How did Germany do it? No, not its World Cup victory - how did Germany engineer Europe's highest penetration of renewable energy, plus fast-dropping electricity prices? Keith Barnham explains - and says the UK could do the same, and better!
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New research shows that wind and solar can meet 80% of Germany's power demand, with biogas and hydropower providing the balance, writes Keith Barnham. And if Germany can do it, so can other countries, many of them even more easily - with no need for fossil fuels or nuclear power. COP21 should raise its ambitions and commit to a 100% renewable electricity future, everywhere.
… COP21 Energy Climate Change Renewables solar-germany-cut.jpg New research shows that wind and solar can meet 80% of Germany's power demand, with biogas and … the balance, writes Keith Barnham. And if Germany can do it, so can other countries, …
The UK Government promises that the Hinkley C 'EPR' nuclear reactor will lower electricity bills, but Keith Barnham shows that this is the very reverse of the truth. Our best hope is that it will never be built. Legal challenges aside, no sane investor will commit until one of the two EPR prototypes is working, which will be in 2016 at the earliest.
… is based on a rate of increase that Germany has already achieved. A re-assessment … the wholesale price of electricity comes from Germany. For example, as the contribution of … power is necessary was demonstrated in Germany in 2006. I describe the Kombikraftwerk …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… Materials show that the USA took over from Germany as world leader in onshore wind … for land use with crops. The US is far behind Germany in exploiting the AD of farm and food … of electricity as is happening in the UK and Germany. The city of Takoma Park in Maryland, …
The war in Gaza is over - but with the territory in ruins, it's essential to build a just and durable peace, and restore essential public services: health, water, sewerage and above all electric power. Keith Barnham presents his plan for Gaza, based on a massive deployment of solar and wind power generation.
… that the electricity demand of a country like Germany can be met with wind and PV power … resources in Gaza will be different from Germany. However, the main difference favours … would do well to follow the example of Germany. Addressing the fundamental issue in …
Greta Thunberg's 'stand with Gaza' is a historic moment for the global climate movement.
… also criticism from some climate activists in Germany, Austria and Israel. Beyond that, … numbers of trade unionists did strike in Germany and Australia, but nowhere else. …
The success of the SNP and surveys carried out by DECC show that green energy is overwhelmingly popular, writes Keith Barnham. Labour's failure to support renewables and oppose nuclear power and fracking may have cost them the last election - but now, with the rise of Jeremy Corbyn there's a real chance for the party to put that right.
… reducing the wholesale cost of electricity in Germany . The Tory government's cuts will slow … the UK will have fallen, as it already has in Germany, thanks to the high level of renewable …
The rich want to end the lockdown. But before any government does this we need mass testing, proper equipment for essential workers and real protections for the most vulnerable.
… see the examples of the countries like China, Germany and South Korea, where governments at … have now. Italy has twice as many as the UK. Germany has ten times as many. This is key …
In its haste to get fracking, the UK Government is neglecting safe, clean alternatives that could be providing low-carbon gas and heat energy, writes Keith Barnham. The technologies are already well established in other European countries and are picking up fast here too - so why the insistence that only fossil fuels can deliver the UK's energy needs?
… still have some way to go to catch up with Germany. The hardback edition of The Burning …
Bill Gates has made billions and understands capitalist markets - from the perspective of an investor. To confront climate breakdown we need to see things as human beings.
… already works for short stretches of road in Germany. There are dozens more examples of …