Review: The World After Cheap Oil
Written by Finnish energy analysts Rauli Partanen, Harri Paloheimo and Heikki Waris, The World After Cheap Oil offers an exhaustive, up-to-date dissection of the world oil situation.
Renewable Energy
Solar Jobs Benefit Economy, Maybe More than Oil and Gas Jobs
A new report from the Solar Foundation and George Washington University shows the U.S. solar industry gained about 31,000 new jobs in 2014, a 21.8 percent growth rate or nearly twenty times more than the economy as a whole.
Green Dreams – Future or Fantasy?
David Fridley on alternative energy, what it can do, and what it can’t.
Energy Crunch: Clean energy gains ground
Ever since oil and gas prices started to plunge, speculation that cheaper fossil fuels would mean a serious setback for renewables has been rife.
Our Renewable Future
Or, What I’ve Learned in 12 Years Writing about Energy
Utility 3.0: How to Democratize Energy in the U.S.
In a December 2014 report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, John Farrell makes the case for a more radical shift, which he calls "Utility 3.0" or "energy democracy."
California Governor Proposes Most Ambitious Renewable Energy Target In U.S.
California Governor Jerry Brown used the occasion of his fourth inaugural address to propose an ambitious new clean energy target for the state: 50% renewable energy by 2030.
Wealth Creation and the New Energy Economy
Looking at the markets from a 30,000 foot level, some interesting shifts are occurring. And yet they are almost completely under the radar screen.
Renewables Competitive Though Not Yet at Scale
Investment in renewables worldwide has picked up steam.
Are small-scale renewable energy grids already starting to replace mega-utility corporations?
Increasing efficiencies in energy storage and transmission combined with falling prices for renewable energy technologies are creating a profound transformation of energy systems around the world.
The Role of Cities in Moving Toward a Sustainable Economy
The story of a hippy flower-child who leveraged big economic decisions that ushered in renewable energy and sensible land-use for Austin and the State of Texas.
Democratic energy beyond neoliberalism
Our relationship to energy needs to change.
