Renewables Competitive Though Not Yet at Scale
Investment in renewables worldwide has picked up steam.
Renewable Energy
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.
Renewable energy: does it need critically rare materials?
A recent study concludes that the problem of mineral availability for renewable energy technologies is not critical if we choose the right technologies and we are careful to recycle the materials used as much as possible.
The Collapse of Oil Prices and Energy Security in Europe
Eventually, production must go down: there will still be oil that could be, theoretically, extracted, but that we won’t be able to afford to extract. This is the essence of the concept of depletion.
Innovations in Energy Storage Provide Boost for Renewables
Intermittency has long been considered the Achilles heel of renewable power generation.
Energy Crunch – a solar future?
Solar power could replace coal as the world’s biggest source of electricity by 2050. That’s according to a new report this week from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The Oiliness of Everything: Invisible Oil and Energy Payback Time.
You can’t understand the predicament we’re in until you can see the oil that saturates every single aspect of our life. What follows is a life cycle of a simple object, the pencil.
Josh Fox: It’s Easy to Switch to Renewable Energy
Solutions Grassroots is a reaction to how often people asked the renewable energy question on our tour. So it was a response to our audience, a response to our fans, a response to the people who are fighting fracking.
Power Hungry
India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known as a ‘big thinker’ when it comes to energy. But in his country’s case, could thinking big be a huge mistake?
Why Peak Oil Refuses to Die
Peak oil and climate change are two sides of the same coin. The coin itself represents our reliance on fossil fuels and their unique energetic benefits.
