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.
… Investors pile in as renewables rise to record level Tim Radford Oliver Tickell | 16th April 2015 News Renewables Solar Science USA … write Tim Radford & Oliver Tickell, as renewables pull away from fossil fuels in …
Federal tax cuts are one way governments can help renewable energy grow in both the residential and business sectors.
Tax cuts and renewable energy Emily Folk | 4th February 2021 | Comment Renewable Energy Tax Government Editor’s Picks USA 3078007784_9351ef30b4_b.jpg Federal tax cuts are one way governments can help …
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 It's just too bad the idea is obsolete.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… just too bad the idea is obsolete.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, … and that the variable nature of some renewables-solar and wind-can't provide that … grid can only accommodate a certain level of renewables, around 30-40%. Above that and the …
Illinois is one of six US states that allows communities to aggregate and specify their energy purchases. Now 91 - comprising 1.7 million people - have used that power to buy 100% renewable electricity.
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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.
… February 2016 Comment Energy Climate Change Renewables Fossil Fuels Nuclear Gas Coal USA … its electricity system, through the growth of renewables and the switching from burning coal … in Georgia and South Carolina. No stopping renewables in 2016 and beyond Meanwhile, there …
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.
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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 … are his shale gas and shale oil regions. Renewables outpacing fossil fuels across the … from fossil-fuel supply to decentralised renewables. The oil and gas industry, clocking …
Wave power has a huge part to play in supplying the US with clean, renewable electricity, writes Shalinee Kishore. But to achieve its full potential, we must harness not just the energy of waves, but their predictability - and so so ensure the smooth integration of wave power into the electricity grid.
… Kishore | 14th April 2015 Comment Technology Renewables Oceans USA … potential for future wave farms. Unlike other renewables that require fossil-fuel based … than are currently available to more variable renewables. These profits could also offset …
Contrary to arguments advanced in a recent Ecologist article, the biomass industry supplying the Drax power station in North Yorkshire is a model of sustainability, writes Nina Skorupska, and delivers genuine, substantial emissions reductions compared to coal.
… that we hugely support. As the voice of the renewables industry we are acutely aware of … and jobs for fossil fuel workers in the renewables economy, using wood pellets is an …
The EPA's plan for 'clean power' are welcome, writes Tim Judson - except for its inclusion of nuclear, and economic distortions and serious omissions that favour the technology. In this open letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, he and co-signatories call on her to ditch the 'false and irrational assumptions' used to justify both new and existing nuclear power.
… 28th November 2014 Comment Energy USA Nuclear Renewables Climate Change … to meet their emissions goals. Even though renewables and efficiency could be deployed at … operating costs, and cannot compete with renewables and efficiency. If anything, EPA …
What's the new 'big thing' in energy? Of course, cheap, abundant solar power is very new and very big. But to make it work on a really large scale we need to be able to store its energy to use when we need it, not just when the sun is shining. Soon the batteries will be there to make that possible - at a price we can afford. And that will be a very big thing, indeed.
… Batteries and renewables - believe the hype! Helle … Energydesk | 5th November 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Technology USA UK … off stateside, and not just because of renewables, but also because grids want ways …
Batteries may have a big role in balancing future power grids, writes Sean Meyn, enabling more wind and solar generation. But until we go beyond 50% renewables, we don't need them. Instead we can adjust the demand of power hungry appliances to what's available every moment of the day.
… Sean Meyn | 28th July 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Technology USA … solar generation. But until we go beyond 50% renewables, we don't need them. Instead we can …
Renewable electricity is already undermining the big energy utilities' business model, writes Emma Howard, breaking their monopoly and bringing down energy bills. But with the unfolding battery revolution, it's going to reach a whole new level as wind and solar powered families and communities become ever more self-sufficient, leaving utilities high and dry.
… revolution empowers consumers, unleashes renewables, imperils Big Energy Emma Howard … Energydesk | 15th July 2016 News Energy Renewables Green Economy Economics Technology …
The massive methane leak at Aliso Canyon in California tell sus everything that's wrong with fossil fuels, writes Pete Dronkers: toxic, under-regulated, unsafe, and climate destroying. But the catastrophe also brings us a timely message: this is the time for the California, the US, and the world, to begin a rapid transition away from fossil fuels and into our clean, green, renewable future.
