Reclaim Power Kicks Off Around the World this October
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.
energy transition
The Most Important and Misleading Assumption in the World
Why should we make policy using economic models that don’t reflect what should be obvious to a third-grader?
Beyond Rhetoric – What Does the “Just Transition” Mean for DAPL?
Rather than plummeting these economies into a permanent bust…we need to think about how to plan a transition with these workers at the decision-making table…
Carbon Tracker Analysis: ‘Renewables are Already Outcompeting Fossil Fuels’
Clean technologies are already cheaper, on average, than the incumbent fossil fuel technologies, and the advantage is widening, argued Anthony Hobley, chief executive of Carbon Tracker.
Timeline: The Past, Present and Future of Germany’s Energiewende
The Energiewende (energy transition) is an internationally recognised example of Germans’ love for compound nouns, where two previously unconnected words are joined at the hip.
The Sower’s Way: the Path for the Future
Our paper on "The Sower’s Way" has been published in the IOP Environmental Research Letters journal. It is an attempt to quantify the physical limits of the energy transition from fossils to renewables.
Just 16,000 Catenary Trucks Would Use All of California’s Electricity with only 2400 to 8300 Miles of Overhead Wires
It makes sense to electrify trucks since fuel from oil, coal, and natural gas is finite and biomass doesn’t scale up. Trucks make electricity possible.
The Energy-Water Nexus
Energy and water are inextricably linked: It takes energy to supply water, and it takes water to supply energy.
In the UK’s Scramble to “Keep the Lights On”, the New Government Should Listen to its Favourite Newspaper
Given that energy is the essential bedrock of a healthy economy, it is both frustrating and bewildering to watch a protracted national debate like the one accompanying the Brexit referendum and its aftermath and see how little time and attention is allotted to energy policy.
Great Lakes Region Pivots From Fossil Fuels
In shift from coal and oil, water use and quality hang in the balance.
Tailwinds for Clean Energy and the Paris Agreement, Deepening Doldrums for the Incumbency
It was vaguely wonderful watching Presidents Obama and Xi cement their bids for a place in history, via climate change, by announcing American and Chinese ratification of the Paris Agreement on 3rd September 2016.
The Renewable Energy Future is Here – it’s Just Unevenly Distributed
Nation-wide, renewables (including distributed solar but not hydro) accounted for 10.2% of electricity sales, up from 8.4% the first half of 2015.