Perplexed by today's sharp cuts in solar power and other attacks on renewable energy in the UK? Don't be, writes Oliver Tickell. Really, it all makes perfect sense. You just have to understand their real purpose: to keep your energy bills high, along with power company profits. And never mind the 'green crap'!
… July 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Solar Wind Climate Change Politics Corporations … of they are completely right. Take onshore wind power. Onshore wind is by far the UK's lowest cost source of …
20,000 square kilometres of Ethiopia are suitable for grid-based wind power generation, with a total capacity of 100 GW.
… Africa's biggest wind farm opens Oliver Tickell | 26th October … Energy Africa Electricity Ethiopia Renewables WindWind Power 20,000 square kilometres of …
The effect of wind and solar generation in the UK is to push down wholesale power prices, writes Oliver Tickell, taking over £1.5 billion off our bills in 2014 - that's 58% of the subsidies paid to renewable generators. Keep it up and the benefit will rise to over 100% of cost.
… Wind and solar's £1.5 billion electricity … October 2015 News Energy Renewables Economics Wind Solar UK wind-turbine-erected-wales-cut.jpg The effect of wind and solar generation in the UK is to push …
Despite strong public support for wind and solar power in an official survey published today, the UK's likely failure to meet its EU renewable energy target, and an impending legal challenge, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd today told MPs she would not be reversing recent cuts, writes Oliver Tickell.
… legal action, strong support for solar and wind, Rudd refuses to reverse cuts Oliver … Despite strong public support for wind and solar power in an official survey … technologies with 80% support. Even onshore wind, widely attacked in the UK's right-wing …
"Extraordinary pricing opportunities will lower utility costs by an estimated $53 million in the first year and even more thereafter."
… Oklahoma goes for Wind Oliver Tickell | 22nd October 2013 News Wind Energy Power USA Oklahoma Renewables … Oklahoma has signed up to 600MW of new wind power - and it will save the state …
Amber Rudd's speech today exposes her total failure to assemble a coherent energy strategy, writes Oliver Tickell. It reveals the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the country facing the real prospect of lights going out in the next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery.
… energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the … bad news - like the prospect of a new tax on wind and solar - that only increase the … energy resources - yes, things like wind, sun, tide, wave and geothermal. Unlike …
A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
… and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar. A letter from Energy Secretary … legal target on clean energy, she is cutting wind and solar schemes that could help us to … statement termination subsidies for onshore wind: "This Government is committed to meeting …
An new design of tidal power turbines will generate power at a third the price of current technologies, write Alex Kirby & Oliver Tickell, even at a lower price than offshore wind - without endangering marine life.
… Tickell, even at a lower price than offshore wind - without endangering marine life. A … electricity more cheaply than off-shore wind farms. It hopes to install its new design … and to other users of the sea. And unlike wind power, the power output from each …
The government is due to announce a £250 million support package for 'small modular reactors' his week, just as the price of wind and solar power contracts fall 10% below UK wholesale prices. OLIVER TICKELL argues that the Britain's 'civilian' nuclear power expenditure is actually a camouflaged subsidy to the UK's Trident nuclear missile system.
… 2017 News Nuclear Submarine Renewables Solar Wind 405592.jpg The government is due to … reactors' his week, just as the price of wind and solar power contracts fall 10% below … of the principle, take a look at the wind power industry. One of the main reasons …
Tesla Energy's new mains power battery has just transformed the energy market - giving a huge boost to small scale renewable energy and killing off both fossil fuelled and nuclear power in the process.
… Tickell | 1st May 2015 News Energy Renewables Wind Solar Fossil Fuels Coal Nuclear … to energy analyst Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education, that equates to a … Currently power users with solar panels or wind turbines get paid just a few pence for …
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 …
Britain's new Environment Secretary is young (38), female, blonde, believes in climate change, and has floated imaginative policies to deal with it from a carbon tax to 'personal carbon allowances'. As for badgers ... her silence on the topic promises well.
