Andrew Warren, a regular contributor to EiD and a former special advisor to the House of Commons select committee on the environment, takes a look at the latest figures on UK domestic energy efficiency improvements, and finds deliberately weakened policies have led to plummeting installation rates. What are your views? The sad and under-reported … Continue reading A growing economy must not automatically mean growing energy consumption
Sun-seeking solar farms under development in The Netherlands
Many of us are sun seekers but it is unusual to hear of solar panels that can track the sun. Daniel Boffey explains in an article in The Guardian about in building of 15 floating solar islands in The Netherlands that will possess sunflower-like ability to turn to face the sun. Dutch engineers build … Continue reading Sun-seeking solar farms under development in The Netherlands
The risks of climate change to economies and societies have become an issue of security concern
Mizan R Khan, Professor of Environmental Science and Management at North South University writes a good article on Bangladesh’s Daily Star website about the risks of climate change to our economies and societies. This is an important read for all EiD readers. Climate Change And Security: What the discourse is all about We, the … Continue reading The risks of climate change to economies and societies have become an issue of security concern
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
More demand than supply of white certificates in France
A recent article on the EURACTIV.fr website, translated by Daniel Eck, explains some of the recent developments in the white certificate market in France. Price of energy saving certificates causes friction in France Energy saving certificates, or white certificates, were meant to be the answer to France’s slow progress in reducing energy consumption. However, … Continue reading More demand than supply of white certificates in France
Wider use of heat pumps is important for the energy transition
A recent study in the US describes heat pumps for home heating and cooling as “the low hanging fruit when it comes to saving customers money and reducing greenhouse gas emissions." John Fialka explains in an article on the Scientific American website. Heat Pumps Gain Traction as Renewable Energy Grows A cluster of new … Continue reading Wider use of heat pumps is important for the energy transition
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
Thoughts on the low-carbon energy transition
If the world is to quit coal and gas for renewable energy sources, they have to be reliable and affordable. Is that realistic? Researchers have crunched the numbers and come up with some surprising answers. Gero Rueter explains in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. How to make the world affordably carbon-free How … Continue reading Thoughts on the low-carbon energy transition
Ireland falls short in its level of ambition for the low-carbon energy transition
EU member states have submitted their draft national energy and climate plans and the one from Ireland gets bad marks in an assessment made by the Climate Action Network. The report concludes Ireland’s plan “does not demonstrate high ambition on energy savings and renewable energy, indicating a lack of focus in their actions for the … Continue reading Ireland falls short in its level of ambition for the low-carbon energy transition
Manhattan looking to have congestion charge by 2021
John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County writes on The Conversation website about the plan for a congestion charge in Manhattan, an approach already used in London, Singapore and Stockholm. New York gets serious about traffic with the first citywide US congestion pricing plan After years … Continue reading Manhattan looking to have congestion charge by 2021
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