By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
The North Seas Countries’ Offshore Grid Initiative would knit together the power grids of the countries adjacent to the North Sea, and enable a far greater share of renewables—especially offshore wind—on the northern European grid than would be possible otherwise.
By Jeremy Leggett, Jeremy Leggett blog
As captains of the fossil fuel industries and their lobbyists prepare to take over the White House – appointed by a President elected by a minority, claiming to represent the people on an anti-elite ticket yet possessing by far the highest cumulative wealth of any cabinet ever – they will face evidence breaking out all around them of a fast-moving global energy transition threatening to strand the fossil fuels they seek to boost.
By Jeremy Leggett, Jeremy Leggett blog
The global energy transition remains in a state of net forward momentum as of the end of November.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
Ireland is one of the most advanced countries in energy transition, getting over a quarter of its electricity from renewables.
By Jeremy Leggett, Jeremy Leggett blog
Donald Trump’s would be climate saboteurs might have hoped that merely the mention of their intention to quit the Paris Agreement would be enough for the climate talks to fall apart at the annual climate summit in Marrakech.
By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has dramatically scaled back its outlook for coal demand growth over the next 25 years, Carbon Brief analysis shows.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
What combination of power generators on the U.S. grid produces reliable power at the lowest cost?
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
It is widely assumed that the ongoing migration of rural peoples to mega-cities all over the world will help reduce humanity’s per-capita energy footprint, while giving people a higher standard of living and accelerating energy transition.
By Chris Nelder, The Energy Transition Show
Although it’s clear enough that energy transition is necessary and reasonable, and although we know that transition is mainly happening on the grid at first, there is still much uncertainty about exactly where on the grid different strategies can be tried, how much they can accomplish, and what they’ll cost, relative to the alternatives….
By Jeremy Leggett, Jeremy Leggett blog
The emissions prizes of both a renewable economy and a circular economy are huge.
By Jeremy Leggett, Jeremy Leggett blog
September began with the USA and China symbolically ratifying the Paris Agreement in time for the G20 Summit, and ended with French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal tweeting “victoire!”...
By Nathan Thanki, Resilience.org
Over the course of October, we are planning to carry out the world's largest ever coordinated actions against dirty energy and for clean community energy.