Tag: solar and wind

The chart below illustrates the challenge this planet faces with respect to meeting our expanding demands for energy and the choices we’re making vis-a-vis the various resources that are available to us.  Of particular cause for alarm is how wrong this is going …

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The other day we reported that the UK had gone more than four full days without generating a single Watt-hour of electricity from coal. Today we get news from this side of the pond: In just 12 years, Ohio has …

Coal: More Good News Read More »

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Speaking about climate change mitigation and other efforts to achieve some level of environmental responsibility, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes, “I would guess that the election of Trump set the world back ~6 years, assuming we get rid of …

Considerable Yet Finite: Gauging the Damage Trump’s Done to the World Read More »

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From today’s Los Angeles Times: President Trump is expected to head to West Virginia coal country today to drum up support for a draft replacement for the federal Clean Power Plan.

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As suggested in this beautiful video, Iceland, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and Norway will soon be joined by several others in ridding themselves of fossil fuels in their grid-mix.

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In the U.S., new capacity for electrical power generation will consist almost exclusively of solar, wind, and natural gas this year, according to the Energy Information Administration.  And actually, if the new gas plants don’t come online this December as …

Staying Excited About Moving To Cleaner Energy Sometimes Requires Work Read More »

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From The American Energy Society: China has been unable to import enough natural gas, so it ramped up its coal output to record-high levels, which has undermined the government’s stated plan to boost alternative sources of energy and wean the nation off …

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It goes without saying that integrating storage to wind and solar energy adds value.  Not only does it provide dispatchable power from sources that would have otherwise been intermittent, but it also allows the owner to sell “ancillary services” such …

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It appears that the opponents of renewable energy, e.g., the Koch Brothers, have won the battle but lost the war.  Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), the mechanism that many people thought would win the day for solar and wind, have been …

Bloomberg and Moody’s: Corporate Buyers Snatching Up Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements Read More »

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Many of us occupy ourselves, in otherwise inactive moments, by contemplating what the future of energy may be like. We need to keep in mind that, since the earth receives more than 6,000 times more power from the sun than …

CSP and an Advancement in Thermal Heat Storage Read More »

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