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Europe: the end of the honeymoon period for renewables
Long-term network analysis by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) suggests that by the end of this decade, 80 per cent of the bottlenecks in European power...
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How much of our electricity is generated from emission-free energy?
The purpose of this post is to organize US electrical production data for easy access. To impact global warming what matters is the developing world. But the US data is easy to access, so here it is:...
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Clean energy stagnation
Long before climate policy became fashionable, global energy consumption data shows that from 1965 to 1999 the proportion of carbon-free energy more than doubled to more than 13 percent. Since then,...
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Lomborg on the declining share of renewables
Image credit Bjorn Lomborg When green renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, they will take over the world. Instead of believing in the Tooth Fairy, we should start investing in green R&D. Bjorn...
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Solve for X: Danielle Fong on economical energy storage
Lightsail Energy: Economically competitive storage — hmm…? We watched Danielle’s presentation last night. Aside from the SMR companies, this is one of the “green energy” startups that looks...
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Grid 2020: Towards a Policy of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources
The transformation occurring across the world’s electrical systems represents one of the greatest technological challenges industrialized societies have undertaken. This just landed on my desk, from...
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Can the grid handle renewables?
“The grid was not built for renewables,” said Trieu Mai, senior analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Even the LA Times has discovered that the renewables lobby is not telling the whole...
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The Decline of Renewable Energy
When green renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, they will take over the world. Instead of believing in the Tooth Fairy, we should start investing in green R&D. Bjorn Lomborg examines the long...
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System LCOE: What are the Costs of Variable Renewables?
R From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, a serious piece of work on renewable integration costs. Abstract: Levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) are a common metric for comparing...
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Why the Best Path to a Low-Carbon Future is Not Wind or Solar Power
Figure A. source Economist Sun, wind and drain: Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is commonly thought Figure B. source Charles Frank The Net Benefits of Low and No-Carbon Electricity...
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Renewables are making no progress against coal
Original graphic Roger Pielke Jr: Global energy consumption from Carbon free sources energy No doubt you’ve heard that Friends of the Earth recently announced their primary objection to nuclear power...
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We need an Energy Miracle — Here is How to Create that Miracle
Fact #1: Fossil Fuels continue to dominate global energy M Fact #2: Globally we are out of time – now need to increase decarbonization rate by factor of five. From PWC: Low Carbon Economy Index 2014 |...
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…a renewable energy-powered Internet: Leaping into the future, and over a cliff
Steve Alpin considers what it would be like to switch from our familiar 24/7 Internet to 100% renewable Internet. It’s not a happy experience. Steve closes with this: Take e-commerce. Let’s say you’re...
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Solve for X: Danielle Fong on economical energy storage
Lightsail Energy: Economically competitive storage — hmm…? We watched Danielle’s presentation last night. Aside from the SMR companies, this is one of the “green energy” startups that looks...
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Grid 2020: Towards a Policy of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources
The transformation occurring across the world’s electrical systems represents one of the greatest technological challenges industrialized societies have undertaken. This just landed on my desk, from...
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Can the grid handle renewables?
“The grid was not built for renewables,” said Trieu Mai, senior analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Even the LA Times has discovered that the renewables lobby is not telling the whole...
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The Decline of Renewable Energy
When green renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, they will take over the world. Instead of believing in the Tooth Fairy, we should start investing in green R&D. — B Lomborg Bjorn Lomborg...
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System LCOE: What are the Costs of Variable Renewables?
R From the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, a serious piece of work on renewable integration costs. Abstract: Levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) are a common metric for comparing...
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…a renewable energy-powered Internet: Leaping into the future, and over a cliff
Steve Alpin considers what it would be like to switch from our familiar 24/7 Internet to 100% renewable Internet. It’s not a happy experience. Steve closes with this: Take e-commerce. Let’s say you’re...
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