The benefits of a clean energy economy

Recently we are getting a lot of articles on the wide range of benefits from increased energy efficiency and renewable energy. This is a good development and hopefully this will lead to even more analysis on those benefits. Silvio Marcacci writes on the CleanTechnica website about many of the benefits of a clean energy economy. … Continue reading The benefits of a clean energy economy →

The benefits of an increased use of renewable energy

The wider use of renewable energy globally will have a wide range of benefits that will have a global impact but will also improve the quality of lives of billions of people. Chris Rose writes an excellent article on this on DESMOGBLOG.COM. Speeding Up Renewable Energy Access Critical for Climate, Health and Economy: Report … Continue reading The benefits of an increased use of renewable energy →

Renewables expected to play major role in India in upcoming years

The Economic Times of India writes that the Indian government expects a major investment in renewable energy over the next four years. The government is doing what it can to provide adequate incentives to support renewable energy development. $100 billion investment likely in renewable energy in 4 years: Piyush Goyal The government is expecting … Continue reading Renewables expected to play major role in India in upcoming years →

Can renewable energy provide a solution to the problem of decarbonising the economy?

There is a very good article from John Quiggin in The Guardian. It concerns the current situation in Australia where there is a fierce debate underway about the future of renewable energy. As Quiggin writes: “We know that renewable energy poses a real threat to the viability of fossil fuels, so why are its critics … Continue reading Can renewable energy provide a solution to the problem of decarbonising the economy? →

Turkey’s promoting renewable energy

The Daily Sabah website writes about the impressive increase in renewable energy capacity in Turkey in recent years. Turkey at Forefront of Europe’s Increase in Renewables TURKEY'S investments in renewable energy will account for 15 percent of the 141,000 megawatt capacity increase in Europe expected by 2020, according to a report by the International … Continue reading Turkey’s promoting renewable energy →

The age of the mass-market electric car will soon be here

Tesla, which builds electric cars for a niche market, is taking a new approach to now make the car affordable to a large market. As Kristine Owram writes in Canada’s National Post, this includes the construction of a new large-scale battery plant and plans for supercharger stations. Tesla moves closer to mass-market electric car … Continue reading The age of the mass-market electric car will soon be here →

Building a grid based primarily on renewable resources will not be easy

Elena Krier and Julia Trezona Peek provide a good article describing on The Hill website about the need for an alternative energy grid in the US to deal with the increased use of renewable energy. Krieger is the director of the Renewable Energy Program at Physicians, Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy, and Peek is … Continue reading Building a grid based primarily on renewable resources will not be easy →

Investing through crowdfunding platforms

Rebecca Burn-Callander writes in The Telegraph about one “legend” who has made a significant investment in renewable energy through a crowdfunding platform. Is this the way of the future? Vivienne Westwood invests £1m in renewable energy start-up Dame Vivienne Westwood, British fashion legend and environmental activist, has become a major shareholder in Trillion Fund, … Continue reading Investing through crowdfunding platforms →

Global solar hot water developments

Kate Galbraith writes in the New York Times about the rapid increase in the use of solar systems to heat water globally, even though the technologies differ significantly. Interest in Solar Water Heating Spreads Globally To produce milk and cheese for the world, dairies need cows and grass. But they also go through enormous … Continue reading Global solar hot water developments →

No one said the transition would be easy

Geert De Clercq writes for the Reuters news service about the impact that renewable energy power installations are having on more traditional power plants. No doubt this is happening in more than Switzerland. Cavernous Swiss power plant undermined by renewable energy Deep in a Swiss mountain, workers have blasted out a cathedral-sized hole for … Continue reading No one said the transition would be easy →