Richard Perez, Senior Research Associate in Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York and Karl R. Rabago, Professor of Law; Executive Director, Pace Energy and Climate Center, at Pace University write on The Conversation website about a novel way to approach renewable energy development. What do you think? A … Continue reading Renewables in the energy transition – “It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.”
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India’s energy transition: renewable energy investments have begun to outpace those in fossil fuels
It is encouraging to see the positive developments in India’s low-carbon energy transition. There are challenges. Coal use is still growing in a country where energy demands are rising fast. Harry Cockburn discusses latest developments in an article on The Independent website. India investing more money in solar power than coal for first time … Continue reading India’s energy transition: renewable energy investments have begun to outpace those in fossil fuels
To go 100 % carbon free, the devil is in the details
Steve Hanley writes on the CleanTechnica website about what it really takes to be 100 % carbon free. What are your views? 100% Renewable Does Not Necessarily Mean Zero Carbon “100% renewable energy” is a popular concept these days. 160 major corporations have signed pledges saying they will power all of their activities using 100% … Continue reading To go 100 % carbon free, the devil is in the details
China is one of the leading investors in Cuba’s renewable energy programme
Steve Hanley writes on the CleanTechnica website about China taking advantage of market opportunities to invest in renewable energy in Cuba. Is your country doing the same? China Invests In Renewable Energy In Cuba Cuba began investing in renewable energy in 2014 and is ramping up its efforts in a push to make renewables … Continue reading China is one of the leading investors in Cuba’s renewable energy programme
Corporate arrangements now account for 22 percent of large renewable deals signed last year in the United States
Large corporations are increasingly committing their operations to switch to renewable energy. Stanley Reed explains in an article in the New York Times some of those efforts in the US. Could Beer Brewed With Wind Power Help Save the Planet? During the Super Bowl in February, a commercial showed a Budweiser beer wagon drawn … Continue reading Corporate arrangements now account for 22 percent of large renewable deals signed last year in the United States
Looking at the cost of renewable energy
There’s a new working paper that was covered by Axios this week which makes some rather bold claims about the high cost of policies that require a certain percentage of power to be generated from renewable sources. Whether those claims will stand up to peer-review, though, is yet to be seen. This is explained in … Continue reading Looking at the cost of renewable energy
Chicago commits itself to going 100 % renewable by 2035
It is encouraging to see the efforts being made by cities globally to move to a low-carbon energy transition. Kristin Musulin writes on the Smart Cities Dive website about the commitment recently made by the city of Chicago. Chicago becomes largest US city to commit to 100% clean energy Dive Brief: The Chicago City … Continue reading Chicago commits itself to going 100 % renewable by 2035
In most of the United States, it’s now become cheaper to build a new solar or wind farm than to keep an existing coal plant running
Irina Ivanova writes on the CBS News website about latest developments in the low-carbon energy transition in the US. What are your views? How wind and solar became America's cheapest energy source the price of renewable energy has been dropping exponentially over the past decade—and shows no sign of reversing. In most of the … Continue reading In most of the United States, it’s now become cheaper to build a new solar or wind farm than to keep an existing coal plant running
The growing demand for minerals and metals to build renewable energy technologies
Research by the University of Technology, Sydney on the Phys.org website shows that as demand for minerals such as lithium and rare earths skyrockets, the already significant environmental and human impacts of hard rock mining are likely to rise steeply as well. How sustainable can this be? New research exposes extent of mineral demand … Continue reading The growing demand for minerals and metals to build renewable energy technologies
Britain’s the Orkney Islands being used as a laboratory to learn how to make all the components of a fully renewable energy network function together
Steve Hanley writes on the CleanTechnica website that there are a lot of pieces to the puzzle to fit together before we can be completely dependent on renewable energy. Well, they are trying on the Orkney Islands. What are your views? Orkney Islands Are Key To Renewable Energy In The UK There’s theory and … Continue reading Britain’s the Orkney Islands being used as a laboratory to learn how to make all the components of a fully renewable energy network function together
