net zero bill, say peers

  2022-03-04 (or before) in The Telegraph

It is fairer to put burden on those who will live in carbon-neutral world rather than those paying bills now, says committee

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy | Net Zero | Electricity


Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035 | Reuters

  2022-02-28 (or before) in Reuters

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Germany | Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Air source heat pumps | Centre for Sustainable Energy

  2022-02-25 (or before) in Welcome | Centre for Sustainable Energy

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Bitcoin less "green" than ever before - Digiconomist

  2022-02-25 in Digiconomist - Exposing the Unintended Consequences of Digital Trends

The mining crackdown in China during the Spring of 2021 drastically reduced the use of renewable electricity sources for Bitcoin mining.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats | Bill McKibben

  2022-02-25 in The Guardian

After Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, America turned its industrial prowess to building tanks, bombers and destroyers. Now, we must respond with renewables

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia


Biggest power plant in coal-reliant Australia to close early - BBC News

  2022-02-25 (or before) in The BBC

It has been forced shut by the growth in renewables, but Australia remains heavily invested in coal.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal


UK green economy has failed to grow since 2014, according to official data

  2022-02-17 in The Guardian

Office for National Statistics finds ‘no significant change’ in turnover and jobs in low-carbon and renewable energy sector

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy


Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News

  2022-02-16 in Inside Climate News

Ethanol made from corn grown across millions of acres of American farmland has become the country’s premier renewable fuel, touted as a low-carbon alternative to traditional gasoline and a key component of the country’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But a new study, published this week, finds that corn-based ethanol may actually be worse […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change


Neptune Energy and RWE to accelerate green hydrogen production in North Sea

  2022-02-15 by in Energy Voice

Neptune Energy has teamed up with German renewables firm RWE to progress an offshore green hydrogen project. The pair have struck a joint development

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer

  2022-02-09 in Our Finite World | Exploring how oil limits affect the economy

Experience in Europe and Asia is showing that renewables cannot be expected to play a very large part in the economy. Modelers did not understand how the economy really works. The cutoff from inadequate fuels for backup electricity comes very quickly. The modelers who prepared the 1972 analysis The Limits to Growth were right. The limit we are hitting is the need for too much investment in many area simultaneously.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


Dark Side To Solar? More Reports Tie Panel Production To Toxic Pollution

  2022-02-02 (or before) by in Forbes

A major new study of the economics of solar, published in Harvard Business Review, finds that the waste produced by solar panels will make electricity from solar four times more expensive than the world’s leading energy analysts thought.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Economics | Electricity


EU Carbon Permits - 2023 Data - 2005-2022 Historical - 2024 Forecast - Price - Quote

  2022-01-26 (or before) in tradingeconomics.com

The price of permits on the European Union's carbon market rose back to above 100 euros in March, approaching record levels hit above 105 euros in the previous month on growing prospects of higher activity and industrial firms' demand for permits. EU countries approved on February 21 plans to raise 20 billion euros in grants from the EU carbon market, partly by holding carbon permit sales earlier than planned. Countries will be able to spend the grants on renewable energy and energy-saving renovations to help replace Russian gas, and projects to help heavy industry decarbonise. Meanwhile, companies have an April deadline to buy ...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Russia


Exxon Announces Weak Net Zero Pledge

  2022-01-20 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The company announced it plans to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. There are just a few teeny, tiny problems.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Chevron | Net Zero | Finance


The 'green' row over the UK's largest renewable power plant - BBC News

  2022-01-16 (or before) in The BBC

The UK's wood-burning Drax power plant hopes to expand but faces questions on its green credentials.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


South Australia sets smashing new renewables record in final days of 2021

  2022-01-11 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

South Australia’s wind and solar supplied an average of just over 100% of local demand every day for a record stretch of almost one week in December.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


How Burning Wood Pellets in Europe Is Harming the U.S. South

  2022-01-03 by in Slate Magazine

Many European nations have relied on biomass as a “renewable energy” source. At best, that terminology is a stretch. At worst, it’s greenwashing.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change


What’s Happening? Global Emissions Are Still Rising

  2021-12-29 (or before) by in Forbes

Global electricity demand will increase almost 10% by 2022, and half of this will be fossil fuel, particularly new coal in the developing world. Nuclear will grow by only 2%, and is one important reason emissions will grow so much during this period.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Coal | Climate Change | Electricity


Renewables - Fuels & Technologies - IEA

  2021-12-22 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy Agency

Renewables, including solar, wind, hydro, biofuels and others, are at the centre of the transition to a less carbon-intensive and more sustainable energy system.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power


Concern over impact of Norfolk Boreas offshore windfarm on seabirds

  2021-12-09 in The Guardian

Project backed by Boris Johnson likely to get go-ahead but is on site that rare birds travel though, campaigners say