… Comment Fossil Fuels Gas Climate Change USA Renewables Pollution Health … unsafe gas facilities - and go full tilt for renewables! Thankfully, Governor Brown's …
State action on solar power can make a big difference, writes Aaron Viles. Driven by ambitious renewable energy targets and the need to generate local growth industries of the future, five states stand out for their trend-setting policies that are accelerating the US's clean energy transition.
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President Obama and India's Prime Minister Modi are best of friends - aren't they? So how come the US took India to the WTO's trade court - and just won a resounding victory? And why isn't India challenging the US's own discriminatory solar subsidies? It's because of the money, writes Charles Pierson. And poor India has no choice but to play by Washington's rules.
… to India's goal of increasing the share of renewables in the country's energy mix. India … The US itself provides subsidizes for renewables. Over the past five years, federal … Michigan, Texas, and California. Apart from renewables, water utilities in West Virginia, …
California and Texas continue to break new ground in making electricity generation from renewable sources, writes Mike G. Solar PV in particular has become a vital part of the US' energy mix, accounting for half of new generation capacity.
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The Trump Presidency may not be the climate disaster that many fear, writes Joe Ware. The transition to clean energy is increasingly driven by technology and economics, not politics. it was Obama's 'all of the above' energy policy that enabled the fracking revolution. And pro-fossil fuel measures instituted by Trump will now galvanise massive domestic and international opposition.
… Comment USA Politics Climate Change Energy Renewables COP21 wind-power-trump-cut.jpg The … home grown and non-polluting. Prices of renewables have fallen faster than every … game changer in the unstoppable growth of renewables. Seriously, where are all those …
President Trump comes into office determined to discard huge swathes of his predecessor's legacy on day one, writes Mark Barteau. But he will struggle to undo Obama's clean energy regulations. It's not just that they are legally robust, it's also that energy markets in the US and the wider world have shifted firmly, and irreversibly, towards efficiency and renewables. Sorry, Mr Trump.
… | 20th January 2017 News Politics Energy USA Renewables Fossil Fuels obama-cut.jpg … and irreversibly, towards efficiency and renewables. Sorry, Mr Trump. In the closing … starts a trade war. Economic clout of renewables What about renewables for …
Nuclear power was originally sold on a lie, writes Dave Elliott. While we were being told it would make electricity 'too cheap to meter', insiders knew it cost at least 50% more than conventional generation. Since then nuclear costs have only risen, while renewable energy prices are on a steep decline. And now the nuclear behemoths are crumbling ... not a moment too soon.
… Elliott | 12th April 2017 News Energy Nuclear Renewables Technology UK France Finland Japan … against cheap gas and increasingly cheap renewables. The nuclear industry still has … As nuclear power grows more costly, renewables prices plunge Cost reduction is …
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.
… Goodall | 1st April 2016 Comment Nuclear Renewables Corporations USA France UK Energy … But across the Atlantic, it's all go for renewables! Within the same company, they do … the nuclear alternative. It's simple really: renewables are a better and more secure …
Hundreds of millions of pounds meant to be spent on green energy will soon be lavished on Britain's biggest coal fired power station to reward it for burning 7 million tonnes of wood pellets a year - meant to be 'renewable' but actually driving biodiversity loss and even worse for climate change than coal. DECC must stop this madness!
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The single biggest energy service we all need is heat, writes Rob Raine - yet it's largely ignored in the energy policy discourse. By focusing on heat as well as power, we can accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources and - because heat stores are far cheaper than batteries - keep the costs down.
… Raine | 10th September 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Storage UK Europe USA … times of excess electricity production from renewables, this energy could be taken from …
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.
… NOAA | 16th February 2016 Comment Energy Renewables Emissions Climate Change USA … also the key to increasing the penetration of renewables as the lowest cost energy source, … cities with lower losses than traditional AC. Renewables scenarios show 38% wind + 17%solar …