Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland generated enough wind power from onshore wind turbines in October to fuel electricity for five million homes, that is, virtually the entire country. By the end of 2017, renewable energy generated nearly 70% of Scotland’s electricity. That percentage continued to grow this year, led by wind projects. The next […]

Featured

Will its Renewables Revolution Give China an Edge over the US?

Juan Cole

The Asia-Pacific is poised for 355 GW in New Solar, 43 GW in Offshore Wind in the next Decade

wind energy

It’s the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don’t do it for the climate

The Conversation

By Sarah Mills | – The federal government has never played a leading role in restricting the carbon footprint of the nation’s power plants. But now that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle many energy regulations, that national role is even smaller. Many states have been trying to fill this vacuum for years with […]

Featured

Tokyo’s Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

Juan Cole

But will it be enough to avoid turning the Pacific Ocean into Godzilla?

Featured

Trump’s China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar

Juan Cole

(Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese-made solar panels turns out not to have had as severe an impact on the industry as had been feared. Trump was attempting to slow renewables growth in favor of Big Carbon–natural gas and coal, but he failed spectacularly. As it turns out, the Chinese are […]

Green Energy

Could Massive Solar and Wind Farms make the Sahara Green Again?

The Conversation

By Alona Armstrong | – Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is an important and necessary step towards averting climate change. However, in our efforts to go green, we also need to be mindful of other consequences, both intended and unintended – and that includes how a mass deployment of renewable technology might affect […]

Green Energy

In Huge Game-Changer: California commits to 100% Green Electricity within 25 Years

Marlowe Hood

Los Angeles (AFP) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation Monday committing his state to a 100 percent clean electricity grid by 2045. At least 20 countries and twice as many large cities have made similar pledges, but California — the fifth largest economy in the world — is by far the biggest jurisdiction […]

Coal

Killing for Coal (Literally)

Basav Sen

(Otherwords.org) – Shocking as this sounds, the U.S. government is — by its own admission — willing to murder up to 1,600 Americans a year to enrich a few coal billionaires. By Basav Sen | August 28, 2018 In August 1921, sheriff’s deputies in West Virginia — later joined by federal troops — massacred striking […]

Featured

In Epochal Shift, California Votes for 100% Green Electricity by 2045

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week, the California state legislature voted to mandate that all the state’s electricity come from non-carbon sources (chiefly wind, solar and hydro) by 2045. Since California if it were a country would have the world’s fifth largest economy, and since so many other states are economically integrated with it, […]