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power | Wildlife


Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong

  2021-12-07 (or before) by in Foreign Policy - the Global Magazine of News and Ideas

Once again, the rich world sees Africans as a threat to the planet.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Africa


The role of public relations firms in climate change politics - Climatic Change

  2021-12-04 (or before) in Springer Verlag

Climate change policy has long been subject to influence by a wide variety of organizations. Despite their importance, the key role of public relations (PR) firms has long been overlooked in the climate political space. This paper provides an exploratory overview of the extent and nature of involvement of PR firms in climate political action by organizations in five sectors: Coal/Steel/Rail, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Renewable Energy, and the Environmental Movement. The analysis shows that the engagement of public relations firms by organizations in all of these sectors is widespread. In absolute terms, the Utility and Gas &...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Climate Change | US Politics


"Sun-to-Liquids" Solar Fuels R&D Wins Recognition at Cop26 - SolarPACES

  2021-11-24 in SolarPACES - International CSP research

The Sun-to-Liquids project has been developed by a consortium integrated by the leading European solar research laboratories and CSP industry leaders: ETH Zurich, DLR, Bauhaus Luftfahrt, IMDEA Energy, HyGear Technology & Services B.V and Abengoa. The aim is to produce renewable transportation fuels from water and CO2 with solar energy: The first synthesis of solar […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | COP26 | Solar Energy


How the U.S. Lost Ground to China in the Contest for Clean Energy

  2021-11-21 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Congo | China | Greenhouse Gases | Cobalt | Barack Obama | US Politics


Computer-assisted classification of contrarian claims about climate change - Scientific Reports

  2021-11-16 in Nature

A growing body of scholarship investigates the role of misinformation in shaping the debate on climate change. Our research builds on and extends this literature by (1) developing and validating a comprehensive taxonomy of climate contrarianism, (2) conducting the largest content analysis to date on contrarian claims, (3) developing a computational model to accurately classify specific claims, and (4) drawing on an extensive corpus from conservative think-tank (CTTs) websites and contrarian blogs to construct a detailed history of claims over the past 20 years. Our study finds that the claims utilized by CTTs and contra...

  Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Renewable Energy


We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

  2021-11-04 (or before) by in The Atlantic

What happens when we do something—but not enough—to stop climate change?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | IPCC | Climate Change | Electricity | Russia | Sea Level | Climate Change Impacts | Electricity Grid | Activism


Expansion of wind and solar power too slow to stop climate change

  2021-10-22 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology

The production of renewable energy is increasing every year. But after analyzing the growth rates of wind and solar power in 60 countries, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University in Sweden and Central European University in Vienna, Austria, conclude that virtually no country is moving sufficiently fast enough to avoid global warming of 1.5°C or even 2°C.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Wind Power


Oil System Collapsing so Fast it May Derail Renewables, Warn French Government Scientists – Byline Times

  2021-10-22 (or before) in Byline Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | France | Collapse


Drax dropped from index of green energy firms amid biomass doubts

  2021-10-19 in The Guardian

Doubts over sustainability of company’s wood-burning power plant mount within financial sector

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Sustainability


Net zero can only be achieved with public support – that’s why it must be affordable for everyone

  2021-10-18 (or before) in Politics Home

If we are serious about moving to a renewables-led energy system, we have to adopt a flexible approach that makes solutions cost-effective for consume...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero


On the storage of renewable electricity - Net Zero Watch

  2021-10-14 (or before) in Net Zero Watch - News on net zero

(1) On a bad winter day, at present, we would need 40 GW*; this equates to about 1 TWh/day*.  This estimate is based on a 30 GW average daily demand

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero | Electricity


Kyrsten Sinema Wants to Cut $100 Billion in Proposed Climate Funds, Sources Say

  2021-10-08 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Drought | Greenhouse Gases


GM Blows Past Biden Renewable Energy Goals With 100% By 2025

  2021-09-30 in Cleantech News Ñ #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla News

GM unleashes its latest renewable energy announcement just in time to pressure Congress on climate action.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | US Politics


Cumbria coal mine: Local Tory MP drops support for controversial project ahead of Cop26 | The Independent

  2021-09-07 (or before) in The Independent

Exclusive: Dr Neil Hudson calls on government to heed scientists’ warnings, and instead invest in clean renewable technologies

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | COP26 | Coal | Climate Change


Nephologue: Are renewables our salvation?

