As presidential contenders gather in Iowa for the beginning of the party selection season, they may have noticed a lot of wind turbines, writes Zachary Davies Boren. And if they have any sense, they will find only nice things to say about them. Wind supplies 30% of the state's power, more than any other US state, and Iowans are all for it. Ted Cruz, mind your words!
… Politicians take note: Iowa is the US's most wind-powered state - and everyone loves it! … Energydesk | 30th January 2016 Comment Energy Wind Politics Finance USA iowa-wind-cut.jpg As presidential contenders gather …
New reports show the huge potential of renewables in Southern Europe to rekindle prosperity, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson, using clean, low cost energy from wind, solar and geothermal sources backed up with pumped storage hydro, displacing dirty lignite and oil fired generation.
… using clean, low cost energy from wind, solar and geothermal sources backed up … can provide good examples of utilising wind, wave, solar and geothermal capacity … new fossil fuel investments. Canary Islands - wind, solar, geothermal, pumped storage The …
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.
… more than 80% of its electricity from wind, solar and tidal power within 15 years … huge amounts of backup power for when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine. … the UK were relying on renewables - chiefly wind, solar, and tidal power - for more than …
It's a fair question, writes Doug Parr, but one to which we are getting no answers - the government is keeping its sums and energy models secret. It looks as if the energy department, DECC, is making things up as it goes along to justify its pro-nuclear, anti-efficiency and anti-renewables policies. And when it all goes disastrously wrong, who will end up paying for the mess? We will.
… to the UK's willingness to build any more wind turbines. The gas price has fallen - … which makes subsidising nuclear (and offshore wind) much more expensive. Cheaper options for cutting emissions - like onshore wind and efficiency measures have, for various …
The Labour party conference adopted the most radical climate policy of any in a G20 economy - but there will be battles ahead: with the leadership, and with union bosses.
… – more than on any other topic – after a whirlwind campaign by Labour For A Green New Deal … generation of electricity (power stations, wind farms, and so on), and its supply … heavily in publicly-controlled offshore wind, announced at Brighton last week, could …
China's 2015 carbon emissions fell for the second year running, by an amount equal to all of Poland's, while total power consumption increased, writes Lauri Myllyvirta. Credit goes to the massive expansion in renewable energy, with a record-breaking 47GW of wind and solar capacity added.
… energy, with a record-breaking 47GW of wind and solar capacity added. Economic and … power demand increased 0.5% by adding 30GW of wind power and 17GW of solar capacity - a new … losses. Allowing these 'zombie' operations to wind down, termed' supply-side reform' and …
Review of No Miracles Needed: how today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air, by Mark Jacobson.
… proposal for a system powered entirely by wind, water and solar sources (WWS). The … university in California, showing that wind farms, solar panels, hydro, tidal energy … factors including land for solar and wind speeds for wind, and (v) “a mix, for each …
A just transition to a low carbon economy should involve oil companies paying more tax and energy workers having more say.
… of oil and gas production and into offshore wind, in particular, and other twenty-first … and moving to other industries, and offshore wind was the favourite choice. On a webinar … worse. Workers who hope to move to offshore wind jobs are further aggrieved by an unjust, …
The government's decision to cut support for domestic solar by 64% reflects antiquated thinking, writes Doug Parr. Just as the rest of Europe is shifting to ever-cheaper renewable, low carbon, decentralised, participatory, employment generating energy systems, the UK is stuck in a the dirty past of nuclear and fossil fuels.
… support for every type of clean energy - from wind to carbon capture and storage. UK … for clean energy have now found that onshore wind and solar are both cheaper than the … contracts - whilst the cost of offshore wind is falling fast. The Solar Trade …
Review of 'The Price is Wrong: why capitalism won’t save the planet' by Brett Christophers.
… won’t save the planet' by Brett Christophers. Wind and solar power projects, that for so … "[T]he returns ordinarily associated with wind and solar power are much lower than those … were busily scrapping projects (including in wind) with ‘projections of weak returns’." The …
More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to retrain, new survey shows.
