The world at a tipping point (Solar: Part 3)
This is part 3 of a three part series. See here for part 1 and part 2. Looking for belief in the history of technology…
This is part 3 of a three part series. See here for part 1 and part 2. Looking for belief in the history of technology…
This is part 2 of a three part series. See here for part 1 and part 3. We have one really good tool for predicting…
This is part 1 of a three part series. In 2016 the joists undergirding our carbon-fueled energy system shuddered and flexed. But in the US,…
An amazing transformation has taken place on the dunes below Morocco’s sun-blasted High Atlas mountains. Against the yellow sand thousands of curved mirrors, each taller…
More than two years have passed since the COP21 climate change conference in Paris. Two years of opinions, investments, initiatives, and lots of ups and downs. Two…
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami ravaged the Fukushima prefecture, in the Tohoku region of Japan’s main island of Honshu. The natural…
The utility has won praise for its wind and solar plans, but it’s still fighting to keep old, coal-fired power plants on the grid. BY…
Imagine a world where every country has not only complied with the Paris climate agreement but has moved away from fossil fuels entirely. How…
The famous Lake Tahoe resorts in California will be the first ski facilities in the US to operate on 100 percent renewable energy, eliminating emissions…
A new report released on Tuesday (6 February) by WindEurope highlights a record year for Europe and UK offshore wind projects. Diving into the data,…
A new record, with weeks to go before the year is up. Costa Rica has done it again. In January, the Central American country announced…
The European Parliament’s influential Committee on Industry, Research and Energy will vote on Tuesday (28 November) on a compromise deal that could set the bloc’s…
Early in summer 2015, a barge hauling two deconstructed wind turbines lumbered out of Seattle bound for the Alaskan Arctic. It traveled along the western…
Lauren Crabb, Coventry University; Anna Laing, University of Sussex; Bronwen Whitney, Northumbria University, Newcastle, and Carlos Saito, University of Brasilia The Pantanal in central South…
It’s ‘dangerously high’ there right now. Oxford in the UK wants to become the world’s first carbon emission-free city by 2035, with a plan to…
Jason Byrne, Griffith University and Tony Matthews, Griffith University The rapid shift to new energy sources is outpacing land use planning in cities. As interest…