… News UK Badgers Politics Renewables Solar Wind Biofuels liz-truss-swaffham-fork-cut.jpg … deep antipathy to renewable energy, onshore wind farms in particular. Considerably less … a sustainable energy plan can be achieved." Wind, biomass, nuclear She has also opposed …
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 …
Today's announcement of a £2 billion government guarantee for Hinkley C confirms that Chancellor George Osborne and his Treasury cannot be trusted to run the UK's energy policy - which is precisely what they are doing. On top of decimating the renewables industry, now they're risking billions on a failed nuclear design owned by failing companies. It's time to stop the madness.
… with field scale solar, nor with onshore wind, even at today's prices - and that all … Fig 2.10 p42) which finds the cost of onshore wind is well under £80 per MWh even after all … are included. In addition onshore wind and ground-based solar projects have bid …
An ambitious plan to make a wholly renewable energy system cheaper than fossil fuels within a decade has been launched today and is set to receive its first hearing at the G7 Summit in Germany next week.
… next week. An ambitious 'Apollo' plan to make wind and solar power cheaper in every country … billion. The main foci of research are to be wind and solar power generation, electricity … note: "By harnessing the power of the sun and wind in time, we have a good chance of …
The UK government is to cut support for domestic rooftop solar to 13% of current levels, with similar cuts for bigger systems, and end all support for small scale renewables by 2019. The likely result, and surely the intention, is to kill off the UK's solar industry altogether.
… 27th August 2015 News Energy Renewables Solar Wind Hydro UK Politics solar-roof-cut.jpg The … terminated altogether by 2019. Smaller scale wind and hydro face far less severe cuts. For example wind power rated at under 50kW will get 8.61p, …
The world's smart money is piling into renewable energy, solar power in particular, write Tim Radford & Oliver Tickell, as renewables pull away from fossil fuels in terms of both investment and new generation capacity added each year.
… is piling into renewable sources such as wind and solar power. The United Nations … of all 158 nuclear power reactors in the US. Wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-power, … the buildout of coal and gas." The price of wind and solar power continues to plummet, and …
After ten massive renewable energy cuts that are leaving the UK falling well short of EU renewable energy targets, an eleventh! The axe is now falling on solar heating, writes Oliver Tickell - even though it's meant to be at the core of the government's renewable energy strategy.
… following numerous cuts in incentives to wind and solar power. Energy Secretary Amber … as well as installers, risk a full scale winding-up of their sector. "We are urging … has included: an end to subsidies for onshore wind ; onerous planning requirements for …
Are you suffering from cognitive dissonance? You should be, writes Oliver Tickell. After the most ferocious attack a UK government has ever mounted on the environment, David Cameron just claimed that his is the 'greenest government ever', as Amber Rudd proclaims her commitment to climate action. What's going on?
… wreckage: an end to subsidies for onshore wind the imposition of onerous planning requirements for onshore wind power the taxation of low carbon energy … of renewable electricity we have, onshore wind, keeping bills down? How is it creating …
China has now overtaken the European Union as the largest new market for solar power, writes Paul Brown - as solar PV becomes one of the world's fastest growing industries - and one that's sure to keep on getting cheaper!
… February 2015 News Renewables Economics Solar Wind EU Africa China Asia … a larger scale, the report gives examples of wind and solar generation power stations … is now the renewable of choice, overtaking wind. In 2013, solar energy attracted 53.3 % …
The UK government kicked away one of the main financial supports for renewable energy in yesterday's budget. The surprise move will cost the sector £3.9 billion over the next five years and undermines any prospect of the country meeting its EU renewable energy targets.
… account for just over 6% of onshore wind generators' revenues. "The Government had … end to future financial support for onshore wind - even though it's the most … top of more bad news such as the exclusion of wind projects from the Renewables Obligation, …
The rapid spread of solar power across China, India, Africa and Latin America is being driven not by subsidy but by the market
… greater. Serious accidents, such as those at Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and … are responsible for most of the growth: wind power, solar PV and solar hot water. From 2005 to 2010, global solar hot water and wind power capacity both grew at 25% per year, …