… as they liked, the responses were: Offshore wind 53 percent; Renewables 51 percent; Rig … for 15-20 years. He applied for a job on [a wind farm] and it was going to be offshore. He … have to do the offshore survival course for wind. If he wanted the job he would have to …
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) systems put more greenhouse gases into the air than they take out.
… would need nearly twice the amount of wind and solar electricity now produced … energy, implies using prodigious amounts of wind and solar power. (As though there are not … gigatonne of carbon dioxide (1/10 GtCO2), all wind and solar power generated in the US in …
China’s national and provincial post-Covid recovery packages will put three times as much cash into fossil fuel projects as into renewable energy.
… UN summit. The highlights were plans to raise wind and solar power generating capacity to … Environmental NGOs said that building wind and solar would not be enough to hit … government is still building solar and wind, “it has effectively abandoned …
As Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig sails from Seattle into the north Pacific, Christine Ottery discovers that US federal regulators had serious concerns about the company's safety equipment designed to contain any oil spill.
… had to be pushed back into position "against wind and seas" by two small workboats, Fesmire … in conditions with gas plumes and the wind carries gas towards the vessel, and for … in conditions with gas plumes and the wind carries gas towards the vessel, and for …
With a million families struggling to stay warm this winter, energy bills will be a hot election issue, writes Doug Parr. But Government actions have repeatedly favoured the 'big six' energy incumbents at the expense of consumers, competition, low-cost renewables and energy efficiency, locking us into high bills for years to come.
… Contracts for Difference. 1. Capacity market windfall. The capacity market has paid quite a … of power will still be higher than onshore wind, and probably ground-based solar well … for consumers in the longer-term - and a windfall of around £245 million for energy …
China has just recorded its first fall in emissions from burning fossil fuels in 15 years, writes Lauri Myllyvirta. The sharp decline has surprised analysts, and reflects the fast growing proportion of renewables in the country's power supply.
… as China has set new global records for wind and solar installations and seen an … in power generation from hydropower, wind, solar, nuclear and gas, along with … comes as China has set new global records for wind and solar installations and seen an …
Social movements need to mobilise now and unite people hammered by rising energy bills with protesters who fear climate breakdown.
… small-scale, cheap options such as onshore wind and solar. No funding is allocated to onshore wind or solar; there is just a vague promise … in 2015 by David Cameron to stop onshore wind. Other expensive, long-term investment …
David Cameron is gunning for a strong climate agreement in Paris this December, writes Dr Doug Parr. Meanwhile his government is doing all it can to undermine renewable energy and energy efficiency in the UK, and lock us into a high carbon, fossil-fuelled future. Can he really have it both ways?
… and illogical decision to block onshore wind . There was the additional tax on … could be defended by arguing that the onshore wind blockage had been in their manifesto …
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..
… coal-fired power plants, while it has 22GW of wind, and just 3GW of solar energy. The … coal generators is that as the proportion of wind and solar power in India's energy supply … published by Greenpeace EnergyDesk . As wind and solar power increase, coal-fired …
A plan to pipe hydrogen, instead of natural gas, into millions of UK homes is being pushed hard by the fossil fuel industry.
… Earth says, would need 140 Gigawatts (GW) of wind-powered electrolyser capacity – compared to a current total UK wind capacity of 22 GW. Plus the same amount …
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.
… problem: the sun doesn't always shine, the wind doesn't always blow. But this ignores one …
The main company due to build UK's 'flagship' nuclear power project at Moorside in Cumbria is on the ropes, writes Doug Parr, thanks to its multi-billion dollar nuclear losses on in the US. The obvious solution, (almost) all our politicians insist, is to ignore cheaper, faster, cleaner renewables, and make the taxpayer pick up the cost of yet another nuclear white elephant.
… so special about nuclear? Solar, offshore wind, tidal power and heat networks would help … power are undercutting nuclear, with offshore wind set to be cheaper than nuclear long …
Disregarding revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower sector, President Dilma Rousseff is ploughing ahead with a cascade of giant dams on the mighty Tapajos river. Among the companies touting to win huge construction contracts are France's EDF and Engie, and Germany's Voith and Siemens - in a consortium led by Brazil's Electrobras, which stands accused of high-level corruption over four other dam projects.
… and less destructive options like solar and wind power, which are capable of answering the …