By Sandy Smith-Nonini, Resilience.org
If electricity is to be the centerpiece of a renewable future, we have much work to do. We should start by demanding accountable public oversight of electric systems.
By Bradley Handler, Matt Henry, Morgan Bazilian, The Conversation
The idea of a just transition emerged from North American labor law, and has become part of international discussions about making societies more environmentally sustainable.
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Rhodes tells an engaging tale of energy transitions over some 500 years. Yet the limitations in his field of view become critical in the book’s concluding chapter, when he reveals which particular axe he is especially eager to grind.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
In this episode, we have a wide-ranging talk with Dr. Benjamin Sovacool of the University of Sussex about a tiny fraction of his voluminous research on energy transition topics, with a focus on the speed of energy transitions; the ways that the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland are going about their transitions; his outlook for CCS technology and nuclear power; and the potentials and pitfalls of nuclear power and the potential for distributed energy resources to displace nuclear...
By Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief
In 2011, solar power reached a tipping point. This was the year when the solar industry had saved more greenhouse gases than it emitted.
By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future
...I want to broach some wider energy-related issues with the help of two acquaintances of this site, before narrowing the scope to agricultural energy in a future post.
By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief
Renewable energy capacity is growing more rapidly than expected, says the International Energy Agency (IEA), overtaking coal for the first time.
By Chris Nelder, Energy Transition Show
To understand the trajectory of the world’s energy transition effort, we have to understand what’s happening in China.
By Michael Klare, TomDispatch
Don’t hold your breath, but future historians may look back on 2015 as the year that the renewable energy ascendancy began, the moment when the world started to move decisively away from its reliance on fossil fuels.
By Ari Phillips, Climate Progress
The smallest and southernmost of Spain’s Canary Islands is about to make an outsized mark on the path toward a more renewable energy-powered future.
By Justin Ritchie, Seth Moser-Katz, The Extraenvironmentalist
As the era of surplus energy comes to an end, how will our systems reliant on energy slaves for mechanical and cognitive work adapt?
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•The Energy Transition is Here •IEA Report: Wind and Solar Can Carry Bulk of Energy TransformationT•he Economics of Grid Defection •Industry-funded report calls for changes to German energy policy •Coal Crunch Gives Impetus to India's Solar Switch •Food and wastewater biogas to heat 5,200 New York homes •Report: Solar Paired With Storage Is a ‘Real, Near and Present’ Threat to UtilitiesA•nother Banner, Record-Breaking Year for U.S. Solar