With fuel bills rising and back in the news, bizarrely it’s green energy in the firing line.
… Renewable energy - how greywash drowns the green Joss Garman | 9th June 2008 Comment Renewables Oil Clean Energy Oil Climate Change … Energy Pollution Science And Technology Renewable-Energy-Standardlg.jpg With fuel …
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.
… Keith Barnham | 21st July 2016 Comment Energy Renewables Solar UK US Economics Transport … many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could …
From Australia to the UK, governments are pinning their hopes on 'carbon capture' technology stuck onto coal power stations, writes John Quiggin. But their choice carries a high risk of failure - the smart money is on renewables, energy storage and responsive power grids.
… Only a mug would bet on carbon storage over renewables John Quiggin | 16th January 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Coal Climate Change Technology … high risk of failure - the smart money is on renewables, energy storage and responsive …
Moving to 100% clean, renewable energy is a win-win option for South Australia, writes Mark Diesendorf. First of all it's highly doable over a 25-year transition period. It will also bring lower power prices, more employment, better health and a cleaner environment. What's not to like?
… give South Australia the chance to go 100% renewable Mark Diesendorf | 18th July 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Coal Nuclear Australia Green … Moving to 100% clean, renewable energy is a win-win option for South …
India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW by 2022, write Areeba Hamid & Oliver Tickell - reducing power shortages and bringing electricity to off-grid of rural communities for the first time. But it may also have an unintended consequence - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future profitability evaporate..
… Renewables to transform India's energy … 2015 News India Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Solar Finance China solar-power-india-cut.jpg India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW … evaporate.. Launching the first 'REInvest' Renewable Energy investor meeting in New Delhi …
Hopes of strengthening Britain’s energy security are often pinned on the fossil fuel industry says Vicente López-Ibor Mayor, as exemplified by the hysteria over the claimed 'discovery' of 100 billion barrels of oil beneath Gatwick airport. But the real long-term solution lies with abundant and ever cheaper decentralised renewables.
… fuel wealth - our energy future is green, renewable, decentralised Vicente López-Ibor … 20th April 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Renewables Solar Corporations … with abundant and ever cheaper decentralised renewables. A geo-politically volatile energy …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… The future of energy is renewable Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 27th February 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas … don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as …
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.
… 43%! New record for UK renewable power Chris Goodall | 8th June 2015 News Renewables Coal Energy UK Wind Solar uk-renewables.png Thanks to the windy, sunny …
The attempt by the US Supreme Court to stall the White House Clean Power Plan is being thwarted on the ground, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. The numbers show that new renewable energy installation around the US is outpacing even natural gas - leaving coal in the dust, and new nuclear at a big round zero.
… Supreme Court can't hold back the renewable energy revolution! Linda Pentz … February 2016 Comment Energy Climate Change Renewables Fossil Fuels Nuclear Gas Coal USA … Linda Pentz Gunter. The numbers show that new renewable energy installation around the US is …
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond faces criticism over his decision to allow offshore oil drilling at the same time as pledging Scotland could achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025
… Scotland's renewable pledge let down by offshore oil … Crosse | 4th October 2010 News Climate Change Renewables Oil Energy Natural World … meet 30 per cent of its electricty needs from renewable sources by next year, says Salmond …
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.
… News Energy UK EU Politics Nuclear Coal Oil Renewables Climate Change light-bulb-cut.jpg … the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax … we need to do." Oh yeah? Indigenous renewables are key to energy security If she …
Current oil price volatility is a symptom of the end of cheap oil, writes Nafeez Ahmed, and it's destablising the entire global economy. The answer is a major shift to renewables - but the the International Energy Agency, which should be leading the transition, is in the grip of nuclear and fossil fuel interests. Instead the leadership must come from us, the people!
… madness is the death spasm of the oil age - renewables now! Nafeez Ahmed | 4th February 2015 News Energy Economics Oil Renewables Politics alberta-oil-sands-cut.jpg … economy. The answer is a major shift to renewables - but the the International Energy …
The theme at COP21 today has been the urgent need to cut fossil fuel subsidies that favour dirty energy over renewables, writes Tony Juniper. Sadly the UK is setting all the wrong examples - ramping up its spending on fossil fuels, while slashing its much smaller renewable energy budgets.
… Unfccc Energy Fossil Fuels Gas Coal Fracking Renewables Finance thistle-alpha-cut.jpg The … fuel subsidies that favour dirty energy over renewables, writes Tony Juniper. Sadly the UK … fossil fuels, while slashing its much smaller renewable energy budgets. COP21 opened today …
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.
… 2015: Renewable power breaks British records Grant … of Sheffield | 18th January 2016 News Energy Renewables Coal Gas Nuclear UK image-2-cut.png … of the most notable outcomes. Record breaking renewables Wind, solar and hydro - the …
Mexico's oil looks set to run out within a decade, writes Jeremy Leggett, and it can hardly rely on Trump's America to make up the difference. But Mexico enjoys abundant sunshine, and the cost of solar power generation is falling fast. Let Trump tie America's economy to debt-financed fossil fuels. Mexico's future prosperity will come from harnessing its inexhaustible solar riches.
… solar Jeremy Leggett | 11th May 2017 Comment Renewables Fossil Fuels Oil Energy Mexico USA … to hate you? The answer is that you develop a renewable-powered economy as fast as you can. … no new discoveries. Better news is that going renewable fast, including in transport where …
Germany's 'Energiewende' has made the country a global renewable energy powerhouse. So why have its carbon emissions gone up? Not because of nuclear closures, writes Melanie Mattauch, but because powerful fossil fuel companies have blocked effective climate action. Now the fight is on as public calls to keep the coal in the ground get too loud to ignore.
… Power struggle: after Germany's renewables surge, can it keep its coal in the … | 22nd May 2015 News Germany Energy Coal Renewables Protest Climate Change Carbon … 'Energiewende' has made the country a global renewable energy powerhouse. So why have its …
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.
… Climate Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind Solar Nuclear flaring-cut.jpg … contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar. The … positive messages on climate protection and renewable energy, an analysis by the Energy …
Amount invested in marine energy is a drop in the ocean against more than £50m for collieries
… | 24th August 2009 News Coal Energy Renewables Marine Tidal Wave … out from a £50m pot created under the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund, which started in … when we need to deliver a major expansion in renewable energy, it's astonishing to find …
More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to retrain, new survey shows.
… North Sea workers ready to switch to renewables Simon Pirani | 5th October 2020 | News Editor’s Picks Renewables Oil Platform London Edinburgh May … of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to …
Japan and Germany have much in common: both are major industrial countries that have gone nuclear-free, writes Peter Matanle - Germany by choice, Japan by necessity. But while Germany is actively pursuing its renewable energy revolution, or Energiewende, Japan, possessed of the richest renewable energy resources in East Asia, is stuck in a fossil fuel pit.
… June 2015 News Japan Energy Coal Oil Nuclear Renewables Germany hamaoka-cut.jpg Japan and … But while Germany is actively pursuing its renewable energy revolution, or Energiewende, Japan, possessed of the richest renewable energy resources in East Asia, is …