The Energy Sustainability Dilemma : Powering the Future in a Finite World
Most of the easy energy is gone. Are we heading for a dead end?
Renewables
Energy Crunch: the good news and the bad news
The good news is that Britain’s politicians and media are finally giving energy the attention it deserves. The bad is that the frenzied political back-and-forth of the last few weeks utterly fails to grasp the intractability of rising energy costs.
SNAKE OIL: Chapter 6 – Energy Reality
Everything depends upon our recognizing the mirage for what it is, and getting on with the project of the century.
Energy Reality: What We’re For
Recognizing that all human economic activity is a subset of nature’seconomy and must not degrade its vitality is the starting point for systemic transformation of the energy system.
Energy Crunch newsletter – Sept 20
It’s election time in Germany and energy policy is high on the agenda. The country’s Energiewende, a real energy revolution, is playing havoc with traditional utilities
Energy transitions – headlines
•Air Pollution Concerns Halt Enormous Coal Plant In China •Solar power to trump shale, helped by US military •German Utilities Hammered in Market Favoring Renewables •Analyst: Utilities Challenged By Spread Of Solar
Solar Dreams, Spanish Realities
Facing limits to sun-powered renewable energy. Latest in a series.
Energy transitions – May 2
•Small-town mayors: the cutting edge of climate action •How are communities raising serious money for green energy projects? •Is 70 Percent Renewable Power Possible? Portugal Just Did It For 3 Months •Germany’s Energy Transition Experiment •London’s cooking waste to fuel power station •Lessons From Thailand: Mobilizing Investment In Energy Efficiency
After Record 2012, World Wind Power Set to Top 300,000 Megawatts in 2013
Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide.
Building a Solar Economy: 4 Lessons from Hawaii
Hawaii generates more of its power from the sun than any other state. Here’s what the rest of us can learn from the obstacles that came up along the way and and what’s being done to overcome them.
Energy transitions – Apr 4
•Learning from Germany’s Renewable Energy Transition •German energy surplus quadruples despite renewable push •The ‘unstoppable’ renewable grid •German village offers blueprint for rural green energy •Desertec on the Ropes: Competitors and Opponents Threaten Energy Plan •Renewable energy providers to help bear cost of new UK nuclear reactors •Energy policies ‘reduce bill rises’ •Philippines turns trash into clean energy windfall
Energy transitions – Mar 26
•You’ll Never Guess Which U.S. State Could Be Fossil-Fuel-Free by 2050 •Can we shift to renewable energy? Yes. As to how… •Los Angeles set to ditch coal power •The Worst Way to Measure Energy Efficiency