Last week a massive 350 hectare open cast coal mine at Druridge Bay took an important step towards winning panning permission. This got Chris Goodall wondering: what if the land was turned into a solar farm instead? His surprise discovery: solar power on England's south coast already costs no more than coal - and it's only getting cheaper.
… the best UK sites is competitive with cheap coal Chris Goodall | 15th July 2016 Comment Energy Solar Fossil Fuels Coal UK Economics Renewables … Last week a massive 350 hectare open cast coal mine at Druridge Bay took an important …
A KPMG study shows that the cost of solar power in India, revealed by public auctions, is barely half a cent above that of cheap local coal , writes Chris Goodall, with generators bids falling well below 5p (UK) / 7¢ (US) per kWh. The idea put about at COP21 that India and other poor but sunny countries need coal to develop their economies is fast running out of steam.
… India: solar head to head with coal, says KPMG, and getting cheaper all the … 2015 Comment Energy Solar India Economics Coal solar-india-cut.jpg A KPMG study shows … barely half a cent above that of cheap local coal , writes Chris Goodall, with generators …
An interview with World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin.
… we thought to a lot of these tipping points. Coal NB: One of the biggest causes seems to be use of coal in terms of attributable source. Does the … any proposed strategy for getting away from coal faster? KL: The good news is that the …
Thanks to the windy, sunny weather conditions on Saturday, the UK's output of renewable power reached an all-time record level of 43%, writes Chris Goodall. At the same time power from coal reached a low of just 7%, it what may be a record low contribution.
… Chris Goodall | 8th June 2015 News Renewables Coal Energy UK Wind Solar uk-renewables.png … Chris Goodall. At the same time power from coal reached a low of just 7%, it what may be … glut of wind and solar power almost pushed coal-fired stations out of the picture. At …
Solar PV costs have fallen by 75% over five years ago, writes Chris Goodall, making it the cheapest new power source for around half of the world's population. Now it's essential to keep incentives to drive demand for a few more years, and make it cheaper than fossil fuels everywhere.
… 2015 Comment Energy Solar Wind Renewables Coal Gas Nuclear solar-texas-cut.jpg Solar PV … the cheapest gas and just over $80 for new coal plants. This comparison makes solar PV … this around the world. Way cheaper than new coal, gas, nuclear The picture is even clearer …
The National Grid's forecast for UK power supply this winter relies on overstating the availability of increasingly unreliable nuclear power stations, writes Chris Goodall. Realistic estimates of nuclear, gas and coal power station availability shrink the 'safety margin' to zero.
… Realistic estimates of nuclear, gas and coal power station availability shrink the … of mechanical or other failure, such as coal power stations, the number tends to be … of the main types of power station, coal, gas and nuclear. Across all power …
LED light bulbs are cheap and energy efficient, writes Chris Goodall. A crash programme to replace all the lights in the UK with LEDs would cut electricity bills, reduce carbon emissions and other pollution from coal and diesel generation, and reduce the risk of blackouts.
… carbon emissions and other pollution from coal and diesel generation, and reduce the … polluting diesel generators and other dirty coal fired power stations that are kept going …
The IPCC's 'Representative Concentration Pathways' are based on fantasy technology that must draw massive volumes of CO2 out of the atmosphere late this century, writes Nick Breeze - an unjustified hope that conceals a very bleak future for Earth, and humanity.
… claim we have a few decades of safely burning coal, oil and gas is an utter nonsense. … iron ore on that scale. We don't even produce coal, oil or gas on that scale. Iron ore is … claim we have a few decades of safely burning coal, oil and gas is an utter nonsense. …
Government plans to pay coal and diesel generators to stay open the winter after next to 'keep the lights on' betray dangerously old-fashioned thinking, writes Chris Goodall. Not only would it subsidise our dirtiest electricity - it's also incredibly costly. Why not just pay people to reduce their demand when power supplies are stretched?
… Government plans to pay coal and diesel generators to stay open the … pounds on diesel generators and superannuated coal-fired power stations. Instead we could …
Japan’s lack of climate ambition - as the fifth largest global greenhouse gas emitter - is a risk to long-term global security.
… billion dollars and is one of the largest coal financiers in the world. If the level of … billion dollars and is one of the largest coal financiers in the world. …
CSP, the 'other' solar power technology, has been largely forgotten as solar PV price falls have transformed energy markets, writes Chris Goodall. But it's set to take a big role in the future energy mix, and huge price falls are coming. Just one question - how to reduce CSP's thirst for water?
… E.ON's decision to split its financially weak coal and gas power stations into a separate … have made similar corporate splits that puts coal power stations into separate companies …
VW's pollution cheating has caused thousands of premature deaths, write Mike Berners-Lee & Chris Goodall, creating costs that could destroy the company's entire shareholder equity. But this is no 'Black Swan' event. It is an early example of the existential threat to the fossil fuel economy.
… as the world speeds up the switch away from coal, oil and even gas. The death of the … as the world speeds up the switch away from coal, oil and even gas. …
James Hansen is making his second visit to the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, COP23 in Bonn to declare the that the Paris Agreement “ambition” is a “hoax”. NICK BREEZE meets the man still raising the climate alarm.
… has to be across the board: oil, gas and coal. Not some cap and trade gimmick which …
'I'm more worried about human stupidity than I am about artificial intelligence!'
… impacts is quoted by the Loss & Damage Coalition to be $400 billion per annum . COP … With emissions still rising and all the major coal, oil and gas producers in the world, …
The economic impacts of the Brexit vote will very soon make themselves felt to British consumers, writes Chris Goodall - kicking off with higher fuel bills and pump prices. The good news is that nuclear power is now looking increasingly unaffordable. But renewables and green energy research are also likely to suffer, especially if under a right-wing Brexit government.
… for reducing air pollution by forcing older coal-fired power stations to close. The LCPD … is that the Leave people will be happy to see coal back as a major contributor to power …
Who's the UK's foremost politician setting the agenda on climate change issues? Green MP Caroline Lucas, of course. Nick Breeze caught up with her at a COP21 event at the French National Assembly in Paris. The fossil fuel industry is in its last throes, she told him - but it's fighting back hard, and politicians are giving out very mixed messages: saying one thing, while doing another.
… 1.5C - so long as the world is still building coal and gas burning power stations and other …
According to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So after hearing an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested in solar power already produces more energy than if it's put into oil exploration and production, and the gap is only going to widen from here. Is this the new 'peak oil'?
… no idea how this might be provided without coal in blast furnaces. Transport needs liquid …
There's a simple thing we can do to cut everybody's electricity bills, reduce pollution and 'keep the lights on' when demand peaks on dark winter evenings, writes Chris Goodall - phase out power-guzzling halogen bulbs and replace them with LEDs that use a fraction of the power. So let's do it!
… on cold, still December days from burning coal will be avoided. Over the last few years …
Professor Chris Rapley discusses the Climate Change Act 10 years on - and warns we are not acting on a 'scale or pace' to stay beneath the crucial 2ºC of warming. In this interview with NICK BREEZE, he balances the inadequacies of climate policy with the growing willingness of many people to take action
… mean, we have been through periods were coal contributed nothing to the UK electricity …
Film maker Nick Breeze has conducted a series of interviews with experts on 'geo-engineering' to forestall runaway global warming. Here he presents the distilled wisdom from his meetings - and concludes that we should at least be experimenting with the techniques, and studying their impacts.
… climate changes that are a result of burning coal, oil and gas, nor for ocean …