  2021-09-06 (or before) in Nephologue

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Opec member urges oil producers to focus more on renewable energy

  2021-09-01 in The Guardian

Iraqi minister and International Energy Agency chief urge countries to move away from fossil fuel dependency

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Middle East


Absolute Zero Report | UK FIRES | Julian Allwood, Professor of Engineering and the Environment | Renewable Heat | Renewable Heating | Renewable Cooling

  2021-08-23 (or before) in Ground Source Energy | District Heating | Heat Networks | Clean Heating | Sustainable Energy | Renewable Energy | Ground source heating | Heat Pumps | Ground source cooling

Absolute Zero Report | we can respond to climate change with today’s technologies | Decarbonisation of Heating | Electrification of heating | electric heat pumps | electric cars

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Electric Cars | Cars | Decarbonisation


Oil firms made ‘false claims’ on blue hydrogen costs, says ex-lobby boss

  2021-08-20 in The Guardian

Chris Jackson believes companies promoted ‘unsustainable’ fossil gas projects to access billions in taxpayer subsidies

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels


UK plan to replace fossil gas with blue hydrogen ‘may backfire’

  2021-08-12 in The Guardian

Academics warn ‘fugitive’ emissions from producing hydrogen could be 20% worse for climate than using gas

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels


Past world economic production constrains current energy demands: Persistent scaling with implications for economic growth and climate change mitigation

  2021-08-08 (or before) in PLOS - Open Science

Climate change has become intertwined with the global economy. Here, we describe the contribution of inertia to future trends. Drawing from thermodynamic principles, and using 38 years of available statistics between 1980 to 2017, we find a constant scaling between current rates of world primary energy consumption E ( t ) and the historical time integral W of past world inflation-adjusted economic production Y, or W ( t ) = ∫ 0 t Y ( t ′ ) d t ′. In each year, over a period during which both E and W more than doubled, the ratio of the two remained nearly unchanged, that is λ = E ( t ) ( t ) / W ( t ) = 5 ....

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Predictions | Climate Change | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Climate Change Mitigation


Leading the charge! Can I make it from Land’s End to John o’Groats in an electric car?

  2021-07-28 in The Guardian

New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electric Cars | Greenhouse Gases | Hydrogen | Cars | Tesla


Vanadium redox flow battery for utility-scale applications, microgrids – pv magazine International

  2021-07-25 (or before) in pv magazine International

A unit of Largo Resources is launching a new vanadium redox flow battery for utility-scale storage projects, microgrids, renewable energy integration, grid smoothing, and backup power. The battery will feature a modular architecture, based on 1 MW "building blocks" and 2 MWh blocks of storage capacity.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Electricity Grid


VIDEO: US Energy Storage Market Insights | Renewable Energy Storage

  2021-07-13 in Utility-Grade Energy Storage / Invinity Energy Systems

Invinity Energy Systems CCO, Matt Harper gives in-depth insight into the US Energy Storage market at the 9th Vanitec Energy Storage Committee Meeting

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


The rush to ‘go electric’ comes with a hidden cost: destructive lithium mining | Thea Riofrancos

  2021-06-14 in The Guardian

As the world moves towards electric cars and renewable grids, demand for lithium is wreaking havoc in northern Chile, says academic Thea Riofrancos

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Lithium | Chile | Electric Cars | Cars | Electricity Grid


Extreme Temperature Diary- Monday May 17th, 2021/ Main Topic: A Split In The Climate World…Debating Future Tech Vs. Scaling Up Renewables – Guy On Climate

  2021-05-17 (or before) in Guy On Climate

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Using hydrogen fuel risks locking in reliance on fossil fuels, researchers warn

  2021-05-06 in The Guardian

Electrification of cars and home boilers best choice to fight the climate crisis, say scientists

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels | Cars


In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise

  2021-05-04 (or before) in Yale E360

Driven by technological advances, facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge for green energy — the intermittency of wind and solar.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity Grid


‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world

  2021-04-24 in The Guardian

Australian smarts and Chinese industrial might made solar power the cheapest power humanity has seen – and no one saw it coming

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


Even running 100% on renewables, Bitcoin would still be a disaster. | Crypto Lucid

  2021-04-22 (or before) in Medium

Inefficient systems can never be eco-friendly.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


From Carbon To Metals: the Renewable Energy Transition

  2021-04-22 (or before) in coppolacomment.com

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


‘Forests are not renewable’: the felling of Sweden’s ancient trees

  2021-04-16 in The Guardian

Forests cover 70% of the country, but many argue the Swedish model of replacing old-growth forests with monoculture plantations is bad for biodiversity

  Tagged under: Deforestation | Renewable Energy | Wildlife | Trees


Nuclear Energy

  2021-04-13 (or before) in Our World in Data

As the world attempts to transition its energy systems away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon sources of energy, we have a range of energy options: renewable energy technologies such as hydropower, wind and solar, but also nuclear power. Nuclear energy and renewable technologies typically emit very little CO2 per unit of energy production, and are also much better than fossil fuels in limiting levels of local air pollution.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power


Renewable CO2 recycling and synthetic fuel production in a marine environment | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  2021-04-12 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

A massive reduction in CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning is required to limit the extent of global warming. However, carbon-based liquid fuels...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels


Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home

  2021-03-16 in The Guardian

‘Skybrators’ generate clean energy without environmental impact of large windfarms, say green pioneers

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Wind Power


Mark Carney Walks Back Brookfield Net-Zero Claim After Criticism

  2021-03-05 (or before) in Bloomberg

By describing Brookfield’s $600 billion portfolio as carbon neutral, a key climate-finance leader provoked a backlash by questioning what ‘net zero’ really means

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero | Finance | Capitalism


Podcast 98 -100% renewable energy? Can it REALLY ever be our reality - Fully Charged Show

  2021-03-03 (or before) in FullyCharged.Show | Home Energy | Electric Vehicles

Robert Llewellyn talks with Mark Z. Jacobson all about the impact a 100% renewable world would bring. Is this really viable?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


100% renewable energy could power the world by 2030, experts say - The Weather Network

  2021-03-02 (or before) in theweathernetwork.com

Experts say the potential for rapid transformation of the world’s energy system has a parallel in the speed with which cars replaced horses in the 1900s.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Cars


Fox News and Fox Business falsely blamed renewable energy for Texas blackouts 128 times over two days

  2021-02-24 (or before) in Media Matters for America

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Texas


Climate change: Why Norway, the UK and Canada are climate hypocrites - CNN

  2021-02-19 (or before) by in CNN

In Oslo, street lamps are powered by renewables. To conserve energy, the smart lights dim when nobody is around. The Norwegian capital, like the rest of the country, is proud of its exceptional green credentials. Its public transportation system too is powered entirely by renewable energy. Two thirds of new cars sold in the city are electric. There's even a highway for bees.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Electric Cars | Bees | Cars


Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here's why

  2021-02-14 (or before) by in The Conversation

In a bid to ditch fossil fuels, some countries are considering carpeting deserts with solar panels.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels


Hydrogen - New Powerpaste for Hydrogen Storage - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

  2021-02-14 (or before) in Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


With 10-Point Declaration, Global Coalition of Top Energy Experts Says: '100% Renewables Is Possible'

  2021-02-10 (or before) in Common Dreams

The solutions will not only save consumers money, but also create jobs and provide energy and more international security, while substantially reducing air pollution and climate damage from energy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal


Queen's property manager and Treasury to get windfarm windfall of nearly £9bn

  2021-02-08 in The Guardian

BP among the winners in auction of offshore seabed rights for next decade

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Wind Power


Powering up: UK hills could be used as energy 'batteries'

  2021-02-08 in The Guardian

Engineers explore using gentle slopes rather than steep dams or mountains to store electricity

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Electricity


A 5 Trillion Dollar Subsidy: How We All Pay For Fossil Fuels

  2021-02-06 (or before) by in Forbes

Each year, fossil fuel producers receive trillions of dollars in subsidies. This reflects an epic market failure. Our atmosphere is a vital shared resource, and current policies allow producers to treat it like a garbage dump. Climate action is key to protect our health and the health of the planet.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Health


This popular and proven climate policy should be at the top of Congress’s to-do list

  2021-02-04 by in Vox

The case for a national clean electricity standard.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change | Electricity


UN global climate poll: ‘The people’s voice is clear – they want action’

  2021-01-27 in The Guardian

Biggest ever climate change survey finds two-thirds of people think climate change is a global emergency

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Farming | Brazil | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Indonesia


Decoding the Hype Behind the Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push

  2021-01-14 by in DeSmog

It seems like nearly every day another hopeful article touts the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel to tackle climate change. What’s known as “green hydrogen” — which relies on renewable power for production — is getting the bulk of that attention. In December, ABC News ran an article with the headline “Why green hydrogen […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Climate Change


Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis?

  2020-12-28 in The Guardian

Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Fusion | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Nuclear Power


Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests - Nature Communications

  2020-12-27 (or before) in Nature

This comment raises concerns regarding the way in which a new European directive, aimed at reaching higher renewable energy targets, treats wood harvested directly for bioenergy use as a carbon-free fuel. The result could consume quantities of wood equal to all Europe’s wood harvests, greatly increase carbon in the air for decades, and set a dangerous global example.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Trees


Opinion | You Should Have Listened, New York Tells Big Oil (Published 2020)

  2020-12-09 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change


Morrison’s infuriating climate pledge: We’ll only cheat if we need to

  2020-11-24 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Australia’s next big emissions projections are due soon. Renewables will do the heavy lifting, but how will the gap to Paris be filled?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Interview: AuREUS System Technology inventor Carvey Ehren Maigue

  2020-11-19 (or before) in dyson.co.uk

James Dyson award winner Carvey Ehren Maigue explains how he invented a new material, made from waste crop, which converts UV light into renewable energy.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


The key areas of Boris Johnson's 'green industrial revolution'

  2020-11-17 in The Guardian

How can the objectives of the 10-point plan be achieved?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Trees


Reaching UK net zero target cheaper than we thought, says climate adviser

  2020-11-12 in The Guardian

Exclusive: Chris Stark says cost is surprisingly low but criticises government for absence of a plan

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy | COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Net Zero


Green Hydrogen: Could It Be Key to a Carbon-Free Economy?

