On the Open Access Government website, Chris Rason, Aggreko’s Managing Director of Northern Europe, provides his thoughts on bridging the gap when it comes to a decentralised energy future in the UK. Bridging the gap to a decentralised energy future UK industry is operating in a highly competitive world in which the price of … Continue reading
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
When do we need to reach net zero emissions? Aled Jones, Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, at Anglia Ruskin University discusses the politics involved in an article on The Conversation website. While the example is the UK, it affects all of us. Net zero emissions by 2050 or 2025? Depends how you think … Continue reading
The energy transition takes on different dimensions. It is encouraging to see the transformation of an old coal power into a gem for the community. Kate Connolly explains in an article in The Guardian. Art electricity’ revives old German power station When the Luckenwalde coal power plant in east Germany closed down soon after … Continue reading
Atika Shubert and Nadine Schmidt write on the CNN website about Germany’s concern for climate change and what that means to their lifestyles — including what this means to their love for cars. Climate change concerns sour Germany’s love for cars A new Deutschland Trend poll by national broadcaster ARD, shows that 48% of … Continue reading
Over the past five years, the state has made its first significant shift away from coal power, first to natural gas and now increasingly to renewable energy. Matt Mencarini explains in an article on the Louisville Courier Journal website. With or without Green New Deal, Kentucky’s energy future is heading away from coal Coal … Continue reading
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
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
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
Texas is one of those interesting regions where there are competing views of the energy system and the energy transition. Steve Hanley discusses latest developments in an article on the CleanTechnica website. Renewable Energy Advocates Learn To Not Say “Climate Change” In Texas Renewable energy, particularly wind power, has been hugely successful in Texas, … Continue reading
