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How to Run a Solarize Program

April 2, 2021 by Sari Steuber

I get these crazy ideas sometimes. I thought doing a Solarize project (getting solar PV panels put on rooftops) would be a great project for Transition Town Media.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Energy, Energy featured Tags community energy projects, solar PV Leave a comment

EROEI estimates show PV to be a fully mature technology

December 15, 2020December 22, 2016 by Luís de Sousa

Photo-Voltaics (PV) is an energy source where this problem has been more acute. Equipment and installation prices collapsed four or five fold since 2010, but published EROEI studies have not converged; in fact it appears they dispersed even further.

Categories Energy, Energy featured Tags EROEI of solar power, solar PV Leave a comment

Intermittent Renewables Can’t Favorably Transform Grid Electricity

December 15, 2020August 31, 2016 by Gail Tverberg

Many people are hoping for wind and solar PV to transform grid electricity in a favorable way. Is this really possible?

Categories Society Tags electric grid, Renewable Energy, Renewables, solar PV, Wind Energy Leave a comment

Don’t be Fossil Fooled – It’s time to say goodbye.

December 15, 2020July 14, 2015 by Paul Gilding

We’ve reached a tipping point where fossil fuels will enter terminal decline, independently of climate policy action. Given climate policy action is also now accelerating, fossil fuels are double dead. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, “So long and thanks for all the energy”.

Categories Energy Tags Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, solar photovoltaic, solar PV Leave a comment

Eight Pitfalls in Evaluating Green Energy Solutions

December 15, 2020November 19, 2014 by Gail Tverberg

Does the recent climate accord between US and China mean that many countries will now forge ahead with renewables and other green solutions? I think that there are more pitfalls than many realize.

Categories Energy Tags electric grid, EROEI, Green Energy, oil prices, Renewables, solar PV, Wind Energy Leave a comment

Update on US natural gas, coal, nuclear, renewables

December 15, 2020August 27, 2014 by Gail Tverberg

On August 6, I wrote a post called Making Sense of the US Oil Story, in which I looked at US oil. In this post, I would like to look at other sources of US energy.

Categories Energy Tags Coal, Geothermal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Renewables, solar PV, Wind Energy Leave a comment

Energy, Ecology, & Economics — Part II

December 15, 2020October 15, 2013 by Mary Odum

The more we expand our populations and built space over the landscape, the less the biosphere can offer its free services to the human economy.

Categories Energy Tags ecosystem services, net energy, nuclear energy, solar PV Leave a comment
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