  2020-11-08 (or before) in Yale E360

Green hydrogen, which uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen from water, is taking off around the globe. Its boosters say the fuel could play an important role in decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors of the economy, such as long-haul trucking, aviation, and heavy manufacturing.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


Queensland transition to renewables would generate almost 10,000 jobs, analysis shows

  2020-10-14 in The Guardian

Exclusive: Sunshine and available land offer a ‘world-class’ opportunity, expert says

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Hydrogen | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Wind Power | Activism


Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills

  2020-10-12 (or before) in Bloomberg

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


A history of the solar century so far: a tale of disruption, denial, and existential threat. – Jeremy Leggett

  2020-09-19 (or before) in Jeremy Leggett - Climate, energy, tech, and the future of civilisation

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


California Reveals That the Transition to Renewable Energy Isn’t So Simple

  2020-08-19 by in Slate Magazine

Sometimes the features of a wind-and-solar system turn out to be bugs.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Wind Power | California | Electricity Grid


Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries

  2020-08-11 in The Guardian

Research could pave way for cheap supercapacitor storage of renewable energy

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries


World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France

  2020-07-28 in The Guardian

Project aims to show that clean fusion power can be generated at commercial scale

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Greenhouse Gases | Nuclear Fusion | France


Green hydrogen to overtake blue in energy transition cost race 'by 2030': IHS Markit

  2020-07-15 in Recharge | Latest renewable energy news

Ever-cheaper renewables-powered production points to it being lower-price than natural gas version by end of decade, says analyst

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen


Work begins in Lincolnshire on world's longest subsea power cable

  2020-07-13 in The Guardian

€2bn, 475-mile Viking Link cable will share renewable energy between UK and Denmark

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity Grid


New climate group will offer district-specific policy 'menus' to every congressional candidate | CNN Politics

  2020-07-02 by in CNN International

As concern over climate change grows and high profile progressive political figures embrace ambitious ideas, candidates with limited resources and time are facing a new challenge: how to craft winning political messages tailored to their districts and backed by the most recent science, health and economic data.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Legislation | US Politics | Health


Pure Energy Centre - Homepage

  2020-06-23 (or before) in Pure Energy Centre - Hydrogen And Renewable Energy Solutions

Global pioneer and supplier of quality renewable energy solutions. With over 50 years combined experience, Pure Energy Centre are recognised for their innovative and progressive global footprint.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Innovation


Germany plans to promote 'green' hydrogen with €7 billion

  2020-06-21 (or before) in EURACTIV

The German government adopted its national hydrogen strategy yesterday (10 June), with plans to ramp up production capacity to 5 GW by 2030 and 10 GW by 2040. To achieve this, €7 billion will be invested in new businesses and research. EURACTIV Germany reports.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Germany


Climate Change

  2020-06-20 (or before) in World Bank

Latest news and information from the World Bank and its development work on Climate Change. Access facts, statistics, project information, development research from experts and latest news about Climate Change.

  Tagged under: Carbon Pricing | Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Finance


Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels - BBC News

  2020-06-09 (or before) in The BBC

On Wednesday, Britain will mark two months without burning any coal to generate power.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels


The US is Steadily Adopting Renewable Energy Goals — Beautiful News

  2020-05-28 (or before) by in Information is Beautiful

Unseen trends, uplifting stats, creative solutions — a new chart every day. From Information is Beautiful.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Trump admin slaps solar, wind operators with retroactive rent bills | Reuters

  2020-05-19 (or before) in Reuters

The Trump administration has ended a two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands, handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, according to company officials.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | USA | Donald Trump | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Wind Power | US Politics | California | Alaska


Michael Moore's new film turns heroes into villains and villains into heroes | Opinion

  2020-05-13 (or before) in Newsweek

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change


Green energy firms on track to deliver multibillion-pound windfarms

  2020-05-13 in The Guardian

Companies want to power greener economic recovery following Covid-19 pandemic

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA

  2020-04-30 in The Guardian

Renewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Electricity


Zero Carbon Britain: Rising to the Climate Emergency

  2020-04-29 (or before) in Centre for Alternative Technology

Our latest report demonstrates that we already have the tools and technology needed to efficiently power the UK with 100% renewable energy and to feed ourselves sustainably.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


New renewable energy capacity hit record levels in 2019

  2020-04-06 in The Guardian

Most new electricity was green and coronavirus bailouts must boost this further, says agency

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity


Coal | How to waste over half a trillion dollars- Carbon Tracker Initiative

  2020-03-12 (or before) in Carbon Tracker Initiative

Coal developers risk wasting more than $600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity from new renewables than from new coal plants.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Electricity


