Nuclear power advocates believe the technology is essential to building a fossil fuel free world energy system. In fact it is optional, writes David Elliott - and not even very helpful. Efficiency and the 'new renewables' can do the job faster, and at much lower cost.
… | 17th July 2014 Comment Energy Nuclear Renewables solar-tower-cut.jpg Nuclear power … even very helpful. Efficiency and the 'new renewables' can do the job faster, and at much lower cost. Renewable energy is doing well around the …
As flagship nuclear projects run into long delays and huge cost overruns, solar and wind power are falling in price, writes David Elliott. Renewables already supply twice as much power as nuclear. It's just too bad the nuclear-fixated UK government hasn't noticed.
… All over the world, renewables are beating nuclear David Elliott | 18th December 2014 Comment Energy Nuclear Renewables UK thanet-offshore-wind-cut.jpg As … are falling in price, writes David Elliott. Renewables already supply twice as much power …
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.
… Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling … Diesendorf | 19th April 2016 News Nuclear Renewables Energy Technology … of nuclear shills constantly doing down renewables, writes Mark Diesendorf. Clean, safe renewable energy technologies have the …
Nuclear power advocates cling like limpets to the idea of 'baseload' power, writes Michael Mariotte. No surprise there - it's the only selling point they've got. It's just too bad the idea is obsolete. Variable renewables combined with stronger grids, energy storage and responsive demand can do a better job for less money. No wonder the shills are getting desperate.
… just too bad the idea is obsolete. Variable renewables combined with stronger grids, … 21st century system oriented toward variable renewable energy. There are no shortage of … energy advocates, who are unconvinced that renewable energy can ever be the …
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.
… the nuclear 'baseload' myth: nothing renewables can't do better! Mark Diesendorf | 10th March 2016 News Renewables Energy Nuclear UK Wind Solar … - unlike wind and solar. But not only can renewables supply baseload power, they can do …
New Government planning rules will shorten the approval process for big power projects like nuclear plants, but do little for the local renewables sector
… Nuclear gets fast-track, but renewables left with little Tom Levitt | 11th November 2009 News Nuclear Renewables Energy Climate Change … nuclear plants, but do little for the local renewables sector The UK’s biggest energy …
The world could soon be generating all its electricity from renewable sources, writes Dave Elliott, by harnessing diverse technologies for generation, grid balancing and energy storage. Add to that the use of power surpluses to make fuels, and it could even be feasible to make all our energy - not just electricity - renewable. A clean green future beckons.
… Elliott | 5th November 2015 Comment Energy Renewables UK Nuclear solar-future-cut.jpg The … soon be generating all its electricity from renewable sources, writes Dave Elliott, by … make all our energy - not just electricity - renewable. A clean green future beckons. Can …
Energy secretary Chris Huhne focuses on 2050 targets in first major policy statement but admits the UK faces 'short-term challenges' to meet targets for renewable energy
… UK likely to miss legal 2020 renewable energy target The Ecologist | 27th July 2010 News Nuclear Renewables Energy windturbinesoffshore.jpg The … on- and offshore wind capacity to meet its renewable energy targets Energy secretary …
Ecotricity boss Dale Vince has accused the government of rigging the electricity market, writes Alex Kirby, by showering fossil fuels and nuclear power with huge subsidies, while taxing renewables and insisting they must 'stand on their own two feet'.
… 2015 News UK Energy Fossil Fuels Nuclear Renewables wind-rainbow-cut.jpg Ecotricity … power with huge subsidies, while taxing renewables and insisting they must 'stand on … One of the pioneers of the United Kingdom's renewable energy industry says the British …
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 …
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.
… 2014 News UK France Finland EU Nuclear Energy Renewables olkiluoto-demo-cut.jpg The UK … investors should also be aware that a large renewable electricity contribution will mean a … subsidy for nuclear. The amazing expansion of renewable electricity generation The …
The UK government is punishing renewable energy for its success in generating 25% of the country's electricity, writes Stuart Parkinson. But there's no austerity when it comes to the bloated military-nuclear industrial sector, no matter how egregious its failures or extreme its cost overruns. Our future prosperity is being sacrificed - and its costing taxpayers billions.
