If the UK really wants 3.2GW of 'baseload' power in Somerset, then the Hinkley C nuclear power station is not the only way, write Marie-Louise Heddrich, Thorsten Lenck and Carlos Perez Linkenheil. Wind power with 'wind to gas' plant and CCGT gas power stations could do the same - faster, cheaper, more flexibily, and at much lower technical and financial risk.
… Wind power with 'windgas' is cheaper and greener than Hinkley … February 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Finance Wind Renewables somerset-wind-farm-cut.jpg If the UK really wants 3.2GW …
As presidential contenders gather in Iowa for the beginning of the party selection season, they may have noticed a lot of wind turbines, writes Zachary Davies Boren. And if they have any sense, they will find only nice things to say about them. Wind supplies 30% of the state's power, more than any other US state, and Iowans are all for it. Ted Cruz, mind your words!
… Politicians take note: Iowa is the US's most wind-powered state - and everyone loves it! … Energydesk | 30th January 2016 Comment Energy Wind Politics Finance USA iowa-wind-cut.jpg As presidential contenders gather …
The cost of offshore wind power in the North Sea is 30% lower than that of new nuclear, writes Kieran Cooke - helped along by low oil and steel prices, reduced maintenance and mass production. By 2030 the sector is expected to supply 7% of Europe's electricity.
… Offshore wind powers ahead as prices drop 30% below … Cooke | 19th July 2016 News Energy Renewables Wind Oceans UK Denmark Germany Nuclear Oil … Fuels burbo-bank-cut.jpg The cost of offshore wind power in the North Sea is 30% lower than …
The small country of Denmark is making a big commitment to renewables, aiming to be fossil-fuel free by 2050, writes Laurie Guevara-Stone. A large expansion of mainly offshore wind power features large, along with moves to a 'smart grid', high vehicle taxes and energy conservation initiatives. Denmark is well on its way to becoming the energy leader of the EU.
… 2016 News Fossil Fuel Renewables Denmark EU Wind Power wind-kobenhavn-cut.png The small country of … A large expansion of mainly offshore wind power features large, along with moves to …
Onshore wind power is effective, hugely popular, and the UK's cheapest form of new power generation, writes Max Wakefield, already competing against gas turbines in prime locations. So why did Cameron's Government ban it? And what will it take to get Chancellor Philip Hammond to reverse that decision next week?
… Bring back onshore wind, UK's cheapest green power source! Max … | 18th November 2016 Comment Renewables Wind Politics UK pinwheels-cut.jpg Onshore wind power is effective, hugely popular, and …
Not only can the US save money on its electricity by moving to a 48-state power network based on high voltage DC power lines, writes Christopher Clack. It's also the key to increasing the penetration of renewables as the lowest cost energy source, with wind and solar delivering 55% of the nation's electricity demand - and a 78% reduction in carbon emissions.
… The cheapest way to scale up wind and solar? A US-wide high-tech power … Renewables Emissions Climate Change USA sun-wind-cut.jpg Not only can the US save money on … as the lowest cost energy source, with wind and solar delivering 55% of the nation's …
EDF in the UK may be propelled by its disastrous nuclear ambitions, writes Chris Goodall. But across the Atlantic it's another story: the company is the US's biggest wind developer, and selling its power, profitably, for under 40% of the price it has been promised for Hinkley C, including federal tax credits.
… EDF shows that wind makes better sense than nuclear Chris … Corporations USA France UK Energy Finance edf-wind_farm1.jpg EDF in the UK may be propelled … story: the company is the US's biggest wind developer, and selling its power, …
Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate them with rarely anyone on the fence. But Deon Reynolds' atmospheric turbine photographs might just buck that trend and persuade even rabid climate deniers to acknowledge their beauty, writes
GARY COOK
… Photography Environmental Activism Renewables Wind Farms ocotillo, california.jpg Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate … writes GARY COOK With his Harnessing the Wind portfolio of images that have just been …
The main claim used to justify nuclear is that it's the only low carbon power source that can supply 'reliable, baseload electricity', writes Mark Diesendorf - unlike wind and solar. But not only can renewables supply baseload power, they can do something far more valuable: supply power flexibly according to demand. Now nuclear power really is redundant.
… March 2016 News Renewables Energy Nuclear UK Wind Solar Australia wind-mecklenburg-vorpommern-cut.jpg The main … electricity', writes Mark Diesendorf - unlike wind and solar. But not only can renewables …
Critics of renewable energy sources like wind and solar claim that they are inefficient, unreliable and need to be backed up by coal and gas, writes David Elliott. But we have the technology to match green power supply and demand at affordable cost without fossil fuels - by deploying the 'smart grid', using 'green gas' made from surplus power, and raising energy efficiency.
… | 6th May 2016 Comment Energy Renewables Wind Solar UK Technology Efficiency wind-farm-cut.jpg Critics of renewable energy sources like wind and solar claim that they are …
French energy giant EDF will today give the formal go-ahead for the Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, writes Chris Goodall. But that's no reason for the UK to sign up to a disastrous deal that will cost us over £1 billion per year for 35 years - money that should be used to support the green technologies of the future.
… Instead it is driving forward with solar and wind. A few days after the French … strategy. Nuclear gets ever more expensive as wind and solar costs plummet In fact, the NAO … the world and also notes that solar and wind require lower subsidies. One chart in its …
Don't believe the spurious claims of nuclear shills constantly doing down renewables, writes Mark Diesendorf. Clean, safe renewable energy technologies have the potential to supply 100% of the world's electricity needs - but the first hurdle is to refute the deliberately misleading myths designed to promote the politically powerful but ultimately doomed nuclear industry.