Government Agency Warns Global Oil Industry Is on the Brink of a Meltdown

  2020-02-04 in VICE

We are not running out of oil, but it's becoming uneconomical to exploit it—another reason we need to move to renewables as quickly as possible.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Economics | Oil Industry | Fossil Fuels | Carbon Bubble | Climate Change


Ofgem sets out nine-point plan to prioritise climate crisis

  2020-02-03 in The Guardian

Regulator aims to support investment in low-carbon technology while protecting households from price rises

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Ofgem | Economics


Microsoft Announces New Commitment to Renewable Energy—Greenpeace Response

  2020-01-23 (or before) in email.mg1.substack.com

Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997. We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100% reader supported. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenpeace


UK could tap into Africa's $24bn market for off-grid solar power

  2020-01-21 in The Guardian

Rapidly growing sector could prove lucrative as Britain seeks post-Brexit trade opportunities

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Africa | Electricity Grid


Oil companies aren’t making big investments in a low-carbon future yet | GreenBiz

  2020-01-10 (or before) in Greenbiz

But some companies are showing an interest in it.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Oil Industry


Renewables beat fossil fuels on 137 days in greenest year for UK energy

  2020-01-07 in The Guardian

Renewable energy up 9% on 2018 but nuclear outages are limiting progress, report warns

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Nuclear Power | Coal | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels


166. Solving the Climate Crisis by Fixing the Politics of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords | Gerald Kutney - The Disruptors

  2020-01-02 by in The Disruptors

Gerald Kutney (@geraldkutney) is a climate scientist, professor, journalist/speaker, author and founder/consultant of 6esm, a C-level consulting firm focused on the bio-economy, renewable energy and the politics of the Kyoto Protocol and others like it.

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy | Kyoto Agreement


Goldman Sachs Curbs New Lending on Coal and Arctic Oil

  2019-12-19 (or before) in Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has tightened its policy on fossil fuel financing in a move welcomed by environmental groups, just as global talks on climate change faltered in Madrid over the weekend.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change


Biodiversity in 2020: the biggest threats and opportunities

  2019-12-05 in The Guardian

Scientists and conservation professionals predict mosquito-killing fungi and a kelp crisis could be among the trends affecting living things next year

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Predictions | Wildlife


It Bears Repeating: Renewables Alone Won’t End the Climate Crisis

  2019-11-26 in resilience

David Hughes added that it’s physically impossible to replace all primary fossil fuel energy on a business-as-usual scale with renewables.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Renewables in the 2019 General Election

  2019-11-26 in RenewableUK Blog

It’s less then three weeks to go till the general election and, though the final decision of the public still remains very hard to predict, nearly all of the major parties have published their manifestos, giving us a glimpse into the future. In this RenewableUK blog, Senior Public Affairs Manager, Nathan Bennett, compares the major parties' manifesto commitments to renewables. Climate change has been a higher feature of this election than any one previously. To add to this, renewables have never

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Predictions | Climate Change


Aluminum Production in the Times of Climate Change: The Global Challenge to Reduce the Carbon Footprint and Prevent Carbon Leakage - JOM

  2019-11-21 in Springer Verlag

This paper addresses the global challenge of greenhouse gas emissions facing the aluminum industry. The demand, production and use of aluminum are increasing and so are the emissions. From bauxite mine to aluminum ingot, the total global average emissions vary somewhat in the literature, but most reported values are now between 12 and 17 metric tonnes of CO2-equivalents per tonne of aluminum, depending on the various estimates and assumptions made. Two-thirds of these gases are emitted because the electricity used for electrolysis is produced from fossil fuel sources, mainly coal but also natural gas. Reduction of these emission...

  Tagged under: Electricity | Renewable Energy


Opinion: Green energy will gut more than the oil market

  2019-11-20 (or before) in Detroit News

  Tagged under: Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Oil Industry | Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Disinformation and Misinformation


Bill Gates backs startup using sunlight to create 1,000C-plus heat

  2019-11-19 in The Guardian

Heliogen uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy that can power heavy industry

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


Election 2019: Boris Johnson Top Beneficiary of Donations from Supporters of Climate Science Denial

  2019-11-19 by in DeSmog

This election cycle has seen an unprecedented number of announcements from all parties on renewable energy, reforestation, and other items generally reserved for only the greenest on the political spectrum. So much so that some are calling this the ‘climate election’.  But elections are expensive things, and politicians rarely turn down a cheque. So if climate […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Renewable energy: climate crisis 'may have triggered faster wind speeds'

  2019-11-18 in The Guardian

Windfarms could be able to generate more energy due to phenomenon, says report

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Sanders’s Climate Ambitions Thrill Supporters. Experts Aren’t Impressed. (Published 2019)

