In an article on The Conversation website, Martin Brueckner, Charles Roche and Tauel Harper all from Murdoch University in Australia discuss the difficulties in getting off fossil fuels and the little progress that Australia has made to date. How much success is your country having? Getting rid of fossil fuels is really hard – … Continue reading The green energy transition: shifting away from fossil fuels is particularly challenging
Category: renewable energy
Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025
Encouragingly, the Financial Times reports that solar power generation in Britain so far this year has surpassed the total for 2024 “as panels are rapidly installed amid favourable weather, underlining renewable energy’s increasing importance to the grid. . . . Some 14.08 terawatt hours of electricity was produced from solar in Great Britain by August … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025
Energy in Demand News, August 17-18, 2025
It was certainly disappointing that the UN negotiations for a global treaty on plastics pollution collapsed without an agreement. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a number of other petrostates would not budge from their long-standing refusal to agree measures that address the production of plastic, agreeing only to waste management. It is not clear when negotiations … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 17-18, 2025
Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025
GHG emissions are “going through the roof” because of AI, according to an article on the New York Times website that explains how Big Tech’s net-zero goals are looking shaky. “Google’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 11 percent in 2024 from the year before. Amazon’s were up by 6 percent. Microsoft’s fell slightly but remained … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025
America’s energy transition: leaving the clean energy playing field to China
In an article on The Conversation website, Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford explains how across the world, utilities are embracing clean energy, choosing lower costs for their customers while reducing pollution and America, under the Trump administration, is choosing a different path that will … Continue reading America’s energy transition: leaving the clean energy playing field to China
Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The EU and US agreed to a new trade deal in recent days, to a distinctly mixed reaction. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the centrepiece of the deal, a €700 billion pledge to buy U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years, is fundamentally … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The shift to EVs and electric water heating has a huge silver lining
In an article on The Conversation website, Bin Lu and Marnie Shaw of the Australian National University explain how authorities in Australia can use Evs and electric water heating to help operate the grid more efficiently and slash infrastructure costs. What are your views? How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into … Continue reading The shift to EVs and electric water heating has a huge silver lining
Blog by Jane Marsh – Green Energy’s Environmental Impact: What the Industry Isn’t Always Telling You
You support a zero-carbon transition because clean electricity outperforms fossil fuels on nearly every climate metric. Yet each solar panel, wind turbine and battery carries a tangible footprint — from the ores mined for production to the waste left at retirement. By tracking these impacts and pressing policymakers and suppliers for tighter safeguards, you can … Continue reading Blog by Jane Marsh – Green Energy’s Environmental Impact: What the Industry Isn’t Always Telling You
Energy in Demand News, July 27-28, 2025
It is summer time in Europe but the news has not slowed down. The post below on the IEA is disturbing and we can all hope that the US remains a member of the IEA in order to make a valuable contribution to our sustainable energy future. There is a good report from SciencesPo on … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, July 27-28, 2025
US Energy Secretary floats withdrawal from IEA
Mitchell Beer writes on The Energy Mix website that the Trump administration is threatening to pull the United States out of the International Energy Agency if the IEA doesn’t bring its independent forecasts in line with the administration’s support for a more fossil-friendly future. What are your views? U.S. Threatens to Quit IEA if … Continue reading US Energy Secretary floats withdrawal from IEA
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 