Climate justice means energy democracy
As the 2015 UN climate talks in Paris enter their final days, a new campaign for energy democracy is launching this week
Renewable Energy
COP21, Bill Gates, and Climate Catastrophe
COP21, like the United Nations climate conferences before it, appears to be floundering over international non-binding showcase “commitments” to reduce carbon emissions — and is emitting effusive illusions of progress.
For Storing Electricity, Utilities Are Turning to Pumped Hydro
But utilities from Spain to China are increasingly relying on pumped storage hydroelectricity – first used in the 1890s – to overcome the intermittent nature of wind and solar power.
Despite Low Oil Prices, Renewable Power Gaining Traction, Energy Agencies Report — But Not Yet Fast Enough for the Climate
The shift away from coal and towards renewable sources of energy is slowly beginning to gain traction, two recently-released reports from American and global energy agencies show.
Can We Afford the Future?
As a child of the 1950s I grew up immersed in a near-universal expectation of progress.
Energy Democracy: Inside Californians’ Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power
Community Choice energy represents an assertion of community control over energy resources, similar to assertions of community control over water, land, and other vital resources.
Feeling the Elephant
Most people have heard the Indian tale about the blind men and the elephant.
CCC: UK Wind and Solar will be Cheaper than Gas by 2020
Low-carbon electricity from wind and solar farms will be cheaper than gas and effectively subsidy-free by 2020, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
Energiewende
In this episode we’re discussing Germany’s energy transition plan. We’ll be talking with Craig Morris, editor of Renewables International and lead author of EnergyTransition.de.
African Lights: Microgrids Are Bringing Power to Rural Kenya
Small-scale microgrids are increasingly seen as the most promising way to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people worldwide who currently lack it.
Will Tidal and Wave Energy Ever Live Up to Their Potential?
As solar and wind power grow, another renewable energy source with vast potential — the power of tides and waves — continues to lag far behind. But progress is now being made as governments and the private sector step up efforts to bring marine energy into the mainstream
Limits on the Grid
Chris Nelder talks to Mackay Miller, Senior Research Analyst at the Natural Renewable Energy Laboratory, about the limits of renewable energy on the grid.
