According to the American Energy Society, the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar (large scale PV) and wind (onshore) has fallen 13% and 7% in the last year, respectively.
Category: Renewables – Business
Recipe for Clean Energy: Add a Little Chile
Chile just announced that it has joined a great number of other countries that are phasing coal out of their grid-mix. Their huge solar farm out in a desert provides the “cheapest unsubsidized energy ever, anywhere, by any technology.”
How Investors Are Surviving and Thriving in the Era of Climate Change
Bruce Wilson LEED AP certified building contractor in environmentally sustainable renovation, restoration and new construction, offers this: Efforts to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions are taking on greater urgency.
Many Cleantech Jobs Cannot Be Automated
A top management consultant once quipped, “The factory of the future will have only two employees: a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from …
In the Adoption of Cleantech, the Carrot May Be More Effective Than the Stick
The “gloom and doom” messaging (including, often, my own) that pervades so many texts on environmentalism comes at a cost in terms of motivating its audience. In particular, the effect of scaring people about a phenomenon that is cascading over a …
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More Heroics from Germany
Germany has released its plan to close all 84 of its currently operating coal-fired power plants by 2038 and rely primarily on renewable energy. For decades, Germany has taken bold steps in the direction of renewables, a path that was …
Reversing a Trend of a Dozen Years, Emissions in U.S. Rose in 2018
Market conditions are forcing the shuttering of coal plants, which are being replaced by natural gas and renewable energy. So why do we have a reversal of the trend towards lower emissions that began in 2005?
New Zealand Bans All New Offshore Oil Exploration
Here’s good news from the Kiwis: Though existing offshore oil exploration will be grandfathered, the New Zealand government will grant no new permits for this activity. Needless to say, conservation and environmental groups regard this as a huge win in the battle against climate …
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Resisting Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator
Here’s the Sierra Club’s thinking on this, and here’s mine: Obviously it would be better if we had not elected as U.S. president a wrecking ball to the environment, but we did.
The New Energy Democracy Favors Some Over Others
What will happen when our civilization phases out fossil fuels in favor of renewables? Well, obviously, you have the end of dependence on oil and the dominance of oil-rich countries in favor of what’s been called the “democritization of energy.”