… nuclear is exceeded by investment in each of wind and solar. Over the past decade the … energy is not ready. On the other hand, wind and solar are both growing rapidly and are still becoming cheaper. Large wind and solar farms can be planned and built …
Wind, solar and hydro together generated 14.6% of Britain's electrical energy in 2015, the highest ever, writes Grant Wilson. They also peaked at 22% of electricity over the week of Christmas - another British record.
… Coal Gas Nuclear UK image-2-cut.png Wind, solar and hydro together generated 14.6% … for many, but great news for the country's wind power and hydro generators. In fact, … underlying data) electrical energy came from wind, solar and hydro combined. That's the …
Scientists say interstate energy 'highways' offer a simple approach to delivering low-cost electricity to where it’s needed throughout the US, writes Tim Radford. The best part? It's using clean, renewable energy sources, and it can be achieved in the near future using only existing, mature technologies.
… Tim Radford | 2nd February 2016 News Solar Wind Renewables Energy US Greenhouse Gas Emissions wind farms Scientists say interstate energy … years just by using renewable sources such as wind and solar energy, according to a former …
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.
… for rooftop solar installations a year early. Wind power is also doing well: data we … over from Germany as world leader in onshore wind generation in 2008 only to be overtaken by China in 2010. But offshore wind progress in the US is disappointing - in …
It will take decades to completely leave fossil fuels, writes Richard Heinberg. But we can do it, starting with the easy stuff: going big time for wind and solar, raising energy efficiency, replacing oil-fuelled vehicles, and moving to organic farming. But deeper changes will follow as we transition to a more enduring sustainability - consuming better, and much less.
… Fossil Fuels Farming Organic Transport wind-freeway-cut.jpg It will take decades to … with the easy stuff: going big time for wind and solar, raising energy efficiency, … (fossil fuels) for alternative ones (mostly wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and biomass) …
A new opinion poll of 2,000 adults reveals more than two thirds of the public support renewable energy schemes where projects are undertaken at a community level and local people receive financial benefit. The support even extends to wind and solar farms close to people's homes.
… benefit. The support even extends to wind and solar farms close to people's homes. … local renewable energy projects, including wind turbines, if they were owned and … energy projects such as solar panels and wind turbines, with just 8% in opposition. …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
… Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind Solar Nuclear flaring-cut.jpg The … to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar. The International Energy … in the renewable energy sector, of solar and wind power in particular, challenge the …
A new study shows that the cost of 'integrating' the variable power output of large scale solar PV is surprisingly affordable, writes Oliver Tickell, at just a few pence per unit. Costs will fall further as more wind power, batteries and ever-cheaper solar drive the transition to a 100% renewable power system.
… per unit. Costs will fall further as more wind power, batteries and ever-cheaper solar … the portfolio effort of combining solar and wind in the energy system. The modelled … This requires 40GW of solar and 45GW of wind, enough to power 55% of the UK's …
Solar is already the cheapest available power across large swathes of the tropics, writes Chris Goodall - its cost down 99.7% since the early 70s. Soon it will be the cheapest electricity everywhere, providing clean, secure, affordable energy for all.
… Goodall | 22nd July 2016 Comment Energy Solar Wind Renewables Technology … every year. For comparison, the power of the wind averages less than 1,000 terawatts, or … orders of magnitude less than solar energy. Wind is more difficult to collect and tends to …
Renewable energy may play a huge part in helping to achieve the ambitions of the Paris Agreement, now in force and under discussion at COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, writes Steffen Böhm. But it can never be the whole story, and nor does it relieve the need for deeper changes in how the world works.
… they believe, is massive investment in wind, solar, geothermal and other renewables. … since the early 1970s. Yes, massive solar and wind parks are being built around the world, … for installing gigawatts of solar and wind power will destroy natural habitats and …
Theresa May's first big decision as PM was to duck out of a signing ceremony and review the Hinkley C nuclear project. But she will soon have to reach her decision. In this open letter Scientists for Global Responsibility set out six compelling reasons for her to let the whole monstrous white elephant go.
… Meanwhile the costs of alternatives, such as wind and solar power, have decreased to well … power will be markedly more expensive, while wind and solar will be markedly cheaper. [10] As such, onshore wind and large solar will be about half the …
Renewable energy could supply Russia and Central Asian countries with 100% of their electricity needs by 2030, writes Paul Brown - and cut costs significantly compared to nuclear power and CO2-abated fossil fuels.
… The modelled energy system is based on wind, hydropower, solar, biomass and some geothermal energy. Wind amounts to about 60% of the production, … Slightly more than half of this would be wind energy, and one-fifth would be solar. The …
As global temperatures reach new monthly highs and the Middle East is hit by record heatwaves, we might be forgiven for sliding into hopelessness, writes PAUL ROGERS. But a host of innovations in energy technology means that a carbon-free energy future is not just possible, but affordable. The first of the three paradigm shifts required to transform the climate change outlook is in place.
… have also been impressive innovations in wind-turbine research as well as the … of systems. Near where we live, the Royd Moor wind farm in south Yorkshire was one of the early UK wind farms - 13 turbines constructed in the …