  2019-11-14 in The New York Times

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Carbon Capture and Storage


Climate change: do more now or risk catastrophe, warns energy agency

  2019-11-13 in The Guardian

IEA says deep disparity between words and action on climate change risks failing to cap global temperatures

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power


Building wind farms 'could destroy Welsh landscape' - BBC News

  2019-11-04 (or before) in BBC

Campaigners accept the need for renewable energy, but are concerned about the impact on tourism.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power


Offshore windfarms 'can provide more electricity than the world needs'

  2019-10-25 in The Guardian

Supplies from turbines will prove to be the next great energy revolution, IEA predicts

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Predictions | Wind Power | Electricity


Labour unveils plans for carbon-neutral energy system by 2030s

  2019-10-23 in The Guardian

Strategy includes 30 recommendations including insulation upgrades for every home in UK

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Insulation | Greenpeace


UK to use finance meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina

  2019-10-22 in The Guardian

Documents show government’s £1bn commitment in 2017 later prioritised support of major oil companies

  Tagged under: Argentina | Renewable Energy | BP | Shell | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Finance


UK firm announces plans for first 'liquid to gas' cryogenic battery

  2019-10-21 in The Guardian

Highview Power claims device will be Europe’s largest energy storage project

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Fossil Fuels


Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years - report

  2019-10-21 in The Guardian

Energy agency says solar power will drive faster than forecast growth in renewables

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Tidal Energy


Home | Ecotricity

  2019-10-15 (or before) in Error

Fight climate change with Britain’s greenest energy supplier. Switch to Ecotricity’s renewable green electricity and gas for your home or business.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Electricity


Rise of renewables may see off oil firms decades earlier than they think

  2019-10-14 by Jillian Ambrose in The Guardian

Pace of progress raises hope that fossil fuel companies could lose their domination

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Oil Industry | Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels


Requirements for Minerals and Metals for 100% Renewable Scenarios

  2019-10-13 (or before) in Springer Verlag

This chapter explores the magnitude of the changes in patterns of material use that will be associated with the increasing deployment of renewable energy and discusses the implications for...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Minerals


Analysis: UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first time - Carbon Brief

  2019-10-13 in Carbon Brief

In the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than coal, oil and gas put together.

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | UK | Renewable Energy | Coal | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity


Amazon’s ‘climate pledge’ commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and 100% renewables by 2030 – TechCrunch

  2019-09-23 (or before) in TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News

In Washington today, Amazon announced a series of initiatives and issued a call for companies to reduce their carbon emissions 10 years ahead of the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement as part of a sweeping effort to reduce its own environmental footprint. “We’re done being in the middle of the herd on this […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Net Zero | Washington State


The climate crisis explained in 10 charts

  2019-09-19 in The Guardian

From the rise and rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to possible solutions

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Antarctic | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels


Solar PV Power Potential is Greatest Over Croplands - Scientific Reports

  2019-08-14 (or before) in Nature

Solar energy has the potential to offset a significant fraction of non-renewable electricity demands globally, yet it may occupy extensive areas when deployed at this level. There is growing concern that large renewable energy installations will displace other land uses. Where should future solar power installations be placed to achieve the highest energy production and best use the limited land resource? The premise of this work is that the solar panel efficiency is a function of the location’s microclimate within which it is immersed. Current studies largely ignore many of the environmental factors that influence Photovo...

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Land Use | Solar Energy | Electricity | Sustainability


THE DESTRUCTIVE MYTH OF GREEN ENERGY: IF YOU WANT ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY’ GET READY TO DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT

  2019-08-07 in The International Chronicles - Interactive Forum of political culture

“Green Energy” advocates dream of powering society entirely with wind and solar farms combined with massive batteries. Realizing this dream would require the biggest expansion in mining…

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Batteries | Wind Power


Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition'

  2019-08-01 in The Guardian

Redirecting small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels


So You Think We're Reducing Fossil Fuel Use? Think Again.

  2019-07-21 (or before) by in Forbes

If you think we’re doing a good job of curbing fossil fuel use, you're mistaken. Oil production is exploding in America. Growth in coal in the developing world shows no sign of slowing, and gas has kicked into high gear most everywhere. Renewables are increasing slower. Nuclear and hydro are flat.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Nuclear Power


UK energy-saving efforts collapse after government subsidy cuts

  2019-07-18 in The Guardian

Only 10,000 upgrades such as loft insulation happen each month compared with 65,000 in 2014, report shows

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Insulation | Collapse


Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions

  2019-07-09 in The Guardian

Researchers say one invention could solve two problems for people lacking basic resources

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Health | Water Resources


HMRC pushes steep VAT increase for new solar-battery systems

  2019-06-24 in The Guardian

Treasury proposes rise from 5% to 20%, while the tax on coal will stay at lower rate