… | 15th October 2015 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Politics Economics Corporations War … The UK government is punishing renewable energy for its success in generating … that the government has been cutting is renewable energy. The Conservatives have long …
The government claims that we need nuclear 'baseload' power to keep the lights on, writes Damian Kahya. But a new study shows reliable, low carbon energy can be provided by combining diverse green technologies including efficiency, large scale renewables, 'smart grid', energy storage and rarely used fossil fuel backup.
… How the UK can get almost all its power from renewables - without new nuclear Damian Kahya … | 21st September 2015 Comment Energy Renewables UK Nuclear burbo-bank-dk-cut.jpg … including efficiency, large scale renewables, 'smart grid', energy storage and …
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate.
… Problems with renewables - land wars Paul Kingsnorth | 1st April 2008 News Renewables Nimby Wind Solar Biofuels Land Use … And Technology Society Archive_199.jpg Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, …
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 …
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.
… | 13th August 2015 News Politics UK Energy Renewables Wind Solar Nuclear Climate Change … Keith Barnham. Labour's failure to support renewables and oppose nuclear power and … manifesto ' Jeremy Corbyn has called for "a renewable energy revolution" , an end to …
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 …
The Leader of the US Senate says that under the China-US climate deal, China can 'do nothing at all for 16 years'. John Mathews and Hao Tan examine the claim - and find it's the very reverse of the truth. China is leading the world in greening its energy supply, and has committed to add a massive 1.3GW of renewable power capacity every week for 15 years. Now Mitch - beat that!
… 2014 News US China Politics Climate Change Renewables Nuclear Energy … and has committed to add a massive 1.3GW of renewable power capacity every week for 15 … China will be building the world’s largest renewable energy system over the next 16 …
Four of Britain's major unions are big supporters of nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie - all because of the jobs. Now Labour's shadow energy minister has joined them in backing Hinkley C - even though renewable energy is a far better job-creator than nuclear, and already employs three times more people.
… they want, Labour and the unions must back renewables, not Hinkley C! Ian Fairlie | 30th … them in backing Hinkley C - even though renewable energy is a far better job-creator … extra £800,000 per year compared to jobs in renewables in terms of increased costs of …
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 …
New York has approved a massive $7.6 billion subsidy to keep four ageing upstate plants open on the false promise that they provide 'clean and renewable energy', writes Karl Grossman. Campaigners for genuine clean energy fear that other pro-nuclear states may follow NY Governor Cuomo's dubious lead.
… | 3rd August 2016 News Energy Nuclear Renewables USA Politics Economics … false promise that they provide 'clean and renewable energy', writes Karl Grossman. … New York by 2030 would come from "clean and renewable energy sources" - with nuclear power …
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 …
As Germany attempts to abandon nuclear power, one small town has successfully overcome industry intimidation and begun its own post-nuclear age
… How one town foiled energy giant ‘bribes’ over renewable grid William McLennan Tom Antebi | 9th May 2011 News Nuclear Renewable Energy Germany electricgrid.jpg An … power station. A switch from nuclear to renewable energy represents a complete …
For all Japan's talk of 43 'operable' nuclear reactors, only two are actually running, writes Jim Green, as renewables and a 12% fall in demand eat into the power market. And while Japan's 'nuclear village' defends safety standards, the IAEA, tasked with promoting nuclear power worldwide, has expressed deep concerns over the country's weak and 'fragmented' safety regulation.
… restart' overtaken by conservation and renewables Jim Green | 12th August 2016 News Nuclear Energy Japan Regulation Renewables ikata_nuclear_powerplant-cut.jpg … are actually running, writes Jim Green, as renewables and a 12% fall in demand eat into …