Wind and solar are 30-50% cheaper than thought, admits UK government
By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief
Electricity generated from wind and solar is 30-50% cheaper than previously thought, according to newly published UK government figures.
Tag: clean energy transition
Energy Basics: The Electricity Business and Power Markets
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
We hope these episodes will give you a bit more familiarity with the terms and concepts of energy, and help to fill in some of the knowledge that you were never offered in school.
Badvertising – is changing the advertising industry the next step in speeding transition?
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
There are new calls to apply the lessons learned from the successful campaign to end tobacco advertising to ‘high carbon’ products and lifestyles, and to ‘stop adverts fuelling the climate emergency‘.
Governments Must Support a Just Transition for Oil Workers and their Communities
By Sandeep Pai, Ensia
As demand for fossil fuel plummets, education, job creation and other support is critical to save millions of oil industry employees and their communities from collapse.
Energy Basics: Electricity, Generation and Grid Management
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
If you have found yourself occasionally challenged to follow some of the more technical conversations we have here, or even if you just want to brush up on the fundamentals, this mini-series is for you! We hope these episodes will give you a bit more familiarity with the terms and concepts of energy, and help to fill in some of the knowledge that you were never offered in school.
G20 Bets on Fossil Fuels for Post-Covid-19 Economy Recovery Plans
By Fermin Koop, Open Democracy
Most of the world’s 20 leading economies, including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, are choosing to support fossil fuels over clean energy as part of their coronavirus economic recovery packages, although China is outspending on renewables by a ratio of 4 to 1, according to data collected by Energy Policy Tracker.
Going on an Energy Diet
By Stan Cox, Resilience.org
If fossil fuels are rapidly eliminated during the transition to non-fossil energy, the pool of energy available to society will shrink. How much it shrinks will depend on how fast the new energy capacity and a new electric grid can be developed.
Open and Answered Questions
By Chris Nelder, The Energy Transition Show
In this lagniappe episode, we ask: what are some unanswered questions about the energy transition from five years ago, but that seem answered today? And what are the new questions that have emerged over the past five years which remain unanswered today?
Converting Industry – How Rapid Transition Happens in Crises and Upheavals
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
It is worth noting that globally, some 11 million people are already employed in the low carbon and renewables sector, but the numbers of people and resources currently focused on fossil fuel industries and their dependent products and services remain vast.
COVID-19 will Slow the Global Shift to Renewable Energy, but can’t Stop it
By Peter Fox-Penner, The Conversation
The renewable energy industry, which until recently was projected to enjoy rapid growth, has run into stiff headwinds as a result of three era-defining events: the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting global financial contraction and a collapse in oil prices. These are interrelated, mutually reinforcing events.
Pandemic Lessons for the Climate Emergency
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
Pandemics change business-as-usual overnight. Governments mobilise huge resources to tackle the problem and compensate for its impacts. At the same time, people depend on the civil and public domains for advice, protection, health services and the whole infrastructure of response.
Share The Great Switch – Lessons from when 14 Million Homes and Businesses Changed Fuel in Less than a Decade
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
Between 1970 and 2018, the UK population rose from 56m to 66m, but both total energy use and carbon emissions fell in this same period. This was because coal – the most carbon-intensive of the fossil fuels – was nearly eliminated, cleaner natural gas consumption rose slightly and then fell, and oil consumption stayed the same, as the growing area of transport remained oil-dependent.