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Solar Energy | Coal


Ireland to unveil bold plan to tackle climate emergency

  2019-06-17 in The Guardian

Varadkar reveals ideas to curb greenhouse gases and move towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero


Clean energy enters virtuous cycle - Nature

  2019-06-10 (or before) in Nature

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Climate Activists Must Come To Grips With The Role Natural Gas Will Have

  2019-03-23 (or before) by in Forbes

The International Energy Agency has released its World Energy Outlook, noting that the role of renewables will escalate to 40% of all global power generation by 2040. But it also means an increased role for natural gas to back up those green fuels, all to combat climate change.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Activism | Climate Change


Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal

  2019-03-06 in The Guardian

The mining company engaged Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm to push anti-renewables message and counter anti-coal activists

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Activism


Investing in development of electricity from renewables | Airclim

  2019-03-05 (or before) in Airclim | The Air Pollution and Climate Secretariat

Ambitious countries and companies are showing the way with a strategy that could help eliminate the risk of unmanageable climate change.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Electricity


Solar households expected to give away power to energy firms

  2018-12-18 by Adam Vaughan in The Guardian

Government confirms anyone who adds solar from April 2019 will not be paid for excess electricity exported to grid

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | UK | Electricity | Solar Energy | Electricity Grid


Renewable Energy Certificate (United States) - Wikipedia

  2018-12-14 (or before) in Wikipedia

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Greenpeace, Renewable Energy, and Data Centers – Perspectives

  2018-12-14 (or before) in Perspectives - James Hamilton's Blog

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenpeace


The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon | Editorial

  2018-12-05 in The Guardian

Editorial: We are losing the war against climate change; the use of fossil fuels is driving higher carbon emissions when they need to be coming down

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Bolsonaro | Arctic | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels


Home | Ecotricity

  2018-11-13 (or before) in Ecotricity

Fight climate change with Britain’s greenest energy supplier. Switch to Ecotricity’s renewable green electricity and gas for your home or business.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Electricity


Climate Policy that Actually Works: How Morocco is Meeting its Clean Energy Goals - SolarPACES

  2018-09-21 by in SolarPACES - International CSP research

The secret? MASEN (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) is actually a renewable energy “one stop shop” - from climate policy to completed projects

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy


'Lightweight PR and greenwash' – BP's low-carbon plan dismissed

  2018-04-16 in The Guardian

Environmentalists call strategy ‘20th century response to a 21st century problem’

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP


Portugal reaches 100% renewables, ends fossil fuel subsidies

  2018-04-09 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economy

Portugal grid averages 103% renewable electricity over month of March; government suspends power supply subsidies in April.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Electricity | Electricity Grid


France bans fracking and oil extraction in all of its territories

  2017-12-20 in The Guardian

French parliamentarians have passed a law banning fossil fuel extraction. President Macron says he wants France to lead the world with switch to renewables

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | France | Fracking | Fossil Fuels


The Geoengineering Fallacy | by Barbara Unmüßig - Project Syndicate

  2017-10-12 by Barbara Unmüßig in Project Syndicate

Barbara Unmüßig raises serious doubts about the viability and safety of proposed technological fixes for climate change.

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Geoengineering | Carbon Capture and Storage


Failing to put a value on nature condemns it

  2015-11-23 in The Guardian

Placing an economic value on ‘natural capital’ forces companies to conserve nature rather than destroy it

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy | Wildlife | Capitalism


Cloud Computing, Server Utilization, & the Environment | Amazon Web Services

  2015-06-05 in Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

After reading the Greenpeace, Renewable Energy, and Data Centers blog entry from my colleague James Hamilton a couple of weeks back, I took a look at the Greenpeace report on data center power consumption and noted that it’s pretty unusual for an environmental report to not feature energy conservation as a primary evaluation criteria. It […]

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenpeace


Engaging with oil companies on climate change is futile, admits leading UK environmentalist

  2015-01-15 in The Guardian

After years working on sustainability projects with BP and Shell, Jonathon Porritt says he came to the conclusion it was ‘impossible’ for today’s oil and gas companies to adapt to the need to exit fossil fuels

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | BP | Shell | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Sustainability


What It Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Change

  2014-11-18 in IEEE Spectrum

Today’s renewable energy technologies won’t save us. So what will?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Coal | Climate Change | Economics | Innovation | Carbon Capture and Storage


Are solar farms really hitting British food production?

  2014-10-21 in The Guardian

Environment secretary Liz Truss has cut solar farm’s subsidies saying they harm food production, but most UK solar farms successfully produce food as well. Karl Mathiesen investigates

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Farming | Solar Energy | Food Production and Consumption


Energy

  2012-10-28 in Why Green Economy?

How do we deal with the world’s urgent interconnected economic and environmental crises? Different people are talking about the green economy as the solution – but not everyone agrees on what…

  Tagged under: Economics | Renewable Energy


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